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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
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90009 | Chinese Law and Commerce | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70230 | Commercial Law in Asia | September (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90142 | Constitutionalism after Empire | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70351 | Contemporary Chinese Law and Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70457 | Investment and Risk in Southeast Asia | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70105 | Islamic Law and Politics in Asia | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90182 | Law and Religion in Asia | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90052 | Trade and Investment Law in China | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Banking and Finance Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90169 | Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70111 | Debt Capital Markets | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70420 | Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70110 | International Financial System | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90143 | International Lending | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90144 | International Sustainable Finance | March (Online) |
12.5 |
Competition and Consumer Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90111 | Chinese Competition Law and Policy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Corporate Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90112 | Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Dispute Resolution
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90051 | Commercial Arbitration in Practice | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90021 | Intercultural Dispute Resolution | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70468 | Negotiation Skills | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Employment and Labour Relations Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70218 | International Employment Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Energy and Resources Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70141 | Energy Regulation and the Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70423 | International Mineral Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70161 | International Petroleum Transactions | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Environmental Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70293 | Climate Change Law | June (Online) |
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 |
LAWS70219 | International Environmental Law | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90114 | Negotiating Environmental Agreements | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70349 | Planning and Development Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90148 | Politics of Transnational Regulation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90053 | Transnat'l Corporations: Rights & Duties | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Government Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90058 | Comparative Human Rights Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70269 | Constitution Making | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90149 | Corruption: A Global Approach | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70448 | Global Constitutionalism | 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 |
LAWS70425 | Money, Law and Politics | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90106 | Multiculturalism and the State | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90150 | States: When, Why and How they Happen | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Health and Medical Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90057 | Comparative Health Law | Not available in 2022 | 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 |
LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70421 | Law and Emerging Health Technologies | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90120 | Public Health 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 |
LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | 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 |
LAWS70453 | Human Rights and Culture | Not available in 2022 | 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 |
LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | 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 |
LAWS90175 | Human Rights: Global Policy and Practice | 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 |
LAWS70365 | International Migration Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | June (Online) |
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 |
LAWS90124 | Gender and Human Rights | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70118 | Women, War and Peacebuilding | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Intellectual Property Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70242 | Internat.Issues in Intellectual Property | December (Online) |
12.5 |
International Economic Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70169 | Developing Countries and the WTO | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
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 |
LAWS70028 | International Trade Law | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70322 | WTO Law and Dispute Settlement | July (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90181 | WTO Trade Remedies | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
International Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90127 | Comparative Indigenous Rights | May (Online) |
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 |
LAWS70173 | International Law |
March (Online)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70369 | International Law and Ethics | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70455 | International Law and Relations | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70078 | International Law and the Use of Force | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90128 | International Law: Uncensored History | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70456 | Law of Treaties | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90129 | Law, Science and Technology | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70313 | Post-Conflict State-Building | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70327 | Prosecuting the War on Terror | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90063 | Regulating Global Markets | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Law and Development
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90042 | Int'l Law, Sustainability & Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90179 | Law, Science and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Private Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70389 | Global Commercial Contract Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
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 |
LAWS70162 | Tax Reform and Development | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Other subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
May (On Campus - Parkville)
July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70067 | International Legal Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Last updated: 12 November 2022