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Master of Public and International Law (511AA) // Course structure
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- Course structure
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Melbourne Law School
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Coordinator
Sundhya Pahuja
Coordinator
Jason Varuhas
Coordinator
Cheryl Saunders
Course structure
Students must complete 100 credit points in total.
Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete Fundamentals of the Common Law, as well as 87.5 credit points from the prescribed lists. They are also recommended to undertake the subject International Law.
Students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete at least 87.5 credit points from the prescribed lists and 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). They are also recommended to undertake the subject International Law if they have not previously studied international law.
Subject options
General Government Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90082 | The Legal System: Bases and Challenges | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70407 | Australians Detained Abroad | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70334 | Bills of Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90011 | Comparative Constitutional Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90056 | Comparative Federal Constitutional Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70016 | Comparative Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70222 | Constitutional Law in Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70411 | Constitutional Problems in Comparison | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90013 | Constitutional Rights and Freedoms | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70269 | Constitution Making | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70201 | Current Issues in Administrative Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70417 | Elements of Legislation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70447 | Executive Power in Australia | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70390 | Freedom of Speech | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90091 | Global Administrative Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70448 | Global Constitutionalism | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70379 | Judicial Reasoning | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70397 | Latin American Constitutionalisms | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70368 | Law of Intergovernmental Relations | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90024 | Law-making: Legislatures and Courts | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70425 | Money, Law and Politics | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90103 | Private Law and Government | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70460 | Regulatory Policy and Practice | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90106 | Multiculturalism and the State | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70037 | Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70424 | Separation of Powers | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70404 | Statutes in the 21st Century | Semester 2 (Extended) (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90119 | Law and Public Administration | September (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90120 | Public Health Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90118 | Government Liability | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90117 | Federal Jurisdiction | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90149 | Corruption: A Global Approach | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90150 | States: When, Why and How they Happen | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90151 | The Law of Public Contracting | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90153 | Institutional Abuse and Legal Redress | October (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90180 | Multi-level Government | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90217 | Hot Topics in Public Law | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90218 | Constitutions in Global Perspective | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90170 | Bringing in the People | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
General Public International Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90019 | Domestic Courts and International Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90063 | Regulating Global Markets | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70033 | International Criminal Law | October (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70303 | International Criminal Law and Justice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70234 | International Humanitarian Law | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70369 | International Law and Ethics | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70455 | International Law and Relations | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70344 | International Law and Israel-Palestine | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90023 | International Law and Politics | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70078 | International Law and the Use of Force | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70067 | International Legal Internship |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90047 | Law of International Organisations | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70398 | Law of the Sea | October (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70456 | Law of Treaties | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70429 | Philosophy of International Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70313 | Post-Conflict State-Building | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70173 | International Law |
March (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70327 | Prosecuting the War on Terror | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90127 | Comparative Indigenous Rights | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90128 | International Law: Uncensored History | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90129 | Law, Science and Technology | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90177 | International Law and Armed Violence | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90185 | Migration, Diasporas and the Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
Human Rights Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70413 | Criminal Law, Poverty and Justice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90087 | Disability Human Rights Law | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | July (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | December (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70186 | Human Rights Advocacy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
March (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | September (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70394 | International Refugee Law:Refugee Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90098 | Islam and Human Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70461 | Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90123 | No longer available | ||
LAWS90124 | Women, Peace and Security | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90160 | Human Rights and Global Justice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90174 | Human Rights in Australia | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90175 | Human Rights: Global Policy and Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
International Economic Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70013 | Global Financial Order | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70392 | International Business Transactions |
May (Online)
October (Online)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70121 | International Commercial Arbitration | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70308 | International Economic Law | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70304 | Internat Investment Law and Arbitration | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70069 | International Sale of Goods | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70028 | International Trade Law | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70322 | WTO Law and Dispute Settlement | July (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70169 | Developing Countries and the WTO | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90126 | Digital Trade | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90181 | WTO Trade Remedies | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
Asian Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70408 | Chinese Corporate Law and Securities | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90009 | Chinese Law and Commerce | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70230 | Commercial Law in Asia | September (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90014 | Construction Law and Projects in Asia | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70351 | Contemporary Chinese Law and Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70414 | Deals with China | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70415 | Drugs and the Death Penalty in Asia | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70457 | Investment and Risk in Southeast Asia | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90097 | Investment Deals and Disputes in Asia | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70105 | Islamic Law and Politics in Asia | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90052 | Trade and Investment Law in China | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90142 | Constitutionalism after Empire | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
