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Major Project Delivery: Legal Interfaces (LAWS90099)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
June
Lecturers
Jeremy Chenoweth (Coordinator)
Kiri Parr
Email: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | June |
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Fees | Look up fees |
The delivery of major infrastructure, energy and resources projects is an organic process which involves multifaceted interactions with the law. In this subject, students will gain insights into the way that advising on such projects involves navigating an often-challenging intersection of construction and regulatory systems, drawing on aspects of property law, environmental law, native title, finance, banking and commercial law.
Students will also engage with the need for reform in major project delivery, with the cost of project delivery in Australia already prohibitive and globally uncompetitive.
The subject will examine how major energy and resources projects are defined, designed, structured and developed, the pressure points for successful and cost-efficient project delivery in Australia, and the areas where conflicts and disputes emerge and how they are managed.
Principal topics include:
- Project scoping from feasibility to design, including examination of recent studies on procurement practices and a simulated workshop on procurement models and how they respond to risks and opportunities
- Overview of regulatory approval frameworks and the social license for major project delivery, including a case study-based discussion of the interaction of such frameworks with construction document development and management
- Project delivery models and frameworks in the energy and resources sector
- Examination of leading causes of project stress and failure, including the need for proactive planning and strategies
- Interactive case study where students collaboratively examine particular aspects of project design and execution
- Current approaches to dispute management in major project delivery, including exercises examining common problems encountered in drafting dispute resolution clauses in project documentation, as well as a discussion of contemporary and innovative approaches to dispute management and avoidance in major projects.
Intended learning outcomes
A student who has successfully completed this subject should be able to:
- Evaluate and explain different forms of major project delivery in the infrastructure, energy and resources sector
- Analyse how major projects are developed and delivered from concept to execution
- Identify and evaluate areas of risk in major project delivery
- Critically reflect on, and be confident in identifying the interaction points relating to project execution, and the points of intersection of different areas of law
- Interpret the pressure points in infrastructure, energy and resources project delivery, and why projects fail
- Explain how project disputes emerge, and the different forms of dispute management.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Applicants without legal qualifications should note that subjects are offered in the discipline of law at an advanced graduate level. While every effort will be made to meet the needs of students trained in other fields, concessions will not be made in the general level of instruction or assessment. Most subjects assume the knowledge usually acquired in a degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent). Applicants should note that admission to some subjects in the Melbourne Law Masters will be dependent upon the individual applicant’s educational background and professional experience.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Class participation | Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
In class assessment – analysis of a hypothetical scenario requiring submission of a short paper (maximum 1000 words) on Day 4 of the course week followed by group analysis and presentation on Day 5.
| Day 5 | 25% |
Option 1: Take-home examination
| 2 - 5 August 2024 | 65% |
Option 2: Research paper on a topic approved by the subject coordinator
| 28 August 2024 | 65% |
Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 75% attendance is required. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Note: Students must choose assessment from the options listed above. If an option contains parts, all parts must be completed if that option is chosen.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- June
Principal coordinator Jeremy Chenoweth Coordinator Kiri Parr Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 15 May 2024 Pre teaching requirements Please refer to the Reading Guide on the LMS subject page for confirmation of which resources need to be read and what other preparation is required before the teaching period commences. Teaching period 12 June 2024 to 18 June 2024 Last self-enrol date 20 May 2024 Census date 13 June 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 July 2024 Assessment period ends 28 August 2024 June contact information
Lecturers
Jeremy Chenoweth (Coordinator)
Kiri ParrEmail: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
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Additional delivery details
This subject has a quota of 30 students.
Enrolment is on a 'first in' basis. Waitlists are maintained for subjects that are fully subscribed.
Students should note priority of waitlisted places in subjects will be given as follows:
- To currently enrolled Graduate Diploma and Masters students with a satisfactory record in their degree
- To other students enrolling on a single subject basis, eg Community Access Program (CAP) students, cross-institutional study and cross-faculty study.
Please refer to the Melbourne Law Masters website for further information about the management of subject quotas and waitlists.
Melbourne Law School may reserve places in a subject for incoming international cohorts or where a subject is core to a specialisation with limited alternate options.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Specialist materials will be made available via the LMS in the pre-teaching period.
- Related Handbook entries
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- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
If required, please contact law-masters@unimelb.edu.au for subject coordinator approval.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024