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Summer/Winter School lectures Dates Summer School ± December program Begins: Monday 7 December 2009 Summer School ± main program Begins: Monday 4 January 2010 Summer School ± late January program Begins: Monday 18 January Winter School ± main program Monday 28 June to Friday 24 July Semester One Dates International student orientation (Semester One) ± STABEX Monday 15 February and Tuesday 16 February International student orientation (Semester One) ± full degree Wednesday 18 February and Thursday 19 February Lectures begin Monday 1 March AVCC Common Week/non-teaching Easter period Friday 2 April to Friday 9 April International application deadline (Semester Two) * Thursday 30 April * Last day of lectures Friday 4 June Study vacation Monday 7 June to Friday 11 June Examination period Tuesday 15 June to Saturday 26 June Semester ends Saturday 26 June AVCC Common Week/non-teaching period Monday 5 July to Friday 9 July Semester Two Dates International student orientation (Semester Two) ± STABEX Monday 19 July and Tuesday 20 July International student orientation (Semester Two) ± full degree Wednesday 22 July and Thursday 23 July Lectures begin Monday 26 July AVCC Common Week/non-teaching period Monday 27 September to Friday 1 October Last day of lectures Friday 29 October International application deadline (for Semester One, 2011) * Saturday 30 October * Study vacation Monday 1 November to Friday 5 November Examination period Monday 8 November to Saturday 20 November Semester ends Saturday 20 November

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Semester One ± units of study Dates Last day to add a unit Friday 12 March Last day for withdrawal Wednesday 31 March Last day to discontinue without failure (DNF) Friday 23 April Last to discontinue (Discontinued ± Fail) Friday 4 June Semester Two ± units of study Dates Last day to add a unit Friday 6 August Last day for withdrawal Tuesday 31 August Last day to discontinue without failure (DNF) Friday 10 September Last day to discontinue (Discontinued ± Fail) Friday 29 October Last day to withdraw from a non-standard unit of study Census date of the unit, which cannot be earlier than 20 per cent of the way through the period of time during which the unit is undertaken. Public holidays Dates Australia Day Tuesday 26 January Good Friday Friday 2 April Easter Monday Monday 5 April Anzac Day Monday 26 April Queen©s Birthday Monday 14 June Labour Day Monday 4 October

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i Sydney Law School postgraduate prizes and 17 Important dates scholarships University semester and vacation dates for 2010 i 7. Student societies 19 Last dates for withdrawal or discontinuation for i 2010 Sydney University Law Society 19 Sydney Law School Foundation 20 How to use this handbook iii Chinese Law Students Society (CLSS) 20 What is a handbook? iii Sydney University Law Graduates© Association 20 What new students need to know iii (SULGA) Where to find information iii 8. Undergraduate information 21 Timetables iii Students with a disability iii Teaching and learning objectives of the Bachelor 21 of Laws (LLB) Handbook updates iii Programs available 21 1. Welcome from the Dean 1 Studying at Sydney Law School 21 Generic graduate attributes 22 2. Where to ask for help 3 Employment 22 University dates 3 General enquiries 3 9. Undergraduate policies and degree 25 Undergraduate enquiries 3 regulations Postgraduate enquiries 3 Sydney Law School policies and general 25 information International students 3 Sydney Law School undergraduate degree 30 3. About the Sydney Law School 5 resolutions History 5 Bachelor of Arts and (BA/LLB) 30 Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications) and 32 4. Staff 7 Bachelor of Laws (BA (Media & Comm)/LLB) Dean 7 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws 33 (BCom/LLB) Pro-Dean 7 Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws 35 Associate Deans 7 (BEc/LLB) Academic staff 7 Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Laws 37 General staff 9 (BE/LLB) Staff of centres and institutes 10 Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor 38 of Law (BIT/LLB) 11 5. Centres and institutes Bachelor of International and Global Studies and 40 Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental 11 Bachelor of Laws (BIGS/LLB) Law (ACCEL) ± Sydney Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social 42 Centre for Asian and Pacific Law (CAPLUS) 11 Sciences and Bachelor of Laws (BPESS/LLB) Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics 11 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws 44 (BSc/LLB) Institute of Jurisprudence 11 Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 45 Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate 11 and Taxation Law 10. Table of undergraduate units of study 51 Sydney Centre for International Law (SCIL) 12 The Institute of Criminology 12 11. Descriptions of undergraduate units of 57 study Other related bodies 12 Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) 12 Sydney Law School undergraduate units of study 57 Sydney Law Review 12 Compulsory units of study (Combined Law 1±3) 57 JuristDiction: Faculty and Alumni Newsletter 12 Compulsory units of study (Combined Law 4 and 60 Graduate Law 1±2) Sydney Law School Library 12 Optional units of study 64 6. Prizes and scholarships 15 12. Postgraduate information 77 Sydney Law School undergraduate scholarships 15 and prizes Postgraduate programs 77

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Background to the Sydney Law School 77 Accommodation Service 165 postgraduate program Admissions Office 165 Doctorates 78 Applying for a course 166 Doctor of Laws (LLD) 78 Attendance 166 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 78 Bus service 166 Doctor of Juridical Studies (SJD) 79 Campuses 166 Masters© degrees and graduate diplomas 80 Careers Centre 166 Postgraduate ± general information 81 Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) 166 13. Postgraduate degree regulations 85 Centre for English Teaching (CET) 167 Doctor of Juridical Studies (SJD) 85 Child Care Information Office 167 (LLM) 86 The Co-op Bookshop 167 Master of and Policy (MALP) 88 Counselling Service 167 Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems 91 Disability Services 167 (MAPLS) Employment opportunities for students 168 Master of Business Law (MBL) 92 Enrolment 168 Master of Criminology (MCrim) 94 Environmental Policy 168 Master of Environmental Law (MEL) 97 Support Services 168 Master of Environmental Science and Law 99 Examinations 168 (MEnvSci and Law) Fees 168 Master of Global Law (MGlobL) 100 Financial Assistance Office 168 Master of Health Law (MHL) 102 Freedom of information 168 Master of International Business and Law 104 Graduations Office 169 Master of International Law (MIL) 104 Grievances and appeals 169 Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) 106 HECS and Domestic Fees Office 169 Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) 108 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) 169 Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) 110 International Office 169 Master of Taxation (MTax) 112 International Student Support Unit (ISSU) 169 Graduate Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) 114 Koori Centre and Yooroang Garang 170 Graduate Diploma in 115 (GradDipCommLaw) Learning Centre 170 Graduate Diploma in Corporate Securities and 117 Library 170 Finance Law (GradDipCorpLaw) Mathematics Learning Centre 170 Graduate Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) 118 Museums and galleries 171 Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law 120 MyUni Student Portal 171 (GradDipEnvLaw) Orientation and O-Week 171 Graduate Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) 121 Part-time, full-time attendance 172 Graduate Diploma in International Business Law 123 (GradDipIntBusL) Policy Online 172 Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIL) 125 Printing service 172 Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) 126 Privacy 172 Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law 128 Research Office 172 (GradDipPubHL) Revenue Services 172 Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) 129 Scholarships for undergraduates 173 Security Service 173 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study 133 Service Management, Information and 173 Sydney Law School postgraduate units of study 133 Communications Technology (ICT) The Sydney Summer and Winter Schools 163 Special Consideration 173 Advantages 163 Staff and Student Equal Opportunity Unit (SSEOU) 173 How to apply 163 Student administration and support 174 Census dates 163 Student Centre 174 Withdrawal and refund policy 163 Student course material (online stores) 174 Transferring between subjects 163 Student identity cards 174 Summer and Winter School scholarships 163 Sydney Summer School 174 For more information 163 SydneyTalent 174 Sydney Welcome Orientation and Transition 174 General University information 165 Program (SWOT) Academic progression 165 vi Contents

The University of Sydney Foundation Program 174 (USFP) Timetabling Unit 175 University Health Service (UHS) 175 Student organisations 177 Students© Representative Council (SRC) 177 Sydney University Postgraduate Representative 177 Association (SUPRA) University of Sydney Union (USU) 177 Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness 178 International students 179 Completion within the expected duration 179 Satisfactory academic progress 179 Distance/web-based study 179 Work permits 179 Change of address 179 Sponsored students 179 Suspension/discontinuation 179 Health cover 179 The University of Sydney Foundation Program 179 (USFP) International Office 180 International Student Support Unit 180 Essential information for students 181 Calendar 181 Coursework Rule 181 PhD Rule 181 Plagiarism 181 Students at Risk Policy 181 Grievance Procedure 181 Abbreviations 183

Glossary 187

Index by alpha code 199

Index by name 203

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viii 1. Welcome from the Dean 1. Welcome from the Dean

Welcome to the Sydney Legal studies open up many opportunities. While you might choose Law School for 2010. to practice as a barrister or solicitor, our graduates also become corporate counsel, government policy advisers, teachers, business 2010 is a vital year in the executives, novelists, journalists and artists. Many graduates work evolution of legal with international organisations, such as the United Nations or the education at the World Bank, or with pro-bono legal services. Indeed, we believe that University of Sydney, as well over 50 percent of our law graduates do not practice in the we settle into our new law traditional legal profession within a few years of graduating. building and develop our new programmes in It is our aim to ensure that at the Sydney Law School Global Law and Social prepares students for the international and transnational legal Justice. While historically environment in which they will work in the future. For example, the the Sydney Law School challenges posed by global warming require international solutions; has operated from Australian trade measures must comply with the rules of the WTO various barristers' and international trade agreements; rights need chambers and the current protection within Australia and globally; the jurisdictional reach of Phillip St building in the criminal laws extend to the acts of Australian armed forces overseas Sydney CBD, the new and also to the international activities of directors of Australian light-filled building on the Camperdown campus has given us the corporations. opportunity to offer world class standard lecture theatres, moot court facilities and library all fitted with the most advanced technology. 21st century legal challenges such as these call for lawyers with international and comparative legal skills to respond to the increasingly Despite our move to a ©state of the art© building, we know that bricks global nature of today's problems. Our aim at the Sydney Law School and mortar do not make a law school. The special strengths of the is to provide you with the best possible legal education to give you Faculty of Law at Sydney University are its high calibre student the tools for contemporary legal practice.We also hope that you enjoy community, its excellent academic staff and research and the special your `whole of university' experience on the Camperdown campus contribution made by the legal profession to the teaching program. and that your years at the Sydney Law School prove to be intellectually stimulating and good fun. There has never been a greater demand for legal advice and innovative approaches to problem solving than today. But you might I have an ©open door© policy. Please do come by my office to discuss ask ... what skills will a law degree provide for future practice? A law any aspect of your legal studies. We welcome your ideas and degree develops skills of analysis, research, writing and advocacy contributions. and prepares students for work in the increasingly globalised environment for legal services. Best wishes,

At Sydney Law School you will learn about jurisprudence of the law and its fundamental framework. However, the most valuable skills you Professor will acquire are the ability to think originally, creatively and logically Dean of the Faculty of Law about legal problems so as to advise your clients to resolve issues in ways that are both ethical and legally principled.

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University dates Postgraduate enquiries Please see the University dates page at the start of this handbook for Postgraduate Team a listing of all current semester, holiday and examination dates at the Phone: +61 2 9351 0347 or University of Sydney. Phone: +61 2 9351 0361 or Phone: +61 2 9351 0451 or Phone: +61 2 9351 0267 General enquiries Email: [email protected] Information Desk Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework) Level 3 Professor Roger Magnusson Sydney Law School (F10) Phone: +61 2 9351 0211 Eastern Avenue Email: [email protected] Camperdown Campus University of Sydney Associate Dean (Postgraduate Research) NSW 2006 Professor Patricia Apps Phone: +61 2 9351 0241 Phone: +61 2 9351 0351 Email: [email protected] Fax: +61 2 9351 0200 Email: [email protected] Postgraduate Team Leader Website: www.law.usyd.edu.au Sue Ng Phone: +61 2 9351 0265 The Sydney Law School Information Desk on Level 3 has the following Email: [email protected] opening hours:

During semester Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm International students During semester break Associate Dean (International) Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm Dr Belinda Smith Phone: +61 2 9351 0229 Students will find that pursuit of the following avenues can generally Email: [email protected] answer questions they have in relation to their course of study. International Student Liaison Officer (Undergraduate) Donna Wilson Undergraduate enquiries Phone: +61 2 9351 0346 Email: [email protected] Undergraduate Team International Student Liaison Officer (Postgraduate) Phone: +61 2 9351 0344 or Christine Jones Phone: +61 2 9351 0346 Phone: +61 2 9351 0314 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Associate Dean (Undergraduate) Associate Professor Gail Mason Phone: +61 2 9351 0326 Email: [email protected] Undergraduate Team Leader Natasha De Zilva Phone: +61 2 9351 0345 Email: [email protected]

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4 3. About the Sydney Law School 3. About the Sydney Law School

History In 1939 there were 288 students and a teaching staff of 17 ± two The Sydney Law School was inaugurated in 1855. There were only professors and one full-time tutor (FC Hutley, later Mr Justice Hutley two other faculties in the University at the time: Arts and Medicine. of the Supreme Court of NSW), and 14 part-time lecturers. The Law School commenced its work in 1859, but in the main this work was examining rather than teaching, for about 30 years. In the years immediately following World War II, there were some 1100 students in the Law School; the number fell to 650 by 1953. In 1880 John Henry Challis, a merchant and landowner of Potts Point, During the 1950s, three further chairs of law were created and another NSW, died. Five years after the death of his wife in 1884, the was added in 1969. In that year the Sydney Law School moved again, substantial bequest of his real and personal estate began to pass to this time into a 16-storey building bounded by Phillip, King and the University, "to be applied for the benefit of that institution in such Elizabeth Streets, which it still occupies. This is known as the ©St manner as the governing body thereof directs". James Campus© - however this is used for teaching spaces only since As a result of this bequest, eight University chairs, including those of the opening of the new Sydney Law School on the Camperdown Law, International Law and Jurisprudence, were founded, together Campus. with a number of specific lectureships, several of them in the Law In early 2009 the Sydney Law School relocated to a new Faculty. state-of-the-art building, situated at the University of Sydney©s main In 1890 Pitt Cobbett was appointed to the first Chair of Law and campus in Camperdown. Occupying an elevated position adjacent to became the first dean of the faculty.This marked the commencement Sydney's Victoria Park, the building provides an ©open door© orientation of the Sydney Law School as we know it today. After Pitt Cobbett©s towards the city, reinforcing its connection to the CBD's legal precinct resignation in 1910, Mr John B Peden (later Sir ) was and wider society. appointed to the Chair of Law and became dean of the faculty. The building accommodates the faculty©s academic and administrative A second chair was created after World War I, and AH Charteris, of staff, together with a range of research centres and institutes and the the University of Glasgow, was appointed Challis Professor of Law Library. It also incorporates collaborative spaces, meeting and International Law and Jurisprudence. conference rooms.

The earliest lectures in the Law School, before Pitt Cobbett©s arrival There are a total of 23 teaching spaces within the building, ranging from England, were given on the second or the top floor of an old from 300 and 100 seat lecture theatres, through to 60, 56, and 24 building called Wentworth Court, which ran from Phillip Street to seat seminar facilities to suit a wide range of teaching requirements. Elizabeth Street on the site of the former Government Insurance Office. It also accommodates a Moot Court facility, the Law Library and a spacious Forecourt. Soon after Professor Pitt Cobbett©s arrival in 1890, the Law School, with its 14 students and five teaching staff, four of whom were part-time For further information on the new Law School building, please visit lecturers, moved a few doors along Phillip Street to the premises that www.law.usyd.edu.au/about/new_building.shtml Sir John Peden, writing in 1940, described as ©attractive quarters© in The Law School now has approximately 1700 undergraduate students, what used to be the Australian Pioneers© Club at number 173. 1500 postgraduate coursework students and 100 postgraduate In 1896 the Law School moved across Phillip Street to number 174 research students. There are now 24 chairs including the Challis Selbourne Chambers, a three-storey building on the site of the present Chairs of Law, Jurisprudence and International Law. The Dean of the Selbourne Chambers. It remained there until 1913, when it moved for Law School in 2010 is Professor Gillian Triggs. a year to a ©cramped and noisy© upper floor in Martin Place, while Wigram Chambers (number 167 Phillip Street) and Barristers© Court (to the rear, facing Elizabeth Street), both of which the University had recently purchased, were being converted into University Chambers for the Law School and tenants.

Some time later, Barristers Court was resumed and demolished for the widening of Elizabeth Street, and in 1936 the University purchased all that remained of the original site. A 13-storey building was erected on this block, and opened in 1938. It was joined to the old Phillip Street Building, although the floors were at different levels, and it contained a well-appointed law library occupying three floors. The rest of the space was let.

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Dean Micah Burch, BA (East Asian Studies) Princ JD Harv, Senior Lecturer Professor Gillian Triggs, LLB PhD Melbourne LLM Southern Methodist Chloe Burnett, BA LLB Sydney LLM NYU, Lecturer

Pro-Dean Fiona Burns, BA LLB LLM Sydney LLM Camb PhD ANU, Associate Lee Burns, BCom LLB UNSW LLM Sydney, Professor in Taxation Professor Law Lee Burns, BCom LLB UNSW LLM Sydney, Professor in Taxation Associate Deans Law Undergraduate Simon Butt, BA LLB ANU PhD Melbourne, Senior Lecturer Gail Mason, LLB UQ DipCrim Melbourne MA SUNJ PhD La Trobe, Terry R Carney, LLB DipCrim Melbourne PhD Monash, Professor Associate Professor John W Carter, BA LLB Sydney PhD Camb, Professor in Commercial Postgraduate Coursework Law (Personal Chair) Roger Magnusson, BA LLB ANU GradDip Management Development PhD Melbourne, Professor Peter Cashman, LLB DipCrim Melbourne LLM PhD Lond, Professor (Kim Santow Chair in Law and Social Justice) Postgraduate Research Patricia Apps, BArch UNSW MEd Yale PhD Camb ARAIA, Professor Judith Cashmore, BA DipEd Adelaide MEd UoN PhD Macquarie, in Public Economics in Law (Personal Chair) Associate Professor International students Graeme Cooper, BA LLB LLM GradDipJur Sydney LLM Ill LLM JSD Belinda Smith, BEc (Soc.Sci) LLB Sydney LLM SJDColumbia, Senior Col, Professor of Taxation Law Lecturer Wayne Courtney, BSc LLB Sydney Bcomp UTAS GDipLegalPractice Learning and Teaching ANU, Lecturer Celeste Black, BA Harv JD Penn LLM Sydney, Senior Lecturer Graeme Coss, LLB LLM Sydney GradDipInf&LibStud Curtin, Senior International Lecturer David Kinley, BA MA Sheff CNAA PhD Camb, Professor of Human Mary Crock, BA LLB PhD Melbourne, Professor of Public Law Rights Law Michael Dirkis, BEc PhD Macquarie GradDipLegPrac SA Inst Tech Curriculum Development LLM Adelaide Professor of Taxation Law Barbara McDonald, BA LLB Sydney LLM Lond, Associate Professor Bernard Dunne, BA LLB Macquarie, Lecturer

Andrew Edgar, BA LLB Macquarie PhD Sydney, Lecturer

Academic staff Salim Farrar, LLB LLM Lond DipShariaLaw IIU Malaysia PhD Warw, Margaret Allars, BA LLB Sydney, DPhil Oxf, Professor Senior Lecturer

Ross Anderson, LLB Sydney LLM Lond, Senior Lecturer Mark J Findlay, BA LLB ANU MSc Edin LLM Sydney DipCrim LLD Nott, Professor Thalia Anthony, BA LLB PhD Sydney, Lecturer Nicola E Franklin, BA LLB Natal DipComparLegalStud Camb, Senior Fady Aoun, BEc LLB Sydney, Lecturer Lecturer Patricia Apps, BArch UNSW MEd Yale PhD Camb ARAIA, Professor Saul Fridman, LLB WOnt BCL Oxf, Senior Lecturer in Public Economics in Law (Personal Chair) Peter Gerangelos, BA LLB Sydney LLM PhD UNSW, Associate Hilary Astor, BTech (Law) PhD Brunel, Professor of Dispute Resolution Professor Irene Baghoomians, BSc LLB Sydney LLM Col, Lecturer James Glister, MA Camb MJur Durh , Lecturer Vivienne Bath, BA LLB ANU LLM Harv, Associate Professor Reg Graycar, LLB Adelaide LLM Harv, Professor Belinda Bennett, BEc LLB Macquarie LLM SJD Wisc, Professor of David Hamer, BSc LLB ANU PhD Melbourne, Associate Professor Health and Medical Law Jennifer G Hill, BA LLB Sydney BCL Oxf, Professor Edwin Bikundo, BSL LLB Pune University India LLM Utrecht, Lecturer Helen Irving, BA Melbourne LLB PhD Sydney MPhil Camb, Professor Joanna Bird, BA LLB Sydney BCL Oxf, Associate Professor Fleur Johns, BA LLB Melbourne LLM SJD Harv, Senior Lecturer Celeste Black, BA Harv JD Penn LLM Sydney, Senior Lecturer David Kinley, BA CNAA MA Sheff PhD Camb, Professor of Human Chester Brown, BA LLB Melbourne BCL Oxf PhD Camb, Associate Rights Law Professor Miiko Kumar, BA LLB Sydney, Senior Lecturer

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Patricia Lane, BA LLB LLM Sydney, Senior Lecturer K Alex Ziegert, MA DPhil Munich, Associate Professor

Murray Lee, BA UoN BA PhD UWS, Senior Lecturer Professor Emeritus Peter Butt, BA LLB LLD Syd Patricia Loughlan, BA LLB LLM Tor PhD Sydney, Associate Professor Ivan Shearer AM RFD, LLB LLM Adelaide SJD Northwestern Arlie Loughnan, BA LLB Sydney LLM NYU PhD Lond, Lecturer Colin Phegan, BA LLB LLM Syd LLM Michigan Rosemary Lyster, BA LLB LLM Natal, Associate Professor David Weisbrot, BA Queens-NY JD UCLA Roger Magnusson, BA LLB ANU GradDip Management Development PhD Melbourne, Professor Challis Academics Gail Mason, LLB UQ DipCrim Melbourne MA SUNJ PhD La Trobe, The Hon Justice Robert P Austin, BA LLM Sydney DPhil Oxf, Challis Associate Professor Lecturer in Corporate Law Ron McCallum AO, Bjur LLB Monash LLM Qu, Professor of Industrial The Hon Justice Arthur R Emmett, BA LLM Hon LLD Sydney, Challis Law Lecturer in Roman Law Shae McCrystal, BA LLB PhD UTAS, Senior Lecturer , BA LLB PhD Sydney, Challis Lecturer in Equity Barbara McDonald, BA LLB Sydney LLM Lond, Associate Professor Honorary Faculty Katherine Miles, BA LLB LLM Auck LLM NYU, Lecturer The Hon Justice Richard Chisholm, BA LLB BCL Oxf, Honorary Professor Rebecca Millar, BSc Auck LLB UNSW LLM Sydney, Associate Professor Bron McKillop, BA LLB BEc Sydney LLM Harv, Honorary Senior Lecturer Jacqueline Mowbray, BA LLB UQ LLM Melbourne LLM Phd Camb, Lecturer Nicole Abadee, BA LLB Sydney LLM Camb, Honorary Lecturer

Luke Nottage, BCA LLB PhD VUW LLM Kyoto, Associate Professor Adjunct Faculty Pat O'Malley, BA Monash MA Victoria PhD Lond, Professorial Research Fellow Adjunct Professors The Hon Justice James Allsop, BA LLB Sydney, Adjunct Professor Patrick Parkinson AM, BA MA Oxf LLM Ill, Professor Gerry Bates, LLB PhD Birm, Adjunct Professor Elisabeth Peden, BA LLB Sydney PhD Camb, Professor Andrew Bell SC, BA LLB Sydney BCL DPhil Oxf, Adjunct Professor Joellen Riley, BA DipEd MA PhD Sydney BCL Oxf GradDipLegalPrac UTS, DipMgt Macquarie, Professor of Labour Law Alan Bennet, LLM UTS, Adjunct Professor

David Rolph, BA LLB PhD Sydney, Senior Lecturer Christopher Birch SC, BA LLB PhD Sydney, Adjunct Professor

Wojciech Sadurski, LLM DrJur Warsaw, Professor of Legal Philosophy Ashley Black, BA LLM Sydney, Adjunct Professor (Personal Chair) Max Bonnell, BA LLB Sydney MA Warw, Adjunct Professor Ben Saul, BA LLB Syd DPhil Oxf, Associate Professor Elizabeth Boros, LLB Adelaide LLM Phd Camb, Adjunct Professor Kristin Savell, BSc LLB Macquarie LLM McG PhD Camb, Senior Lecturer Duncan Chappell, BA LLB UTAS PhD Camb, Adjunct Professor

Rita Shackel, BSc LLB DipEd MA PhD Sydney, Lecturer John Currie, BA LLB Sydney LLM Lond, Adjunct Professor

Susan Shearing, BA LLB Macquarie LLM Sydney, Lecturer The Hon Mr AC, BA LLB Hon LLD Sydney, Adjunct Professor Judith Single, BA MAppScRes Sydney, Research Academic Christopher Hodgekiss SC, BA BCL Oxf, Adjunct Professor Belinda Smith, BEc (Soc.Sci) LLB Sydney SJDCol, Senior Lecturer Kevin Lewis, LLB BJuris UWA SJD Harv MBA Sydney, Adjunct Tim Stephens, BA LLB PhD Sydney, MPhil Camb, Senior Lecturer Professor

Cameron Stewart, BEc LLB Macquarie PhD Sydney, Associate The Hon Justice Kevin Lindgren, BA UNSW LLB Lond MA PhD LLD Professor UoN, Adjunct Professor

Julie Stubbs, BA UOW MA Tor, Professor The Hon Justice Brian Preston, BA LLM Macquarie, Adjunct Professor

Greg Tolhurst, DipLaw SAB LLM PhD UNSW, Associate Professor Rashda Rana, BA MPhil Camb DipLaw City-UK DipLaw Sydney, Adjunct Professor Andrew Tuch, BCom LLB Qld LLM Harv, Senior Lecturer Donald Robertson, BEc LLB Sydney LLM Col, Adjunct Professor Anne Twomey, BA LLB Melbourne LLM ANU, PhD UNSW, Associate Professor Karen Rooke, LLB ANU LLM Sydney, Adjunct Professor

Richard J Vann, BA LLB UQ BCL Oxf, Challis Professor in Law The Hon Justice Ronald Sackville AO, LLB Melbourne LLM Yale Hon LLD UNSW, Adjunct Professor Kevin Walton, LLB PhD Edin MA Lond, Lecturer Zeke Soloman, LLB Sydney LLM Harv, Adjunct Professor Brett Williams, BEc LLB PhD Adelaide GradDip International Law ANU, Senior Lecturer

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The Hon Justice Brian Tamberlin QC, BA LLB Sydney, LLM Harv, Visitors Coordinator Adjunct Professor David Corey E Joan Wright, BHSc Otago LLB PhD Melbourne DipLegStudies La Marketing and Information Team Trobe, Adjunct Professor Director of Marketing

Peter Finneran, BA Sydney MBA USQ Visiting Faculty Professor Owen Anderson, BA JD North Dakota, University of Marketing & Publications Officer Oklahoma- USA Greg Sherington, BA (Communication & Journalism) CSU

Professor Emeritus Brian Arnold, BA WOntario JD Harvard, Univesity Web Administrator of Western Ontario - Canada Roland Huang, B Design Computing Sydney

Professor Jim Davis, BA LLB NZ LLM DipComLegStud Camb, Client Services Coordinator Australian National University Christopher Pile

Mr Jan Job de Vries Robbe, Senior Counsel- Structural Finance, Information Officer Netherlands Development Finance Company- The Netherlands Fabricio Bettega Nascimento, LLB PUC- Brazil Visiting Professor Andrew Dickinson, MA LLB Oxf, Clifford Chance Postgraduate Team LLP, London- UK Team Leader Professor Panos Koutrakos, PhD Birm, University of Bristol- UK Sue Ng, BA UNSW

Professor Michael Furmston, MA BCL Oxf LLM Birm, Dean, School Postgraduate Coursework & Systems Administrator of Law, Singapore Management University- Singapore Jonathan Crabbe Professor Ian Dennis, PhD, Univesity College London- UK Student Liaison Officers David Yeates, BA Curtin Professor Malcolm Gammie QC, LLB Camb, Chambers of Lord Grabiner QC, London- UK Sarah Upatham Dr Peter Harris, LLB UQ, LLM PhD Camb, Univesity of Cambridge- Student Liaison Officer (International) UK Christine Jones Prof Jinyan Li, BA UIBE, China LLB Toronto LLM Queen©s DJur Student Liaison Officer (Research) Osgoode, York University- Canada Raul Puertes Prof John Lowe, BA Denison LLB Harvard, Southern Methodist Undergraduate Team University, Texas- USA Team Leader Visiting Professor Stafford Smiley, BA Yale JD Harv, Georgetown Natasha DeZilva, BA MPhil Sydney University, Washington- USA Systems Administrator Professor Paul Stephan, BA MA Yale JD Virginia, Univesity of Virginia, Barry Passaris Virginia- USA Student Liaison Officer Professor Robert Thomson, BA Vanderbilt JD Virginia, Vanderbilt Kathleen McDonnell University, Tennessee- USA Student Liaison Officer (International) Professor David Yates, Univesity of Cambridge- UK Donna Wilson

Faculty Events Team Events Manager General staff Melissa Burney, BA UTS Office of the Dean Events Coordinators Executive Director Dale Nouwens Annette Giles, BA ANU Jenifer Waters Executive Assistant Events Assistant Sandie Tolliday Rebecca Lowe Executive Officer Finance Team Peter Lead, BA LLB Macquarie Finance Manager Alumni Officer Tony Cousins Jami Schievelbein Finance Officers Development Officer Qinjuan (Linda) Zong, LLB LLM RenMing Demelza Birtchnell Maryann Joseph HR Administration Coordinator Margot Harris Finance Assistant Miriam Choi, BAcc Griff

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Facilities Team Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law Facilities & Project (New Building) Manager George Bibicos, BA UNSW Centre Administrator Adam Bratt, BA LLB Monash Facilities & Technical Officer James Fletcher Administrative Assistant Nancy Carrasco Facilities Assistance Andy Netherington Information Technology Team Team Leader Peter Ni, BSc Beijing Union Univ MCS Acad Sinica China MIT UWS Computer Support Officer Patrick Lui, BA (Computing) UWS Support Services Team Leader Ivana Crossley, BSc UWS Online Teaching Administrator Mai Nguyen, BA UOW Administrative Assistants Bette Donnelly (Fract)

Jeannel Farquharson

Lana Kolta

Aliyah Leung

Katrina Wells

Trudy Wiedeman Sydney Law Review Joanna Howse, Coordinator Research Office Janice Mountford, Research Support Officer

Rebecca Liu, Research Administrative Officer

Glenys Eddy, Research Administrative Officer

Staff of centres and institutes Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) Centre Adminstrator (Fract) TBA Centre for Asian and Pacific Law in the University of Sydney (CAPLUS) Centre Administrator Craig Bromley, BA BSc Macquarie Institute of Criminology Publishing Officer (Fract) TBA Administrative Assistant (Fract) Rachel Miller, BA MCrim Sydney Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence Administrative Assistant (Fract) Daniel Brass

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Australian Centre for Climate and Centre for Health Governance, Law and Environmental Law (ACCEL) ± Sydney Ethics The Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) The Centre for Health Governance, Law and Ethics was established was established in 1992 to promote teaching and research in in 2005 and builds upon more than a decade of excellence in health environmental law and policy, and to provide a resource for the law research and teaching within the Sydney Law School. exchange and dissemination of information and advice on ecologically sustainable development. Academic staff affiliated with the centre are active in teaching in the faculty's extensive coursework offerings in health law, at both ACCEL has centres within the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. At postgraduate level the and the Faculty of Law, Australian National University. Both centres faculty offers a Master of Health Law degree, a Graduate Diploma in support the undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Health Law, and Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law, as well as Environmental Law offered through their respective faculties. Credit an active program of postgraduate research supervision at master's towards postgraduate degrees and diplomas may be approved for and doctoral level. units undertaken on a cross-institutional basis. The centre is active in organising seminars and conferences on topics ACCEL (Sydney) specialises in environmental law research in the of contemporary relevance to health law and ethics and in building Asia Pacific region. It has close links with environmental research links with academic, community and professional organisations in centres at leading Chinese Universities, including Wuhan University, Australia and overseas. Peking University, Tsinghua University, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the China University of Politics and Law. For more information, see the website: www.law.usyd.edu.au/health.

