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Master of Public and International Law (511AA) // Course structure
About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
Coordinator
Sundhya Pahuja
Contact
Melbourne Law School
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
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 | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70407 | Australians Detained Abroad | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70334 | Bills of Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90011 | Comparative Constitutional Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90056 | Comparative Federal Constitutional Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70016 | Comparative Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70222 | Constitutional Law in Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70411 | Constitutional Problems in Comparison | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90013 | Constitutional Rights and Freedoms | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70269 | Constitution Making | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70201 | Current Issues in Administrative Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70417 | Elements of Legislation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70447 | Executive Power | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70390 | Freedom of Speech | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90091 | Global Administrative Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70448 | Global Constitutionalism | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70379 | Judicial Reasoning | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70397 | Latin American Constitutionalisms | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70368 | Law of Intergovernmental Relations | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90024 | Law-making: Legislatures and Courts | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70425 | Money, Law and Politics | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90103 | Private Law and Government | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70460 | Regulatory Policy and Practice | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90106 | Multiculturalism and the State | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70037 | Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70424 | Separation of Powers | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70404 | Statutes in the 21st Century | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90119 | Law and Public Administration | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90120 | Public Health Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90118 | Government Liability | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90117 | Federal Jurisdiction | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90149 | Corruption: A Global Approach | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90150 | States: When, Why and How they Happen | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90151 | The Law of Public Contracting | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90153 | Institutional Abuse and Legal Redress | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90180 | Multi-level Government | Not available in 2022 | 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 | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
General Public International Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90019 | Domestic Courts and International Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90063 | Regulating Global Markets | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70033 | International Criminal Law | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70303 | International Criminal Law and Justice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70234 | International Humanitarian Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70369 | International Law and Ethics | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70455 | International Law and Relations | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70344 | International Law and Israel-Palestine | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90023 | International Law and Politics | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70078 | International Law and the Use of Force | Not available in 2022 | 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 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90047 | Law of International Organisations | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70398 | Law of the Sea | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70456 | Law of Treaties | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70429 | Philosophy of International Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70313 | Post-Conflict State-Building | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70173 | International Law |
March (Online)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70327 | Prosecuting the War on Terror | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90127 | Comparative Indigenous Rights | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90128 | International Law: Uncensored History | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90129 | Law, Science and Technology | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90177 | International Law and Armed Violence | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90185 | Migration, Diasporas and the Law | Not available in 2022 | 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 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90087 | Disability Human Rights Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | November (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70391 | Human Rights at Work | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70186 | Human Rights Advocacy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70114 | Human Rights of Groups | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | October (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70394 | International Refugee Law:Refugee Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90098 | Islam and Human Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70461 | Sexual Violence and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90123 | No longer available | ||
LAWS90124 | Gender and Human Rights | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90160 | Human Rights and Global Justice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90174 | Human Rights in Australia | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90242 | Ageing and Human Rights | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90175 | Human Rights: Global Policy and Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
International Economic Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70013 | Global Financial Architecture | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70392 | International Business Transactions |
May (Online)
October (Online)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70121 | International Commercial Arbitration | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70308 | International Economic Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70304 | Internat Investment Law and Arbitration | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70069 | International Sale of Goods | Not available in 2022 | 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 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90126 | Digital Trade | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90181 | WTO Trade Remedies | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Asian Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70408 | Chinese Corporate Law and Securities | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90009 | Chinese Law and Commerce | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70230 | Commercial Law in Asia | September (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90014 | Construction Law and Projects in Asia | February (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70351 | Contemporary Chinese Law and Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70414 | Deals with China | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70415 | Drugs and the Death Penalty in Asia | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70457 | Investment and Risk in Southeast Asia | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90097 | Investment Deals and Disputes in Asia | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70105 | Islamic Law and Politics in Asia | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90052 | Trade and Investment Law in China | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90142 | Constitutionalism after Empire | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Communications Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70181 | Defamation Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70273 | Entertainment Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70080 | Online Streaming, Film and TV Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70362 | Information Technology Contracting Law | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70396 | Internet Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70184 | Media, Free Speech and the State | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70182 | New Media and Communications | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70428 | Newsgathering | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90028 | Privacy and Regulation of Surveillance | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70082 | Privacy Law |
