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Course structure
Students must complete 100 credit points in total.
Students who do not have a law degree must complete International Law, as well as at least 75 credit points from the prescribed list (including the compulsory subject International Law and Development). Students may choose the remaining 12.5 credit points from the subjects available in the Master of Laws (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law and the Minor Thesis).
Students with a law degree must complete at least 75 credit points from the prescribed list (including the compulsory subject International Law and Development). Students may choose their remaining 25 credit points from the subjects available in the Melbourne Law Masters (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law).
Note: Most subjects in the MLM program are 12.5 credit points each. Check individual subject handbook entries for confirmation.
Subject options
Asian Law
LAWS90009 LAWS70230 LAWS90142 LAWS70351 LAWS70457 LAWS70105 LAWS90182 LAWS90052
Banking and Finance Law
LAWS90169 LAWS70111 LAWS70420 LAWS70110 LAWS90143 LAWS90144
Competition and Consumer Law
LAWS90111
Corporate Law
LAWS90112
Dispute Resolution
LAWS90051 LAWS90021 LAWS70468
Employment and Labour Relations Law
LAWS70218 LAWS70446
Energy and Resources Law
LAWS70141 LAWS70423 LAWS70161
Environmental Law
LAWS70293 LAWS90088 LAWS90089 LAWS70100 LAWS70386 LAWS70219 LAWS90114 LAWS70349 LAWS90148 LAWS90053
Government Law
LAWS90058 LAWS70269 LAWS90149 LAWS70448 LAWS70397 LAWS70367 LAWS70425 LAWS90106 LAWS90150
Health and Medical Law
LAWS90057 LAWS70151 LAWS90092 LAWS70451 LAWS70421 LAWS90120
Human Rights Law
LAWS70382 LAWS90121 LAWS70422 LAWS70452 LAWS70453 LAWS90044 LAWS70091 LAWS90045 LAWS70360 LAWS90122 LAWS70114 LAWS70171 LAWS70454 LAWS90175 LAWS70264 LAWS70120 LAWS70365 LAWS70366 LAWS70430 LAWS90049 LAWS90124 LAWS70118
Intellectual Property Law
LAWS70242
International Economic Law
LAWS70169 LAWS70013 LAWS70392 LAWS70121 LAWS70308 LAWS70304 LAWS70028 LAWS70322 LAWS90181
International Law
LAWS90127 LAWS70033 LAWS70303 LAWS70234 LAWS70173 LAWS70369 LAWS70455 LAWS70078 LAWS90128 LAWS70456 LAWS90129 LAWS70313 LAWS70327 LAWS90063 LAWS70403
Law and Development
LAWS90154 LAWS90018 LAWS70093 LAWS90042 LAWS70122 LAWS90179 LAWS90155
Private Law
LAWS70389
Tax
LAWS70009 LAWS70353 LAWS70162
Other subjects
LAWS70217 LAWS70067
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Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90009 | Chinese Law and Commerce | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70293 | Climate Change Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70230 | Commercial Law in Asia | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70009 | Comparative Corporate Tax | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90057 | Comparative Health Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70353 | Comparative International Tax | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70016 | Comparative Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70269 | Constitution Making | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70351 | Contemporary Chinese Law and Practice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70111 | Debt Capital Markets | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90042 | Int'l Law, Sustainability & Development | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90088 | Disaster Law and Climate Adaptation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70141 | Energy Regulation and the Law | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90089 | Environmental Compliance and Enforcement | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70100 | Environmental Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70162 | Tax Reform and Development | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
April (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70389 | Global Commercial Contract Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70448 | Global Constitutionalism | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70013 | Global Financial Order | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90063 | Regulating Global Markets | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70151 | Global Health Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90092 | Global Health, Trade and Investment Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70421 | Law and Emerging Health Technologies | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70420 | Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90021 | Intercultural Dispute Resolution | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70392 | International Business Transactions |
May (On Campus - Parkville)
October (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70121 | International Commercial Arbitration |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70033 | International Criminal Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70303 | International Criminal Law and Justice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70308 | International Economic Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70218 | International Employment Law | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70219 | International Environmental Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70110 | International Financial System | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70234 | International Humanitarian Law | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70304 | Internat Investment Law and Arbitration | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70242 | Internat.Issues in Intellectual Property | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70369 | International Law and Ethics | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70455 | International Law and Relations | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70078 | International Law and the Use of Force | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70067 | International Legal Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70423 | International Mineral Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70161 | International Petroleum Transactions | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70028 | International Trade Law | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70457 | Investment and Risk in Southeast Asia | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70105 | Islamic Law and Politics in Asia | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70397 | Latin American Constitutionalisms | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70456 | Law of Treaties | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70425 | Money, Law and Politics | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70468 | Negotiation Skills |
February (On Campus - Parkville)
February (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70349 | Planning and Development Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70313 | Post-Conflict State-Building | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70173 | International Law |
June (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70327 | Prosecuting the War on Terror | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90106 | Multiculturalism and the State | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90052 | Trade and Investment Law in China | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90053 | Transnat'l Corporations: Rights & Duties | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70322 | WTO Law and Dispute Settlement | July (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90051 | Commercial Arbitration in Practice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70169 | Developing Countries and the WTO | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90112 | Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90127 | Comparative Indigenous Rights | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90128 | International Law: Uncensored History | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90129 | Law, Science and Technology | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90124 | Women, Peace and Security | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90111 | Chinese Competition Law and Policy | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90112 | Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90127 | Comparative Indigenous Rights | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90114 | Negotiating Environmental Agreements | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90142 | Constitutionalism after Empire | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90143 | International Lending | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90144 | International Sustainable Finance | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90148 | Politics of Transnational Regulation | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90149 | Corruption: A Global Approach | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90150 | States: When, Why and How they Happen | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90182 | Law and Religion in Asia | June (Online) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90181 | WTO Trade Remedies | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90175 | Human Rights: Global Policy and Practice | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
LAWS90169 | Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Law | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90179 | Law, Science and Development | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 5 March 2021