Postgraduate students may undertake a unit of study in China.

ACCEL (Sydney) also maintains close links with the Asia Pacific Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence Centre for Environmental Law at the National University of Singapore, The Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence was established in 1999 the Indonesian Centre for Environmental Law in Jakarta, and the with the assistance of funds raised from and by the alumni and friends Centre for Environmental Education, Research and Advocacy at the of the Law School, in particular, from those who were students of National Law School of India, Bangalore. Professor Julius Stone, or who had worked with, or been influenced by him. The Institute serves as a focus for theoretical scholarship in ACCEL (Sydney) has a resources room, which provides students with Australia, continuing the faculty©s strong leadership in this field. access to materials and computer-assisted research in environmental law. For further information, please visit the ACCEL ± Sydney website: Objectives www.law.usyd.edu.au/accel. The Institute plays a leadership role in the development, dissemination

and application of legal theory in Australia. It also seeks to foster the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law (CAPLUS) international engagement of legal theorists working in Australia. The Centre for Asian and Pacific Law is a centre of the Sydney Law It pursues these objectives by, among other things: School. Its functions are: · sponsoring lectures, including the annual Julius Stone Address · to promote knowledge in and understanding of the laws, legal in Jurisprudence, as well as seminars, workshops and other systems, constitutions, legal culture and business laws of the similar activities countries of Asia and the Pacific · supporting visits of distinguished scholars of jurisprudence · to provide a source of information on legal developments in the · supporting high quality postgraduate study in the field of legal Asian and Pacific region and in Australia theory. · to make reciprocal contacts with scholars and lawyers · to arrange exchange programs for students, scholars and lawyers For more information, see www.law.usyd.edu.au/jurisprudence.

from both regions · to provide specialised courses for students, scholars and lawyers from the Asian and Pacific region to study different aspects of Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, law, and Corporate and Taxation Law · to publish and circulate work on the laws, legal systems, legal and constitutional developments, updates of business and The Ross Parsons Centre has been founded to build upon Sydney commercial laws of these countries. Law School©s excellence in commercial, corporate and taxation law. The constitution was approved by the Law School in late 2003 and Recent activities of CAPLUS include running a very successful seminar the centre was launched in 2004. with the faculty©s LPD program, entitled "The Chinese Legal System and the Chinese Government". Speakers included Professor Wang The centre is active in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, Chenguang, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Tsinghua University, Beijing, conferences and seminars, sponsoring visits from international and and Ms Vivienne Bath, Director of CAPLUS. Australian academics, encouraging research and building links with other institutions with similar goals. With Professor of Human Rights, David Kinley, CAPLUS also hosted an academic interchange with a visiting delegation from the Research The centre has various categories of membership which are open to Centre for Human Rights ± Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy. academics of Sydney Law School and other institutions, and professionals in the public and private sector who are able to contribute For more information, see the website: www.law.usyd.edu.au/caplus. to the work of the centre.

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Firms and institutions can become associated with the centre through Sydney Law Review sponsorship or affiliate arrangements. For further information, visit The Sydney Law School has its own legal journal, the Sydney Law the Parson Centre©s website: www.parsons.law.usyd.edu.au. Review, which was established in 1953. It is published by the Law Book Company Ltd on behalf of the faculty.

Sydney Centre for International Law (SCIL) For the first 20 years, the general editorship of the Review was the The Sydney Centre for International Law has been created with responsibility of senior members of the full-time academic staff. From regional international law as its primary focus. Apart from attracting 1974 until 1990, the Editorial Committee consisted entirely of students. doctoral students from across the region, the centre offers a program It was then resolved that the Review would be published quarterly, for visiting fellows. beginning in 1991.

It provides services to governments here and throughout the Asia The Academic Editorial Board, headed by the editor, decides on which Pacific, as well as to non-governmental organisations and other clients articles are to be published and organises a minimum of two fellow in the public and private sectors. It also seeks out centres of academic referees for each article. One issue per year is devoted to international research elsewhere for purposes of collaboration and discussion on a particular theme, with solicited contributions. Student creates links throughout Australia for those involved in the practice of editors edit all the accepted articles and a member of the editorial international law. board marks each article.

For more information, see the website: www.law.usyd.edu.au/scigl. Submissions from staff and visiting academics are always welcomed and can be given to the Review©s coordinator.

The Institute of Criminology For further information, visit the website of the Sydney Law Review: www.law.usyd.edu.au/slr. The Institute of Criminology is a centre established by the Senate of the University within the Sydney Law School. The Institute©s primary JuristDiction: Faculty and Alumni Newsletter functions are research, teaching and public education in criminology and criminal justice policy. Its principal areas of activity involve: Published twice a year, with occasional special editions, JuristDiction is Sydney Law School©s magazinefor alumni and friends. In addition · teaching criminology at the undergraduate and postgraduate level to reporting the academic successes of staff and students, and exploring their contributions to professional and community life, it also · publishing the journal Current Issues in Criminal Justice, the relates the aspirations and achievements of our many graduates living Institute of Criminology series, occasional papers, seminar and in Sydney and around the globe. conference papers and other relevant information Feedback and ideas can be addressed to: · organising public and in-house seminars on topics of contemporary concern in criminal justice Alumni Officer P: +61 2 9351 0294 · providing service and information to its many corporate, individual and student members Email: [email protected] Website: www.law.usyd.edu.au/alumni/newsletter.shtml · coordinating and presenting a wide range of applied and theoretical research initiatives Sydney Law School Library The Law School Library is a branch of the University of Sydney Library, · disseminating current information through CRIMNET, an electronic mailing list, and which aims to provide quality services and resources to support and enhance the teaching, research, creative work and scholarship of the · maintaining a website which includes information about the University. Institute©s events and publications, as well as a collection of reports relating to criminal justice. The Library occupies level 0 (Zero) of the building. It is a major research library and its collections include both print and electronic Staff associated with the Institute pursue a wide range of research resources. It also has a large undergraduate collection consisting of interests, including juvenile justice, policing, Indigenous people and multiple copies of major texts required for unit of study work. Some the criminal justice system, violence against women, the jury system, material in demand is placed on Closed Reserve, which is a short feminist and critical criminology, child abuse, hate crime, drug policy loan collection. and comparative criminology. Card-operated photocopiers and printers are available to patrons.The Many Institute staff members have worked as consultants for library provides a wide range of services including reference assistance government departments, statutory authorities and royal commissions. and formal classes in legal research. Additional services are available to postgraduate students. The Institute has an Advisory Committee chaired by the Chief Justice of NSW and a Management Committee chaired by the Dean of the During semester the Law Library is open at the following times: Sydney Law School. For more information, see the website: www.criminology.law.usyd.edu.au. · Monday to Thursday: 8.00am±10.00pm · Friday: 8.00am±8.00pm · Saturday: 9am±5.00pm Other related bodies · Sunday: 1:00pm-5:00pm Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) The loan periods are: The Australia Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) is aimed at Law Research promoting research, teaching and community engagement with Undergraduates: two weeks Japanese law. ANJeL is a collaborative venture by the law faculties Postgraduates/Academics: four weeks at the University of Sydney, UNSW and ANU. Renewals are available and holds may be placed on books on loan For more information see the website: www.law.usyd.edu.au/anjel. to others.

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Law Undergraduates One-week loan for all borrowers. Renewals and holds are not available.

Law reports, periodicals, loose-leaf services and reference books are not available for loan.

Further information is available at the Law Library website: www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/law.

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14 6. Prizes and scholarships 6. Prizes and scholarships

The tables on the following pages are summaries only. For full details of current scholarships and prizes, contact the Scholarships and Prizes Office (www.usyd.edu.au/scholarships). For details of postgraduate scholarships, contact the Postgraduate Team Leader.

Sydney Law School undergraduate scholarships and prizes

Prize or scholarship Value $ Awarded for Undergraduate Aaron Levine Prize 350 Proficiency in Criminal Law Allens Arthur Robinson Prizes 500 each i Proficiency in Advanced Contracts ii Proficiency in Competition Law Andrew Clayton Memorial Prize â Clayton Utz 500 Proficiency in Federal and The Legal Profession ANJeL Akira Kawamura Prize 750 Proficiency in Japanese Law ANJeL Blake Dawson Essay Prize 1000 Best research essay on Japanese Law Australian and Securities and Investments Commission 250 Proficiency in Corporations Law Prize Australian Taxation Office Prize in Taxation 1000 Proficiency in Australian Income Tax and Advanced Taxation Law Baker and McKenzie Prize 500 Proficiency in Advanced Constitutional Law Barbara Nye Prize 100 Proficiency in Comparative Law Blake Dawson Prizes 200 each i Proficiency in Australian Income Tax ii Proficiency in Advanced Taxation Law iii Proficiency in Environmental Law Bruce Panton Macfarlan Prize 500 Proficiency in Advanced Corporate Law C A Hardwick Prize 250 Proficiency in Federal Constitutional Law Caroline Munro Gibbs Prize 500 Proficiency in Torts Christopher C Hodgekiss Prize 250 Proficiency in Competition Law Dudley Williams Prize 175 Honours graduand placed 2nd in order of merit E D Roper Memorial Prize (No.1) 350 First for Equity and Corporations Law E D Roper Memorial Prize (No.2) 220 Second for Equity and Corporations Law Edward and Emily McWhinney Prize in International 300 Proficiency in International Law Law E M Mitchell Prize 90 Proficiency in Contracts Edward John Culey Prize 150 Proficiency in Equity and Real Property Freehills Prizes 500 each i Proficiency in Contracts ii Proficiency in Torts and Contracts II George and Matilda Harris Scholarships (I) 3000 (I) Proficiency in Law II (IIA) 1500 (IIA) Proficiency in 2nd year of Graduate Law (IIB) 1250 (IIB) Proficiency in 3rd year of Combined Law Harmer©s Workplace Lawyers Prizes 500 each i Proficiency in Anti-Discrimination Law ii Proficiency in Labour Law Ian Joye Prize 2400 Proficiency in Law 2 and Law 3 Ivan Roberts Scholarship 5000 Most distinguished graduate in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) J H McClemens Memorial Prize No. 1 1800 Proficiency in Criminology John Geddes Prize 80 Proficiency in Equity John George Dalley Prizes 750 each (IA) Proficiency in final year of Combined Law (IB) Proficiency in final year of Graduate Law John Warwick McClusky Memorial Prize 500 Proficiency in Federal Constitutional Law and Family Law Joye Prize 3600 Awarded to student(s) gaining University Medal Julius and Reca Stone Award 100 For creative achievement displayed in essays in International Law and Jurisprudence Julius Stone Prize 125 Proficiency in Sociological Jurisprudence

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Prize or scholarship Value $ Awarded for The Justice Peter Hely Memorial Scholarship 20,000 To enable a law student/graduand/graduate of the University of Sydney to undertake a postgraduate degree in the fields of commercial law and equity, either by research or coursework, at the University of Sydney or any other appropriate university. Kevin Dufty Memorial Prize 650 Proficiency in Real Property Law Press Asia Prize for Chinese Legal Studies I 250 Proficiency in Chinese Law Law Society of NSW Prize 500 Proficiency in The Legal Profession LexisNexis Prizes (5) Book Voucher (1) Proficiency in Year 1 of Combined Law (2) Proficiency in Year 2 of Combined Law (3) Proficiency in Year 3 of Combined Law (4) Proficiency in Year 1 of Graduate Law (5) Proficiency in the penultimate year of the LLB Mallesons Stephen Jaques Prize 250 Proficiency in Banking and Financial Instruments Margaret Dalrymple Hay Prize 150 Proficiency in The Legal Profession Margaret Ethel Peden Prize 150 Proficiency in Real Property Minter Ellison Prize 250 Proficiency in Intellectual Property Minter Ellison Scholarship 500 Most distinguished student commencing 4th year of Combined Law Monahan Prize 600 Proficiency in Evidence The Mr Justice Stanley Vere Toose Memorial Prize 100 Proficiency in Family Law Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prizes 200 To first five candidates for LLB who obtain first-class honours at graduation Justices© Association Prize 200 Proficiency in Administrative Law New South Wales Bar Association R G Henderson 1000 Awarded to student gaining University Medal Memorial Prize New South Wales Women Justices© Association Prize 100 Proficiency in Family Law Peter Cameron Sydney Oxford Scholarship 40,000 To enable a Law graduand/graduate to undertake a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL), or equivalent law degree as determined by the Dean, at the Peter Paterson Prize 150 Best student contribution in the Sydney Law Review Pitt Cobbett Prizes i 100 i Proficiency in Administrative Law ii 35 ii Proficiency in Federal Constitutional Law iii 75 iii Proficiency in International Law Pitt Cobbett Scholarship to 1000 Financial need and academic merit Playfair Prize 250 Proficiency in Migration Law Rose Scott Prize 300 Proficiency at graduation by a woman student Sir Alexander Beattie Prize 250 Proficiency in Labour Law Sir John Peden Memorial Prize 1250 Proficiency throughout course in Foundations of Law, Federal Constitutional Law, International Law and Real Property Sir Peter Heydon Prize 150 Best undergraduate contribution to Sydney Law Review in Federal Constitutional Law, Administrative Law or International Law Sybil Morrison Prize 500 Proficiency in Jurisprudence Thomas P Flattery Prize 90 Proficiency in Roman Law Tomonari Akaha Memorial Prize 500 Proficiency in Equity (by an international student from the Asia Pacific region) Tuh Fuh and Ruby Lee Memorial Prize 250 Proficiency in Criminology Victoria Gollan Scholarship 1500 For an indigenous student in a law program, undergraduate or postgraduate Walter Ernest Savage Prize 200 Proficiency in Foundations of Law Walter Reid Memorial Prize 500 Awarded annually on the basis of proficiency in any year in Arts or Law except final year Wigram Allen Scholarships (Under Review) (IA) 50 (IA) Proficiency in 1st year of Graduate Law (IB) 50 (IB) Proficiency in Foundations of Law, Federal (II) 100 Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Torts, Contracts and Criminal Law in Combined Law (II) Best Arts graduate entering Law Zoe Hall Scholarship 3000 Academic merit, financial need and extracurricular achievements

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Sydney Law School postgraduate prizes and scholarships

Prize or scholarship Value $ Awarded for Postgraduate Alan Ayling Memorial Prize 350 Proficiency in Environmental Planning Law AMPLA Prize in Energy and Climate Law Consult the Law School Proficiency in Energy and Climate Law ANJeL Blake Dawson Essay Prize 1000 Best research essay on Japanese Law Bill Wallace Memorial Prize 500 Proficiency in Stamp Duties Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Prize Book Proficiency in International Commercial Arbitration Carolyn Mall Memorial Prize in Indirect Taxes 500 For outstanding performance by a student in units of study on indirect taxes Cooke, Cooke, Coghlan, Godfrey and Littlejohn Varies For a law graduate to pursue advanced study â value Scholarship is same as Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Full Equity Scholarships (2) Fee Waiver For indigenous students in postgraduate coursework programs, degree or diploma Gustav and Emma Bondy Postgraduate Prize in 250 Best student in units of study examining aspects of Jurisprudence Legal Theory G W Hyman Memorial Prize in Labour Law 2700 For the highest aggregate mark in the Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) Jeff Sharp Prize in Tax Research 5000 towards research For the best research essay in a unit of study in postgraduate Taxation program J H McClemens Memorial Prize No. 2 1200 For the candidate completing the Master of Laws (LLM) or Master of Criminology (MCrim) who has achieved the highest aggregate mark in four 6 credit point units of study in the area of Criminology J H McClemens Memorial Prize No. 3 1200 Most proficient candidate who completes the Graduate Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) Judge Samuel Redshaw Prize 150 Proficiency in Administrative Law Law Graduates© Association Medal Medal Most distinguished student graduating with the Master of Laws (LLM) Law Press Asia Prize for Chinese Legal Studies II 250 Proficiency in Chinese Law Longworth Scholarship 10,000 For candidates who are law graduates enrolled in a postgraduate program, preferably in a full-time research degree Maddock©s Prize in Labour Law 1000 For proficiency in Labour Law Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize 500 Most proficient candidate for the degree of Master of Laws (LLM) by Coursework Reca Stone Scholarship in Legal Theory 5000 Academic merit, research in the field of legal theory, and financial need Ross Waites Parsons Scholarship 1000 For full-time candidates in Doctoral or Master©s awards (value is based on the APA but supplementary funding may be available) Sir Prize 1150 Proficiency in Constitutional Law University of Sydney Foundation Prize 500 Proficiency in Australian International Taxation Victoria Gollan Scholarship 1500 For an indigenous student in a law program, postgraduate or undergraduate

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18 7. Student societies 7. Student societies

Sydney University Law Society The Sydney University Law Society (SULS) was formed in 1902. All SULS Campus Committee law students are automatic members. This includes students of: The SULS Campus Committee is a branch of SULS that serves law · Arts/Law (BA/LLB) students on the main campus. It is comprised of year representatives · Arts (Media & Communications)/Law (BA (Media & Comm)/LLB) from the first three years of Combined Law, who work in conjunction · Commerce/Law (BCom/Law) with the executive to promote and assist in the running of SULS · Economics/Law (BEcon/Law) events. · Engineering/Law (BE/Law) · Information Technology/ Law (BIT/LLB) In addition, it assists with any SULS related enquires and sells tickets · International Studies/Law (BIntStud/LLB) for major law events throughout the year. · Political Economic and Social Science/ Law (BPESS/LLB) · Science/Law (BSc/Law) Campus Committee also organises the annual SULS Trivia Night in second semester, and runs casual BBQs on main campus during the The Executive year. The Executive, elected in July semester of the preceding year, controls the affairs of the Society. Positions on the Executive include: President, Australasian Law Students© Association two Vice-Presidents, Honorary Treasurer, Honorary Secretary, Social SULS is a member of the Australasian Law Students© Association Activities Director and Sports Director. (ALSA), which holds its annual conferences in the half-yearly break, with an intervarsity mooting competition, witness examination Representative functions competition, student papers and legal seminars as its primary focus. The society has assumed an important role in representing the interests and needs of students to the University, the Law School, the Publications Union and the SRC. The Society publishes its own annual journal, Blackacre, that contains a variety of articles, ranging from the humorous to the historical. The society is asked to nominate a law student to the Affiliated Campuses Committee, which endeavours to provide funds to the SULS also publishes a fortnightly newsletter called Hearsay, which students of the Law School for improved general facilities. provides students with regular information about upcoming social events, lectures and interesting legal snippets. Furthermore, SULS liaises with the Sports Union in order to provide a variety of sporting services, including the organisation of interfaculty Polemic is a sociolegal journal also published by SULS, which has a sport, the provision of sporting equipment and squash court hire. vast range of contributors from all facets of the legal profession. Aims Second-hand bookshop The aims of the Executive are various, and include the creation of an SULS organises a bookswap in each semester, which provides enjoyable social climate and feeling of camaraderie among the students with a forum in which to sell and buy second-hand textbooks. students. Furthermore, SULS, through its continued sponsorship has been successful in developing a stronger relationship with the legal Location profession, particularly in Sydney. The Society represents all law students. Members of the Executive may be contacted on Level 5 of the Law School building or by phoning Activities +61 2 9351 0204. The society©s activities include Orientation activities for new students coupled with an information handbook, the organisation of social Elected student representatives events such as the Law Ball, the Law Dinner, free lunches, cocktail There are five student representatives of the Law School elected by parties and semester parties. students each October (the President of the Sydney University Law Society, three undergraduates and one postgraduate). SULS is ultimately responsible for the production of the Law Revue, although applicants appointed by the SULS executive to those Their role is to assist students in any way possible, whether that be positions control its organisation and direction.The Revue is the most the alteration of faculty policy on exams, assessment, etc or making public arm of the Law Society and continues to be an enormous enquiries for any one student on an individual matter. success for all those involved. They are available for advice on University by-laws and resolutions SULS is also responsible for organising guest speakers to attend and representing any student before members of the Law School staff lunchtime seminars on interesting and controversial topics.The society and administration. runs the mooting programs for both senior and junior mooters. Two of the representatives are also members of the Academic Board. In addition to the internal competition, the HV Evatt Moot is held They can take any matter to this body or to the wider University annually between the University of New South Wales and the administration or even to the Senate. They can be contacted through University of Sydney. There is also an Australia-wide Family Law SULS. Mooting Competition and the worldwide Jessup International Law Mooting Competition.

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Sydney Law School Foundation Sydney University Law Graduates© The Sydney Law School Foundation was launched in 1990. The Association (SULGA) Foundation©s primary goals have been: The Sydney University Law Graduates© Association (SULGA) was · to improve the facilities of the Law School; and formed in 1963, with the aim of co-ordinating, fostering and · to acquire funding for research and academic positions. encouraging liaison between graduates, students and members of the Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney. The Foundation has been generously supported by members of the legal profession and by donations from graduates and other In recent years the main activity of the association has been to support supporters. the Master of Laws (LLM) program by funding a University Medal to students of outstanding merit. It has also made donations to the Law Membership of the Foundation is open to supporters in a wide range School. of categories, including student membership. Earlier members of the association have fond memories of the For further information about the Foundation, contact Association©s luncheons and other functions and we hope to continue this tradition by providing opportunities for graduates to keep in touch Ms Demelza Birtchnell and to maintain links with fellow alumni, current students and academic Sydney Law School Development Officer staff of the Law School. Email: [email protected] Ph: +61 2 9351 0467. Sydney University Law Graduates© Association is currently inactive.

Chinese Law Students Society (CLSS) Founded in 2004, the Chinese Law Students Society (CLSS) at the University of Sydney is dedicated to enhancing the quality of student life at the university and providing its members with opportunities on a global scale. The society's aims are to:

· assist the ambitions and aspirations of members in their pursuit of academic excellence · provide members with exciting career opportunities both within Australian and overseas · facilitate a range of enjoyable social events for members who share a common interest in law

CLSS comprises four main portfolios:

· Careers · Education · Social · Publications

For more information, visit CLSS©s website: www.usydclss.com/cms.

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A wide range of information about the Sydney Law School©s programs, units of study, admission, enrolment, timetables, progression, examinations, scholarships and prizes and much more can be found by visiting the Law School website: www.law.usyd.edu.au.

Teaching and learning objectives of the For more information, see the Undergraduate Law@Sydney website: Bachelor of Laws (LLB) www.law.usyd.edu.au/undergrad. Sydney Law School has adopted the following statement of goals with Students should ensure they are familiar with the regulations of both respect to the undergraduate curriculum: faculties in which they are enrolled. Such information can be found in the handbooks of the faculties of Arts, Economics and Business,

"Sydney Law School should seek to produce Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Engineering and Information Technologies, and Science. graduates who are legally imaginative and creative, with a high level of critical and analytical ability, historically sensitive and socially Graduate Law perceptive, as well as being competent technical lawyers. The graduates should leave this Law School with a well-rounded and broad Duration: 3 years full-time (Sydney Law School) grasp of the law and the necessary knowledge to satisfy requirements Graduates and graduands of any university in Australia, New Zealand, for entering legal practice. They should be able to see the law in its the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland may apply for admission wider social context and have the skills to respond to and direct change to the Graduate Law program. Graduates or graduands of other in law and society where necessary. The graduates should have a institutions who are granted equivalent status by Sydney Law School sense of professional responsibility and a sensitivity to the human may also apply for admission. element in legal problems. The emphasis in legal education should be on producing thinking graduates who can question and challenge, The program is not available to those who have just completed and who can also apply their legal skills to the increasingly varied secondary school or to those who have a tertiary record but are not environments in which the law is developing. Knowledge of law and yet graduates or graduands. thinking about law should be combined into an integrated teaching of the law. An evaluation of existing law should be a part of this process." Competition for places is strong and admission is determined on the basis of the applicant©s secondary and tertiary academic record. For Programs available further information, consult the Undergraduate Law@Sydney website: www.law.usyd.edu.au/undergrad. Two types of Bachelor of Laws programs are offered ± Combined Law and Graduate Law, both of which are full-time. The normal full-time Studying at Sydney Law School study load for the LLB is four units of study per semester. There are no evening classes for undergraduate units of study. Overseas student exchanges Combined Law Opportunities for students to study abroad are rapidly expanding. University of Sydney student exchange agreements allow students Duration: 5 years full-time (comprising 3 years of combined programs to study abroad and receive full credit towards their Bachelor of Laws and 2 years at the Sydney Law School) for all courses except Arts (LLB) degree. (Media & Communications)/Law, Engineering/Law, and Information Technology/Law which are 6 years. There are two types of student exchange programs available. The first is the university-wide program, which is open to students from all · Arts/Law (BA/LLB) faculties. Students who have completed at least one year of full-time · Arts (Media & Communications)/Law (BA (MECO)/LLB) · Commerce/Law (BCom/LLB) study at the University of Sydney are eligible to apply if they have: · Economics/Law (BEc/LLB) · at least a credit average in their studies at the time of application · Engineering/Law (BE/LLB) · at least another year of full-time studies to complete · Information Technology/Law (BIT/LLB) · the funds to support one year on exchange · International and Global Studies/Law (BIGS/LLB) · Political, Economic and Social Sciences/Law (BPESS/LLB) Law students should note however that if they are seeking law credit, · Science/Law (BSc/LLB) they are only permitted to go on exchange in their final year. At Most applicants to Combined Law are secondary school leavers who present, there are exchange programs with universities in North have just completed the New South Wales HSC (or its equivalent). America, the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia.

Applications to transfer to Combined Law may be made by students Information about these programs may be obtained from Study Abroad who have completed at least one year of a recognised tertiary and Student Exchange Programs Unit. Phone +61 2 8627 8322. qualification at any university, including The University of Sydney. Email: [email protected] Alternative admission schemes are available, such as the Broadway Website: www.usyd.edu.au/future_students/study_abroad.index.shtml. Scheme and the Cadigal Program. However, there is no mature-age The second is the faculty-specific program, which is limited to final entry scheme for law. year Law students. The Sydney Law School has entered into Student Details are outlined in the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) Exchange Agreements with the following institutions: Guide. Admission is extremely competitive.

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· Canada ± Queen©s University, Kingston, Ontario · possess highly developed research skills in relation to both · Canada ± University of Victoria, British Columbia primary and secondary legal sources · USA ± Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia · are equipped with outstanding legal research skills in relation to · USA ± University of Texas, Austin both primary and secondary legal sources · USA ± New York University, New York · are equipped with outstanding legal research skills across · USA ± Cornell University, Ithaca, New York State electronic, print and other media · USA ± Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts · are able to monitor effectively and keep abreast of changes in · Belgium ± Katholieke University, Leuven the law · Denmark ± University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen · Germany ± Humboldt University, Berlin Personal and intellectual autonomy · Germany ± Bucerius Law School, Hamburg Graduates of Sydney Law School will be able to work independently · Netherlands ± Radboud University, Nijmegen and sustainably, in a way that is informed by openess, curiousity and · Netherlands ± Utrecht University, Utrecht a desire to meet new challenges. They: · Netherlands ± Vrije University, Amsterdam · Japan ± Kobe University, Kobe · are intellectually rigorous and seek mastery of legal subject matter · Singapore ± National University of Singapore · possess the skills and critical judgement necessary to respond to and to direct changes in the law Under these agreements, students may enrol as full-time non-degree · are confident and effective legal experts who appreciate the students. Units completed at these universities will be credited to the responsibilities which attach to that role students© Sydney Bachelor of Laws (LLB). To be eligible applicants · have the capacity to recognise the limits of legal solutions and to must be about to enter the final year of the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) appreciate non-legal courses of action degree and selection is made generally on the basis of academic · are equipped to pursue independent and lifelong learning. merit. Ethical, social and professional understanding The overseas universities will not charge tuition fees, although some Graduates of Sydney Law School appreciate their responsibilities as incidental administrative fees will be payable. responsible members of local, national, international and professional communities. They: Students will continue to pay tuition fees to the University of Sydney. · appreciate that law does not operate in isolation, but rather in a Students will be responsible for payment of their travel costs and living wider social context expenses. · are aware of the importance of law to the maintenance of a just and civilised society Information and application material for the faculty-specific program · possess and understand the interface between domestic and is released in May for exchanges held in the subsequent year. international and comparative law · understand lawyers© professional and ethical responsibilities to English expression their clients, other practitioners, the courts and the public. Clarity of thinking and expression is the mark of a good law student. However, weaknesses in English language and its expression will Communication affect a law student©s studies and assessment results. Many students Graduates of Sydney Law School will recognise and value place themselves at a marked disadvantage by imprecise or inexpert communication as a tool for negotiating and creating new use of language. In such circumstances, you may wish to seek understanding, interacting with others, and furthering their own assistance from the University©s Learning Centre. learning. They:

Learning Centre · possess exceptional written and oral communication skills University of Sydney · understand the critical importance of effective lawyer-client and lawyer-lawyer communication Level 7, Education Building, A35 · appreciate the importance of plain language given the centrality Phone: +61 2 9351 3853 of language to law as a discipline and as a profession Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.usyd.edu.au/stuserv/learning_centre/index.shtml. Employment Generic graduate attributes The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree prepares graduates for a wide range of careers. While many graduates will enter into professional Sydney Law School adopted the following as its contextualised practice as a solicitor or barrister, others will obtain employment in statement of Generic Graduate Attributes in 2004: the public sector, government departments, social justice, welfare, Research and inquiry legal aid offices, legal services; commercial and financial enterprises such as banks, merchant banks, insurance and superannuation bodies, Graduates of Sydney Law School will be able to create new knowledge large corporations; trade unions; and the media. and understanding through the process of research and inquiry.They: Obtaining law qualifications · are highly equipped to recognise, define and analyse legal problems, and to identify and create processes to solve them There are two principal ways of fulfilling the academic requirements · are able to exercise critical judgement and critical thinking in the to practise as a barrister or solicitor in New South Wales. learning and application of law · possess a highly developed capacity for legal research · One is by completing an approved law degree at a university. · are able to recognise and to draw upon the interaction between · The other way is by completing the professional law examinations law and their other disciplines conducted by the Legal Qualifications Committee on behalf of · view law as a dynamic discipline that is constantly striving towards the Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB). new ideas and solutions. The Law Extension Committee of the University of Sydney, by way Information literacy of evening lectures and weekend schools, provides tuition for these Graduates of Sydney Law School will be able to use information examinations. Students usually prepare themselves for these effectively in a range of contexts. They examinations on a part-time basis. All enquiries about admission to this course should be made to: · possess excellent knowledge of law in order to satisfy the requirements of legal practice and to be equipped to be skilled The Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB) technical lawyers Level 4, 37 Bligh Street Sydney NSW 2000

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Phone: +61 2 9338 3500 Email: [email protected] Website: Careers Centre http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/lpab/ll_lpab.nsf/pages/lpab_index. The Careers Centre provides career information and advice and graduate employment services. Careers advisers are available to discuss any aspect of career choice with students, prospective students and graduates. Employer interview programs and graduate Additional requirements to practise as a lawyer vacancy services are of particular interest to final year students. Additional requirements must be met before a Law graduate can practise as a lawyer in New South Wales, such as the completion of Careers Centre Practical Legal Training (PLT). Information on these requirements Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 may be obtained from the Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB). 160 City Road Darlington NSW 2006 While the University of Sydney©s degrees have wide recognition Phone: +61 2 8627 8403 overseas, international students should make their own enquiries as Email:[email protected] to whether the Sydney LLB degree will permit them to be admitted as Website: www.careers.usyd.edu.au a lawyer in their own country after further examination and/or practical training. The Sydney LLB is not American Bar Association (ABA) Reading materials approved. Reading materials are available in hard-copy format or online via the Library e-Reserve Collection at http://opac.library.usyd.edu.au/search/r. Overseas graduates in law It is not possible for overseas graduates in law to qualify for admission Course outlines, handouts and important announcements may be to legal practice in New South Wales by undertaking postgraduate available via the Web Course Tools (WebCT) site for each unit. law studies at the University of Sydney. WebCT sites are generally accessible on the first day of classes (for Requalification would be required by one of the methods referred to Session 1 & 2 units). above, although it is likely that some credit would be given for earlier legal studies. Hard copy materials are normally available two to three weeks prior to the commencement of the unit and may be collected from: Overseas graduates interested in undertaking postgraduate law studies for some purpose other than admission to practice should seek an University Copy Centre appointment with the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework) or Shop 2, Lower Ground Level, the Law School©s Information Desk, Email: [email protected] for Sydney University Sports and Aquatic Centre information about entry to postgraduate courses. Maze Crescent Darlington, NSW 2006 Employment Online @ Sydney Law School Phone: +61 2 9351 4582 Employment Online @ Sydney Law School is a section of the Law Email: [email protected], School website designed to post the latest employment notices and Website: www.usyd.edu.au/ucc career information for students.

