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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 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70230 | Commercial Law in Asia |
September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90142 | Constitutionalism after Empire | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70351 | Contemporary Chinese Law and Practice | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70457 | Investment and Risk in Southeast Asia | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70105 | Islamic Law and Politics in Asia | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90182 | Law and Religion in Asia | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Banking and Finance Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90169 | Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70111 | Debt Capital Markets | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70420 | Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70110 | International Financial System | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90143 | International Lending | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90144 | International Sustainable Finance | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Dispute Resolution
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90250 | Civil Appeals | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90051 | Commercial Arbitration in Practice | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70468 | Negotiation Skills | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Energy and Resources Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70141 | Energy Regulation and the Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70423 | International Mineral Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70161 | International Petroleum Transactions | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Environmental Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70293 | Climate Change Law | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90088 | Disaster Law and Climate Adaptation | September (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70100 | Environmental Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70219 | International Environmental Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90114 | Negotiating Environmental Agreements | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70349 | Planning and Development Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90053 | Transnat'l Corporations: Rights & Duties | Not available in 2023 | 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 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90255 | Constitutionalism and the Global South | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90149 | Corruption: A Global Approach | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70448 | Global Constitutionalism | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70397 | Latin American Constitutionalisms | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70367 | Law of Democracy | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70425 | Money, Law and Politics | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90106 | Multiculturalism and the State | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90150 | States: When, Why and How they Happen | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Health and Medical Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90057 | Comparative Health Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70151 | Global Health Law | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90092 | Global Health, Trade and Investment Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70451 | Health Law and Human Rights | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70421 | Law and Emerging Health Technologies | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90120 | Public Health Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Human Rights Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70382 | Business and Human Rights | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90121 | Economic and Social Rights | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90124 | Gender and Human Rights | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70422 | Human Rights and Armed Conflict | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90044 | Human Rights and Economic Globalisation | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70091 | Human Rights and Terrorism | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90045 | Human Rights and Universality | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70360 | Human Rights Beyond Borders | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90122 | Human Rights in Asia: Current Issues | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70171 | Human Rights, Women and Development | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70454 | Human Rights: From Morality to Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90175 | Human Rights: Global Policy and Practice | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70264 | International Human Rights Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70120 | International Law and Children's Rights | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70366 | International Refugee Law | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70430 | Poverty, Human Rights and Development | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90049 | Reimagining Human Rights Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
International Economic Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70169 | International Trade and Development | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70013 | Global Financial Architecture |
May (Online)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70392 | International Business Transactions |
May (Online)
October (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70121 | International Commercial Arbitration |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
December (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70308 | International Economic Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70304 | Internat Investment Law and Arbitration |
October (On Campus - Parkville)
December (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70028 | International Trade Law |
July (On Campus - Parkville)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
December (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90052 | Trade and Investment Law in China | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70322 | WTO Law and Dispute Settlement |
July (Online)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
October (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90181 | WTO Trade Remedies | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
International Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90127 | Comparative Indigenous Rights | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70033 | International Criminal Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70303 | International Criminal Law and Justice | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70234 | International Humanitarian Law | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70173 | International Law |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
October (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70369 | International Law and Ethics | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70455 | International Law and Relations | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70078 | International Law and the Use of Force | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90128 | International Law: Uncensored History | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70456 | Law of Treaties | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90129 | Law, Science and Technology | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70313 | Post-Conflict State-Building | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70327 | Prosecuting the War on Terror | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90063 | Regulating Global Markets | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70403 | Statehood in International Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90249 | UN Law and Practice | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Law and Development
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90018 | Development, Labour and Human Rights | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90042 | Int'l Law, Sustainability & Development | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90179 | Law, Science and Development | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90253 | Transitional Justice | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Tax Law
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS70009 | Comparative Corporate Tax | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70353 | Comparative International Tax | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70162 | Tax Reform and Development | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Other Subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90111 | Chinese Competition Law and Policy | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90112 | Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70016 | Comparative Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70389 | Global Commercial Contract Law | February (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70218 | International Employment Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70446 | International Equality Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70242 | Internat.Issues in Intellectual Property | December (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70067 | International Legal Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Last updated: 10 November 2023