Communications Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70181 | Defamation Law | October (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70273 | Entertainment Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70080 | Online Streaming, Film and TV Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70362 | Information Technology Contracting Law | October (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70396 | Internet Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70184 | Media, Free Speech and the State | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70182 | New Media and Communications | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70428 | Newsgathering | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90028 | Privacy and Regulation of Surveillance | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70082 | Privacy Law | September (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70104 | Regulating Infrastructure & Utilities | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90145 | Artificial Intelligence and the Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
Dispute Resolution
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70202 | Current Issues in Civil Litigation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90080 | Negotiation and Dispute Resolution | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70071 | Advanced Evidence | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70018 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | December (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70245 | Avoid and Manage Construction Disputes | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90062 | Business Negotiations and Deal-Making |
July (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90016 | Criminal Procedure: Law and Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70073 | Expert Evidence | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90021 | Intercultural Dispute Resolution | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90048 | Mediation in Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70468 | Negotiation Skills |
February (Online)
March (Online)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90102 | Persuasion and Advocacy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70178 | Proof in Litigation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70376 | Sports Dispute Resolution | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70266 | Tax Litigation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70052 | Written Advocacy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70019 | Class Actions | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90051 | Commercial Arbitration in Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90113 | Mediation: Principles and Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90022 | International Dispute Settlement | May (Online) |
12.5 |
Environmental Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70293 | Climate Change Law | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70149 | Construction Risk | September (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90088 | Disaster Law and Climate Adaptation | July (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90089 | Environmental Compliance and Enforcement | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70100 | Environmental Law | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90010 | Green Technology Law and Policy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70219 | International Environmental Law | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90026 | Native Title Law and Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70349 | Planning and Development Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90029 | Planning and Building Sustainable Cities | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70464 | Toxics, Waste and Contamination Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70185 | Water Law & Natural Resources Management | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90114 | Negotiating Environmental Agreements | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90115 | Space, High Seas, Seabed & Antarctic Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90116 | US Environmental Law and Policy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90147 | Biodiversity Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90148 | Politics of Transnational Regulation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
International Tax
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70009 | Comparative Corporate Tax | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70353 | Comparative International Tax | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70410 | Comparative Tax Avoidance | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70162 | Tax Reform and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70323 | Foundations of Tax Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90017 | International Tax: Anti-avoidance | December (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70006 | International Tax: Principles, Structure |
Semester 1 (Online)
November (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70124 | International Taxation in the US | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70399 | Mineral and Petroleum Tax | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90050 | Special Issues in Tax Treaties | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70319 | Tax Policy | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70146 | Tax Treaties | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70465 | Trade and Tax Policy | No longer available | |
LAWS70203 | Transfer Pricing: Practice and Problems | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90054 | UK International Tax | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90132 | Tax Treaty Interpretation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90158 | Current Issues in International Tax | September (Online) |
12.5 |
Other subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70416 | Asian Competition Policy and Law | No longer available | |
LAWS90084 | Comparative Foreign Affairs Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70208 | Competition Law & Intellectual Property | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90041 | Corruption in International Sport | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90042 | Int'l Law, Sustainability & Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70445 | Economic Regulators | No longer available | |
LAWS70141 | Energy Regulation and the Law | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70025 | Equality and Discrimination at Work | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70372 | Freedom of Information | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
March (Online)
May (Online)
July (Online)
September (Online)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70388 | Gambling Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70389 | Global Commercial Contract Law | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70151 | Global Health Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90092 | Global Health, Trade and Investment Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70236 | Indigenous Peoples, Land & Resource Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70301 | Intl and Comparative Competition Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70409 | International Commercial Litigation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70139 | International Construction Law | December (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90093 | International Criminal Court | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70218 | International Employment Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70110 | International Financial System | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70125 | International Financial Transactions | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70242 | Internat.Issues in Intellectual Property | December (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70423 | International Mineral Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70161 | International Petroleum Transactions | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70117 | International Sports Employment Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90095 | International Trade and Competition Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70164 | Racing Industry Law and Regulation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70433 | Regional Integration: The Case of the EU | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70401 | Regulation of Health Practitioners | February (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70462 | Sports Integrity and Investigations | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70320 | US Competition Law and Policy | No longer available | |
LAWS90105 | US Patent Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90111 | Chinese Competition Law and Policy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90112 | Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90143 | International Lending | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90144 | International Sustainable Finance | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90156 | Comparative Family Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90152 | Health Data Governance | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90146 | Construction Law in the Middle East | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90167 | Administrative Law in Tax Matters | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90179 | Law, Science and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 13 November 2021