Regularly updated, it aims to provide the latest news in regard to employment opportunities, both casual and part-time, as well as details on professional seminars, visiting scholars and general career matters.

It also includes the latest information on the Graduate Employment Program and Summer Clerkship Scheme, a brief summary of information relevant to students after their studies, and details on further postgraduate opportunities.

Please visit the Employment Online @ Sydney Law School website: www.law.usyd.edu.au/cstudent/undergrad/future.shtml

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Sydney Law School policies and general 4. Workload information 4.1 Students in the final two years of Combined Law and Graduate Law usually attend class for 16 contact hours each week for 1. Progression 10 weeks. Students should spend a minimum of two hours of 1.1 Students must familiarise themselves with the progression private study for every class hour. Much of this time is spent requirements as set out in the Resolutions and comply with on class preparation, or in covering material following class. these requirements at all times. Students must not attempt to Considerable time is also spent on preparation of written enrol in law units of study out of this progression order and assignments. must enrol in units prescribed for the relevant year of their degree. 5. Attendance requirement 1.2 Combined Law students will not generally be permitted to enrol 5.1 Students are required to attend 70% (80% for international in any Law 2 or Law 3 units (that is the final two years of the students) of the formal classes in each unit of study. Failure to Bachelor of Laws) until they have satisfied all requirements of meet this requirement may result in a student precluded from their first degree within the Combined Law program, including sitting the final exam. the successful completion of all law units which form part of

this degree. 6. Part-time work by full-time law students during the 1.3 Only in exceptional circumstances will variations to the normal academic year progression rules be considered and only on application to the Associate Dean (Undergraduate) who must authorise such 6.1 Law at Sydney is studied as a full-time program and classes variation. In all situations where such variations are being are scheduled five days per week. Inevitably some students considered, students are advised to consult initially with the find it necessary to engage in part-time employment, however, Undergraduate Team Leader. (students in Combined Law students should be aware that the extent to which they engage Years 1-3 are required to consult with the relevant staff of the in extracurricular work may affect their academic results. partner faculty.) If a student cannot comply with the normal Furthermore, the timetabling of classes (including makeup progression requirements due to factors such as an intervening classes) cannot be adjusted to take employment commitments exchange program or a discontinuation or prior failure of a into account. A few hours of part-time work per week should particular unit, variations will generally be considered favourably constitute no difficulty. However, a large involvement in which cause minimum disruption to the student©s progression part-time work (especially if it extends beyond the equivalent overall. of one day per week) is inconsistent with proper participation 1.4 If a student fails a compulsory unit of study, the student is in a full-time program. required to enrol in that unit again when it is next offered. 6.2 There may be cases where students encounter difficult financial 1.5 Students should note carefully any prerequisites or corequisites circumstances during their candidature, which require a for a unit of study. commitment to part-time employment beyond that compatible (See also below under the heading ©Variation of Enrolment©) with full-time study. Whenever such circumstances arise students should seek advice from the Undergraduate Team. 2. Units of study It may be advisable, in these circumstances, to complete the program over a longer period by enrolling in three units of study 2.1 Most units of study in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) are of one in a particular semester instead of four. semester duration and require 39 hours of tuition. All units in

both the Graduate Law and Combined Law programs have a 7. Jursiprudence requirement of the LLB weighting of 6 credit points (with the exception of Legal Research). 7.1 Students must satisfy the Jurisprudence requirement of the 2.2 Students proceeding under the old resolutions undertake units LLB by successfully completing a 6 credit point unit of study in that are mostly 8 credit points (some differential weighting Part 2 of the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) resolutions. A unit is occurs within the combined degrees) of one semester in included in Part 2 if theoretical reflection on law as such is its duration and require 52 hours of tuition. primary goal. 7.2 The Jurisprudence requirement is treated like any other 3. Assessment guidelines compulsory requirement of the LLB and must be undertaken at Sydney Law School. 3.1 Typically, it is expected that the assessment regime of each

unit of study comprises more than one form of assessment, 8. Honours or at least the option of a second form of assessment. 3.2 The total number of words for a 100% essay/written work is 8.1 Students scheduled to graduate prior to 2013 will be awarded 6000; therefore a 50% essay/written work should be Honours in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) on the basis of the approximately 3000 words. Weighted Average Mark (WAM). The precise WAM calculation 3.3 In cases where an exam is 100% of assessment it should not will be dependent upon whether a student is enrolled under exceed 2 hours, unless circumstances justify a variation. old or new resolutions or if a student transferred to new 3.4 "Free form" class participation must not amount to more than resolutions during their candidature. In the majority of cases all 10% of total assessment, but "structured class participation" compulsory law units of study are weighted equally and all (eg oral and/or in written presentations) may attract a higher electives are weighted according to their credit point value for percentage. It is considered inappropriate to assign any mark the purpose of WAM calculation. The WAM is therefore the for free-form class participation when the class size exceeds mean (average) of results in all law units of study attempted. 25. Units of study with a result of Absent fail (AF) or Discontinued 3.5 Jointly assessed work is not to be encouraged, unless there ± fail (DF) are assigned a mark of zero (0) for the purpose of are compelling reasons to allow such form of assessment. WAM calculation. Units of study assessed on a pass/fail basis 3.6 Where a lecturer wishes to implement a form of assessment or undertaken at other institutions (exchange program, that which falls outside these guidelines, approval must be cross-institutional study, etc) do not contribute towards the sought from the Pro-Dean (Teaching). WAM. Two levels of honours are awarded: Honours Class I (WAM of 75% and above) and Honours Class II (WAM of 70-74.9%). Students with a WAM below 70% will be awarded the degree at "Pass" level.

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8.2 Students scheduled to graduate from 2013 onwards will be Law 1 (Combined Foundations of Law 6/8 awarded Honours in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) subject to the Law 1-3 & Graduate (formerly Legal new Honours resolutions. This will require the completion of Law 1) Institutions) an Honours dissertation and entry will be on a competitive basis. Total credit points required: 144

9. Cross-institutional study 11.2 Students must complete 96 credit points of compulsory units of study and 48 credit points of optional units. Students are not 9.1 Academic credit may be granted for completing approved permitted to enrol in more than 48 credit points of optional units. optional units of study offered by other tertiary education It is a requirement of the Bachelor of Laws that all students institutions. Students are not permitted to undertake compulsory undertake at least 6 credit points of Jurisprudence units (Part units of study at another institution (including satisfying the 2 of the table of undergraduate units in the Sydney Law School Jurisprudence elective requirement). Requests to undertake a Handbook). No more than 24 credit points may be completed unit of study on a cross-institutional basis will only be in any one semester. An exception may be made for students considered if there is no equivalent unit offered by the Sydney in their final year who would otherwise be required to attend Law School in the same academic year. Distance education an additional semester in order to complete one remaining unit. and online units cannot be recognised for credit. Prior approval must be sought from the Undergraduate Team 9.2 The LLB progression rules apply to applications for Leader or the Associate Dean (Undergraduate). cross-institutional study.Therefore a maximum of two electives can be undertaken in Law 2 (penultimate year of the LLB) and 12. Time limits only when a student has successfully completed all units in Law 1 (Graduate Law 1/Combined Law 1-3). 12.1 A time limit of ten years for completion of the Law degree 9.3 Applications detailing the content, total contact hours, applies to both Graduate and Combined Law students. This assessment requirements (including the word length of any time limit is, however, subject to the Law School©s rules on assessable work) of the proposed unit(s) to be undertaken, minimum progression and suspension of candidature. must be submitted before enrolling with the "host" institution 12.2 Combined Law students should note that the time limit of ten by completing an Application for Cross-institutional Study. years also applies to the completion of all requirements of the 9.4 The Associate Dean (Undergraduate) will determine the number Arts, Commerce, Economics, Political Economic and Social of credit points to be granted for each unit of study to be Sciences, Engineering, Information Technology, International undertaken. Students should not expect that the same level of and Global Studies, Media and Communications, or Science credit will be granted as the host institution. degree.

10. Summer and Winter School 13. Cross-faculty management of Combined Law students 10.1 Students seeking to accelerate their degree, or to re-enrol in 13.1 Combined Law students come under the general supervision a unit from which they have previously failed or withdrawn, are of the partner faculty until the end of the semester in which encouraged to enrol at the Sydney Summer and they complete the requirements of their first degree within the Winter Schools. Students are reminded however, that they Combined Law program. Students then come under the general must meet the progression requirements set out in the degree supervision of the Sydney Law School. While students are resolutions. Students are not permitted to take units out of the completing their first degree, all enrolment matters should be approved sequence. In addition, students are not permitted to referred to the partner faculty, including variations of enrolment, enrol in more than two units of study over the summer session applications to suspend candidature, progression and exclusion. and no more than one unit of study over the winter session. Enquiries regarding the teaching of law units such as special consideration requests, examinations or results should be 11. Old Resolutions referred to the Law School.

11.1 Most students who commenced Combined Law prior to 2006 14. Enrolment or Graduate Law prior to 2008, will be proceeding under the old (2005) revised resolutions. Students are advised to refer 14.1 It is a student©s responsibility to ensure they are correctly to the resolutions outlined in the 2006 Law Faculty Handbook. enrolled at all times. It is assumed that all students are familiar Old resolutions students are expected to complete law units of with the resolutions governing their degree, and other relevant study in the following approved annual sequence. Permission faculty policies as outlined in this Handbook. While the Sydney to deviate from this sequence will not be granted under any Law School encourages students to seek assistance in circumstances, and students may not be permitted to re-enrol understanding these rules and regulations, it is recommended if they do not adhere to this sequence. that requests of a complex nature be made in writing in order for a copy of the response to be kept by the student for their records.While every attempt is made to provide accurate verbal Law 1 (Combined Foundations of Law 6/8 advice, this is not always possible due to an incomplete Law 1-3 & Graduate (formerly Legal Law 1) Institutions) understanding of a student©s individual situation as it is presented to the Law School. Torts 6/8/10 14.2 All students are provided with an email account free of charge. Legal Research 0 It is a university requirementthat all students regularly check their university email account as all official university Contracts 6/8 correspondence will be sent to this address. When Criminal Law 6/8 corresponding with the Law School on any matter, students Federal Constitutional 8/10/12 should do so using their university email address where Law possible. Law, Lawyers and 6/8/10/12 14.3 Currently enrolled students are able to pre-enrol online for the Justice following year in October. Students accepting UAC offers, Law 2* (penultimate year Administrative Law 8 returning after a suspension of candidature or who fail to of the LLB) International Law 8 pre-enrol are required to enrol in person in February. Students are sent a Confirmation of Enrolment notice to their Real Property 8 correspondence address shortly after enrolment. A new Corporate Law 8 confirmation notice is issued each time a student changes their Equity 8 enrolment details. It is important that students check their Litigation 8 enrolment details carefully and that they contact the Law School immediately if any details are recorded incorrectly. Law 3 (final year of the Elective units of study 42 (maximum) LLB) selected from Part 1 15. Concurrent enrolment Elective unit(s) of study 6 (minimum) selected from Part 2 15.1 Students are not permitted to enrol concurrently in the LLB and other award courses, except when they are completing the

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requirements of the Combined Law program. Under no circumstances will students be allowed to concurrently # 100% tuition fee liability, HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP debt will be undertake another undergraduate or postgraduate award, incurred after this date. including honours. Students seeking to enrol in another award ~ A DNF for a law unit may be granted after these dates at the course, including honours, are advised to suspend their law discretion of the Sydney Law School Associate Dean (Undergraduate). candidature or alternatively withdraw from the LLB. ^ A DF result is assigned a mark of zero (0) for purpose of WAM (Honours) calculation. Unit withdrawal after these dates is not accepted 16. Variation of enrolment and students will receive a result of Absent Fail (AF). 16.1 Variations to units of study may be made online or by submitting a Variation of Enrolment Request form. Students must ensure 18. Suspension of candidature: re-admission and that any change to their enrolment meets the progression re-enrolment after suspension requirements of the degree. It is not sufficient for a student to 18.1 Bachelor of Laws (LLB) students may be permitted to suspend advise a member of the teaching staff that they have varied their candidature for up to one year with the approval of the their enrolment. Students who do not follow the correct Associate Dean (Undergraduate). In exceptional circumstances procedures may incur an unwanted financial liability, have a students may be granted a further suspension of one year. Fail grade recorded, or may not be permitted to sit for 18.2 Students are not permitted to suspend for more than two years examinations. in total. Students will not be permitted to suspend in order to 16.2 Enrolment in law units of study is not permitted after the second undertake another award course, particularly when that course week of semester without the written consent of the lecturer is a research degree or where the normal duration exceeds concerned. one year. (See above under the heading ©Progression©) 18.3 Applications to suspend must be made on the Change of Candidature form. 17. Withdrawal from units of study 18.4 Requests to re-enrol after a suspension of candidature should 17.1 Students should be aware of the important differences between be made with the Undergraduate Team by 30 October in the a Withdrawal (W), a Discontinued ± Not to count as Failure year prior to re-enrolment. (DNF) and a Discontinued ± Fail (DF). 18.5 A student who discontinues or fails due to absence in each law 17.1.1 Withdrawal unit of study in which they are enrolled in any one year will be 17.1.1.1 Students who withdraw from a unit of study prior to the deemed to have suspended their candidature in the LLB for relevant census date will not incur an academic or financial that year. penalty for the unit concerned. No record of the original 18.6 A student who fails to enrol in the law units specified for the enrolment and subsequent withdrawal will be recorded on Combined degrees under the Senate Resolutions governing the student©s academic transcript. the LLB will be deemed to have suspended their candidature 17.1.2 Discontinued ± Not to count as Failure (DNF) in the LLB. 18.7 Candidature in the LLB will lapse if a student fails to re-enrol 17.1.2.1 Students who withdraw from a unit after the relevant or suspend without the appropriate Law School approval. If a census date but before the end of the seventh week of student©s candidature has lapsed they cannot re-enrol in the teaching will receive the grade DNF for the unit concerned. LLB unless they successfully apply for readmission to the A financial liability will be incurred for the unit. degree in competition with all other qualified applicants. 17.1.2.2 The Associate Dean may grant a DNF after the deadline 18.8 A student who discontinues enrolment in all units of study during if evidence is produced of serious illness or misadventure. their first year of candidature shall not be entitled to re-enrol in 17.1.2.3 A DNF is deemed to be an unsuccesful attempt at a unit the degree unless the Law School grants prior permission to of study and may be taken into account when re-enrol or the student is reselected for admission to determining whether a student has made satisfactory candidature for the degree. progress. However, it is not included in the calculation of a student©s WAM and there is no further academic penalty 19. Applications for special consideration beyond the specific academic year. 17.1.3 Discontinued ± fail (DF) 19.1 Only well-attested serious illness or misadventure will warrant special consideration. Occasional brief or trivial illness will not 17.1.3.1 Students who withdraw from a unit after the seventh week normally be regarded as sufficient and students are discouraged of teaching but before the last day of lectures are deemed from submitting certificates for absences totalling less than one to have made an unsuccessful attempt at the unit week. concerned. DF is the equivalent of a failure in the unit of 19.2 Applications for special consideration due to illness or study and will be taken into account for the purposes of misadventure must be made on the official Application for progression and exclusion, and in the calculation of a Special Consideration form.This form, as well as the Academic student©s WAM. DF will be recorded against the unit on a Board©s guidelines and the Professional Practitioner Certificate student©s transcript and a financial liability will be incurred. are available from the Law School Information Desk and the 17.1.3.2 Students cannot discontinue from a unit of study after the Sydney Law School website. Applications are to be submitted end of lectures. Students who miss the deadline for a at the Law School Information Desk Applications for special discontinuation and who do not present for the final consideration based on illness must be submitted together with examination will receive an Absent Fail (AF) grade in the the completed Professional Practitioner Certificate. Applications unit concerned. based on misadventure should be accompanied by well-attested 17.1.3.3 The following table sets out the dates by which variations supporting documentation. of enrolment must be made in 2010. 19.3 The application will be considered by at least two academic assessors, who will make an academic judgement. This Last day to: February July decision is finalised no later than two weeks from the date of Semester 2010 Semester 2010 submission of the application. The Law School will record the (Session 1) (Session 2) academic outcome and notify the student by letter. Appeals add * Friday 12 March Friday 6 August may be referred to the Pro-Dean (Teaching). withdraw (unit will not Wednesday 31 March # Tuesday 31 August # appear on academic 20. Supporting documentation required with applications record) for special consideration discontinue - not to count Friday 23 April Friday 10 September 20.1 Medical certificates as failure (DNF) ~ 20.1.1 Students must ensure that the Professional Practitioner discontinue - fail (DF) ^ Friday 4 June Friday 29 October Certificate: 20.1.1.1 is submitted and signed by the medical practitioner and indicates the dates on which attention was sought; * Students are strongly advised to finalise enrolment in units of study 20.1.1.2 certifies unambiguously a specified illness or medical as soon as possible to ensure pre-class details (personal timetable, disability for a definite period; and WebCT access, etc) are available prior to commencement of classes.

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20.1.1.3 indicates the degree of incapacity and expresses a misadventure during the examination period prevented professional opinion as to the effect of the illness on the them from effectively undertaking the final examination in student's ability to undertake an examination or complete a unit and AND also request that the examination paper an essay. be marked to determined whether it deserves a Pass 20.1.1.4 Certificates in connection with examinations should be grade. A choice must be made between an application for submitted prior to the examination. If the illness or special consideration and an application for reassessment. misadventure takes place during the examination period, the evidence must reach the Law School within three 21. Applications for reassessment working days of the affected examination. 21.1 There are no supplementary examinations at the Sydney Law 20.1.1.5 If an application is being made for reassessment, a special School. This applies to law units of study as part of Combined consideration form should not be used but instead a Law, as well as Graduate Law. separate Reassessment application form should be 21.2 In exceptional circumstances, a student may be reassessed submitted within three working days of the examination in where, in the opinion of the Academic Adviser (Examinations), question to the Undergraduate Team. the student©s performance at the examination was so seriously impaired by illness or misadventure that it became impossible 20.2 Consideration on grounds of misadventure for the student to have made a proper attempt; or such illness 20.2.1 For consideration on grounds of misadventure, applications or misadventure rendered the student incapable of attempting must include a full statement of the circumstances and any the examination at all. In such circumstances, the Academic available supporting evidence. Any student who is Adviser may authorise reassessment provided that such embarrassed to state their difficulties in writing should make reassessment is undertaken in the week following the formal an appointment to discuss their circumstances with the exam period. In exceptional circumstances, the Dean may Associate Dean (Undergraduate) or the Undergraduate Team authorise reassessment at a later time. The method of Leader. reassessment may or may not take the same form as the affected examination. It may, for example, take the form of an 20.3 The need to seek early advice oral examination, closed book examination, or a take-home 20.3.1 Many students in need of advice fail to make full use of the examination. This is at the discretion of the relevant Unit assistance available to them. Students who believe that their Coordinator. performance during a unit of study or their exam preparation 21.3 Students may also apply for reassessment for mid-term exams has been adversely affected by medical, psychological or or tests. The same conditions for these as per final exams, family circumstances should seek advice as early as possible. however, the reassessment may take place at any time as The Associate Dean (Undergraduate), the Undergraduate determined by the Unit Coordinator. Team Leader and members of the teaching staff, the 21.4 Reassessment will only be authorised where a student has University Counselling Service and the University Health completed all other requirements in a unit of study, including Service are available for consultation and can give advice regular attendance at class, but is prevented by illness or on appropriate action to take. misadventure (for example, injury in an accident) from effectively undertaking the final examination. In such a case 20.4 The Law School©s method of dealing with applications the student would have to show that they were unable to sit for for special consideration the examination, or that they have attempted to sit but were 20.4.1 The way in which the Law School deals with applications for unable to make any proper attempt. special consideration depends on the occasion when student 21.5 If a student wishes to apply for reassessment, an application performance is affected as well as the duration. Some form must be received by the Undergraduate Team Leader examples of the way in which such applications may be dealt within three working days of the affected examination. with are given below: Applications based on illness must be supported by a completed 20.4.1.1 Applications relating to relatively short periods of time Professional Practitioner Certificate which must include a during the semester will normally only be relevant to statement from the practitioner on how the student©s illness assessment prior to the final examination period. It is has affected their ability to sit the examination (this can be therefore essential, for a student who is affected, to included in the "plain English" descriptions of the illness section approach the lecturers in the units concerned for of the form). For a reassessment to be granted, the practitioner extensions of time or other special arrangements with must state expressly that the student was either incapable of regard to such assessment. sitting the examination, or, that the student was incapable of 20.4.1.2 Applications relating to a significant part of the semester making a proper attempt as a result of the diagnosed illness. may not only be relevant to the assessment before the Applications based on misadventure must be accompanied by final examination but also to the final examination itself. If well-attested supporting documentation. It is not sufficient this is the case, the student should submit an Application simply to submit a special consideration form for this purpose. for Special Consideration form. Such applications will be In addition, phone contact must be made with the Law School referred to the examiners in the units concerned. The on the day of the affected examination with either the lecturer examiners will exercise their judgement on what effect, if concerned or the Undergraduate Team. The application will any, such applications should have on the results in the be considered by the Academic Adviser (Examinations). final examination or assessment, however it must be 21.6 Students must note that if they sit the entire duration of the appreciated that examiners will find it difficult to equate a examination then no application for reassessment can be particular illness or misadventure with specific marks. considered except in very exceptional circumstances. It is more 20.4.1.3 Where continuing illness or misadventure has had a appropriate for the student to make an application for special serious effect on performance, consideration should be consideration in these circumstances. It is therefore imperative given to approaching the Associate Dean (Undergraduate) that, if a student thinks they are seriously affected by illness or for permission to discontinue a unit or units. Only in the misadventure they consider their position very carefully and most exceptional cases will it be possible to seek not attempt the examination if they are so seriously affected permission to discontinue a unit after an examination has that they are unable to make a proper attempt. been attempted and marked. 21.7 If a student does attend the examination with the purpose of 20.4.1.4 Where the application relates to illness or misadventure making an attempt and, after commencement, is unable to during the examination period, or possibly during the study continue because of illness, then the student must: vacation, it may be appropriate for the student to apply for 21.7.1 immediately notify the exam supervisors and leave the reassessment in a unit or units of study. Details relating examination room; to applications for reassessment are given in the following 21.7.2 report to the University Health Service immediately following section. If a student does not wish to apply for the examination and obtain a report; reassessment, the application will be referred to the 21.7.3 seek the advice of their medical practitioner as soon as examiners in the units concerned for their consideration, possible, preferably on the same day; and as outlined in (ii) above. It is not possible for a student to 21.7.4 at the first available opportunity notify their lecturer and the apply for reassessment on the grounds that illness or Undergraduate Team ± at the very least with an email on

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the day of the examination if they cannot otherwise be 23.7.1 notified. 23.8 The total number of words for a 100% essay/ writtenwork should 21.8 In these circumstances, an application for reassessment can be no more than 6,000 words. be considered. 23.9 The total word count for essays should exclude the bibliography, 21.9 However, as indicated above, if a student persists with their footnote numbers and footnote citiations, but discursive attempt at the examination to the end of the allotted time, it will footnotes and quotations are included. become a case for special consideration ± and not 23.10 In undergraduate units of study, a piece of assessment which reassessment ± unless the student can establish very exceeds the word limit will attract a penalty of 10% of the total exceptional circumstances and only if the student undertakes marks allocated to the piece of assessmentfor every 100 words the steps above. (or part thereof) over the limit (unless a different regime is set 21.10 Since reassessment will be permitted only in exceptional out in the course outline or assessment instructions). circumstances, it is most important that if a student encounters difficulties during the semester, they seek the advice of the 24. Standardisation of grades Associate Dean (Undergraduate) or the Undergraduate Team 24.1 The Sydney Law School adopted the following standardisation Leader. If a student is unable to meet unit of study requirements policy in 2008: or to prepare for the final examination because of serious illness 24.1.1 The Committee of Examiners will monitor results across and or misadventure, the appropriate solution is to apply for a within all units of study. In cases of a significance variance "Discontinued ± Not to count as Failure". Extensions or other from the recommended ranges, the Committee shall request special arrangements with regard to assessment prior to the justification from the Unit Coordinators of the units of study, final examination ± for example, essays ± are matters for the and where necessary, individual teachers, as to why the lecturers in the units concerned. recommended ranges could not be units of study achieved. The Committee of Examiners will advise the Pro-Dean 22. Taking of examinations early concerning any change to results that it considers necessary. 22.1 Students are required to be available during the entire 24.1.2 In the case of units of study involving more than one teacher, scheduled examination period at the end of each semester to Unit Coordinators will be asked to monitor the distribution of take their examinations on the dates specified in the marks across units of study through meetings between examination timetable or, in the case of examinations arranged teachers in each units of study at each stage of the "in department", or as take-home examinations, on the dates assessment process during semester regarding marked specified by the examiners. The dates of the scheduled discrepencies between groups within units of study and with examination periods are set out in pre-enrolment information a view to achieving the recommended ranges of High sent to each student and on Law School notice boards. Distinction (HD and Distinction (D). 22.2 In exceptional circumstances, the Associate Dean 24.1.3 With the object of achieving fairness and consistency, in (Undergraduate), after consultation with the examiner, may compulsory units of study in which there is more than one give permission for a student to take an examination earlier group and in multi-group options, the examiners should than the date specified for that examination. Although it is not coordinate the results in order to ensure a reasonable degree possible to define exhaustively in advance the exceptional of parity between the different groups in a unit in respect of circumstances which may justify permission being given to take HD and D grades. The Committee of Examiners may be an examination early, such circumstances will invariably be convinced by evidence that fairness and consistency have confined to cases of serious illness (for example, the need for been achieved even though there is not parity between a surgical operation on the date specified for the examination) groups. or other compelling necessities (for instance, the need to attend 24.1.4 The Committee of Examiners will also review distributions a scholarship interview which cannot be postponed, or to in units of study generally, may make enquireies of the commence a University of Sydney sponsored exchange lecturers concerned, and may make recommendations to program at an overseas university). Private travel the Pro-Dean with respect to them. arrangements, including visiting family overseas, 24.1.5 The distribution of grades in each undergraduate unit in the employment-related reasons and attending courses other than at Sydney Law School shall generally conform to the following as part of a University of Sydney sponsored exchange program guidelines: do not constitute exceptional circumstances. 24.1.5.1 The range of HD grades awarded should be between 3-10% of the total; 23. Word Limits, Extensions and Late Submissions 24.1.5.2 The range of D grades awarded should be between 5-30% 23.1 In accordance with University policy on assessment, all units of the total; of study should have set out, in writing, in either the relevant 24.1.5.3 No more than 40% of a group (class of cohort) should unit guide or assessment instructions: receive HD or D grades; 23.1.1 The word length of any piece of assessment set, and a clear 24.1.5.4 These ranges should be applied flexibly when the number policy in relation to penalties for excessive length; and of students in a particular unit of study is small. 23.1.2 The due date (if any), extension policy, and a clear policy in 24.1.6 After the release of the results to students, the information relation to penalties for late work submitted without an regarding distribution of marks in each units of study will be extension. made available to students, with justifications for departures 23.2 All penalties should be enforced as consistantly as possible. from the minimum rates where applicable. 23.3 Retrospective extensions to due dates should be granted only in special circumstances. If an extension is sought after the 25. Disclosure of assessment and examination results due date, instructors may take into account any mitigating 25.1 In 1989 the Law School approved the following procedure for factors as to why the work was late, but will also need to the disclosure of assessment and examination results: ascertain why the request was late. 25.1.1 That within a reasonable time of the completion of the 23.4 If the application of the penalty results in overall failure of a unit marking of interim assessment (essay, assignment, case-note of study, instructors retain a discretion to review the whole of or take-home examination) in a unit of study, the Unit a student©s performance and all of the circumstances in deciding Coordinator makes available to students the work they have whether or not to accord a bare pass. submitted displaying the mark awarded, together with the 23.5 Academic staff may set a deadline after which no work will be examiner©s comments if any. accepted. Normally that deadline will be the date on which the 25.1.2 That within a reasonable time following publication of the markers plan to return the work. results of the final examination in any unit, there be made 23.6 If an extension had not been granted prior to the due date, available for collection at the Law School, each student©s academic staff need not accept optional pieces of assessment examination scripts, displaying the addition of the marks submitted after the due date. awarded in interim assessment. 23.7 In undergraduate units of study, if no extension is granted in 25.1.3 Academic Board resolved that on 1 January 2001 that accordance with this policy and a penalty for lateness is students have a right to review their examination scripts and imposed, the following formula should be consistantly applied other forms of summative assessment (except those saved unless a different regime is set out in the course outline: for re-use in subsequent testing) for the duration of the script

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retention period. The script retention period is four months. 28.2 Misconduct can thus cover a very wide range of misbehaviour, Students can request to see their examination scripts by from damaging University property to cheating in examinations. completing the relevant online application available from the 28.3 There have been a number of cases of misconduct in the Law School website. University emerging from the classwork context rather than examinations.These cases have included students being found 26. Student Appeals guilty of plagiarism in essays and of copying other students© 26.1 A student who has received a Fail or poor grade is not assignments. automatically entitiled to a "remark" or "reassessment". If a 28.4 The University recognises that there is a difference between student believes their performance has been adversely affected innocent and deliberate plagiarism and the former can usually by serious illness or misadventure an "Application for Special be dealt with within the department or faculty, without reference Consideration" must be submitted to the Unit Coordinator. to the Registrar. Some cases of plagiarism arise from lack of Please refer to the special consideration guidelines above. knowledge as to what constitutes plagiarism and the student 26.2 If a student is concerned about any academic decision they may be unaware that the practice is unacceptable. should first obtain a copy of their assessment or examination 28.5 In such cases staff have a duty to correct students and direct script and discuss the issue with the relevant teacher or Unit any required remedial work to be undertaken. Such plagiarism, Coordinator. Students are encouraged to take the earliest whilst it is unacceptable, is not misconduct in terms of chapter opportunity to discuss their concerns with relevant staff. This 8 of the by-laws, nor is the correction of it a penalty. should normally be done within 15 working days of the student 28.6 Blatant plagiarism, where it appears there is a deliberate being advised of the particular academic decision or becoming intention to deceive or where a student has copied another aware of their result/grade. During this time the student should student©s work, is a serious matter and may attract penalties attempt to resolve the matter with the relecant teacher or Unit ranging from a reprimand to Fail grade. In extreme cases an Coordinator. offender may be failed in all units of study and suspended from 26.3 If the student©s concerns cannot be resolved with the teacher the University. Such penalties can only be legally applied by or Unit Coordinator, or because of an apparent failure to follow following the chapter 8 procedures. procedures, the student may then appeal to the Dean. An appeal to the Dean will not be considered unless there has been an attempted resolution with the teacher or Unit Sydney Law School undergraduate degree Coordinator. The student must put their concerns in writing within 15 working days of the outcome of discussions with the resolutions teacher or Unit Coordinator. The written appeal must be submitted to the Faculty©s Executive Officer and should includer: (a) the reasons for the appeal; (b) the response of the teacher or Unit Coordinator during the attempted resolution; and (c) reasons why the student is not satisfied with the response of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (BA/LLB) the decision-maker under paragraph 5. Further details regarding 1. Cross-faculty management of combined degree course the Appeal policy can be found on the Law School website. 1.1 Students will be under the general supervision of the Faculty 27. Students at Risk of Arts until the end of the semester in which they complete the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (BA). 27.1 Students who fail to meet the Law School©s progression 1.2 They will then be under the general supervision of the Faculty requirements are at risk of exclusion.The Law School supports of Law. the Academic Board©s Policy on "Identifying and Supporting 1.3 The Deans of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Law shall Students at Risk". This policy aims to identify students at risk; jointly exercise authority in any matter concerning the combined alert students to their status; provide assistance to these award course not otherwise dealt with in these Resolutions. students; and track the progress of students at risk once they 2. Units of study have been identified. 27.2 Students© progress is assessed each semester. Students who 2.1 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of Arts do not meet the Law School©s progression rules are placed on (BA) are set out under the Undergraduate units of study table the University©s "Staying on Track" program which provides for in the Faculty of Arts Handbook, together with periodic stages of intervention and help for students.There are 2.1.1 credit point value; four stages to the Staying on Track program. After the third 2.1.2 the semesters in which they are offered; occasion of not meeting the minimum rate of progression (stage 2.1.3 assumed knowledge; 3), students will be required to show good cause as to why 2.1.4 prerequisites/qualifying/corequisites/prohibition; and they should not be excluded from the Bachelor of Laws. A 2.1.5 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; fourth occasion (stage 4) will result in an automatic exclusion. 2.1.6 any special conditions. For instances where a student has been excluded, there are 2.2 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of Laws mechanisms of appeal. are set out in the Undergraduate units of study table in the 27.3 Students will be placed on the Students at Risk report if they Faculty of Law Handbook, together with: fail a unit of study more than once, or more than 50 percent of 2.2.1 designation as compulsory or elective; the credit points for which they were enrolled in a semester. 2.2.2 credit point value; 27.4 Where students are deemed to be at risk, the level of 2.2.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; intervention will vary. The Law School may require the 2.2.4 assumed knowledge/prerequisites/corequisites/prohibition; completion of particular units in a specified order; may require and students to take a reduced load or suspend their candidature; 2.2.5 any special conditions. or impose other conditions. 3. Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 28. Student misconduct ± chapter 8 of the by-laws 3.1 To qualify for the award of the pass degrees a student must 28.1 Chapter 8 of the University©s by-laws, which is entitled complete successfully units of study amounting to a total of "Discipline of Students" covers aspects of student misconduct, 240 credit points. which includes: 3.2 To qualify for the award of the pass degree of Bachelor of Arts 28.1.1 misconduct on the part of a student which is prejudicial to (BA) in the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (BA/LLB) the good order and government of the University or impairs combined degree program a student must complete 144 credit the reasonable freedom of other persons to pursue their points in total from the Faculty of Arts Tables of units of study studies or research in the University or to participate in the in the Arts Undergraduate Handbook, including: life of the University; and 3.2.1 48 credit points of LAWS units of study, as listed below in 28.1.2 refusal by a student to give satisfactory particulars of the 3.5.1; student©s identity in response to a direction to do so by a 3.2.2 a maximum of 48 Junior credit points, excluding the Junior prescribed officer and any other form of wilful disobedience Law (LAWS) credit points required in 3.2.1; and to a reasonable direction of a prescribed officer.

