Graduate Diploma in Government Law (178AA) // Course structure

Course structure

Students must complete 50 credit points from the prescribed lists.

Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.

Note: Most subjects in the MLM program are 12.5 credit points each. Check individual subject handbook entries for confirmation.

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Government Law subjects

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
LAWS70334	Bills of Rights	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90170	Bringing in the People	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90011	Comparative Constitutional Law	July (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70269	Constitution Making	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90013	Constitutional Rights in Australia	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90255	Constitutionalism and the Global South	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90218	Constitutions in Global Perspective	February (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90149	Corruption and Democratic Integrity	February (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70201	Current Issues in Administrative Law	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70447	Executive Power	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70390	Freedom of Speech	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70448	Global Constitutionalism	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90118	Government Liability	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90217	Hot Topics in Public Law	August (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70379	Judicial Reasoning	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90119	Law and Public Administration	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70367	Law of Democracy	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70425	Money, Law and Politics	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90180	Multi-level Government	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90103	Private Law and Government	September (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70460	Regulatory Design,Compliance&Enforcement	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70037	Royal Commissions and Public Inquiries	November (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70424	Separation of Powers in Australia	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90150	States: When, Why and How they Happen	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70404	Statutes and Legal Reasoning	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90151	The Law of Public Contracting	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90082	The Legal System: Bases and Challenges	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90284	Legal Pluralism	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90276	Judicial Review and Indigenous Peoples	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90277	Designing Effective Legislation	May (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90282	Constitutions and Culture	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90281	Public Law Litigation & Comparative Law	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90303	Constitutional Law and Climate Change	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90304	Constitutional Design and Democracy	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90322	Australian Constitutional Cultures	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90338	Executive Branch in Theory and Practice	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Further subjects relevant to this course

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
LAWS90167	Tax Litigation: Admin Law Remedies	September (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90250	Civil Appeals	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90058	Comparative Human Rights Law	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90127	Indigenous Rights in Global Context	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90142	Public Law in Asia	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90018	Development, Labour and Human Rights	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70415	Comparative Criminal Justice in Asia	September (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70100	Environmental Law	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70186	Human Rights Advocacy	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70422	Human Rights and Armed Conflict	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70091	Human Rights and Terrorism	November (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70391	Human Rights at Work	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70360	Human Rights Beyond Borders	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90174	Human Rights in Australia	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90175	Human Rights: Global Policy and Practice	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90153	Institutional Abuse and Legal Redress	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70446	International Equality Law	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70264	International Human Rights Law	February (On Campus - Parkville) July (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70120	International Law and Children's Rights	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90023	International Law and Geopolitics	November (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70365	International Migration Law	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70366	International Refugee Law	June (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70184	Criminalising Speech in the Internet Age	December (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90026	Native Title Law and Practice	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70349	Planning and Development Law	December (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70313	Post-Conflict State-Building	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70082	Privacy Law	April (On Campus - Parkville) September (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70433	Regional Integration: The Case of the EU	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70401	Regulation of Health Practitioners	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90049	Reimagining Human Rights Law	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70462	Sports Integrity and Investigations	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90130	Tax Administration	November (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS70319	Tax Policy	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90253	Transitional Justice	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS70185	Water Law & Natural Resources Management	November (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90181	International Trade Remedies Law	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90292	Comparative Constitutional Law in Asia	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90302	Asian Constitutionalism and Development	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90308	AI: Transforming Government	March (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90326	Law and Development in Asia	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90330	Government Access to Private Information	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90307	The Politics and Process of Legal Reform	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90295	Principles of International Law	March (On Campus - Parkville) August (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90342	Doing Justice in a Digital World	October (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90341	Gaming Law and Policy	Not available in 2026	12.5
LAWS90353	Governments, Politics and Tax Policy	September (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90227	Digital Human Rights	July (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LAWS90106	Multiculturalism and the State	Not available in 2026	12.5

Last updated: 1 December 2025