March (Online)
September (Online)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70104 | Regulating Infrastructure & Utilities | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90145 | Artificial Intelligence and the Law |
March (Online)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Dispute Resolution
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70202 | Current Issues in Civil Litigation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90080 | Negotiation and Dispute Resolution | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70071 | Advanced Evidence | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70018 | Alternative Dispute Resolution | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70245 | Avoid and Manage Construction Disputes | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90062 | Business Negotiations and Deal-Making |
January (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90016 | Criminal Procedure: Law and Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70073 | Expert Evidence | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90021 | Intercultural Dispute Resolution | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90048 | Mediation in Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70468 | Negotiation Skills | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90102 | Persuasion and Advocacy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70178 | Proof in Litigation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70376 | Sports Dispute Resolution | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70266 | Tax Litigation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70052 | Written Advocacy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70019 | Class Actions | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90051 | Commercial Arbitration in Practice | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90113 | Mediation: Principles and Practice | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90022 | International Dispute Settlement | May (Online) |
12.5 |
Environmental Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70293 | Climate Change Law | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70149 | Construction Risk | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90088 | Disaster Law and Climate Adaptation | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90089 | Environmental Compliance and Enforcement | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70100 | Environmental Law | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90010 | Green Technology Law and Policy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70219 | International Environmental Law | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90026 | Native Title Law and Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70349 | Planning and Development Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90029 | Planning and Building Sustainable Cities | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70464 | Toxics, Waste and Contamination Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70185 | Water Law & Natural Resources Management | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90114 | Negotiating Environmental Agreements | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90115 | Space, High Seas, Seabed & Antarctic Law | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90116 | US Environmental Law and Policy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90147 | Biodiversity Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90148 | Politics of Transnational Regulation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
International Tax
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70009 | Comparative Corporate Tax | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70353 | Comparative International Tax | December (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70410 | Comparative Tax Avoidance | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70162 | Tax Reform and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70323 | Foundations of Tax Law | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90017 | International Tax: Anti-avoidance | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70006 | International Tax: Principles, Structure | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70124 | International Taxation in the US | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70399 | Mineral and Petroleum Tax | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90050 | Special Issues in Tax Treaties | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70319 | Tax Policy | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70146 | Tax Treaties | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70465 | Trade and Tax Policy | No longer available | |
LAWS70203 | Transfer Pricing: Practice and Problems | September (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90054 | UK International Tax | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90132 | Tax Treaty Interpretation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90158 | Current Issues in International Tax | Not available in 2022 | 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 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70208 | Competition Law & Intellectual Property | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90041 | Corruption in International Sport | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90042 | Int'l Law, Sustainability & Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70445 | Economic Regulators | No longer available | |
LAWS70141 | Energy Regulation and the Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70025 | Equality and Discrimination at Work | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70372 | Freedom of Information | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
May (On Campus - Parkville)
July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70388 | Gambling Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70389 | Global Commercial Contract Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70151 | Global Health Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90092 | Global Health, Trade and Investment Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70236 | Indigenous Peoples, Land & Resource Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70301 | Intl and Comparative Competition Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70409 | International Commercial Litigation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70139 | International Construction Law | December (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90093 | International Criminal Court | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70218 | International Employment Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70110 | International Financial System | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70125 | International Financial Transactions | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70242 | Internat.Issues in Intellectual Property | December (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70423 | International Mineral Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70161 | International Petroleum Transactions | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70117 | International Sports Employment Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90095 | International Trade and Competition Law | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70164 | Racing Industry Law and Regulation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70433 | Regional Integration: The Case of the EU | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70401 | Regulation of Health Practitioners | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70462 | Sports Integrity and Investigations | November (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70320 | US Competition Law and Policy | No longer available | |
LAWS90105 | US Patent Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90111 | Chinese Competition Law and Policy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90112 | Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90143 | International Lending | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90144 | International Sustainable Finance | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90156 | Comparative Family Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90152 | Health Data Governance | May (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90146 | Construction Law in the Middle East | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90167 | Administrative Law in Tax Matters | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90203 | Science & AI: Legal & Ethical Challenges | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90179 | Law, Science and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90051 | Commercial Arbitration in Practice | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70025 | Equality and Discrimination at Work | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90048 | Mediation in Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90026 | Native Title Law and Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70104 | No longer available | ||
LAWS90180 | Multi-level Government | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70440 | Tax Law Research | No longer available |
Last updated: 12 November 2022