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3.2.3 at least one major from Part A of the Faculty of Arts Table 3.7 Students must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of of units of study. A Faculty of Arts major consists of 36 Senior Arts (BA) before proceeding to the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) credit points in a single subject area, or cross-listed between (unless they have permission from the Faculty of Law stating subject areas, as outlined in Section 3 The major and otherwise). cross-listing, in the Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Resolutions 3.8 On written application to the Faculty of Arts, a student may in the Faculty of Arts Handbook. abandon their candidature in the combined degree program 3.3 To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), in the and elect to transfer to the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (BA/LLB) combined accordance with the Resolutions governing that degree at the degree program a student must complete units of study to the time of transfer. value of 144 credit points, made up of the following: 4. Requirements for honours degrees 3.3.1 96 credit points of the compulsory units of study, which 4.1 Both the Bachelor of Arts (BA) and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) includes the 48 credit points of LAWS units of study listed may be awarded with honours. below in 3.5.1 and counted towards the Bachelor of Arts 4.2 To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (BA): degree, a student in the combined Bachelor of Arts and 3.3.2 48 credit points of the elective units of study in the Faculty Bachelor of Laws (BA/LLB) combined degree program must: of Law Undergraduate Resolutions that must include: 4.2.1 with the permission of the Faculty of Law, either suspend 3.3.2.1 a maximum of 42 credit points from the units of study listed their candidature for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree while in Part 1 of the Undergraduate units of study table, and undertaking the honours course, or undertake the honours 3.3.2.2 a minimum of six credit points from the units of study listed course after completion of both degrees in the combined in Part 2 of the Undergraduate units of study table. program; and 3.4 Candidates may credit the following units of study to both the 4.2.2 complete the requirements outlined in Section 4 Bachelor of Arts (BA) and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB); Requirements for honours degrees in the Faculty of Arts 3.4.1 Contracts Resolutions relating to undergraduate degrees and combined 3.4.2 Criminal Law degrees, in the Faculty of Arts Handbook. 3.4.3 Foundations of Law 4.3.1 To qualify to enrol in the honours program candidates shall: 3.4.4 International Law 4.3.1.1 Be selected in the penultimate year of the Bachelor of Law 3.4.5 Legal Research I degree; 3.4.6 Legal Research II 4.3.1.2 Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75, 3.4.7 Civil and Criminal Procedure averaged out across all law compulsories with the 3.4.8 Public Law exception of Foundations of Law. 3.4.9 Torts 4.3.1.2.1 Results in elective subjects will not be included in the 3.4.10 Torts and Contracts II calculation. 3.5.1 Candidates in Combined Law must complete the law units 4.3.1.2.2 Entry to the Honours program is competitive and the of study in the following sequence: number of places in the Honours program each year is limited and dependent on available resources.The exact Year Unit of study Credit WAM will be determined by the Honours Committee on points an annual basis. 4.3.2 The honours program will be assessed by an honours Combined Law 1 Foundations of Law 6 dissertation, completed under the supervision of an academic Legal Research I 0 member of staff or adjunct staff. Torts 6 4.3.2.1 Candidates will enrol in two specified 6 credit points Combined Law 2 Contracts 6 Honours research units as listed in the "Table of undergraduate units of study" in Part 2 of the Bachelor of Civil and Criminal 6 Procedure Laws resolutions. 4.3.2.2 These units will be included in the 48 credit points of Criminal Law 6 elective subjects that are part of the pass requirements Combined Law 3 International Law 6 for the Bachelor of Laws. Legal Research II 0 4.3.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will determine the class of Public Law 6 honours, based on a student©s final Honours WAM (HWAM). 4.3.3.1 The HWAM will be drawn from a minimum of 90 credit Torts and Contracts II 6 points, and will include all compulsories and elective units undertaken at the University of Sydney, with the exception of Foundations of Law. 3.5.2 On completion of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor 4.3.3.2 The weighted of the Honours research units will be double of Arts (BA) a student must then complete the following that of the non-Honours units. compulsory units of study towards the degree. 4.3.4 Honours in the Bachelor of Laws may be awarded in two classes: Class I and Class II. Year Unit of study Credit 4.3.4.1 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Laws will be points awarded on the following basis: Combined Law 4 Administrative Law 6 4.3.4.1.1 Honours class I: those students with an HWAM of at least 80; Corporations Law 6 4.3.4.1.2 Honours class 2/ Division 1: those students with an Equity 6 HWAM of at least 75; Evidence 6 4.3.4.1.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will have the discretion Federal Constitutional Law 6 to vary the required HWAM in exceptional circumstances. Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6 4.3.4.2 To be awarded honours, a student must pass the honours Real Property 6 dissertation. The Legal Profession 6 4.3.4.3 A candidate for the Honours program who does not meet Combined Law 5 Elective units of study selected from Part 1 and 48 the requirements for the award of honours may be awarded Part 2 the Bachelor of Laws pass degree. 4.3.4.4 All pass and honours students will be ranked together for graduation purposes to achieve a final graduation ranking. 3.6 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean 4.3.4.5 Students who qualify for the award of first class honours, (Undergraduate), candidates in a Combined Law program must and whose work is of outstanding merit in the opinion of successfully complete Foundations of Law before enrolling in the faculty, may be considered for the award of a University any other Bachelor of Laws (LLB) units of study. medal.

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4.3.5 These resolutions will apply to all students who will complete 3.3.2 48 credit points of the elective units of study in the Faculty their degree in the July semester 2013 or later. of Law Undergraduate Resolutions that must include: 4.3.5.1 Students who complete the requirements of their degree 3.3.2.1 a maximum of 42 credit points from the units of study listed by 31 July 2013 will have honours awarded in accordance in Part 1 of the Undergraduate units of study table, and with the Faculty resolutions in force at the time of 3.3.2.2 a minimum of six credit points from the units of study listed commencement. in Part 2 of the Undergraduate units of study table. Candidates may credit the following units of study to both the Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications) and the Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB): Bachelor of Laws (BA (Media & Comm)/LLB) 3.4.1 Contracts 3.4.2 Criminal Law 1. Cross-faculty management of combined degree course 3.4.3 Foundations of Law 1.1 Students will be under the general supervision of the Faculty 3.4.4 International Law of Arts until the end of the semester in which they complete 3.4.5 Legal Research I the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (Media & 3.4.6 Legal Research II Communications). 3.4.7 Civil and Criminal Procedure 1.2 They will then be under the general supervision of the Faculty 3.4.8 Public Law of Law. 3.4.9 Torts 1.3 The Deans of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Law shall 3.4.10 Torts and Contracts II jointly exercise authority in any matter concerning the combined 3.5.1 Candidates in Combined Law must complete the law units award course not otherwise dealt with in these Resolutions. of study outlined in the following sequence 2. Units of study 2.1 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of Arts Year Units of study Credit (Media & Communications) are set out under the points Undergraduate units of study table in the Faculty of Arts Combined Law 1 Foundations of Law 6 Handbook, together with 2.1.1 credit point value; Legal Research I 0 2.1.2 the semesters in which they are offered; Torts 6 2.1.3 assumed knowledge; Combined Law 2 Contracts 6 2.1.4 prerequisites/qualifying/corequisites/prohibition; and Civil and Criminal 6 2.1.5 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; Procedure 2.1.6 any special conditions. 2.2 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of Laws Criminal Law 6 (LLB) are set out in the Undergraduate units of study table in Combined Law 3 International Law 6 the Faculty of Law Handbook, together with: Legal Research II 0 2.2.1 designation as compulsory or elective; Public Law 6 2.2.2 credit point value; 2.2.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; Torts and Contracts II 6 2.2.4 assumed knowledge/prerequisites/corequisites/prohibition; Combined Law 4 The fourth year of enrolment is entirely in and Arts and Media and 2.2.5 any special conditions. Communications Units

3. Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (Media & 3.5.2 On completion of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor Communications) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) of Arts (Media & Communications) a student must then 3.1 To qualify for the award of the pass degrees a student must complete the compulsory units of study towards the Bachelor complete successfully units of study amounting to a total of of Laws (LLB). 288 credit points. To qualify for the award of the pass degree of Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications) in the Bachelor Year Units of study Credit of Arts (Media & Communications) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) points combined degree program, a student must complete 192 credit points in total from the Faculty of Arts Tables of units of study Combined Law 5 Administrative Law 6 in the Arts Undergraduate Handbook, including: Corporations Law 6 3.2.1 48 credit points of LAWS units of study, as listed below in Equity 6 3.5.1; Evidence 6 3.2.2 a maximum of 48 Junior credit points, excluding the Junior Law (LAWS) credit points required in 3.2.1; Federal Constitutional Law 6 3.2.3 at least one major from Part A of the Faculty of Arts Tables Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6 of units of study. A Faculty of Arts major consists of 36 Senior Real Property 6 credit points in a single subject area, or cross-listed between The Legal Profession 6 subject areas, as outlined in Section 3 The major and cross-listing, in the Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Resolutions Combined Law 6 Elective units of study selected from Part 1 and 48 Part 2 in the Faculty of Arts Handbook; 3.2.4 72 credit points (12 Junior and 60 Senior) in the subject area 3.6 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean Media & Communications (units coded MECO) as may be (Undergraduate), candidates in a Combined Law program must prescribed annually by the chair of that department; and successfully complete Foundations of Law before enrolling in 3.2.5 one unit of study in related disciplines to the value of six any other Bachelor of Laws (LLB) units of study. credit points as may be prescribed annually by the chair of 3.7 Students must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of the department of Media & Communications. Arts (Media & Communications) before proceeding to the 3.3 To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (unless they have permission from the Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications) and Bachelor of Faculty of Law stating otherwise). Laws (LLB) combined degree program, a student must 3.8 On written application to the Faculty of Arts, a student may complete units of study to the value of 144 credit points, made abandon their candidature in the combined degree program up of the following: and elect to transfer to the Bachelor of Arts (Media & 3.3.1 96 credit points of the compulsory units of study, which Communications) degree in accordance with the Resolutions includes the 48 credit points of LAWS units of study listed governing that degree at the time of transfer. below in 3.5.1 and counted towards the Bachelor of Arts

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4. Requirements for honours degrees Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws 4.1 Both the Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications) and the (BCom/LLB) Bachelor of Laws (LLB) may be awarded with honours. To 1. qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Arts (Media & Cross-faculty management of the combined award Communications) (Honours) degree, a student in the combined course Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications) and Bachelor of 1.1 Students will be under the general supervision of the Faculty Laws (LLB) degree program must: of Economics and Business until the end of the semester in 4.2.1 with the permission of the Faculty of Law, either suspend which they complete the requirements for the Bachelor of their candidature for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree while Commerce (BCom). undertaking the honours course, or undertake the honours 1.2 They will then be under the general supervision of the Faculty course after completion of both degrees in the combined of Law. program; and 1.3 The Deans of the Faculty of Economics and Business and the 4.2.2 complete the requirements outlined in Section 4 Faculty of Law shall jointly exercise authority in any matter Requirements for honours degrees in the Faculty of Arts concerning the combined award course not otherwise dealt Resolutions relating to undergraduate degrees and combined with in these Resolutions. degrees, in the Faculty of Arts Handbook. 4.3.1 To qualify to enrol in the honours program candidates shall: 2. Units of study 4.3.1.1 Be selected in the penultimate year of the Bachelor of Law 2.1 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of degree; Commerce (BCom) are set out under the Tables of 4.3.1.2 Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75, undergraduate units of study in the Faculty of Economics and averaged out across all law compulsories with the Business Handbook, together with: exception of Foundations in Law. 2.1.1 designation as junior, intermediate, senior or honours level; 4.3.1.2.1 Results in elective subjects will not be included in the 2.1.2 credit point value; calculation. 2.1.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; 4.3.1.2.2 Entry to the Honours program is competitive and the 2.1.4 corequisites/prerequisites/assumed learning/ assumed number of places in the Honours program each year is knowledge; limited and dependant on available resources.The exact 2.1.5 any special conditions. WAM will be determined by the Honours Committee on 2.2 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor Laws an annual basis. (LLB) are set out under the Tables of undergraduate units of 4.3.2 The honours program will be assessed by an honours study in the Faculty of Law Handbook, together with: dissertation, completed under the supervision of an academic 2.2.1 designation as compulsory or elective; member of staff or adjunct staff. 2.2.2 credit point value; 4.3.2.1 Candidates will enrol in two specified 6 credit point 2.2.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; Honours research units as listed in the "Table of 2.2.4 corequisites/prerequisites/assumed learning/ assumed undergraduate units of study" in Part 2 of the Bachelor of knowledge; Laws resolutions. 2.2.5 any special conditions. 4.3.2.2 These units will be included in the 48 credit points of elective subjects that are part of the pass requirements 3. Requirements for the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) for the Bachelor of Laws. and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 4.3.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will determine the class of 3.1 To qualify for the award of the pass degrees a student must Honours WAM (HWAM). successfully complete units of study amounting to a total of 4.3.3.1 The HWAM will be drawn from a minimum of 90 credit 240 credit points. points, and will include all compulsories and elective units 3.2 To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) undertaken at the University of Sydney, with the exception degree a student must successfully complete units of study of Foundations of Law. amounting to a total of 144 credit points, including: 4.3.3.2 The weighting of the Honours research units will be double 3.2.1 7 core units of study (comprising 36 junior and 6 senior credit that of the non-Honours units. points), as specified in the Faculty of Economics and 4.3.4 Honours in the Bachelor of Laws may be awarded in two Business Handbook; and classes: Class I and Class II. 3.2.2 either a major (minimum of 36 senior credit points) or an 4.3.4.1 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Laws will be extended major (minimum of 48 senior credit points), awarded on the following basis: comprising units of study as specified in the Faculty of 4.3.4.1.1 Honours class 1: those students with an HWAM of at Economics and Business Handbook, from one of the least 80; following subject areas: 4.3.4.1.2 Honours class 2/ Division 1: those students with an 3.2.2.1 Accounting; HWAM of at least 75; 3.2.2.2 Business Information Systems; 4.3.4.1.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will have the discretion 3.2.2.3 Commercial Law; to vary the required HWAM in exceptional 3.2.2.4 Econometrics; circumstances. 3.2.2.5 Economics; 4.3.4.2 To be awarded honours, a student must pass the honours 3.2.2.6 Finance; dissertation. 3.2.2.7 Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management; 4.3.4.3 A candidate for the Honours program who does not meet 3.2.2.8 International Business; the requirements for the award of honours may be awarded 3.2.2.9 Management; the Bachelor of Laws pass degree. 3.2.2.10 Operations Management and Decision Sciences; or 4.3.4.4 All pass and honours students will be ranked together for 3.2.2.11 Marketing; graduation purposes to achieve a final graduation ranking. 3.2.3 10 compulsory units of study (48 credit points) in Law, as 4.3.4.5 Students who qualify for the award of first class honours, specified in the Faculty of Economics and Business and and whose work is of outstanding merit in the opinion of Faculty of Law Handbooks; and the faculty, may be considered for the award of a University 3.2.4 no more than 48 credit points of junior units of study in medal. Economics and Business. 4.3.5 These resolutions will apply to all students who will complete 3.3 To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), in the their degree in the July semester 2013 or later. Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (BCom/LLB) 4.3.5.1 Students who complete the requirements of their degree combined degree program a student must complete units of by the 31 July 2013 will have honours awarded in study to the value of 144 credit points, made up of the following: accordance with the Faculty resolutions in force at the time 3.3.1 96 credit points of the compulsory units of study, which of commencement. includes the 48 credit points of LAWS units of study listed below in 3.5.1 and counted towards the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom);

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3.3.2 48 credit points of the elective units of study, as specified in 4.2.1 Students who qualify to undertake the honours year may the Faculty of Law Handbook, that must include: elect to do so either: 3.3.2.1 a maximum of 42 credit points from the units of study listed 4.2.1.1 by suspending candidature from the Bachelor of Laws in Part One of the Undergraduate units of study table; and (LLB) (including the combined Commerce/Laws award 3.3.2.2 a minimum of six credit points from the units of study listed course) for one year with the permission of the Faculty of in Part Two of the Undergraduate units of study table. Law; or 3.4 Candidates may credit the following units of study to both the 4.2.1.2 after completion of the combined award course. Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) and the Bachelor of Laws 4.2.2 The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) may be awarded with (LLB); honours in any of the subject areas where honours are listed 3.4.1 Contracts in the Tables of undergraduate units of study, with joint 3.4.2 Criminal Law honours in two of these subject areas. 3.4.3 Foundations of Law 4.2.3 To enrol in the honours year, a student must satisfy the 3.4.4 International Law following: 3.4.5 Legal Research I 4.2.3.1 Successful completion of the requirements for the pass 3.4.6 Legal Research II degree; 3.4.7 Civil and Criminal Procedure 4.2.3.2 confirmation of the student©s eligibility for entry to the 3.4.8 Public Law honours year from the relevant Discipline(s)/Department; 3.4.9 Torts and 3.4.10 Torts and Contracts II 4.2.3.3 any other requirements for entry into the honours year set 3.5.1 Candidates in Combined Law must complete the law units by the relevant Discipline(s)/Departments and the Faculty of study in the following sequence: of Economics and Business, unless otherwise approved by the Faculty of Economics and Business. Year Unit of study Credit 4.2.4 The classes for the award of honours in the Bachelor of points Commerce (BCom) are specified in the following table:

Combined Law 1 Foundations of Law 6 Description Mark range Legal Research I 0 Honours Class I and University Medal 90 to 100* Torts 6 Honours Class I 80 to 100 Combined Law 2 Contracts 6 Honours Class II (Division 1) 75 to 79 Civil and Criminal 6 Procedure Honours Class II (Division 2) 70 to 74 Criminal Law 6 Honours Class III 65 to 69 Combined Law 3 International Law 6 Pass 50 to 64 Legal Research II 0 *Please note: This is a minimum criterion only, other criteria apply. Public Law 6

Torts and Contracts II 6 4.3.1 To qualify to enrol in the honours program candidates shall: 4.3.1.1 Be selected in the penultimate year of the Bachelor of Law 3.5.2 On completion of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor degree; of Commerce (BCom), a student must then complete the 4.3.1.2 Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75, following compulsory units of study towards the degree. averaged out across all law compulsories with the exception of Foundations of Law. 4.3.1.2.1 Results in elective subjects will not be included in the Year Unit of study Credit calculation. points 4.3.1.2.2 Entry to the Honours program is competitive and the Combined Law 4 Administrative Law 6 number of places in the Honours program each year is Corporations Law 6 limited and dependant on available resources.The exact WAM will be determined by the Honours Committee on Equity 6 an annual basis. Evidence 6 4.3.2 The honours program will be assessed by an honours Federal Constitutional Law 6 dissertation, completed under the supervision of an academic Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6 member of staff or adjunct staff. 4.3.2.1 Candidates will enrol in two specified 6 credit point Real Property 6 Honours research units as listed in the "Table of The Legal Profession 6 undergraduate units of study" in Part 2 of the Bachelor of Combined Law 5 Elective units of study selected from Part 1 and 48 Laws resolutions. Part 2 4.3.2.2 These units will be included in the 48 credit points of elective subjects that are part of the pass requirements for the Bachelor of Laws. 3.6 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean 4.3.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will determine the class of (Undergraduate) of the Faculty of Law, candidates in a honours, based on a student©s final Honours WAM (HWAM). Combined Law program must successfully complete 4.3.3.1 The HWAM will be drawn from a minimum of 90 credit Foundations of Law before enrolling in any other Bachelor of points, and will include all compulsories and elective units Laws units of study. undertaken at the University of Sydney, with the exception 3.7 Students must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of of Foundations of Law. Commerce (BCom) before proceeding to the Bachelor of Laws 4.3.3.2 The weighting of the Honours research units will be double (LLB) (unless they have permission from the Faculty of Law that of the non-Honours units. stating otherwise). 4.3.4 Honours in the Bachelor of Laws may be awarded in two classes: Class I and Class II: 4. Requirements for the award of honours 4.3.4.1 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Laws will be 4.1 Both the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) and the Bachelor of awarded on the following basis: Laws (LLB) may be awarded with honours. 4.3.4.1.1 Honours class 1: those students with an HWAM of at 4.2 To qualify for the award of honours in the Bachelor of least 80; Commerce (BCom) a student must successfully complete an 4.3.4.1.2 Honours class 2/ Division 1: those students with an additional year of study (the honours year), as specified in the HWAM of at least 75; Faculty of Economics and Business Handbook.

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4.3.4.1.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will have the discretion 3. Requirements for the Bachelor of Economics (BEc) to vary the required HWAM in exceptional and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) circumstances. 3.1 To qualify for the award of the pass degree a student must 4.3.4.2 To be awarded honours, a student must pass the honours successfully complete units of study amounting to a total of dissertation. 240 credit points. 4.3.4.3 A candidate for the Honours program who does not meet 3.2 To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Economics (BEc) the requirements for the award of honours may be awarded degree a student must complete successfully units of study the Bachelor of Laws pass degree. amounting to a total of 144 credit points, including: 4.3.4.4 All pass and honours students will be ranked together for 3.2.1 4 core units of study (comprising 24 junior credit points), as graduation purposes to achieve a final graduation ranking. specified in the Faculty of Economics and Business 4.3.4.5 Students who qualify for the award of first class honours, Handbook; and and whose work is of outstanding merit in the opinion of 3.2.2 either a major (minimum of 36 senior credit points) or an the faculty, may be considered for the award of a University extended major (minimum of 48 senior credit points), medal. comprising units of study from the subject area of Economics, 4.3.5 These resolutions will apply to all students who complete as specified in the Faculty of Economics and Business their degree in the July semester 2013 or later. Handbook; or 4.3.5.1 Students who complete the requirements of their degree 3.2.3 a major (minimum of 36 senior credit points) or an extended by 31 July 2013 will have honours awarded in accordance major (minimum of 48 senior credit points), comprising units with the Faculty resolutions in force at the time of of study from the subject area of Econometrics, and a commencement. minimum of 12 senior credit points from the subject area of Economics, as specified in the Faculty of Economics and 5. Award of Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) and Bachelor Business Handbook; of Laws (LLB) 3.2.4 10 compulsory units of study (48 senior credit points) in Law, 5.1 A student who completes the requirements of the Bachelor of as specified in the Faculty of Economics and Business and Commerce (BCom) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) shall receive Faculty of Law Handbook; and at graduation a separate testamur for each of the degrees. 3.2.5 no more than 48 credit points of junior units of study in 5.2 The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) and the Bachelor of Laws Economics and Business. (LLB) may be awarded in two grades, namely pass and 3.3 To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), in the honours. Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (BEc/LLB) 5.2.1 The testamur for pass degree of Bachelor of Commerce combined degree program a student must complete units of (BCom) shall specify the major(s) completed. study to the value of 144 credit points, made up of the following: 5.2.2 The testamur for the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) with 3.3.1 96 credit points of the compulsory units of study, which honours shall specify the subject area(s) and the class of includes the 48 credit points Law units of study listed below honours. It shall not include majors. in 3.5.1 and counted towards the Bachelor of Economics 5.2.3 The testamur for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with honours (BEc): shall specify the class of honours. 3.3.2 48 credit points of the elective units of study, as specified in 5.3 Students may abandon the combined award course and elect the Faculty of Law Handbook, that must include: to complete the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) in accordance 3.3.2.1 a maximum of 42 credit points from the units of study listed with the Resolutions governing this award course. in Part One of the Undergraduate units of study table, and 3.3.2.2 a minimum of six credit points from the units of study listed in Part Two of the Undergraduate units of study table. Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws 3.4 Candidates may credit the following units of study to both the (BEc/LLB) Bachelor of Economics (BEc) and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB); 3.4.1 Contracts 1. Cross-faculty management of the combined award 3.4.2 Criminal Law course 3.4.3 Foundations of Law 1.1.1 Students will be under the general supervision of the Faculty 3.4.4 International Law of Economics and Business until the end of the semester in 3.4.5 Legal Research I which they complete the requirements for the Bachelor of 3.4.6 Legal Research II Economics (BEc). 3.4.7 Public Law 1.2 They will then be under the general supervision of the Faculty 3.4.8 Civil and Criminal Procedure of Law. 3.4.9 Torts 1.3 The Deans of the Faculty of Economics and Business and the 3.4.10 Torts and Contracts II Faculty of Law shall jointly exercise authority in any matter 3.5.1 Candidates in Combined Law must complete the law units concerning the combined award course not otherwise dealt of study in the following sequence: with in these Resolutions. 2. Units of study Year Unit of study Credit 2.1 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of points Economics (BEc) are set out under the Tables of undergraduate Combined Law 1 Foundations of Law 6 units of study in the Faculty of Economics and Business Handbook, together with: Legal Research I 0 2.1.1 designation as junior, senior or honours level; Torts 6 2.1.2 credit point value; Combined Law 2 Contracts 6 2.1.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; Civil and Criminal 6 2.1.4 corequisites/prerequisites/assumedlearning/assumed Procedure knowledge; and 2.1.5 any special conditions. Criminal Law 6 2.2 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of Laws Combined Law 3 International Law 6 (LLB) are set out under the Tables of undergraduate units of Legal Research II 0 study in the Faculty of Law Handbook, together with: Public Law 6 2.2.1 designation as compulsory or optional; 2.2.2 credit point value; Torts and Contracts II 6 2.2.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; 2.2.4 corequisites/prerequisites/ assumed learning/assumed knowledge; and 3.5.2 On completion of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor 2.2.5 any special conditions. of Economics (BEc), a student must then complete the following compulsory units of study towards the degree.

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Year Unit of study Credit 4.3.1.2.1 Results in elective subjects will not be included in the points calculation. 4.3.1.2.2 Entry to the Honours program is competitive and the Combined Law 4 Administrative Law 6 number of places in the Honours program each year is Corporations Law 6 limited and dependent on available resources. The exact Equity 6 WAM will be determined by the Honours Committee on an annual basis. Evidence 6 4.3.2 The honours program will be assessed by an honours Federal Constitutional Law 6 dissertation, completed under the supervision of an academic Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6 member of staff or adjunct staff. Real Property 6 4.3.2.1 Candidates will enrol in two specified 6 credit point Honours research units as listed in the "Table of The Legal Profession 6 undergraduate units of study" in Part 2 of the Bachelor of Combined Law 5 Elective units of study selected from Part 1 and 48 Laws resolutions. Part 2 4.3.2.2 These units will be included in the 48 credit points of elective subjects that are part of the pass requirements

for the Bachelor of Laws. 3.6 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean 4.3.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will determine the class of (Undergraduate) of the Faculty of Law, candidates in a honours, based on a student©s final Honours WAM (HWAM). Combined Law program must successfully complete 4.3.3.1 The HWAM will be drawn from a minimum of 90 credit Foundations of Law before enrolling in any other Bachelor of points, and will include all compulsories and elective units Laws (LLB) units of study. undertaken at the University of Sydney, with the exception 3.7 Students must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of of Foundations of Law. Economics (BEc) before proceeding to the Bachelor of Laws 4.3.3.2 The weighting of the Honours research units will be double (LLB) (unless they have permission from the Faculty of Law that of the non-Honours units. stating otherwise). 4.3.4 Honours in the Bachelor of Laws may be awarded in two 4. Requirements for the award of honours classes: Class I and Class II. 4.1 Both the Bachelor of Economics (BEc) and the Bachelor of 4.3.4.1 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Laws will be Laws (LLB) may be awarded with honours. awarded on the following basis: 4.2 To qualify for the award of honours in the Bachelor of 4.3.4.1.1 Honours class 1: Those students with an HWAM of at Economics (BEc) a student must successfully complete an least 80; additional year of study (the honours year), as specified in the 4.3.4.1.2 Honours class 2/Division 1: those students with an Faculty of Economics and Business Handbook. HWAM of at least 75; 4.2.1 Students who qualify to undertake the honours year may 4.3.4.1.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will have the discretion elect to do so either: to vary the required HWAM in exceptional 4.2.1.1 by suspending candidature from the Bachelor of Laws circumstances. (LLB) (including the combined Economics/Laws award 4.3.4.2 To be awarded honours, a student must pass the honours course) for one year with the permission of the Faculty of dissertation. Law; or 4.3.4.3 A candidate for the Honours program who does not meet 4.2.1.2 after completion of the combined award course. their requirements for the award of honours may be 4.2.2 The Bachelor of Economics (BEc) may be awarded with awarded the Bachelor of Laws pass degree. honours in any of the subject areas where honours are listed 4.3.4.4 All pass and honours students will be ranked together for in the Tables of undergraduate units of study - Faculty of graduation purposes to achieve a final graduation ranking. Economics and Business or, as approved by the Faculty of 4.3.4.5 Students who qualify for the award of first class honours, Economics and Business, with joint honours in two of these and whose work is of outstanding merit in the opinion of subject areas. the faculty, may be considered for the award of a University 4.2.3 To enrol in the honours year, a student must satisfy the medal. following: 4.3.5 These resolutions will apply to all students who will complete 4.2.3.1 successful completion of the requirements for the pass their degree in the July semester of 2013 or later. degree; 4.3.5.1 Students who complete the requirements of their degree 4.2.3.2 confirmation of the student©s eligibility for entry to the by 31 July 2013 will have honours awarded in accordance honours year from the relevant Discipline(s)/Department; with the Faculty resolutions in force at the time of and commencement. 4.2.3.3 any other requirements for entry into the honours year set 5. Award of Bachelor of Economics (BEc) and Bachelor by the relevant Discipline(s)/Departments and the Faculty of Laws (LLB) of Economics and Business, unless otherwise approved 5.1 A student who completes the requirements of the Bachelor of by the Faculty of Economics and Business. Economics (BEc) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) shall receive at 4.2.3.4 The classes for the award of honours in the Bachelor of graduation a separate testamur for each of the degrees. Economics (BEc) are specified in the following table: 5.2 The Bachelor of Economics (BEc) and the Bachelor of Laws

(LLB) may be awarded in two grades, namely pass and Description Mark range honours. Honours Class I and University Medal 90 to 100* 5.2.1 The testamur for the pass degree of Bachelor of Economics (BEc) shall specify the major(s) completed. Honours Class I 80 to 100 5.2.2 The testamur for the Bachelor of Economics (BEc) with Honours Class II (Division 1) 75 to 79 honours shall specify the subject area(s) and the class of Honours Class II (Division 2) 70 to 74 honours. It shall not include majors. Honours Class III 65 to 69 5.2.3 The testamur for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with honours shall specify the class of honours. Pass 50 to 64 5.3 Students may abandon the combined award course and elect *Please note: This is a minimum criterion only, other criteria apply. to complete the Bachelor of Economics (BEc) in accordance with the Resolutions governing this award course.

4.3.1 To qualify to enrol in the honours program candidates shall: 4.3.1.1 Be selected in the penultimate year of the Bachelor of Law degree; 4.3.1.2 Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75, averaged out across all law compulsories with the exception of Foundations of Law.

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Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Laws 3.3.2 48 credit points of the elective units of study in the Faculty (BE/LLB) of Law Handbook that must include: 3.3.2.1 a maximum of 42 credit points from the units of study listed 1. Cross-faculty management of combined degree course in Part 1 of the Undergraduate units of study table, and 1.1 Candidates in a combined BE/LLB program are under the 3.3.2.2 a minimum of six credit points from the units of study listed general supervision of the Engineering Faculty in which they in Part 2 of the Undergraduate units of study table. are enrolled until the end of the semester in which they 3.4 Candidates may credit the following units of study to both the complete the requirements of the Engineering degree. Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB): 1.1.1 While enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree 3.4.1 Contracts students will be subject to the Faculty of Engineering and 3.4.2 Criminal Law Information Technologies resolutions covering admission, 3.4.3 Foundations of Law enrolment restrictions, progression requirements, satisfactory 3.4.4 International Law progress, cross-institutional study, examination and 3.4.5 Legal Research I assessment criteria as shown in the Faculty Handbook. 3.4.6 Legal Research II 1.2 After that, they will be under the general supervision of the 3.4.7 Civil and Criminal Procedure Faculty of Law. 3.4.8 Public Law 1.3 The Deans of the Faculty of Engineering and Information 3.4.9 Torts Technologies and the Faculty of Law shall jointly exercise 3.4.10 Torts and Contracts II authority in any matter concerning the combined award course 3.5.1 Candidates in combined Law must complete the law units not otherwise dealt with in these Resolutions. of study in the following sequence: 2. Units of study 2.1.1 The units of study which may be taken for each of the Year Unit of study Credit specialisations and the flexible first year program in the points Bachelor of Engineering (BE) are set out in the Bachelor of Combined Law 1 Foundations of Law 6 Engineering Specialisation Requirements in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies Handbook. Legal Research I 0 2.1.2 The specialisation requirements indicate: Torts 6 2.1.2.1 the core units of study prescribed, and the recommended Combined Law 2 Contracts 6 units available, for each specialisation; Civil and Criminal 6 2.1.2.2 the credit point values of the units; Procedure 2.1.2.3 any assumed knowledge, prerequisite or corequisite requirements; and Criminal Law 6 2.1.2.4 any prohibitions placed on units of study. Combined Law 3 International Law 6 2.1.3 A unit of study shall comprise such lectures, tutorial Legal Research II 0 instruction, assignments and practical work as the Faculty Public Law 6 may prescribe. 2.1.4 In order to complete a unit of study a student shall, except Torts and Contracts II 6 as provided in the section entitled Progression in the Combined Law 4 The 4th year of enrolment is entirely in Resolutions of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Engineering units of Technologies, in the Faculty Handbook: study 2.1.4.1 attend the lectures and laboratory/tutorial classes; 2.1.4.2 complete satisfactorily any assignments and practical work; and 3.5.2 On completion of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor 2.1.4.3 pass any examinations prescribed for that unit. of Engineering (BE) a student must then complete the 2.1.5 A student may enrol in units of study only in accordance with following compulsory units of study towards the degree. these Resolutions and subject to the constraints of the timetable, unless approval is given by the head of the relevant Year Unit of study Credit school. points 2.2 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) are set out in the Undergraduate units of study table in Combined Law 5 Administrative Law 6 the Faculty of Law Handbook, together with: Corporations Law 6 2.2.1 designation as compulsory or elective; Equity 6 2.2.2 credit point value; 2.2.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; Evidence 6 2.2.4 assumed knowledge/prerequisites/corequisites/ prohibition; Federal Constitutional Law 6 and Introducation to Property and Commercial Law 6 2.2.5 any special conditions. Real Property 6 3. Requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) The Legal Profession 6 3.1 To qualify for the award of the pass degrees a student shall Combined Law 6 Elective units of study selected from Part 1 and 48 Part 2 complete a minimum of 288 credit points. 3.2 To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

in the Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Laws (BE/LLB) 3.6 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean combined degree program a student must complete: (Undergraduate), candidates in a combined Law program must 3.2.1 48 credit points of LAWS units of study as listed below in successfully complete Foundations of Law before enrolling in 3.5.1, and any other Bachelor of Laws (LLB) units of study. 3.2.2 units of study as prescribed in the BE Specialisation 3.7 Students must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of Requirements for the specialisation that the student is Engineering (BE) before proceeding to the Bachelor of Laws pursuing. (LLB) (unless they have permission from the Faculty of Law 3.3 To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), in the stating otherwise). Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Laws (BE/LLB) 4. Requirements for award of Honours combined degree program a student must complete units of study to the value of 144 credit points, made up of the following: 4.1 Both the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and the Bachelor of 3.3.1 96 credit points of the compulsory units of study, which Laws (LLB) may be awarded with Honours. includes the 48 credit points of LAWS units of study listed 4.2 To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Engineering (BE) below in 3.5.1 and counted towards the Bachelor of (Honours) degree, a student in the combined Bachelor of Engineering (BE); Engineering (BE) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree program must:

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4.2.1 complete the requirements for the Pass degree in the the faculty, may be considered for the award of a Univeristy Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and achieve a level of medal. performance as defined by the HWAM (Honours Weighted 4.3.5 These resolutions will apply to all students who complete Average Mark). their degree in the July semester 2013 or later. 4.2.2.1 The HWAM used for honours assessment includes all 4.3.5.1 Students who complete the requirements of their degree attempts at all level 2000, 3000 and 4000 units of study by 31 July 2013 will have honours awarded in accordance completed while a student is enrolled at the University in with the faculty resolutions in force at the time of the Engineering degree. commencement. 4.2.2.2 Units at a level higher than 4000 are treated as level 4000 Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Law (BIT/LLB) units. 4.2.1.3 Junior or level 1000 units are not included in the Honours Bachelor of Information Technology and calculation. 4.2.1.4 Research thesis units are weighted double in the Bachelor of Law (BIT/LLB) assessment. 1. Cross-faculty management of combined degree course 4.2.1.5 Details of the HWAM calculation are given in the Glossary 1.1 Candidates in a combined BIT/LLB program are under the of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies general supervision of the Engineering and Information Handbook. Technologies Faculty in which they are enrolled until the end 4.2.1.6 The various classes of Honours are awarded on the basis of the semester in which they complete the requirements of of a student©s HWAM, as follows: the Information Technology degree. 4.2.1.6.1 First Class: HWAM >=75 1.1.1 While enrolled in the Bachelor of Information Technology 4.2.1.6.2 Second Class/Division 1: 70<= HWAM <75 (BIT) degree students will be subject to the Faculty of 4.2.1.6.3 Second Class/Division 2: 65<= HWAM <70 Engineering and Information Techologies resolutions covering 4.2.1.7 Any student with a HWAM greater than or equal to 85 will admission, enrolment restrictions, progression requirements, be considered eligible for the award of a University Medal. satisfactory progress, cross-institutional study, examination 4.2.1.8 In exceptional circumstances the head of the relevant and assessment criteria as shown in the Faculty Handbook. department may recommend to the Dean of Engineering 1.2 After that, they will be under the general supervision of the and Information Technologies that the above conditions Faculty of Law. for the award of Honours be varied. 1.3 The Deans of the Faculty of Engineering and Information 4.3.1 To qualify to enrol in the honours program candidates shall: Technologies and the Faculty of Law shall jointly exercise 4.3.1.1 Be selected in the penultimate year of the Bachelor of Law authority in any matter concerning the combined award course degree; not otherwise dealt with in these Resolutions. 4.3.1.2 Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75, 2. Units of Study averaged out across all law compulsories with the exception of Foundations of Law. 2.1.1 The units of study which may be taken for the IT streams 4.3.1.2.1 Results in elective subjects will not be included in the and the flexible first year program in the Bachelor of calculation. Information Technology (BIT) are set out in the Bachelor of 4.3.1.2.2 Entry to the Honours program is competitive and the Information Technology Stream Tables in the Faculty of number of places in the Honours program each year is Engineering and Information Technologies Handbook. limited and dependant on available resources.The exact 2.1.2 These stream requirements indicate: WAM will be determined by the Honours Committee on 2.1.2.1 the core units of study prescribed, and the recommended an annual basis. units available, for each stream; 4.3.2 The honours program will be assessed by an honours 2.1.2.2 the credit point values of the units; dissertation, completed under the supervision of an academic 2.1.2.3 any assumed knowledge, prerequisite or corequisite member of staff or adjunct staff. requirements; and 4.3.2.1 Candidates will enrol in two specified 6 credit point 2.1.2.4 any prohibitions placed on units of study. Honours research units as listed in the "Table of 2.1.3 A unit of study shall comprise such lectures, tutorial undergraduate units of study" in Part 2 of the Bachelor of instruction, assignments and practical work as the Faculty Laws resolutions. may prescribe. 4.3.2.2 These units will be included in the 48 credit points of 2.1.4 In order to complete a unit of study a student shall, except elective subjects that are part of the pass requirements as provide in the section entitled Progression in the for the Bachelor of Laws. Resolutions of the Faculty of Engineering and Information 4.3.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will determine the class of Technologies, in the Faculty Handbook: honours, based on a student©s final Honours WAM (HWAM). 2.1.4.1 attend the lectures and laboratory/ tutorial classes; 4.3.3.1 The HWAM will be drawn from a minimum of 90 credit 2.1.4.2 complete satisfactorily any assignments and practical work; points, and will include all compulsories and elective units and undertaken at the University of Sydney, with the exception 2.1.4.3 pass any examinations prescribed for that unit. of Foundations of Law. 2.1.5 A student may enrol in units of study only in accordance with 4.3.3.2 The weighting of the Honours research units will be double these Resolutions and subject to the contstraints of the that of the non-Honours units. timetable, unless approval is given by the head of the relevant 4.3.4 Honours in the Bachelor of Laws may be awarded in two school. classes: Class I and Class II. 2.2 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of Laws 4.3.4.1 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Laws may be (LLB) are set out in the Undergraduate units of study table in awarded on the following basis: the Faculty of Law Handbook, together with: 4.3.4.1.1 Honours class 1: those students with an HWAM of at 2.2.1 designation as compulsory or elective: least 80; 2.2.2 credit point value; 4.3.4.1.2 Honours class 2/ Division 1: those students with an 2.2.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; HWAM of at least 75; 2.2.4 assumed knowledge/ prerequisites/ corequisites/ prohibition; 4.3.4.1.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will have the discretion and to vary the required HWAM in exceptional 2.2.5 any special conditions. circumstances. 3. Requirements of the Bachelor of Information 4.3.4.2 To be awarded honours, a student must pass the honours Technology (BIT) and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) dissertation. 3.1 To qualify for the award of the pass degrees a student shall 4.3.4.3 A candidate for the Honours program who does not meet complete a minimum of 288 credit points. the requirements for the award of honours may be awarded 3.2 To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Information the Bachelor of Laws pass degree. Technology (BIT) in the Bachelor of Information Technology 4.3.4.4 All pass and honours students will be ranked together for and Bachelor of Laws (BIT/LLB) combined degree program a graduation purposes to achieve a final graduation ranking. student must complete: 4.3.4.5 Students who qualify for the award of first class honours, 3.2.1 48 credit points of LAWS units of study as listed below in and whose work is of outstanding merit in the opinion of 3.5.1, and

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3.2.2 units of study as prescribed in the BIT stream tables. of Laws (LLB) (unless they have permission from the Faculty 3.3 To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), in the of Law stating otherwise). Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Laws 4. Requirements for award of Honours (BIT/LLB) combed degree program a student must complete 4.1 Both the Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) and the units of study to the value of 144 credit points, made up of the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) may be awarded with Honours. following 4.2 To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Information 3.3.1 96 credit points of compulsory units of study, which includes Technology (BIT) (Honours) degree students must: the 48 credit points of LAWS units of study listed below in 4.2.1 Qualify to transfer into the Bachelor of Information 3.5.1 and counted towards the Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) degree. To qualify for entry students Technology (BIT); shall: 3.3.2 48 credit points of the elective units of study in the Faculty 4.2.1.1 have completed at least 144 credit points from the Bachelor of Law Handbook that must include of Information Technology degree; 3.3.2.1 a maximum of 42 credit points from the units of study listed 4.2.1.2 have completed the requirements of a stream in either in Part 1 of the Undergraduate units of study table, and Computer Science or Information Systems associated with 3.3.2.2 a minimum of 6 credit points from the units of study listed the degree of Bachelor of Information Technology; in Part 2 of the Undergraduate units of study table. 4.2.1.3 have achieved either a credit average in the relevant units 3.4 Candidates may credit the following units of study to both the of study used to satisy an ISWAM of at least 65; Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) and the Bachelor of 4.2.1.4 satisfy any additional criteria set by the head of school Laws (LLB): concerned; and 3.4.1 Civil and Criminal Procedure 4.2.1.5 with the permission of the Faculty of Law, either suspend 3.4.2 Contracts their candidature for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree 3.4.3 Criminal Law while undertaking the honours course, or undertake the 3.4.4 Foundations of Law honours course after completion of both degrees in the 3.4.5 International Law combined degree program. 3.4.6 Legal Research I 4.2.2 Once enrolled in the BIT (Honours) course, students shall 3.4.7 Legal Research II complete the requirements for the honours course full-time, 3.4.8 Public Law over two consecutive semesters. 3.4.9 Torts 4.2.3 To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Information 3.4.10 Torts and Contracts II Technology (Honours) degree, students shall complete 192 3.5.1 Candidates in combined law must complete the law units of credit points, including 48 credit points of units of study at study in the following sequence: the 4000 or 5000 level, of which at least 42 credit points must Year Units of Study Credit Points be from 4000 and 5000 level core and selected core units listed in the BIT table, including INFO4991, INFO4992, Combined Law 1 Foundations of Law 6 INFO4999, with a result of at least 65 in INFO4999. Legal Research I 0 4.2.4 The grade of Honours and the Honours mark are determined Torts 6 by performance in all 4000 and 5000 level units attempted Combined Law 2 Contracts 6 from the BIT table. 4.2.5 Honours in the Bachelor of Information Technology may be Civil and Criminal 6 Procedure awarded in four classes as follows: 4.2.5.1 Class I (Honours mark range: 80 and above) Criminal Law 6 4.2.5.2 Class II (1) (Honours mark range: 75-79) Combine Law 3 International Law 6 4.2.5.3 Class II (2) (Honours mark range: 70-74) Legal Research II 0 4.2.5.4 Class III (Honours mark range: 65-69) Public Law 6 4.2.6 A student with an Honours mark of 90 or greater and a minimum ISWAM of 80 shall, if deemed to be of sufficient Torts and Contracts II 6 merit by the Dean, be awarded a University Medal. Combined Law 4 The 4th year of 4.2.7 A student may not re-attempt the Bachelor of Information enrolment is entirely in Technology (Honours) course. However, students who fail Information Technology units of study to meet the requirements for the award of honours and who have not already satisfied the requirements for the award of 3.5.2 On completion of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor the BIT may elect to transfer back to the BIT. A student who of Information Technology (BIT) a student must then does not meet the requirments for the award of honours and complete the following compulsory units of study towards who has completed the requirements of the BIT shall the degree. graduate with the BIT Pass degree. 4.3.1 To qualify to enrol in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Honours) Year Unit of Study Credit Points program candidates shall: Combined Law 5 Administrative Law 6 4.3.1.1 Be selected in the penultimate year of the Bachelor of Law Corporations Law 6 degree; 4.3.1.2 Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75, Equity 6 averaged out across all law compulsories with the Evidence 6 exception of Foundations of Law. Federal Constitutional 6 4.3.1.2.1 Results in elective subjects will not be included in the Law calculation. Introduction to Property 6 4.3.1.2.2 Entry to the Honours program is competitive and the and Commercial Law number of places in the Honours program each year is Real Property 6 limited and dependant on available resources.The exact WAM will be determined by the Honours Committee on The Legal Profession 6 an annual basis. Combined Law 6 Elective units of study 48 4.3.2 The honours program will be assessed by an honours selected from Part 1 and Part 2 dissertation, completed under the supervision of an academic member of staff or adjunct staff. 3.6 Except with permission of the Dean or Associate Dean 4.3.2.1 Candidates will enrol in two specified 6 credit point (Undergraduate), candidates in a combined law program must Honours research units as listed in the Table of successfully complete Foundations of Law before enrolling in undergraduate units of study in Part 2 of the Bachelor of any other Bachelor of Laws (LLB) units of study. Laws resolutions. 3.7 Students must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of 4.3.2.2 These units will be included in the 48 credit points of Information Technology (BIT) before proceeding to the Bachelor elective subjects that are part of the pass requirements of the Bachelor of Laws.

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4.3.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will determine the class of 2.2.4 corequisites/prerequisites/assumed learning/assumed honours, based on a student©s final Honours WAM (HWAM). knowledge; and 4.3.3.1 The HWAM will be drawn from a minimum of 90 credit 2.2.5 any special conditions. points, and will include all compulsories and elective units undertaken at the University of Sydney, with exception of 3. Requirements for the Bachelor of International and Foundations of Laws. Global Studies and Bachelor of Laws (BIGS/LLB) 4.3.3.2 The weighting of the Honours research units will be double 3.1 To qualify for the award of the pass degree a student must that of the non-Honours units. complete successfully units of study amounting to a total of 4.3.4 Honours in the Bachelor of Laws may be awarded in two 240 credit points, including: classes: Class I and Class II. 3.2 To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of International and 4.3.4.1 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Laws may be Global Studies (BIGS) degree a student must complete awarded on the following basis: successfully units of study amounting to a total or 144 credit 4.3.4.1.1 Honours Class I: those students with a HWAM of at points, including: lease 80; 3.2.1 Ten compulsory LAWS units of study (48 credit points) as 4.3.4.1.2 Honours Class II/ Division 1: those students with an specified in the Faculty of Arts Handbook; HWAM of at least 75; 3.2.2 no more than 48 junior credit points in total; 4.3.4.1.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will have the discretion 3.2.3 a minimum of 96 senior credit points; to vary the required HWAM in exceptional 3.2.4 units of study in International and Global Studies (units coded circumstances. INGS) to the value of 24 credit points as may be prescribed 4.3.4.2 To be awarded honours, a student must pass the honours annually by the Degree Director; dissertation. 3.2.5 at least one major from the following subject areas: 4.3.4.3 A candidate for the Honours program who does not meet 3.2.5.1 Anthropology the requirements for the award of honours may be awarded 3.2.5.2 American Studies the Bachelor of Laws pass degree. 3.2.5.3 Arab World, Islam and The Middle East 4.3.4.4 All pass and honours students will be ranked together for 3.2.5.4 Asian Studies graduation purposes to achieve a final graduation ranking. 3.2.5.5 Australian Studies 4.3.4.5 Students who qualify for the award of first class honours, 3.2.5.6 European Studies and whose work is of outstanding merit in the opinion of 3.2.5.7 Government and International Relations the faculty, may be considered for the award of a University 3.2.5.8 Political Economy Medal. 3.2.5.9 Sociology 4.3.5 These resolutions will apply to all students who complete 3.2.6 elective units from Table A or Table B of the Faculty of Arts their degree in the July semester 2013 or later. units of study. 4.3.5.1 Students who complete the requirements of their degree 3.2.7 A Faculty of Arts major consists of 36 senior credit points in by 31 July 2013 will have honours awarded in accordance a single subject area, or from pre-approved cross-listing with the Faculty resolutions in force at the time of between subject areas, as outlined in Section 3 The major commencement. and cross-listing in the Arts Undergraduate Resolutions; a major from another faculty is as defined by that faculty. The testamur for the degree shall specify the major/s. 3.3 To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), in the Bachelor of International and Global Studies and Bachelor of International and Global Studies and Bachelor of Bachelor of Laws (BIGS/LLB) Laws (BIGS/LLB) combined degree program a student must complete units of study to the value of 144 credit points, made The Resolutions for all coursework degrees, diplomas and up of the following: certificates must be read in conjunction with the University of 3.3.1 96 credit points of compulsory units of study, which includes Sydney (Coursework) Rules 2000 (as amended), which sets out 48 credit points of LAWS units of study listed below in 3.5.1 the requirements for all coursework courses, and with the relevant and counted towards the Bachelor of International and Global Faculty resolutions. Studies (BIGS). Course rules 3.3.2 48 credit points of elective units of study in the Faculty of Law Undergraduate Resolutions that must include: 1. Cross-faculty management of the combined award 3.3.2.1 a maximum of 42 credit points from the units of study listed course in Part 1 of the Undergraduate units of study table, and 1.1 Students will be under the general supervision of the Faculty 3.3.2.2 a minimum of six credit points from the units of study listed of Arts until the end of the semester in which they complete in Part 2 of the Undergraduate units of study table. the requirements for the Bachelor of International and Global 3.4 Candidates may credit the following units of study to both the Studies (BIGS). Bachelor of International and Global Studies (BIGS) and the 1.2 They will then be under the general Supervision of the Faculty Bachelor of Laws (LLB): of Law. 3.4.1 Contracts 1.3 The Deans of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Law shall 3.4.2 Criminal Law jointly exercise authority in any matter concerning the combined 3.4.3 Foundations of Law award course not otherwise dealt with in these resolutions. 3.4.4 International Law 3.4.5 Legal Research I 2. Units of study 3.4.6 Legal Research II 2.1 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of 3.4.7 Civil and Criminal Procedure International and Global Studies (BIGS) are set out under the 3.4.8 Public Law Tables of undergraduate units of study in the Faculty of Arts 3.4.9 Torts Handbook, together with: 3.4.10 Torts and Contracts II 2.1.1 designation as junior, senior or honours level; 3.5.1 Candidates in Combined Law must complete the law units 2.1.2 credit point value; of study in the following sequence: 2.1.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; 2.1.4 corequisites/prerequisites/assumed learning/assumed Year Unit of study Credit knowledge; and points 2.1.5 any special conditions. 2.2 The units of study which may be taken by the Bachelor of Laws Combined Law 1 Foundations of Law 6 (LLB) are set out under the Tables of undergraduate units of Legal Research I 0 study in the Faculty of Law Handbook together with: Torts 6 2.2.1 designation as compulsory or optional; Combined Law 2 Contracts 6 2.2.2 credit point value; Civil and Criminal 6 2.2.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; Procedure

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Year Unit of study Credit 4.3.2 The honours program will be assessed by an honours points dissertation, completed under the supervision of an academic member of staff or adjunct staff. Criminal Law 6 4.3.2.1 Candidates will enrol in two specified 6 credit point Combined Law 3 International Law 6 Honours research units as listed in the "Table of Legal Research II 0 undergraduate units of study" in Part 2 of the Bachelor of laws resolutions. Public Law 6 4.3.2.2 These units will be included in the 48 credit points of Torts and Contracts II 6 elective subjects that are part of the pass requirements for the Bachelor of Laws. 4.3.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will determine the class of 3.5.2 On completion of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor honours, based on a student©s final Honours WAM (HWAM). of International and Global studies (BIGS) a student must 4.3.3.1 The HWAM will be drawn from a minimum of 90 credit then complete the following compulsory units of study points, and will include all compulsories and elective units towards the degree: undertaken at the University of Sydney, with the exception of Foundations of Law. Year Unit of study Credit 4.3.3.2 The weighting of the Honours research units will be double points that of the non-Honours units. 4.3.4 Honours in the Bachelor of Laws may be awarded in two Combined Law 4 Administrative Law 6 classes: Class I and Class II. Corporations Law 6 4.3.4.1 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Laws will be Equity 6 awarded on the following basis: Evidence 6 4.3.4.1.1 Honours class 1: those students with an HWAM of at least 80; Federal Constitutional 6 Law 4.3.4.1.2 Honours class 2/Division 1: those students with an HWAM of at least 75; Introduction to Property 6 and Commercial Law 4.3.4.1.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will have the discretion to vary the required HWAM in exceptional Real Property 6 circumstances. The Legal Profession 6 4.3.4.2 To be awarded honours, a student must pass the honours Combined Law 5 Elective units of study 48 dissertation. selected from Part 1 and 4.3.4.3 A candidate for the Honours program who does not meet Part 2 the requirements for the award of honours may be awarded the Bachelor of Laws pass degree. 4.3.4.4 All pass and honours students will be ranked together for 3.6 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean graduation purposes to achieve a final graduation ranking. (Undergraduate), candidates in the Combined Law program 4.3.4.5 Students who qualify for the award of first class honours, must successfully complete Foundations of Law before enrolling and whose work is of outstanding merit in the opinion of in any other Bachelor of Laws (LLB) units of study. the faculty, may be considered for the award of a University 3.7 Students must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of medal. International and Global Studies (BIGS) before proceeding to 4.3.5 These resolutions will apply to all students who will complete the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (unless they have permission from their degree in the July semester 2013 or later. the Faculty of Law stating otherwise). 4.3.5.1 Students who complete the requirements of their degree 3.8 On written application to the Faculty of Arts, a student may by 31 July 2013 will have honours awarded in accordance abandon their candidature in the combined degree program with the Faculty resolutions in force at the time of and elect to transfer to the Bachelor of International and Global commencement. Studies (BIGS) degree in accordance with the Resolutions governing that degree at the time of transfer. 5. Award of the Bachelor of International and Global Studies and Bachelor of Laws (BIGS/LLB) 4. Requirements for honours degrees 5.1 A student who completes the requirements for the Bachelor of 4.1 Both the Bachelor of International and Global Studies (BIGS) International and Global Studies (BIGS) and the Bachelor of and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) may be awarded with honours. Laws (LLB) shall receive at graduation a separate testamur for 4.2 To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of International and each of the degrees. Global Studies (BIGS) (Honours) degree, a student in the 5.2 The Bachelor of International and Global Studies and Bachelor combined Bachelor of International and Global Studies and of Laws (BIGS/LLB) may be awarded in two grades, namely Bachelor of Laws (BIGS/LLB) must: pass and honours. 4.2.1 with the permission of the Faculty of Law, either suspend 5.2.1 The testamur for the pass degree of Bachelor of International their candidature for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree while and Global Studies (BIGS) shall specify the major completed. undertaking the honours course, or undertake the honours 5.2.2 The testamur for the Bachelor of International and Global course after completion of both degrees in the combined Studies (BIGS) with honours shall specify the subject area degree program; and and class of honours. It shall not include majors. 4.2.2 complete the requirements outlined in Section 4 5.2.3 The testamur for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with honours Requirements for honours degrees in the Faculty of Arts shall specify the class of honours. Resolutions relating to undergraduate degrees and combined degrees, in the Faculty of Arts Handbook. 6. Details of units of study 4.3.1 To qualify to enrol in the honours program candidates shall: 4.3.1.1 Be selected in the penultimate year of the Bachelor of Law Students are to refer to the Table of units of Study provided in degree; the Arts Undergraduate Handbook. For LAWS units of study refer 4.3.1.2 Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75, to the Law Handbook. averaged out across all law compulsories with the exception of Foundations of Law. 7. Satisfactory progress pursuant to the University of 4.3.1.2.1 Results in elective subjects will not be included in the Sydney (Coursework) Rule 2000 calculation. 7.1 The Faculty requires the students to demonstrate satisfactory 4.3.1.2.2 Entry to the Honours program is competitive and the progress with their studies. number of places in the Honours program each year is 7.2 A student may be deemed not to have made satisfactory limited and dependant on available resources.The exact progress in any semester if the student: WAM will be determined by the Honours Committee on 7.2.1 fails to complete at least half the credit points in which he/she an annual basis. is enrolled; or

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7.2.2 obtains a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of less than 50 3.2.4.4 Sociology based on units of study for a given semester; or 3.2.5 at least 12 senior credit points from each of Government and 7.2.3 fails a unit of study for the second time; or International Relations, Political Economy, and either 7.2.4 has an unsatisfactory attendance record; or Anthropology or Sociology. 7.2.5 is unable to complete the degree in the maximum time 3.2.6 A Faculty of Arts major consists of 36 senior credit points in permitted. a single subject area or from pre-approved cross-listing in 7.3 A student who fails to demonstrate satisfactory progress in any the Arts Undergraduate Resolutions; a major from another semester of enrolment may be considered to fall into the faculty is as defined by that faculty. The testamur for the "Students at Risk" category and will be subject to the degree shall specify the major/s. procedures of University policy on Identifying and Supporting 3.3 To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), in the Students at Risk. Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences and 7.4 A student who has been identified as being at risk on three Bachelor of Laws (BPESS/LLB) combined degree program a consecutive instances will normally be called upon to show student must complete units of study to the value of 144 credit good cause why he or she should be allowed to re-enrol in the points, made up of the following: degree course. 3.3.1 96 credit points of the compulsory units of study, which 7.5 Where a student fails to show good cause why he or she should includes the 48 credit points of LAWS units of study listed in be allowed to re-enrol, the Dean may exclude the student from 3.5.1 and counted towards the Bachelor of Political, re-enrolment in the degree. Economic and Social Sciences (BPESS); 3.3.2 48 credit points of the elective units of study in the Faculty 8. Assessment policy of Law Undergraduate Resolutions that must include: 8.1 The assessment requirement for each unit of study are outlined 3.3.2.1 a maximum of 42 credit points from the units of study listed in the Faculty of Arts Handbook, and detailed in the in Part One of the Undergraduate units of study table, and departmental information distributed to students enrolled in 3.3.2.2 a minimum of six credit points from the units of study listed that unit. For the LAWS units refer to the Law Handbook. in Part Two of the Undergraduate units of study table. 3.4 Candidates may credit the following units of study to both the Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Science (BPESS) and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB): Sciences and Bachelor of Laws (BPESS/LLB) 3.4.1 Contracts 1. Cross-faculty management of the combined degree 3.4.2 Criminal Law 1.1 Students will be under the general supervision of the Faculty 3.4.3 Foundations of Law of Arts until the end of the semester in which they complete 3.4.4 International Law the requirements for the Bachelor of Political, Economic and 3.4.5 Legal Research I Social Sciences (BPESS/LLB). 3.4.6 Legal Research II 1.2 They will then be under the general supervision of the Faculty 3.4.7 Civil and Criminal Procedure of Law. 3.4.8 Public Law 1.3 The Deans of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Law shall 3.4.9 Torts jointly exercise authority in any matter concerning the combined 3.4.10 Torts and Contracts II award course not otherwise dealt with in these resolutions. 3.5.1 Candidates in Combined Law must complete the law units 2. Units of study of study in the following sequence: 2.1 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences (BPESS) are set out Year Unit of study Credit under the Tables of undergraduate units of study in the Faculty points of Arts Handbook, together with: Combined Law 1 Foundations of Law 6 2.1.1 designation as junior, senior or honours level; 2.1.2 credit point value; Legal Research I 0 2.1.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; Torts 6 2.1.4 corequisites/prerequisites/assumed learning/ assumed Combined Law 2 Contracts 6 knowledge; and Civil and Criminal 6 2.1.5 any special conditions. Procedure 2.2 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of Laws Criminal Law 6 (LLB) are set out under the Tables of undergraduate units of study in the Faculty of Law Handbook, together with: Combined Law 3 International Law 6 2.2.1 designation as compulsory or optional; Legal Research II 0 2.2.2 credit point value; Public Law 6 2.2.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; Torts and Contracts II 6 2.2.4 corequisites/prerequisites/ assumed learning/assumed knowledge; and

2.2.5 any special conditions. 3.5.2 On completion of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor

of Political, Economic and Social Sciences (BPESS), a 3. Requirements for the Bachelor of Political, Economic student must then complete the following compulsory units and Social Sciences (BPESS) and the Bachelor of of study towards the degree. Laws (LLB) 3.1 To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Political, Economic Year Unit of study Credit and Social Sciences (BPESS) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) a points student must complete successfully units of study amounting to a total of 240 credit points. Combined Law 4 Administrative Law 6 3.2 To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Political, Economic Corporations Law 6 and Social Sciences (BPESS) degree a student must complete Equity 6 successfully units of study amounting to a total of 144 credit points, including: Evidence 6 3.2.1 10 compulsory LAWS units of study (48 credit points) as Federal Constitutional 6 specified in the Faculty of Arts Handbook; Law 3.2.2 no more than 48 junior credit points in total; Introduction to Property 6 3.2.3 a minimum of 96 senior credit points; and Commercial Law 3.2.4 a core major in one of the following subject areas: Real Property 6 3.2.4.1 Anthropology The Legal Profession 6 3.2.4.2 Government and International Relations 3.2.4.3 Political Economy

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Year Unit of study Credit 4.3.4.1.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will have the discretion points to vary the required HWAM in exception circumstances. 4.3.4.2 To be awarded honours, a student must pass the honours Combined Law 5 Elective units of study 48 dissertation. selected from Part 1 and Part 2 4.3.4.3 A candidate for the Honours program who does not meet the requirements for the award of honours may be awarded the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) pass degree. 3.6 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean 4.3.4.4 All pass and honours students will be ranked together for (Undergraduate) of the Faculty of Law, candidates in a graduate purposes to achieve a final graduation ranking. Combined Law program must successfully complete 4.3.4.5 Students who qualify for the award of first class honours, Foundations of Law before enrolling in any other Bachelor of and whose work is of outstanding merit in the opinion of Laws (LLB) units of study. the Faculty; may be considered for the award of a 3.7 Students must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of University Medal. Political, Economic and Social Sciences (BPESS) before 4.3.5 These resolutions will apply to all students who complete proceeding to the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (unless they have their Bachelor of Laws degree in the July semester 2013 or permission from the Faculty of Law stating otherwise). later. 3.8 On written application to the Faculty of Arts, a student may 4.3.5.1 Students who complete the requirements of their degree abandon their candidature in the combined degree program by 31 July 2013 will have honours awarded in accordance and elect to transfer tot he Bachelor of Political, Economic and with the Faculty resolutions in force at the time of Social Sciences (BPESS) degree in accordance with the commencement. Resolutions governing that degree at the time of transfer. 5. Award of Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social 4. Requirements for the award of honours Sciences and Bachelor of Laws (BPESS/LLB) 4.1 Both the Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences 5.1 A student who completes the requirements of the Bachelor of (BPESS) and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) may be awarded Political, Economic and Social Sciences and Bachelor of with honours. Laws (BPESS/LLB) shall receive at graduation a separate 4.2 To qualify for the award of honours in the Bachelor of Political, testamur for each of the degrees. Economic and Social Sciences (BPESS) (Honours) a student 5.2 The Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social in the combined Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences (BPESS) and the Bachelor (LLB) of Laws may be Sciences and Bachelor of Laws (BPESS/LLB) degree must: awarded in two grades, namely pass and honours. 4.2.1 with the permission of the Faculty of Law, either suspend 5.2.1 The testamur for pass degree of Bachelor of Political, their candidature for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree while Economic and Social Sciences shall specify the major undertaking the honours course, or undertake the honours completed. course after completion of both degrees in the combined 5.2.2 The testamur for the Bachelor of Political, Economic and degree program; and Social Sciences (BPESS) with honours shall specify the 4.2.2 complete the requirements outlined in Section 4 subject area and the class of honours. It shall not include Requirements for honours degrees in the Faculty of Arts majors. Resolutions relating to undergraduate degrees and combined Faculty Rules degrees in the Faculty of Arts Handbook. 6. Details of Units of Study 4.2.3 To qualify to enrol in the honours program in the Faculty of 6.1 Students are to refer to the Table of Units of Study provided in Law candidates shall: the Arts Undergraduate Handbook. For LAWS units of study 4.2.3.1 Be selected in the penultimate year of the Bachelor of refer to the Tables of Units of Study in the Law Handbook. Laws (LLB) degree; 7. Satisfactory progress 4.2.3.2 Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75, 7.1 The Faculty requires students to demonstrate satisfactory averaged across all law compulsories with the exception progress with their studies. of Foundations of Law; 7.2 A student may be deemed not to have made satisfactory 4.2.3.2.1 Entry to the Honours program is competitive and the progress in any semester if the student: number of places in the Honours program each year is 7.2.1 fails to complete at least half the credit points in which he/she limited and dependant on available resources.The exact is enrolled; or WAM will be determined by the Honours Committee on 7.2.2 obtains a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of less than 50 an annual basis. based on units of study for a given semester; or 4.3.2 The Honours program will be assessed by an honours 7.2.3 fails a unit of study for the second time; or dissertation, completed under the supervision of an academic 7.2.4 has an unsatisfactory attendance record; or member of staff or adjunct staff. 7.2.5 is unable to complete the degree in the maximum time 4.3.2.1 Candidates will enrol in two specified 6 credit point permitted. Honours research units as listed in the Table of 7.3 A student who fails to demonstrate satisfactory progress in any undergraduate units of study in Part 2 of the Bachelor of semester of enrolment may be considered to fall into the Laws (LLB) resolutions. "Students at Risk" category and will be subject to the 4.3.2.2 These units will be included in the 48 credit points of procedures of University policy on Identifying and Supporting elective subjects that are part of the pass requirements Students at Risk. for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) . 7.4 A student who has been identified as being at risk on three 4.3.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will determine the class of consecutive instances will normally be called upon to show honours, based on a student©s final Honours WAM (HWAM). good cause why he or she should be allowed to re-enrol in the 4.3.3.1 The HWAM will be drawn from a minimum of 90 credit degree course. points, and will include all compulsories and elective units 7.5 Where a student fails to show good cause why he or she should undertaken at the University of Sydney, the the exception be allowed to re-enrol, the Dean may exclude the student from of Foundations of Law. re-enrolment in the degree. 4.3.3.2 The weighting of the Honours research units will be double 8. Assessment policy that of the non Honours units. 8.1 The assessment requirements for each unit of study are 4.3.4 Honours in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) may be awarded in outlined in the Arts Faculty Handbook and detailed in the two classes: Class I and Class II. departmental information distributed to students enrolled in 4.3.4.1 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) will be that unit. awarded on the following basis: 4.3.4.1.1 Honours Class I: those students with a HWAM of at least 80; 4.3.4.1.2 Honours Class II/Division 1: those students with a HWAM of at least 75

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Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws 3.6.1 96 credit points of compulsory units of study, which includes (BSc/LLB) the 48 credit points of LAWS units of study listed below in table 3.8.1 and counted towards the Bachelor of Science; 1. Cross-Faculty management of combined degree 3.6.2 48 credit points of elective units of study in the Faculty of course Law Handbook that must include: 1.1 Students will be under the general supervision of the Faculty 3.6.2.1 a maximum of 42 credit points from the units of study listed of Science until the end of the semester in which they complete in Part 1 of the Undergraduate units of study table, and the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (BSc). 3.6.2.2 a minimum of six credit points from the units of study listed 1.2 They will then be under the general supervision of the Faculty in Part 2 of the Undergraduate units of study table. of Law. 3.7 Candidates may credit the following units of study to both the 1.3 The Deans of the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Law Bachelor of Science (BSc) and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB): shall jointly exercise authority in any matter concerning the 3.7.1 Contracts combined award course not otherwise dealt with in these 3.7.2 Criminal Law Resolutions. 3.7.3 Foundations of Law 2. Units of study 3.7.4 International Law 2.1 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of 3.7.5 Legal Research I Science (BSc) are set out under Tables of units of study in the 3.7.6 Legal Research II Faculty of Science Handbook, together with: 3.7.7 Civil and Criminal Procedure 2.1.1 credit point value; 3.7.8 Public Law 2.1.2 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; 3.7.9 Torts 2.1.3 assumedknowledge/prerequisites/corequisites/ prohibition; 3.7.10 Torts and Contracts II and 3.8.1 Candidates in Combined Law must complete the law units 2.1.4 any special conditions. of study in the following sequence: 2.2 The units of study which may be taken for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) are set out in the Undergraduate units of study table in Year Unit of study Credit the Faculty of Law Handbook, together with: points 2.2.1 designation as compulsory or optional; Combined Law 1 Foundations of Law 6 2.2.2 credit point value; 2.2.3 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; Legal Research I 0 2.2.4 assumed knowledge/prerequisites/corequisites/ prohibition; Torts 6 and Combined Law 2 Contracts 6 2.2.5 any special conditions. Civil and Criminal 6 3. Requirements for the Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Procedure the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Criminal Law 6 3.1 To qualify for the award of the pass degrees a student must complete successfully units of study amounting to a total of Combined Law 3 International Law 6 240 credit points. Legal Research II 0 3.2 To qualify for the award of the pass degree of Bachelor of Public Law 6 Science (BSc) in the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws Torts and Contracts II 6 (BSc/LLB )combined degree program a student must complete 144 credit points in total, comprising 48 credit points of LAWS units of study as listed below in 3.6.1 and 96 credit points from 3.8.2 On completion of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor Science units of study set out under Table I, in chapter 3 of the of Science (BSc) a student must then complete the following Faculty of Science Handbook, including: compulsory units of study towards the Bachelor of Laws 3.2.1 at least 12 credit points from the Science subject areas of (LLB) degree. Mathematics and Statistics; 3.2.2 24 credit points of Junior units of study from at least two Science subject areas other than Mathematics or Statistics; Year Unit of study Credit points 3.2.3 60 credit points of Intermediate/Senior units of study in Science subject areas; and Combined Law 4 Administrative Law 6 3.2.4 a major in a Science area. Corporations Law 6 3.3 To qualify for the award of the pass degree in an advanced stream of the Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree, a student Equity 6 must complete the requirements for the BSc degree in Section Evidence 6 3.2 above and in addition, except with the permission of the Federal Constitutional Law 6 Dean of Science: Introduction to Property and Commercial Law 6 3.3.1 at least 12 credit points of Intermediate units of study at either the Advanced level or as TSP units in Science subject areas; Real Property 6 3.3.2 include at least 24 credit points of Senior units of study at The Legal Profession 6 the Advanced level or as TSP units in a single Science Combined Law 5 Elective units of study selected from Part 1 and 48 subject area; Part 2 3.3.3 maintain in Intermediate and Senior units of study in Science subject areas an average mark of 65 or greater in each year of enrolment. 3.9 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean 3.4 Candidates in the Advanced stream of the BSc degree who (Undergraduate), candidates in a Combined Law program must fail to maintain the required Credit average will be transferred successfully complete Foundations of Law before enrolling in to candidature for the Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in their any other Bachelor of Laws (LLB) units of study. next year of enrolment with full credit for the units of study 3.10 Students must complete the requirements for the Bachelor of completed in the Advanced stream. Science (BSc) before proceeding to the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 3.5 Candidates in the Advanced stream of the BSc degree who (unless they have permission from the Faculty of Law stating fail to achieve a Credit average across all Science units of study otherwise). attempted in the year in which they would have otherwise 4. Requirements for award of honours completed the requirements for the degree will be awarded the 4.1 Both the Bachelor of Science (BSc) and the Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Science (BSc). (LLB) may be awarded with honours. 3.6 To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), in the 4.2 Students who qualify to undertake Honours in the Bachelor of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws (BSc/LLB) combined Science (BSc) degree by completion of an Honours year in degree program, a student must complete units of study to the accordance with the resolutions of the Bachelor of Science value of 144 credit points, made up of the following: (BSc) may elect to do so:

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4.2.1 by suspending candidature from the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 1.2 A prerequisite unit of study means a unit of study which must degree for one year, with the permission of the Faculty of have been completed with a result of Pass or better prior to a Law; or candidate enrolling in another unit of study for which it is a 4.2.2 undertake the honours course after completion of both prerequisite. degrees in the combined program. 1.3 A corequisite unit of study means a unit of study which must 4.2.3 Honours in the Bachelor of Science (BSc) may be awarded be taken concurrently with the unit of study for which it is a in four classes: Class I, Class II(1), Class II(2) and Class III corequisite. in accord with the resolutions of the Bachelor of Science. 1.4 The Dean or Associate Dean (Undergraduate) may vary the 4.3 Requirement for award of honours. entry requirements for units of study for particular candidates 4.3.1 To qualify to enrol in the honours program candidates shall: in special circumstances. 4.3.1.1 Be selected in the penultimate year of the Bachelor of Law 1.5 All units of study for the degree will be of semester length. degree; 1.6 No unit of study may be credited more than once for the degree. 4.3.1.2 Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75, 1.7 All elective units of study are worth 6 credit points. The averaged out across all law compulsories with the compulsory units of study total 96 credit points. The credit exception of Foundations of Law. points for each compulsory unit of study are as indicated in the 4.3.1.2.1 Results in elective subjects will not be included in the Requirements for the pass degree. calculation. 1.8 The elective units of study which may be taken for the degree 4.3.1.2.2 Entry to the Honours program is competitive and the are as set out in the Table of undergraduate units of study number of places in the Honours program each year is including: limited and dependant on available resources.The exact 1.8.1 Corequisites and prerequisites; WAM will be determind by the Honours Committee on 1.8.2 Designation as Part 1 or Part 2 units of study. an annual basis. 1.9 A unit of study includes a unit of study set out in the Table of 4.3.2 The honours program will be assessed by an honours undergraduate units of study completed in a summer school dissertation, completed under the supervision of an academic or like program at the University of Sydney. mumber of staff or adjunct staff. 1.10 Compulsory units of study 4.3.2.1 Candidates will enrol in two specified 6 credit point 1.10.1 The following units of study are compulsory for the degree Honours research units as listed in the "Table of (total 96 credit points): undergraduate units of study" in Part 2 of the Bachelor of 1.10.1.1 Administrative Law Laws resolutions. 1.10.1.2 Contracts 4.3.2.2 These units will be included in the 48 credit points of 1.10.1.3 Corporations Law elective subjects that are part of the pass requirements 1.10.1.4 Criminal Law for the Bachelor of Laws. 1.10.1.5 Equity 4.3.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will determine the class of 1.10.1.6 Evidence honours, based on a student©s final Honours WAM (HWAM). 1.10.1.7 Federal Constitutional Law 4.3.3.1 The HWAM will be drawn from a minimum of 90 credit 1.10.1.8 Foundations of Law points, and will include all compulsories and elective units 1.10.1.9 International Law undertaken at the University of Sydney, with the exception 1.10.1.10 Introduction to Property and Commercial Law of Foundations of Law. 1.10.1.11 Legal Research I 4.3.3.2 The weighting of the Honours research units will be double 1.10.1.12 Legal Research II that of the non-Honours units. 1.10.1.13 Civil and Criminal Procedure 4.3.4 Honours in the Bachelor of Laws may be awarded in two 1.10.1.14 Public Law classes: Class I and Class II. 1.10.1.15 Real Property 4.3.4.1 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Laws will be 1.10.1.16 The Legal Profession awarded on the following basis: 1.10.1.17 Torts 4.3.4.1.1 Honours class 1: those students with an HWAM of at 1.10.1.18 Torts and Contracts II least 80; 1.11 Elective units of study 4.3.4.1.2 Honours class 2/Division 1: those students with an 1.11.1 The elective units of study are listed in Section 2. HWAM of at least 75; 2. Requirements for the pass degree 4.3.4.1.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will have the discretion to vary the required HWAM in exceptional 2.1 To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB), candidates circumstances. must complete units of study to the value of 144 credit points, 4.3.4.2 To be awarded honours, a student must pass the honours made up of the following: dissertation. 2.1.1 96 credit points of the compulsory units of study, 4.3.4.3 A candidate for the Honours program who does not meet 2.1.2 48 credit points of the elective units of study that must the requirements for the award of honours may be awarded include: the Bachelor of Laws pass degree. 2.1.2.1 a maximum of 42 credit points from the units of study listed 4.3.4.4 All pass and honours students will be ranked together for in Part 1 of the Table of undergraduate units of study, and graduation purposes to achieve a final graduation ranking. 2.1.2.2 a minimum of 6 credit points from the units of study listed 4.3.4.5 Students who qualify for the award of first class honours, in Part 2 of the Table of undergraduate units of study. and whose work is of outstanding merit in the opinion of 2.2.1 A candidate may proceed concurrently to the degree of the faculty, may be considered for the award of a University Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with the following: medal. 2.2.1.1 Bachelor of Arts (BA) 4.3.5 These resolutions will apply to all students who will complete 2.2.1.2 Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) their degree in the July semester 2013 or later. 2.2.1.3 Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) 4.3.5.1 Students who complete the requirements of their degree 2.2.1.4 Bachelor of Economics (BEc) by 31 July 2013 will have honours awarded in accordance 2.2.1.5 Bachelor of Engineering (BE) with the Faculty resolutions in force at the time of 2.2.1.6 Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT) commencement. 2.2.1.7 Bachelor of International and Global Studies (BIGS), or 2.2.1.8 Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Sciences (BPESS) 2.2.1.9 Bachelor of Science (BSc) Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 2.2.2 This is the Combined Law program. [Section 1] 2.3.1 Candidates in a Combined Law program may credit the 1. Units of study following units of study to both the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 1.1 A unit of study consists of such lectures, seminars, tutorials, and the non-law component of the Combined Law program: written assignments, moots, experiential learning, and any 2.3.1.1 Contracts other method of instruction or assessment as may be prescribed 2.3.1.2 Criminal Law by the Faculty. 2.3.1.3 Foundations of Law 2.3.1.4 International Law

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2.3.1.5 Legal Research I 2.9 Candidates in the Graduate Law Program must complete the 2.3.1.6 Legal Research II Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in the following sequence: 2.3.1.7 Civil and Criminal Procedure 2.3.1.8 Public Law Year Unit of study Credit 2.3.1.9 Torts points 2.3.1.10 Torts and Contracts II Graduate Law 1 Contracts 6 2.3.2 Candidates in Combined Law must complete the law units Criminal Law 6 of study in the following sequence: Foundations of Law 6

International Law 6 Year Unit of study Credit points Legal Research I 0 Legal Research II 0 Combined Law 1 Foundations of Law 6 Civil and Criminal 6 Legal Research I 0 Procedure Torts 6 Public Law 6 Combined Law 2 Contracts 6 Torts 6 Civil and Criminal 6 Torts and Contracts II 6 Procedure Graduate Law 2 Administrative Law 6 Criminal Law 6 Corporations Law 6 Combined Law 3 International Law 6 Equity 6 Legal Research II 0 Evidence 6 Torts and Contracts II 6 Federal Constitutional 6 Public Law 6 Law Introduction to Property 6 and Commercial Law 2.4 On completion of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor Real Property 6 of Laws (LLB) and Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Arts (Media & Communications), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), The Legal Profession 6 Bachelor of Economics (BEc), Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Graduate Law 3 Elective units of study 48 selected from Part 1 and Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT), Bachelor of Part 2 International and Global Studies (BIGS), Bachelor of Political, Economic and Social Science (BPESS), or Bachelor of Science (BSc), candidates must then complete the following units of 2.10 Candidates are normally enrolled in four compulsory units of study (except as provided in Clause 2.10); study in Semester 1 of Combined Law 4/Graduate Law 2, and in four compulsory units of study in Semester 2 of that same Year Unit of study Credit year. points 2.10.1 If candidates so elect, they may replace one compulsory unit Combined Law 4 Administrative Law 6 with one elective unit in each semester. 2.10.2 Where such a replacement has occurred, candidates must Corporations Law 6 enrol in the postponed compulsory unit(s) in the final year of Equity 6 their candidature. Evidence 6 3. Requirements for the honours degree Federal Constitutional 6 3.1 To qualify to enrol in the honours program candidates shall: Law 3.1.1 Be selected in the penultimate year of the Bachelor of Law Introduction to Property 6 degree; and Commercial Law 3.1.2 Have a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75, Real Property 6 averaged out across all law compulsories with the exception of Foundations of Law. The Legal Profession 6 3.1.2.1 Results in elective subjects will not be included in the Combined Law 5 Elective units of study 48 calculation. selected from Part 1 and Part 2 3.1.2.2 Entry to the Honours program is competitive and the number of places in the Honours program each year is limited and dependent on available resouces. The exact 2.5 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean WAM will be determined by the Honours Committee on (Undergraduate), candidates in a Combined Law program must an annual basis. successfully complete Foundations of Law before enrolling in 3.2 The honours program will be assessed by an honours any other Bachelor of Laws (LLB) units of study. dissertation, completed under the supervision of an academic 2.6 Candidates enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor member of staff or adjunct staff: of Laws (BE/LLB), Bachelor of Information Technology 3.2.1 Candidates will enrol in two specified 6 credit point Honours (BIT)/Bachelor of Laws (LLB), or the Bachelor of Arts (Media research units as listed in the "Table of undergraduate units and Communications)/Bachelor of Laws (LLB) must take the of study" in Part 2 of the Bachelor of Laws resolutions. Combined Law 4 program in the fifth year of the combined 3.2.2 These units will be included in the 48 credit points of elective degree and the Combined Law 5 program in the sixth year of subjects that are part of the pass requirements of the the combined degree. Bachelor of Laws. 2.7 Candidates in a Combined Law program are under the general 3.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will determine the class of supervision of the other Faculty in which they are enrolled until honours, based on a student©s final Honours WAM (HWAM). the end of the semester in which they complete the 3.3.1 The HWAM will be drawn from a minimum of 90 credit points, requirements of the other degree. After that, they will be under and will include all compulsories and elective units the general supervision of the Faculty of Law. undertaken at the University of Sydney, with the exception 2.8.1 Candidates may be admitted to the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) of Foundations of Laws. on the basis of having completed the requirements of a 3.3.2 The weighting of the honours research units will be double degree of The University of Sydney, or other such institution that of the non-Honours units. as approved by the Faculty. 3.4 Honours in the Bachelor of Laws may be awarded in two 2.8.2 This is the Graduate Law program. classes: Class I and Class II.

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3.4.1 The honours degree of the Bachelor of Laws will be awarded Unit of study Pre/corequisite on the following basis: 3.4.1.1 Honours class 1: those student with an HWAM of at least P: Public Law; Federal Constitutional 80; Law 3.4.1.2 Honours class 2/Division 1: those students with an HWAM Independent Research Project of at least 75; IP: Copyright, Design and Patents 3.4.1.3 The Faculty Honours Committee will have the discretion IP: Trade Marks and Passing Off to vary the required HWAM in exceptional circumstances. 3.4.2 To be awarded honours, a student must pass the honours International Commercial Arbitration P: Contracts dissertation. International Economic Law P: International Law 3.4.3 A candidate for the Honours program who does not meet International Law of War, Crime, and P: International Law the requirements for the award of honours may be awarded Terror the Bachelor of Laws pass degree. Interpretation P: Public Law; Contracts 3.4.4 All pass and honours students will be ranked together for Issues of Property Law P: Real Property graduation purposes to achieve a final graduation ranking. 3.4.5 Students who qualify for the award of first class honours, Japanese Law and whose work is of outstanding merit in the opinion of the Jessup International Law Moot P: International Law faculty, may be considered for the award of a University Labour Law P: Contracts; Federal Constitutional medal. Law 3.5 These resolutions will apply to all students who will complete Law of Work P: Labour Law their degree in the July semester 2013 or later. Media, Contempt and Open Justice 3.5.1 Student who complete the requirements of their degree by 31 July 2013 will have honours awarded in accordance with Medical Law the Faculty resolutions in force at the time of commencement. Migration Law P: Administrative Law; Public Law; Federal Constitutional Law. C: Administrative Law [Section 2] 4. Details of units of study Policing, Crime and Society 4.1 The compulsory units of study which are to be counted towards Poverty and Social Security Law the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree are listed in Section 1 of Private International Law the resolutions. Refugees and Forced Migration P: Administrative Law; Public Law; 4.2 The elective units of study are as follows: Federal Constitutional Law. C: Administrative Law; International Law; Unit of study Pre/corequisite Migration Law Part 1 Roman Law Advanced Commercial Law P: Contracts; Equity; Introduction to Seminar* Property & Commercial Law; Corporations Law Sports Law Advanced Constitutional Law P: Public Law. C: Federal State Constitutional Law P: Public Law; Federal Constitutional Constitutional Law Law Advanced Contracts P: Contracts; Equity Sydney Law Review Advanced Corporate Law P: Corporate Law The Constitution and the Crown P: Public Law; Federal Constitutional Law Advanced Environmental Law P: Environmental Law. C:Administrative Law Part 2 Advanced Evidence P: Evidence or Litigation Constitutional Theory Advanced Family Law P: Family Law International and Comparative Jurisprudence Advanced Public International Law P: International Law Law and Economics Advanced Taxation Law P: Australian Income Tax Philosophy of Law Animal Law Right Morality and Law Anti-Discrimination Law Seminar* Australian Income Tax Sociological Theories of Law Banking and Financial Instruments P: Contracts; Equity; Real Property Theories of Justice Bioethics and the Law Theories of Law Biosciences and the Criminal Law P: Criminal Law Theories of Legal Reasoning Commercial Dispute Resolution Theories of Obedience Commercial Land Law P: Real Property * Seminar (Seminar units of study may Comparative Consitutional Law: P: Public Law; Federal Constitutional be offered with the approval of the Australia and the United States Law Pro-Dean (Teaching Programs) to bring together research interests of Competition Law staff and students, or to permit a Contemporary Issues in Health Law visiting staff member to teach in their area of expertise.) Conveyancing P: Real Property Corporate and Securities Regulation P: Corporation Law Criminal Law Reform P: Criminal Law; Civil and Criminal 4.3.1 Candidates satisfy the compulsory jurisprudence requirement Procedure of the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree by completing at least Criminology one 6 credit point unit from Part 2. Death and Inheritance Law 4.3.2 A unit will be included in Part 2 if theoretical reflection on law as such is it©s primary goal. Defamation and Privacy 4.3.3 The Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence will advise the Dispute Resolution Teaching and Curriculum Committee and the Faculty as to Environmental Law C: Administrative Law which units satisfy the criterion in 4.3.2. External Placement Program 5. Enrolment in more/less than minimum load Family Law 5.1 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean (Undergraduate), candidates may not enrol in more than 24 Gender and Constitution- Making P: Federal Constitutional Law credit points in a semester.

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5.2 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean 9.5.3 However, suspensions exceeding two years in total will not (Undergraduate) candidates may not enrol in less than 18 credit be approved except in cases of serious illness or points in a semester. misadventure. 5.3 A student may not enrol in more than two units of study in any 9.6 Students will not be permitted to suspend in order to undertake one summer or winter session. another award course, unless the student can provide evidence 5.4 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean that the award course can be completed within two years and (Undergraduate), candidates may not enrol in a unit of study the student has not previously suspended. after the degree requirements of 144 credit points have been 10. Re-enrolment after an absence completed. 10.1 A student wishing to re-enrol after an approved suspension 6. Cross-institutional study must notify the Faculty in writing in October of the year 6.1 The Dean or Associate Dean (Undergraduate) may permit preceding enrolment. candidates to enrol in a unit of study at another tertiary 11. Satisfactory progress institution and have that unit of study credited to the 11.1 The Faculty will require candidates to show good cause why requirements of the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree at the they should be permitted to re-enrol in the Faculty of Law if University of Sydney. they have not made satisfactory progress towards fulfilling the 6.2 Applications to enrol cross-institutionally as per 6.1 will only be requirements of the degree. considered if: 11.2 Candidates who do not pass at least 24 credit points in any 6.2.1 the student has already completed 48 credit points towards year of enrolment shall not have made satisfactory progress the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree; except when fewer than 24 credit points are required to 6.2.2 the student is seeking credit towards elective units in Part 1 complete the degree. only. Students are not permitted to undertake compulsory 11.3 Candidates who fail a unit of study more than once shall not units of study or elective units that satisfy the Part 2 have made satisfactory progress. requirement on a cross-institutional basis; 11.4 Where the Faculty permits the re-enrolment of candidates 6.2.3 the content of the unit of study is not taught in any whose progress has been unsatisfactory, the Faculty may corresponding unit available at the University of Sydney or require the completion of specified units of study or a specified the student is unable for good reason to attend a number of credit points in a specified time. corresponding unit at the University of Sydney; 11.5 Candidates who fail to comply with these conditions shall not 6.2.4 the student satisfies the usual progression rules, and the have made satisfactory progress. maximum enrolment requirements; 11.6 Candidates must complete the requirements for the degree 6.2.5 the student has not exceeded, or will not exceed in any within ten calendar years of admission to candidature. particular application, the maximum limit of 24 credit points 12. Time limit of unspecified credit for all cross-institutional study. 12.1 A time limit of 10 years for completion of the Bachelor of Laws 7. Restriction on enrolment (LLB) degree applies to both Graduate and Combined Law 7.1 Restriction on enrolment students. This time limit is, however, subject to the Faculty©s 7.2 A student may not enrol in any unit of study which overlaps rules on minimum progression and suspension of candidature. substantially in content with a unit of study already completed, 12.2 Combined Law students should note that the time limit of 10 or, for which credit or exemption has been granted towards the years also applies to the completion of all the requirements of degree requirements. their Arts, Arts (Media & Communications), Commerce, 7.3 A student may not enrol concurrently in another award course Economics, Economic and Social Sciences, International except where a combined law student is completing the Studies, Engineering and Science degrees. requirements of their Arts, Arts (Media & Communications), 13. Assessment policy Commerce, Economics, Economic and Social Sciences, 13.1 Candidates are required to attend at least 70 per cent of the International Studies, Engineering or Science degree. scheduled classes in each unit of study for which they are 8. Discontinuation of Enrolment enrolled. 8.1 A student seeking a total discontinuation of enrolment in a 13.2 Candidates whose attendance record falls below this level degree must lodge a change of candidature form with the without reasonable excuse may be precluded by the Dean or Faculty of Law by the relevant census date. Pro-Dean (Teaching Programs) from taking the final 8.2 Students seeking to re-enrol must apply to Universities assessment in that unit of study. Admissions Centre (UAC) and be reselected for admission in 13.3 Candidates may be assessed by written and oral examinations, competition with other applicants, and will be subject to the exercises, essays, class participation, mooting, a supervised admission criteria of the Faculty at the time. research project, or practical work, or any combination of these 8.3 Except with the permission of the Dean or Associate Dean as the Faculty may determine. (Undergraduate) candidates may not enrol in a unit of study 13.4.1 The Dean or Associate Dean (Undergraduate) may permit after the degree requirements of 144 credit points have been further assessment in a unit of study in cases of special completed. Students wishing to undertake units of study consideration, in accordance with Academic Board policy additional to award course requirements must enrol as a governing illness and misadventure, provided that such non-award student. assessment can be completed within 7 days following the 9. Suspension of candidature (Faculty procedures for end of the examination period, and no later than that. readmission) 13.4.2 Further assessment refers to any piece of outstanding 9.1 Candidates must re-enrol each calendar year unless the Dean assessment as defined in clause 13.3. It does not refer to or Associate Dean (Undergraduate) has permitted a suspension supplementary assessment following a failed attempt. of candidature. 13.4.3 Only in exceptional circumstances, and only with the 9.2 A student©s candidature lapses if they do not re-enrol after an permission of the Dean, will further assessment be allowed approved suspension of candidature, or they do not seek to be undertaken after this 7 day period. appropriate approval for a leave of absence. 14. Credit transfer policy 9.3 Students seeking to suspend their candidature must do so by 14.1 A minimum of 96 credit points must have been studied at the submitting a change of candidature form to the Faculty by the University of Sydney in order to qualify for the degree. relevant census date. 14.2 Candidates may be granted credit for up to 48 credit points for 9.4 A student whose candidature lapses must re-apply to the units of study completed during a previous candidature in an Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) and be reselected for award course of the University of Sydney or at an equivalent admission in competition with other applicants, and will be institution approved by the Faculty. subject to the admission criteria of the Faculty at the time. 14.3 Non-specific credit may be granted for up to 24 of these 48 9.5.1 Students are entitled to suspend their law candidature for credit points for units of study not sufficiently related to units one year. of study in Part 1 or Part 2 of the Table of undergraduate units 9.5.2 The Associate Dean (Undergraduate) may permit a further of study which form part of a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree, suspension of one year. or its equivalent in another jurisdiction, or which otherwise relate to the study of Law.

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14.4 A candidate will not be granted credit toward the degree for Foundations of Law, Torts and Legal Research prior to 1 any units of study; January 2007 (or are given credit for these units of study), will 14.4.1 for which the result is a Terminating Pass, Conceded Pass be transferred to these degree resolutions. or the equivalent; 15.4 If they have completed Legal Research, then they will be given 14.4.2 which were completed more than nine years before credit for Legal Research II. In the event of any inconsistency admission to candidature for the degree; between the 2004 resolutions for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) 14.4.3 undertaken in the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (BAS) degree and these resolutions, these resolutions shall apply. degree at the University of Sydney. 15.5 All candidates who first enrolled in Graduate Law prior to 14.5 Candidates will not be granted credit toward the degree for any January 1 2008, and who had completed no more than units of study which have been relied upon to qualify for another Foundations of Law, Torts and Legal Research prior to 1 degree or academic qualification except for units of study which January 2007 (or are given credit for these units of study), will were taken as part of a Combined Law degree program and be transferred to these degree resolutions. credited to the non-law degree component of that program. 15.6 If they have completed Legal Research, then they will be given 14.6 Candidates who have completed a law degree or an equivalent credit for Legal Research II. In the event of any inconsistency professional legal qualification from a recognised institution between the 2004 resolutions for the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) outside Australia may be granted up to 48 credit points of degree and these resolutions, these resolutions shall apply. non-specific credit. 15.7 All students who commenced this degree in 2006 (Combined 15. Transitional provisions Law) and 2008 (Graduate Law) shall complete under these 15.1 All candidates who enrolled first in a Combined Law degree resolutions. prior to 1 January 2007 will proceed under the resolutions in 15.8 Notwithstanding the preceding transitional provisions, any place when they commenced the degree, except as provided candidate who commenced the degree prior to 1 January 2009 below. and who has completed less than 24 credit points under the 15.2 All candidates who first enrolled in a Graduate Law degree former 2005 revised degree resolutions, will be automatically prior to 1 January 2008 will proceed under the resolutions in transferred to these degree resolutions and given credit for place when they commenced the degree, except as provided those units of study. below. 16. Variation of requirements for the degree 15.3 All candidates who first enrolled in Combined Law prior to 16.1 The Dean may vary these resolutions for a particular candidate January 1 2007, and who had completed no more than in exceptional circumstances.

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Unit of study Credit A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session points Sydney Law School undergraduate table of units of study Combined Law Year 1

LAWS1006 6 N LAWS1000 Semester 1 Foundations of Law LAWS1012 6 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 Torts N LAWS1005, LAWS1010, LAWS3001 Semester 2 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS1013 C LAWS1006 Semester 1 Legal Research I N LAWS1008 Semester 2 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions: Semester 1 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Semester 1 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the faculties of Arts, Engineering and Science. Semester 2 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the Faculty of Economics & Business. Combined Law Year 2

LAWS1015 6 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 Contracts N LAWS1002, LAWS2008 Semester 1b Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Summer Main LAWS1014 6 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 Civil and Criminal Procedure N LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS3002, LAWS3004, LAWS2006 Semester 1b Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS1016 6 P LAWS1006, LAWS1014 Semester 2 Criminal Law N LAWS1003, LAWS3001, LAWS2009 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Combined Law Year 3

LAWS1018 6 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 International Law N LAWS2005 Semester 2b Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Summer Early Winter Main LAWS1021 6 P LAWS1006 S2 Late IntB Public Law N LAWS2002, LAWS3003, LAWS1004 Semester 2 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Summer Late LAWS1017 6 P (LAWS1010 or LAWS1012) and LAWS1015 Semester 2 Torts and Contracts II Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Winter Main LAWS1019 P LAWS1013 Semester 1 Legal Research II N LAWS1008, LAWS1022 Semester 2 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Semester 1 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the faculties of Arts, Engineering and Science. Semester 2 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the Faculty of Economics & Business. Old resolutions (candidates who commenced prior to 2006 or transferred in 2006)

LAWS2008 6 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 Contracts N LAWS1002, LAWS1015 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. LAWS1002 8 P LAWS1000 or LAWS1006 Semester 1 Contracts N LAWS1015, LAWS2008 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to graduate law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. LAWS2009 6 P LAWS1006 Semester 2 Criminal Law N LAWS1003, LAWS1016 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. LAWS3000 10 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 Federal Constitutional Law N LAWS1004, LAWS2011, LAWS3003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Student attend classes for LAWS2011. LAWS3003 12 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 Federal Constitutional Law N LAWS1004, LAWS2011, LAWS3000 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Students will attend classes for LAWS2011. LAWS3002 10 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 Law, Lawyers and Justice N LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS2013, LAWS3004 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Student attend classes for LAWS2013 The Legal Profession.

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Unit of study Credit A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session points LAWS3004 12 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 Law, Lawyers and Justice N LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS2013, LAWS3002 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Students attend classes for LAWS2013 The Legal Profession. Graduate Law Year 1

LAWS1006 6 N LAWS1000 Semester 1 Foundations of Law LAWS1012 6 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 Torts N LAWS1005, LAWS1010, LAWS3001 Semester 2 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS1022 C LAWS1006 Semester 1 Legal Research I & II N LAWS1008, LAWS1013, LAWS1019 Available to graduate law candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions LAWS1014 6 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 Civil and Criminal Procedure N LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS3002, LAWS3004, LAWS2006 Semester 1b Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS1015 6 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 Contracts N LAWS1002, LAWS2008 Semester 1b Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Summer Main LAWS1017 6 P (LAWS1010 or LAWS1012) and LAWS1015 Semester 2 Torts and Contracts II Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Winter Main LAWS1018 6 P LAWS1006 Semester 1 International Law N LAWS2005 Semester 2b Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Summer Early Winter Main LAWS1021 6 P LAWS1006 S2 Late IntB Public Law N LAWS2002, LAWS3003, LAWS1004 Semester 2 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Summer Late LAWS1016 6 P LAWS1006, LAWS1014 Semester 2 Criminal Law N LAWS1003, LAWS3001, LAWS2009 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Combined Law 4 and Graduate Law 2

LAWS2010 6 P LAWS1021 Semester 1 Administrative Law C LAWS2011 N LAWS2002 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS2011 6 P LAWS1021 Semester 1 Federal Constitutional Law N LAWS1004, LAWS3000, LAWS3003 Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS2012 6 N LAWS2004, LAWS2007 Semester 1 Intro to Property and Commercial Law Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS2013 6 N LAWS1001, LAWS3002, LAWS3004 Semester 1 The Legal Profession Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS2014 6 N LAWS2003 Semester 2 Corporations Law Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Summer Early LAWS2015 6 N LAWS2004 Semester 2 Equity Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS2016 6 P LAWS1006 Foundations of Law and LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure Semester 2 Evidence N LAWS2006 Winter Main Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS2017 6 P LAWS2012 Semester 2 Real Property N LAWS2007 Winter Main Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Old resolutions (candidates who commenced prior to 2006 or transferred in 2006)

LAWS2002 8 N LAWS2010 Semester 1 Administrative Law Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. LAWS2007 8 N LAWS2017 Semester 2 Real Property Note: Department permission required for enrolment Winter Main Available to candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. LAWS2005 8 N LAWS1018 Semester 1 International Law Note: Department permission required for enrolment Summer Early Available to candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Winter Main LAWS2003 8 N LAWS2014 Semester 2 Corporate Law Note: Department permission required for enrolment Summer Early Available to candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. LAWS2004 8 N LAWS2015 Semester 2 Equity Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. LAWS2006 8 N LAWS2016 Semester 2 Litigation Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Student are required to attend classes for LAWS2016.

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Unit of study Credit A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session points Elective units of study

LAWS3400 6 P (LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008) and (LAWS2004 or LAWS2015) and (LAWS2012 Semester 2 Advanced Commercial Law or LAWS2003 or LAWS2014) N LAWS3064 LAWS3401 6 P LAWS1004 or LAWS1021 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 Semester 2 Advanced Constitutional Law C LAWS2011 N LAWS3027 LAWS3402 6 P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008, LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 and LAWS2012 Semester 2 Advanced Contracts N LAWS3007 Note: Department permission required for enrolment LAWS3403 6 P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 Semester 1 Advanced Corporate Law N LAWS3008 Note: Department permission required for enrolment LAWS3404 6 P LAWS1016 or LAWS1003 or LAWS2009 Semester 1 Advanced Criminal Law LAWS3405 6 P LAWS3024 or LAWS3430 Semester 2 Advanced Environmental Law C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 LAWS3406 6 P LAWS2006 or LAWS2016 Semester 1 Advanced Evidence LAWS3407 6 P LAWS3026 or LAWS3432 Semester 2 Advanced Family Law LAWS3408 6 P LAWS1018 or LAWS2005 Semester 1 Advanced Public International Law N LAWS3009 LAWS3409 6 P LAWS3047 or LAWS3412 Semester 2 Advanced Taxation Law N LAWS3013 LAWS3410 6 N LAWS3088 Semester 2 Animal Law LAWS3411 6 N LAWS3012 Semester 2 Anti-Discrimination Law LAWS3412 6 N LAWS3047 Semester 1 Australian Income Tax LAWS3413 6 P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002, LAWS2004 or LAWS2015, LAWS2007or LAWS2017 Semester 1 Banking and Financial Instruments N LAWS3101 LAWS3014 8 N LAWS3068 Summer L1 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Note: Department permission required for enrolment Summer L3 Systems Available to cross-institutional and non-degree candidates, and University of Sydney LLB candidates proceeding under the old resolutions. LAWS3068 6 N LAWS3014 Summer L1 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Note: Department permission required for enrolment Summer L3 Systems Available to cross-institutional and non-degree candidates, and University of Sydney LLB candidates proceeding under the new resolutions. LAWS3417 6 P LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 Semester 1 Commercial Land Law LAWS3418 6 P LAWS1004 or (LAWS1021 and LAWS2011) or LAWS3003 or LAWS3000 Semester 1 Comparative Constitutional Law: Aus & US LAWS3419 6 N LAWS3016 Semester 2 Competition Law LAWS3423 6 N LAWS3033 Semester 1 Copyright, Design and Patents Semester 2 Summer Early LAWS3424 6 P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 Semester 2 Corporate and Securities Regulation N LAWS3108 LAWS3426 6 N LAWS3020 Semester 1 Criminology Semester 2 LAWS3473 6 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. Semester 2 Critical Legal Theory LAWS3427 6 N LAWS3056 Semester 1 Death and Inheritance Law LAWS3428 6 N LAWS3059 Semester 1 Defamation and Privacy Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions: Semester 1 Summer Early LAWS3430 6 C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 Semester 1 Environmental Law N LAWS3024 Note: Department permission required for enrolment LAWS3474 6 P LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 Semester 2 Equity and Financial Risk Allocation LAWS3431 6 N LAWS3025 Semester 2 External Placement Program Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit is by special application. Enrolment is restricted to students in their final year of study. LAWS3432 6 N LAWS3026 Semester 1 Family Law Semester 2 LAWS3030 4 N LAWS3031, LAWS3115, LAWS3260 Semester 1 Independent Research Project Note: Department permission required for enrolment Semester 2 Enrolment in this unit of study is at the discretion of the Faculty. Enrolment is by special application and is restricted to students in their final year of study.

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Unit of study Credit A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session points LAWS3115 2 N LAWS3031, LAWS3030, LAWS3260 Semester 1 Independent Research Project Note: Department permission required for enrolment Semester 2 LAWS3260 6 N LAWS3030, LAWS3031, LAWS3115 Semester 1 Independent Research Project Note: Department permission required for enrolment Semester 2 Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application and is restricted to students in their final year of study. LAWS3435 6 N LAWS3005 Semester 2 Indigenous People and the Law LAWS3445 6 P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 Semester 1 Insolvency Law LAWS3436 6 N JURS3006 Semester 2 International/Comparative Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB Jurisprudence LAWS3437 6 P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 Semester 2 International Commercial Arbitration N LAWS3092 LAWS3438 6 P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 Semester 2 International Commercial N LAWS3072 Transactions Note: Department permission required for enrolment LAWS3439 6 P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 Semester 1 International Economic Law N LAWS3090 For students going on to do a University of Sydney LLM, students who have done this course may enrol in LAWS6249 World Trade Organization II without having to complete the normal pre-requisite unit, LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I LAWS3434 6 P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 Semester 2 International Human Rights Law N LAWS3034 Note: Department permission required for enrolment LAWS3440 6 P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 Semester 1 International Law of War, Crime & N LAWS3086 Terror Note: Department permission required for enrolment LAWS3443 6 P (LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS1015) and (LAWS2002 or LAWS1021) Semester 2 Interpretation LAWS3441 6 Semester 1 Introduction to Islamic Law LAWS3444 6 N LAWS3076 Summer L4 Japanese Law Note: Department permission required for enrolment LAWS3093 6 P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 S2 Late Ib Jessup International Law Moot N LAWS3035 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. LAWS3446 6 N LAWS3023 Semester 1 Labour Law LAWS3447 6 N LAWS3036 Semester 2 Law and Economics Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. LAWS3114 6 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. Semester 1 Law as Communication (Seminar) LAWS3044 24 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Semester 1 Law International Exchange Electives Available to outbound exchange students only. Semester 2 LAWS3452 6 N LAWS3046 Semester 1 Medical Law Semester 2 LAWS3453 6 P LAWS1021 and LAWS2002 or LAWS2010, LAWS2011 or LAWS1004 or LAWS3003 Semester 1 Migration Law C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 N LAWS3045 LAWS3475 6 Semester 2 Philosophy of International Law LAWS3455 6 N LAWS3048 Semester 1 Policing, Crime and Society LAWS3457 6 N LAWS3015 Semester 1 Private International Law Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions: Semester 1 Summer Main LAWS3458 6 P LAWS2002 or (LAWS2010 and LAWS1021), LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or Semester 1 Refugees and Forced Migration LAWS2011. C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010, LAWS1018 or LAWS2005 N LAWS3045 LAWS3459 6 N LAWS3111 Semester 2 Rights, Morality and Law This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. LAWS3460 6 N LAWS3052 Semester 1 Roman Law LAWS3461 6 N LAWS4061 Semester 1 Social Justice Clinical Course Note: Department permission required for enrolment Semester 2 Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. Priority will be given to students in their final year of study. The unit will be graded on a pass/fail basis and will not be included in the calculation of a student©s WAM. LAWS3462 6 N JURS3001 Semester 2 Sociological Theories of Law Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. LAWS3463 6 N LAWS3087 Semester 2 Sports Law Note: Department permission required for enrolment

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Unit of study Credit A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session points LAWS3465 6 N LAWS3057 Semester 1 Sydney Law Review Note: Department permission required for enrolment Semester 2 Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. For further information, please visit www.law.usyd.edu.au/slr. LAWS3468 6 N LAWS3077 Semester 1 Theories of Justice This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. LAWS3469 6 N LAWS3089 Semester 2 Theories of Law This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. LAWS3470 6 N LAWS3083 Semester 1 Theories of Legal Reasoning This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. LAWS3472 6 N LAWS3033 Semester 1 Trade Marks and Passing Off Semester 2

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(30%), tutorial participation (10%) and 1x2hr exam (60%) Campus: Sydney Law School undergraduate Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day units of study Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. This is a general introductory unit of study concerned with liability for Compulsory units of study (Combined Law 1±3) civil wrongs.The unit seeks to examine and evaluate, through a critical and analytical study of primary and secondary materials, the function Combined Law Year 1 and scope of modern tort law and the rationale and utility of its governing principles. Particular topics on which the unit will focus LAWS1006 include: Foundations of Law Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor David Kinley (Combined), (a) The relationship between torts and other branches of the common Mr Fady Aoun (Graduate) Session: Semester 1 Classes: Combined: 1x1hr law including contract and criminal law; lec and 1x2hr seminar/wk; Graduate: The unit is taught to Graduate Law 1 (b) The role of fault as the principal basis of liability in the modern law; students on an intensive basis over four weeks.The aim of this is to give students a good grounding in the basic legal skills needed for law studies before (c) Historical development of trespass and the action on the case and undertaking other Semester 1 units. The course commences two weeks prior the contemporary relevance of this development; to the start of semester in the University calendar. Preparation for and attendance at the intensive is essential for completion of the course. No other law classes (d) Trespass to the person (battery, assault, and false imprisonment); are taught for the duration of the intensive. Prohibitions: LAWS1000 (e) Trespass to land and private nuisance; Assessment: Combined: class participation (20%), 1 x case analysis (30%), 1 x essay (50%); Graduate: class participation (20%), 1 x case analysis (30%), (f) The action on the case for intentional injury; 1 x take-home exam (50%) This is subject to change. Campus: (g) Defences to trespass, including consent, intellectual disability, Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day childhood, necessity and contributory negligence; This unit of study provides a foundation core for the study of law. We (h) Development and scope of the modern tort of negligence, including aim to provide a practical overview of the Australian legal system, an detailed consideration of duty of care and breach of duty and causation introduction to the skills of legal reasoning and analysis which are and remoteness of damage with particular reference to personal and necessary to complete your law degree, and an opportunity for critical psychiatric injury; engagement in debate about the role of law in our lives. The course (i) Compensation for personal injuries, including special and alternative will introduce students to issues such as: (i) the development of judge compensation schemes; made and statute law, with a particular focus on English and Australian (j) Injuries to relational interests, including compensation to relatives legal history; (ii) the relationship between courts and parliament; (iii) of victims of fatal accidents; the role and function of courts, tribunals and other forms of dispute (k) Defences to negligence. resolution; (iv) understanding and interrogating principles of judicial reasoning and statutory interpretation; (v) the relationship between Combined Law Year 2 law, government and politics; (vi) what are rights in Australian law, where do they come from and where are they going; (vii) the LAWS1015 development and relevance of international law. The course focus Contracts may be subject to change. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Greg Tolhurst Session: Semester 1, Semester 1b, Summer Main Classes: Combined: 2x2hr lectures or LAWS1013 seminars/wk; Graduate: 3x4hr seminar/wk for 3 weeks and 1x3hr seminar in Legal Research I week 13. Prerequisites: LAWS1006 Prohibitions: LAWS1002, LAWS2008 Assessment: Combined Law: class participation (10%), 1 x take-home Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Graeme Coss Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 assignment (30%), 1x2hr final exam (60%); Graduate Law: 1x take-home Classes: Combined Law: 6x1hr seminars Corequisites: LAWS1006 assignment (40%) and 1x2hr exam (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Prohibitions: LAWS1008 Assessment: Satisfactory attendance, WebCT-based Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day quizzes and 1x in-class test Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions: Contract law provides the legal background for transactions involving Semester 1. the supply of goods and services and is, arguably the most significant Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Semester 1 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the faculties of Arts, means by which the ownership of property is transferred from one Engineering and Science. Semester 2 classes are for Combined Law candidates person to another. It vitally affects all members of the community and in the Faculty of Economics & Business. a thorough knowledge of contract law is essential to all practising This is a compulsory unit taught on a pass/fail basis. The aim of the lawyers. In the context of the law curriculum as a whole, Contracts unit is to introduce you to finding and citing primary and secondary provides background which is assumed knowledge in many other legal materials and introduce you to legal research techniques.These units. The aims of the course are composite in nature. The course are skills which are essential for a law student and which you will be examines the rules that regulate the creation, terms, performance, required to apply in other units. breach and discharge of a contract. Remedies and factors that may vitiate a contract such as misrepresentation are dealt with in Torts LAWS1012 and Contracts II. The central aim of the course is to provide an Torts understanding of the basic principles of contract law and how those principles are applied in practice to solve problems. Students will Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Ross Anderson (Graduate), Assoc Prof Barbara McDonald (Combined) Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Classes: develop the skills of rules based reasoning and case law analysis. A Combined: 1x2hr lectures and 1x1hr seminars/wk; Graduate: 3x4hr seminar/wk second aim is to provide students an opportunity to critically evaluate for 3 weeks and 1x3hr seminar in week 13. Prerequisites: LAWS1006 and make normative judgments about the operation of the law. Prohibitions: LAWS1005, LAWS1010, LAWS3001 Assessment: Graduate: Successful completion of this unit of study is a prerequisite to the 1x1hr class test (25%) and 1x2hr exam (75%); Combined: 2000w assignment elective unit Advanced Contracts.

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LAWS1014 disciplines. The following private international law topics receive Civil and Criminal Procedure detailed treatment: (1) Nature, function and scope of private Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Miiko Kumar Session: Semester international law; (2) Jurisdiction, including discretionary non-exercise 1, Semester 1b Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk (combined), 3x4hr seminars a of jurisdiction; (3) Substance and procedure; (4) Proof of foreign law; week for 3 weeks followed by 1x3hr seminar in week 13 (graduate) (5) Exclusionary doctrines; and (6) Choice of law in tort.The following Prerequisites: LAWS1006 Prohibitions: LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS3002, LAWS3004, LAWS2006 Assessment: 1x tutorial assessment (25%) and 1x public international law topics receive detailed treatment: (1) Nature, 2hr final exam (75%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: function and scope of public international law, including the relationship Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day between public international law and municipal law; (2) Sources of Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. public international law; (3) State jurisdiction, including civil and criminal jurisdiction and jurisdictional immunities; and (4) State responsibility, This unit of study aims to introduce students to civil and criminal including diplomatic protection, nationality of claims and exhaustion procedure. It is concerned with the procedures relating to civil dispute of local remedies.Available to candidates proceeding under the new resolution and criminal justice which are separate to the substantive LLB resolutions. hearing. The unit will consider the features of an adversarial system of justice and its impact on process. Recent reforms to the adversarial LAWS1021 system of litigation will be explored. The civil dispute resolution part Public Law of the unit will cover alternative dispute resolution, the procedures for Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Anne Twomey (Combined), commencing a civil action, case management, gathering evidence Ms Nicola Franklin (Graduate) Session: S2 Late IntB, Semester 2, Summer and the rules of privilege. Criminal process will be explored by Late Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk for 10 weeks (combined), 3x4hr seminars/wk reference to crime and society, police powers, bail and sentencing. for 3 weeks and 1x3hr seminar in week 13 (graduate) Prerequisites: International dispute resolution will also be introduced. The course LAWS1006 Prohibitions: LAWS2002, LAWS3003, LAWS1004 Assessment: Combined Law: 1x3,000w assignment (40%) and 1x2hr exam (60%); Graduate focuses on practical examples with consideration of ethics, and Law: 1x2,500 case note (35%) and 1x2hr exam (65%) Campus: contextual and theoretical perspectives. Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS1016 Criminal Law Public Law will examine the fundamental tenets of constitutionalism Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Mark Findlay Session: Semester and constitutional principle essential to an understanding of the system 2 Classes: Combined: 2x2hr seminar/wk; Graduate: 3x4hr seminar/wk for 3 of representative and responsible government as manifested in the weeks and 1x3hr seminar/wk in week 13. Prerequisites: LAWS1006, LAWS1014 Australian constitutional context, at both Federal and State level. As Prohibitions: LAWS1003, LAWS3001, LAWS2009 Assessment: class an introduction to the units Administrative Law and Federal participation (10%), 1x research problem (30%) and 1x 3hr open book exam (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal Constitutional Law, it will cover both introductory topics and substantive (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day topics directly relevant to those units. Topics covered include: Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law; Representative and Responsible Government; Amendment of the Commonwealth and This unit of study is designed to introduce the general principles of State Constitutions; Separation of Powers; Judicial Power and criminal law in context as they operate in NSW, and to critically analyse implications derived from Chapter III of the Constitution; the Executive these in their contemporary social and political relevance. In order to and its Powers; Accountability of the Executive to Parliament, Courts achieve these goals, the unit will consider a range of theoretical and Tribunals; and Administrative Rule-making. literature as well as critical commentary, and will focus on particular substantive legal topics in problem-centred contexts. Although the LAWS1017 topic structure is necessarily selective, it is intended that students will Torts and Contracts II gain a broad understanding of crime and justice issues, as well as of Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Barbara McDonald the applications of the criminal law. Students will encounter (Combined), Mr Ross Anderson (Graduate) Session: Semester 2, Winter Main problem-based learning and will be encouraged to challenge a range Classes: 1x2hr lecture and 1x2hr tutorial/wk (combined), 3x4hr seminars/wk of conventional wisdom concerning the operation of criminal justice. for 3 weeks, and 1x3hr seminar in week 13 (graduate) Prerequisites: (LAWS1010 or LAWS1012) and LAWS1015 Assessment: Graduate Law: This unit of study is designed to assist students in developing the 1x1hr class test (25%%) and 1x2hr exam (75%) (Graduate); Combined Law: following understandings: (1) A critical appreciation of certain key Ix 2000 word assignment (30%), tutorial participation (10%) 1x 2 hour exam concepts which recur throughout the substantive criminal law. (2) A (60%). Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal knowledge of the legal rules in certain specified areas of criminal law (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day and their application. (3) A preliminary knowledge of how the criminal Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. law operates in its broader societal context. (4) Through following the The laws of tort and contract frequently overlap in practice and are process of proof in a criminal prosecution and its defense, to increasingly regulated by statute. This unit aims to develop the understand the determination of criminal liability.The understandings integrated study of the law of obligations and remedies. It builds on referred to in the foregoing paragraphs will have a critical focus and the introduction to tort and contract law which students have acquired will draw on procedural, substantive, theoretical and empirical sources. in Torts and Contracts. It will include the study of more advanced The contradictions presented by the application of legal principle to topics in both areas and the impact of related statutory liability and complex social problems will be investigated. remedies. Topics: Combined Law Year 3 (a) Concurrent, proportionate and vicarious liability; (b) The role of statutory duties and powers in tort law; LAWS1018 (b) Liability for misrepresentation in tort, contract and under statute International Law (eg statutory duties, s 52 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)); Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Timothy Stephens (Combined), Mr (c) Liability for economic loss in tort, including some comparative Ross Anderson (Graduate) Session: Semester 1, Semester 2b, Summer Early, Winter Main Classes: 1x2hr lecture and 1x1hr tutorial/wk (combined), 3x4hr study; seminars/wk for 3 weeks and 1x3hr seminar in week 13 (graduate) (d) Detailed consideration of causation and remoteness of damage Prerequisites: LAWS1006 Prohibitions: LAWS2005 Assessment: Combined: in tort and contract; 1x2000w assignment (30%), tutorial participation (pass/fail), 1x2hr final exam (70%). Graduate: 1x1hr class test (25%), 1x2hr exam (75%). Campus: (e) Damages for breach of contract; Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day (f) Unfair dealing in contracts and vitiating factors: mistake, Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. misrepresentation, duress, undue influence, unconscionable conduct. The unit of study is a general introduction to private international law This topic includes a study of equitable principles and statutory rights. and public international law and the relationship between these

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LAWS1019 derived from decided cases. Successful completion of this unit of Legal Research II study is a prerequisite to the elective unit Advanced Contracts. Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Graeme Coss Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Classes: Combined Law: 3x2hr seminars Prerequisites: LAWS1013 LAWS2009 Prohibitions: LAWS1008, LAWS1022 Assessment: Satisfactory attendance Criminal Law and 1x assignment Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Mark Findlay Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1006 Prohibitions: Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. LAWS1003, LAWS1016 Assessment: class participation (10%), 1x research Semester 1 classes are for Combined Law candidates in the faculties of Arts, problem (30%) and 1x 3hr open book exam (60%) Campus: Engineering and Science. Semester 2 classes are for Combined Law candidates Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day in the Faculty of Economics & Business. Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to This is a compulsory unit taught on a pass/fail basis. It is a continuation Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. of Legal Research I and covers advanced searching techniques and This unit of study is designed to introduce the general principles of the use of Lexis.com, Westlaw and other complex commercial criminal law and process as they operate in NSW, and to critically databases. The purpose of this unit is to further develop the skills you analyse these in their contemporary social context. In order to achieve will need as a law student and to introduce you to the legal research these goals, the unit will consider a range of socio-legal literature, and skills you will need after graduation. will focus on particular substantive legal topics. Although the topic Old resolutions (candidates who commenced prior to 2006 structure is necessarily selective, it is intended that students will gain or transferred in 2006) a broad understanding of crime and justice issues, as well as of the applications of the criminal law. Students will encounter problem-based LAWS2008 learning and will be encouraged to challenge a range of conventional Contracts wisdom concerning the operation of criminal justice.This unit of study Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Gregory Tolhurst Session: is designed to assist students in developing the following Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr lectures or seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1006 understandings: (1) A critical appreciation of certain key concepts Prohibitions: LAWS1002, LAWS1015 Assessment: class participation (10%), which recur throughout the substantive criminal law. (2) A knowledge 1 x take-home assignment (30%), 1x2hr final exam (60%) Campus: of the legal rules in certain specified areas of criminal law and their Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day application. (3) A preliminary understanding of the working criminal Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. justice system as a process and the interaction of that process with the substantive criminal law. (4) A preliminary knowledge of how the Contract law provides the legal background for transactions involving criminal law operates in its broader societal context. (5) Through the supply of goods and services and is, arguably the most significant following the process of proof in a criminal prosecution and its defense, means by which the ownership of property is transferred from one to understand the determination of criminal liability. The person to another. It vitally affects all members of the community and understandings referred to in the foregoing paragraphs will have a a thorough knowledge of contract law is essential to all practising critical focus and will draw on procedural, substantive, theoretical and lawyers. In the context of the law curriculum as a whole, Contracts empirical sources. The contradictions presented by the application of provides background which is assumed knowledge in many other legal principle to complex social problems will be investigated. units. The aims of the unit are composite in nature. The central aim is to provide an understanding of the basic principles of the common LAWS1003 law, equity and statutes applicable to contracts. A second aim is to Criminal Law provide students an opportunity to critically evaluate and make Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Mark Findlay Session: Semester normative judgments about the operation of the law. As Contracts is 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1000 or LAWS1006 basically a case law unit, the final aim of the unit of study is to provide Prohibitions: LAWS1016, LAWS2009, LAWS3001 Assessment: class participation (10%), 1x research problem (30%), and 1x 3hr exam (60%) experience in problem solving through application of the principles Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal derived from decided cases. Successful completion of this unit of (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day study is a prerequisite to the elective unit Advanced Contracts. Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. LAWS1002 Contracts This unit of study is designed to introduce the general principles of criminal law and process as they operate in NSW, and to critically Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Gregory Tolhurst Session: Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr lectures or seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1000 analyse these in their contemporary social context. In order to achieve or LAWS1006 Prohibitions: LAWS1015, LAWS2008 Assessment: Combined these goals, the unit will consider a range of socio-legal literature, and Law: class participation (10%), 1 x take-home assignment (30%), 1x2hr final will focus on particular substantive legal topics. Although the topic exam (60%); Graduate Law: 1x take-home assignment (40%) and 1x2hr exam structure is necessarily selective, it is intended that students will gain (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day a broad understanding of crime and justice issues, as well as of the Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to graduate applications of the criminal law. Students will encounter problem-based law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. learning and will be encouraged to challenge a range of conventional wisdom concerning the operation of criminal justice.This unit of study Contract law provides the legal background for transactions involving is designed to assist students in developing the following the supply of goods and services and is, arguably the most significant understandings: (1) A critical appreciation of certain key concepts means by which the ownership of property is transferred from one which recur throughout the substantive criminal law. (2) A knowledge person to another. It vitally affects all members of the community and of the legal rules in certain specified areas of criminal law and their a thorough knowledge of contract law is essential to all practising application. (3) A preliminary understanding of the working criminal lawyers. In the context of the law curriculum as a whole, Contracts justice system as a process and the interaction of that process with provides background which is assumed knowledge in many other the substantive criminal law. (4) A preliminary knowledge of how the units. The aims of the unit are composite in nature. The central aim criminal law operates in its broader societal context. (5) Through is to provide an understanding of the basic principles of the common following the process of proof in a criminal prosecution and its defense, law, equity and statutes applicable to contracts. A second aim is to to understand the determination of criminal liability. The provide students an opportunity to critically evaluate and make understandings referred to in the foregoing paragraphs will have a normative judgments about the operation of the law. As Contracts is critical focus and will draw on procedural, substantive, theoretical and basically a case law unit, the final aim of the unit of study is to provide empirical sources. The contradictions presented by the application of experience in problem solving through application of the principles legal principle to complex social problems will be investigated.

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LAWS3003 limitations. More specifically, the material in Part 3 addresses how Federal Constitutional Law the adversary system moulds lawyers© behaviour within and outside Credit points: 12 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Peter Gerangelos the judicial process and analyses current regulatory measures aimed Session: Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1006 at curbing the undesirable aspects of an adversarial culture. Part 4 Prohibitions: LAWS1004, LAWS2011, LAWS3000 Assessment: 2 x evaluates the way clients are treated by lawyers and suggests mid-semester assignments and 1x exam Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day strategies to change their conduct in the interests of both equality and Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to effective communication. Furthermore, it examines lawyers© duties to Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Students their clients and the ways in which the rules and principles of will attend classes for LAWS2011. confidentiality, legal professional privilege and conflicts of interest shape the advice and representation lawyers provide for their clients. This unit of study aims to achieve an understanding of the principles of Australian constitutional law.The unit commences with an overview LAWS3004 of the Commonwealth Constitution within the Australian legal and Law, Lawyers and Justice political framework. Substantive topics include, but are not confined Credit points: 12 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Rita Shackel Session: Semester to: the defence power, the marriage power, the external affairs power, 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1006 Prohibitions: federalism (including state constitutions and the relationship between LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS2013, LAWS3002 Assessment: 1x2500w Commonwealth and state laws); economic and fiscal power and assignment (pass/fail), 1x mid-term exam (40%), 1x open book exam (60%) relations (including the corporations power, the trade and commerce Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day power, freedom of interstate trade, and excise); the judicial power of Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to the Commonwealth; express and implied constitutional rights and Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Students freedoms; and principles of constitutional interpretation. Other topics attend classes for LAWS2013 The Legal Profession. may be covered, especially if a constitutional power becomes controversial or topical.The unit aims to develop a capacity to evaluate Law, Lawyers and Justice has a distinct intellectual focus. It is the the principles of constitutional law critically, from the perspective of only unit in the curriculum that concentrates on the regulation of the both doctrine and policy. legal profession and legal practice. Part 1 of Law, Lawyers and Justice examines the nature and structure of the legal profession, historical LAWS3000 struggles to regulate the profession, and the current regulatory regime Federal Constitutional Law in New South Wales. Part 2 explores specific forms of legal practice, Credit points: 10 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Peter Gerangelos highlights the major cultural and economic forces that challenge Session: Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1006 attempts to regulate the profession and canvasses alternative ways Prohibitions: LAWS1004, LAWS2011, LAWS3003 Assessment: 2 x of organising legal practice and providing legal services. Part 3 mid-semester assignments and 1x final examination Campus: investigates the adversary system and considers its advantages and Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day limitations. More specifically, the material in Part 3 addresses how Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Student the adversary system moulds lawyers© behaviour within and outside attend classes for LAWS2011. the judicial process and analyses current regulatory measures aimed at curbing the undesirable aspects of an adversarial culture. Part 4 This unit of study aims to achieve an understanding of the principles evaluates the way clients are treated by lawyers and suggests of Australian constitutional law.The unit commences with an overview strategies to change their conduct in the interests of both equality and of the Commonwealth Constitution within the Australian legal and effective communication. Furthermore, it examines lawyers© duties to political framework. Substantive topics include, but are not confined their clients and the ways in which the rules and principles of to: the defence power, the marriage power, the external affairs power, confidentiality, legal professional privilege and conflicts of interest federalism (including state constitutions and the relationship between shape the advice and representation lawyers provide for their clients. Commonwealth and state laws); economic and fiscal power and relations (including the corporations power, the trade and commerce Compulsory units of study (Combined Law 4 and power, freedom of interstate trade, and excise); the judicial power of Graduate Law 1±2) the Commonwealth; express and implied constitutional rights and freedoms; and principles of constitutional interpretation. Other topics Graduate Law Year 1 (new resolutions program) may be covered, especially if a constitutional power becomes controversial or topical.The unit aims to develop a capacity to evaluate LAWS1006 the principles of constitutional law critically, from the perspective of Foundations of Law both doctrine and policy. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor David Kinley (Combined), Mr Fady Aoun (Graduate) Session: Semester 1 Classes: Combined: 1x1hr LAWS3002 lec and 1x2hr seminar/wk; Graduate: The unit is taught to Graduate Law 1 students on an intensive basis over four weeks.The aim of this is to give students Law, Lawyers and Justice a good grounding in the basic legal skills needed for law studies before Credit points: 10 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Rita Shackel Session: Semester undertaking other Semester 1 units. The course commences two weeks prior 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1006 Prohibitions: to the start of semester in the University calendar. Preparation for and attendance LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS2013, LAWS3004 Assessment: 1x2500w at the intensive is essential for completion of the course. No other law classes assignment (pass/fail), 1x mid-term exam (40%), 1x open book exam (60%) are taught for the duration of the intensive. Prohibitions: LAWS1000 Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal Assessment: Combined: class participation (20%), 1 x case analysis (30%), (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day 1 x essay (50%); Graduate: class participation (20%), 1 x case analysis (30%), Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to 1 x take-home exam (50%) This is subject to change. Campus: Combined Law candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Student Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day attend classes for LAWS2013 The Legal Profession. This unit of study provides a foundation core for the study of law. We Law, Lawyers and Justice has a distinct intellectual focus. It is the aim to provide a practical overview of the Australian legal system, an only unit in the curriculum that concentrates on the regulation of the introduction to the skills of legal reasoning and analysis which are legal profession and legal practice. Part 1 of Law, Lawyers and Justice necessary to complete your law degree, and an opportunity for critical examines the nature and structure of the legal profession, historical engagement in debate about the role of law in our lives. The course struggles to regulate the profession, and the current regulatory regime will introduce students to issues such as: (i) the development of judge in New South Wales. Part 2 explores specific forms of legal practice, made and statute law, with a particular focus on English and Australian highlights the major cultural and economic forces that challenge legal history; (ii) the relationship between courts and parliament; (iii) attempts to regulate the profession and canvasses alternative ways the role and function of courts, tribunals and other forms of dispute of organising legal practice and providing legal services. Part 3 resolution; (iv) understanding and interrogating principles of judicial investigates the adversary system and considers its advantages and reasoning and statutory interpretation; (v) the relationship between

60 11. Descriptions of undergraduate units of study law, government and politics; (vi) what are rights in Australian law, Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. where do they come from and where are they going; (vii) the This unit of study aims to introduce students to civil and criminal development and relevance of international law. The course focus procedure. It is concerned with the procedures relating to civil dispute may be subject to change. resolution and criminal justice which are separate to the substantive hearing. The unit will consider the features of an adversarial system LAWS1012 of justice and its impact on process. Recent reforms to the adversarial Torts system of litigation will be explored. The civil dispute resolution part Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Ross Anderson (Graduate), Assoc Prof Barbara McDonald (Combined) Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Classes: of the unit will cover alternative dispute resolution, the procedures for Combined: 1x2hr lectures and 1x1hr seminars/wk; Graduate: 3x4hr seminar/wk commencing a civil action, case management, gathering evidence for 3 weeks and 1x3hr seminar in week 13. Prerequisites: LAWS1006 and the rules of privilege. Criminal process will be explored by Prohibitions: LAWS1005, LAWS1010, LAWS3001 Assessment: Graduate: reference to crime and society, police powers, bail and sentencing. 1x1hr class test (25%) and 1x2hr exam (75%); Combined: 2000w assignment (30%), tutorial participation (10%) and 1x2hr exam (60%) Campus: International dispute resolution will also be introduced. The course Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day focuses on practical examples with consideration of ethics, and Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. contextual and theoretical perspectives.

This is a general introductory unit of study concerned with liability for LAWS1015 civil wrongs.The unit seeks to examine and evaluate, through a critical Contracts and analytical study of primary and secondary materials, the function Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Greg Tolhurst Session: Semester and scope of modern tort law and the rationale and utility of its 1, Semester 1b, Summer Main Classes: Combined: 2x2hr lectures or governing principles. Particular topics on which the unit will focus seminars/wk; Graduate: 3x4hr seminar/wk for 3 weeks and 1x3hr seminar in include: week 13. Prerequisites: LAWS1006 Prohibitions: LAWS1002, LAWS2008 Assessment: Combined Law: class participation (10%), 1 x take-home (a) The relationship between torts and other branches of the common assignment (30%), 1x2hr final exam (60%); Graduate Law: 1x take-home law including contract and criminal law; assignment (40%) and 1x2hr exam (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day (b) The role of fault as the principal basis of liability in the modern law; Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. (c) Historical development of trespass and the action on the case and the contemporary relevance of this development; Contract law provides the legal background for transactions involving (d) Trespass to the person (battery, assault, and false imprisonment); the supply of goods and services and is, arguably the most significant means by which the ownership of property is transferred from one (e) Trespass to land and private nuisance; person to another. It vitally affects all members of the community and (f) The action on the case for intentional injury; a thorough knowledge of contract law is essential to all practising (g) Defences to trespass, including consent, intellectual disability, lawyers. In the context of the law curriculum as a whole, Contracts childhood, necessity and contributory negligence; provides background which is assumed knowledge in many other (h) Development and scope of the modern tort of negligence, including units. The aims of the course are composite in nature. The course detailed consideration of duty of care and breach of duty and causation examines the rules that regulate the creation, terms, performance, and remoteness of damage with particular reference to personal and breach and discharge of a contract. Remedies and factors that may psychiatric injury; vitiate a contract such as misrepresentation are dealt with in Torts (i) Compensation for personal injuries, including special and alternative and Contracts II. The central aim of the course is to provide an compensation schemes; understanding of the basic principles of contract law and how those principles are applied in practice to solve problems. Students will (j) Injuries to relational interests, including compensation to relatives develop the skills of rules based reasoning and case law analysis. A of victims of fatal accidents; second aim is to provide students an opportunity to critically evaluate (k) Defences to negligence. and make normative judgments about the operation of the law. Successful completion of this unit of study is a prerequisite to the LAWS1022 elective unit Advanced Contracts. Legal Research I & II Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Graeme Coss Session: Semester 1 Classes: 6x2hr LAWS1017 seminars Corequisites: LAWS1006 Prohibitions: LAWS1008, LAWS1013, Torts and Contracts II LAWS1019 Assessment: Satisfactory attendance, WebCT-based quizzes, 1x assignment and 1x in-class test Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Barbara McDonald delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day (Combined), Mr Ross Anderson (Graduate) Session: Semester 2, Winter Main Note: Available to graduate law candidates proceeding under the new LLB Classes: 1x2hr lecture and 1x2hr tutorial/wk (combined), 3x4hr seminars/wk resolutions for 3 weeks, and 1x3hr seminar in week 13 (graduate) Prerequisites: (LAWS1010 or LAWS1012) and LAWS1015 Assessment: Graduate Law: This is a compulsory unit taught on a pass/fail basis. The aim of the 1x1hr class test (25%%) and 1x2hr exam (75%) (Graduate); Combined Law: Ix 2000 word assignment (30%), tutorial participation (10%) 1x 2 hour exam first part of the unit is to introduce you to finding and citing primary (60%). Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal and secondary legal materials and introduce you to legal research (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day techniques. These are skills which are essential for a law student and Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. which you will be required to apply in other units. The second part of the unit covers advanced searching techniques and the use of The laws of tort and contract frequently overlap in practice and are Lexis.com, Westlaw and other complex commercial databases. The increasingly regulated by statute. This unit aims to develop the purpose of this part of the unit is to further develop the skills you will integrated study of the law of obligations and remedies. It builds on need as a law student and to introduce you to the legal research skills the introduction to tort and contract law which students have acquired you will need after graduation. in Torts and Contracts. It will include the study of more advanced topics in both areas and the impact of related statutory liability and LAWS1014 remedies. Topics: Civil and Criminal Procedure (a) Concurrent, proportionate and vicarious liability; Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Miiko Kumar Session: Semester (b) The role of statutory duties and powers in tort law; 1, Semester 1b Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk (combined), 3x4hr seminars a week for 3 weeks followed by 1x3hr seminar in week 13 (graduate) (b) Liability for misrepresentation in tort, contract and under statute Prerequisites: LAWS1006 Prohibitions: LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS3002, (eg statutory duties, s 52 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)); LAWS3004, LAWS2006 Assessment: 1x tutorial assessment (25%) and 1x (c) Liability for economic loss in tort, including some comparative 2hr final exam (75%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day study;

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(d) Detailed consideration of causation and remoteness of damage achieve these goals, the unit will consider a range of theoretical in tort and contract; literature as well as critical commentary, and will focus on particular (e) Damages for breach of contract; substantive legal topics in problem-centred contexts. Although the (f) Unfair dealing in contracts and vitiating factors: mistake, topic structure is necessarily selective, it is intended that students will misrepresentation, duress, undue influence, unconscionable conduct. gain a broad understanding of crime and justice issues, as well as of This topic includes a study of equitable principles and statutory rights. the applications of the criminal law. Students will encounter problem-based learning and will be encouraged to challenge a range LAWS1018 of conventional wisdom concerning the operation of criminal justice. International Law This unit of study is designed to assist students in developing the following understandings: (1) A critical appreciation of certain key Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Timothy Stephens (Combined), Mr Ross Anderson (Graduate) Session: Semester 1, Semester 2b, Summer Early, concepts which recur throughout the substantive criminal law. (2) A Winter Main Classes: 1x2hr lecture and 1x1hr tutorial/wk (combined), 3x4hr knowledge of the legal rules in certain specified areas of criminal law seminars/wk for 3 weeks and 1x3hr seminar in week 13 (graduate) and their application. (3) A preliminary knowledge of how the criminal Prerequisites: LAWS1006 Prohibitions: LAWS2005 Assessment: Combined: law operates in its broader societal context. (4) Through following the 1x2000w assignment (30%), tutorial participation (pass/fail), 1x2hr final exam (70%). Graduate: 1x1hr class test (25%), 1x2hr exam (75%). Campus: process of proof in a criminal prosecution and its defense, to Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day understand the determination of criminal liability.The understandings Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. referred to in the foregoing paragraphs will have a critical focus and will draw on procedural, substantive, theoretical and empirical sources. The unit of study is a general introduction to private international law The contradictions presented by the application of legal principle to and public international law and the relationship between these complex social problems will be investigated. disciplines. The following private international law topics receive detailed treatment: (1) Nature, function and scope of private Graduate Law Year 2/Combined Law Year 4 (new international law; (2) Jurisdiction, including discretionary non-exercise resolutions) of jurisdiction; (3) Substance and procedure; (4) Proof of foreign law; (5) Exclusionary doctrines; and (6) Choice of law in tort.The following LAWS2002 public international law topics receive detailed treatment: (1) Nature, Administrative Law function and scope of public international law, including the relationship Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Nicola Franklin Session: Semester between public international law and municipal law; (2) Sources of 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk. Students will attend classes for LAWS2010. public international law; (3) State jurisdiction, including civil and criminal Prohibitions: LAWS2010 Assessment: 1x3,000wd essay (40%) and 1x2hr exam (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal jurisdiction and jurisdictional immunities; and (4) State responsibility, (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day including diplomatic protection, nationality of claims and exhaustion Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to of local remedies.Available to candidates proceeding under the new candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. LLB resolutions. This unit of study involves a study of the relationships of individuals LAWS1021 and organisations with government decision makers. It examines the Public Law legal principles which apply to those relationships with the aim of developing an understanding of the extent to which decision-makers Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Anne Twomey (Combined), Ms Nicola Franklin (Graduate) Session: S2 Late IntB, Semester 2, Summer within the executive branch of the government are accountable to Late Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk for 10 weeks (combined), 3x4hr seminars/wk parliament, to the courts and to other administrators, such as for 3 weeks and 1x3hr seminar in week 13 (graduate) Prerequisites: ombudsmen and merits review tribunals.The unit provides an overview LAWS1006 Prohibitions: LAWS2002, LAWS3003, LAWS1004 Assessment: of relevant legal principles and encourages an understanding of how Combined Law: 1x3,000w assignment (40%) and 1x2hr exam (60%); Graduate Law: 1x2,500 case note (35%) and 1x2hr exam (65%) Campus: values of openness, fairness and participation may be promoted. By Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day adopting a critical perspective, the unit requires an appreciation of Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. how political theory and the insights of other disciplines may provide a framework for analysing the choices made by administrators, and Public Law will examine the fundamental tenets of constitutionalism by judges in judicial review. and constitutional principle essential to an understanding of the system of representative and responsible government as manifested in the LAWS2011 Australian constitutional context, at both Federal and State level. As Federal Constitutional Law an introduction to the units Administrative Law and Federal Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Peter Gerangelos Session: Constitutional Law, it will cover both introductory topics and substantive Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk for 10 weeks, optional tutorials topics directly relevant to those units. Topics covered include: Prerequisites: LAWS1021 Prohibitions: LAWS1004, LAWS3000, LAWS3003 Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law; Representative and Assessment: 1x mid-term assessment and 1x final examination Campus: Responsible Government; Amendment of the Commonwealth and Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day State Constitutions; Separation of Powers; Judicial Power and Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. implications derived from Chapter III of the Constitution; the Executive The main objective of the course is to impart an understanding of the and its Powers; Accountability of the Executive to Parliament, Courts fundamentals of federal constitutional law through the study of key and Tribunals; and Administrative Rule-making. judicial decisions on powers and prohibitions in the Commonwealth Constitution. In a one session course it is neither feasible nor desirable LAWS1016 to study all aspects of federal constitutional law. The course is Criminal Law designed to provide a general conceptual framework for solving Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Mark Findlay Session: Semester problems about federal constitutional law by a detailed treatment of 2 Classes: Combined: 2x2hr seminar/wk; Graduate: 3x4hr seminar/wk for 3 selected topics. weeks and 1x3hr seminar/wk in week 13. Prerequisites: LAWS1006, LAWS1014 Prohibitions: LAWS1003, LAWS3001, LAWS2009 Assessment: class The course also aims to: participation (10%), 1x research problem (30%) and 1x 3hr open book exam - Provide analysis of the function of the High Court as the final arbiter (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day of constitutionality. Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. - Develop an understanding of the techniques of judicial review as applied in Australia. This unit of study is designed to introduce the general principles of criminal law in context as they operate in NSW, and to critically analyse - Encourage discussion on the adequacy of the Constitution as these in their contemporary social and political relevance. In order to Australia©s basic instrument of government and on the scope for ©reform© by interpretation.

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The topics covered in detail are: Trade and commerce, severance legal entity, power to bind the company, duties of directors, and and reading down, inconsistency, external affairs, defence, shareholders rights and remedies. Students will be required to evaluate corporations, freedom of interstate trade, general doctrines of critically existing corporate law and reform proposals, with particular characterisation and interpretation, grants, revenue powers, excise reference to legislative policy and underpinning theory. duties, and constitutional rights. The course includes some material on the US Constitution to provide LAWS2004 points of comparison and contrast. Equity Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Patrick Parkinson (convenor) LAWS2012 Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk for 10 weeks and reading guide on equitable assignments and priorities. Students are strongly encouraged Intro to Property and Commercial Law to attend the lectures on equitable assignments and priorities in Introduction to Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Patricia Lane Session: Property and Commercial Law in first semester. Students will be advised of the Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk for 10 weeks Prohibitions: timing of these classes. Prohibitions: LAWS2015 Assessment: 1x optional LAWS2004, LAWS2007 Assessment: 1x interim assessment and 1x final essay (30%) and 1x exam (70% or 100%). The examination will contain a examination Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal compulsory question on equitable assignments and priorities. Campus: (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Property law and commercial law are two key sources of rights and obligations in modern western law. This subject provides an An appreciation of equitable principles and remedies is fundamental introduction to both areas of law, and shows the ways in which they to understanding the Australian legal system. This unit of study are inter-related. The unit is designed to provide an opportunity to explains the origins of the equitable jurisdiction and examines its role consider the role these areas of law play in Australian society, as well today. A substantial part of the unit is dedicated to study of the law of as giving a good grounding in legal principle. trusts, including remedial constructive trusts. Other topics include dealings with property in equity, assignments, fiduciary obligations, Key topics covered will include: notions of "property"; an introduction the doctrines of undue influence and unconscionable dealing, estoppel to personal property; an introduction to real property including rights and equitable remedies. to fixtures and airspace; the different title systems relating to land in NSW (eg, Torrens; strata; Crown lands and including indigenous LAWS2016 systems); the nature and classification of equitable interests in land Evidence and personalty; the principles governing assignment of rights to property at common law and in equity (including by sale and by Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Miiko Kumar Session: Semester 2, Winter Main Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk for 10 weeks Prerequisites: compulsion - such as by bankruptcy), and an introduction to the LAWS1006 Foundations of Law and LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure principles for resolving competing claims to property Prohibitions: LAWS2006 Assessment: 1x interim exam (30%) and 1x 2 hr final exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal LAWS2013 (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day The Legal Profession Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Rita Shackel Session: Semester This unit of study aims to teach students the laws of evidence. The 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk for 10 weeks Prohibitions: LAWS1001, focus of this unit is on the operation of the laws of evidence in civil LAWS3002, LAWS3004 Assessment: 1 x mid-term exam (40%), 1x open book exam (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal and criminal trials. The unit considers the laws of evidence contained (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day in statute and the common law. Students will appreciate the significant Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the new LLB resolutions. law reform in this area. The unit considers the rules for adducing evidence, then the rules of admissibility (relevance, hearsay, opinion, The Legal Profession concentrates on the regulation of legal practice tendency and coincidence, credibility, character, privilege and the and its practitioners. Part 1 of The Legal Profession examines the discretions to exclude evidence). Finally, there will be consideration nature and structure of the legal profession, historical struggles to of issues relating to proof.This unit will focus on the uniform Evidence regulate the profession, and the current regulatory regime in New Acts 1995 and develop students© skills in the area of statutory South Wales. Developments towards national legal practice are also interpretation. Further, the unit aims to introduce students to the examined. Part 2 explores specific forms of legal practice, highlights contexts within which lawyers might encounter evidential issues in the major cultural and economic forces that challenge attempts to the course of a trial. Consideration is also given to the ethical problems regulate the profession and canvasses alternative ways of organising that may arise in the conduct of a trial. Students are encouraged to legal practice and providing legal services. Part 3 evaluates the way think critically about the doctrines that govern the laws of evidence. clients are treated by lawyers and suggests strategies to change their conduct in the interests of both equality and effective communication. LAWS2007 Furthermore, it examines lawyers© duties to their clients and the Court, Real Property and the ways in which the rules and principles of confidentiality and Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Fiona Burns Session: Semester conflicts of interest shape the advice and representation lawyers 2, Winter Main Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk.Students will be required to attend provide for their clients. classes for LAWS2017. Prohibitions: LAWS2017 Assessment: 1 x mid-term test, 1x final exam. Assessment is subject to change. Campus: LAWS2003 Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Corporate Law Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Jennifer Hill (semester 2), Mr Saul Fridman (summer school) Session: Semester 2, Summer Early The law of real property has always played an important role in the Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS2014 Assessment: 1x economic, social and political life of England and of those countries, mid-term test and 1x exam Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day such as Australia, which adopted its legal system. This unit of study Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to aims to provide a study of the modern-day law of real property. After candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. a brief historical introduction, we consider the nature of the various interests in land, the law of co-ownership (joint tenancies and tenancies This unit of study considers the legal structure of the corporation as in common), priorities between competing interests in land, and the an organisational form for both public and proprietary companies. It legislation governing the registration of instruments affecting land.We is designed as an introduction to both the law of corporations and the also consider the Mabo and Wik cases and concepts of native title. Australian context in which that operates. The focus of this unit is on Because of its significance in Australian land law, we spend some the nature of the corporation and its governance structure. The unit time considering the Torrens system.We also consider in some detail covers issues such as the implications of the company as a separate

63 11. Descriptions of undergraduate units of study the law relating to easements and covenants, and provide an LAWS2003 introduction to the law of mortgages and leases. Corporate Law Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Jennifer Hill (semester 2), Combined Law Year 4/Graduate Law Year 2 (old Mr Saul Fridman (summer school) Session: Semester 2, Summer Early resolutions*) Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS2014 Assessment: 1x mid-term test and 1x exam Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of LAWS2002 delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Administrative Law Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Nicola Franklin Session: Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk. Students will attend classes for LAWS2010. This unit of study considers the legal structure of the corporation as Prohibitions: LAWS2010 Assessment: 1x3,000wd essay (40%) and 1x2hr exam (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal an organisational form for both public and proprietary companies. It (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day is designed as an introduction to both the law of corporations and the Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to Australian context in which that operates. The focus of this unit is on candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. the nature of the corporation and its governance structure. The unit covers issues such as the implications of the company as a separate This unit of study involves a study of the relationships of individuals legal entity, power to bind the company, duties of directors, and and organisations with government decision makers. It examines the shareholders rights and remedies. Students will be required to evaluate legal principles which apply to those relationships with the aim of critically existing corporate law and reform proposals, with particular developing an understanding of the extent to which decision-makers reference to legislative policy and underpinning theory. within the executive branch of the government are accountable to parliament, to the courts and to other administrators, such as LAWS2004 ombudsmen and merits review tribunals.The unit provides an overview Equity of relevant legal principles and encourages an understanding of how Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Patrick Parkinson (convenor) values of openness, fairness and participation may be promoted. By Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk for 10 weeks and reading adopting a critical perspective, the unit requires an appreciation of guide on equitable assignments and priorities. Students are strongly encouraged how political theory and the insights of other disciplines may provide to attend the lectures on equitable assignments and priorities in Introduction to a framework for analysing the choices made by administrators, and Property and Commercial Law in first semester. Students will be advised of the timing of these classes. Prohibitions: LAWS2015 Assessment: 1x optional by judges in judicial review. essay (30%) and 1x exam (70% or 100%). The examination will contain a compulsory question on equitable assignments and priorities. Campus: LAWS2007 Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Real Property Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Fiona Burns Session: Semester candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. 2, Winter Main Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk.Students will be required to attend classes for LAWS2017. Prohibitions: LAWS2017 Assessment: 1 x mid-term An appreciation of equitable principles and remedies is fundamental test, 1x final exam. Assessment is subject to change. Campus: to understanding the Australian legal system. This unit of study Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day explains the origins of the equitable jurisdiction and examines its role Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to today. A substantial part of the unit is dedicated to study of the law of candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. trusts, including remedial constructive trusts. Other topics include The law of real property has always played an important role in the dealings with property in equity, assignments, fiduciary obligations, economic, social and political life of England and of those countries, the doctrines of undue influence and unconscionable dealing, estoppel such as Australia, which adopted its legal system. This unit of study and equitable remedies. aims to provide a study of the modern-day law of real property. After LAWS2006 a brief historical introduction, we consider the nature of the various Litigation interests in land, the law of co-ownership (joint tenancies and tenancies in common), priorities between competing interests in land, and the Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Miiko Kumar Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS2016 Assessment: 1x legislation governing the registration of instruments affecting land.We interim exam, 1x 2 hr final exam, 1 x 1000w pass/fail assignment Campus: also consider the Mabo and Wik cases and concepts of native title. Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Because of its significance in Australian land law, we spend some Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to time considering the Torrens system.We also consider in some detail candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. Student are required to the law relating to easements and covenants, and provide an attend classes for LAWS2016. introduction to the law of mortgages and leases. This unit of study seeks to provide a knowledge of the basic elements of civil and criminal procedure and evidence. The focus is primarily LAWS2005 on the law of civil procedure and the law of evidence. Pre-trial International Law procedures are studied including techniques for initiating litigation, Credit points: 8 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Tim Stephens Session: Semester limiting the issues for judicial decision, obtaining evidence to support 1, Summer Early, Winter Main Classes: 1 x 2hr lecture, 1 x 1 hr tutorial/wk Prohibitions: LAWS1018 Assessment: 1x3,000w assignment (30%), 1x2hr a case and avoiding trial. Attention then turns to the trial itself. Rules final exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal governing forms of evidence, and the basic inclusionary and (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day exclusionary rules of evidence, together with rules governing the Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to burden and standard of proof are considered. candidates proceeding under the old LLB resolutions. * Enrolment restricted to candidates who commenced Combined Law The unit of study is an introduction to the general problems, sources in 2005 or transferred to Combined Law in 2006. Online enrolment is and techniques of private international law and public international not available. Students proceeding under the old resolutions should law. The private international law part of the unit will focus on the contact the Law School for advice and permission to enrol in any of function and scope of this branch of municipal law, with particular these units of study. reference to jurisdiction, substance and procedure, proof of foreign law, exclusionary doctrines, and choice of law in tort. The public Optional units of study international law part of the unit will focus on the function and scope of this regime of legal norms in the modern world, with particular LAWS3400 reference to sources of law, the relationship between public Advanced Commercial Law international law and Australian law, state jurisdiction, jurisdictional Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Jacqueline Mowbray, Mr Wayne immunities and state responsibility, and law on the use of force. Courtney Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: (LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008) and (LAWS2004 or LAWS2015) and

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(LAWS2012 or LAWS2003 or LAWS2014) Prohibitions: LAWS3064 LAWS3402 Assessment: 1 x 2hr exam (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode Advanced Contracts of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Gregory Tolhurst Session: This unit of study offers students an opportunity to examine the key Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1015 or commercial doctrines and institutions in non-corporate commercial LAWS1002 or LAWS2008, LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 and LAWS2012 Prohibitions: LAWS3007 Assessment: 1 x mid-term exam (50%), 1 x final law.The unit will consider the regulation of commercial activity through exam (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal general legal principles, legislation and case law, and will advance (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day students© knowledge of not only commercial law but also statutory Note: Department permission required for enrolment. interpretation and case law analysis. This is a survey unit, offering a The aim of this course is to build on the level of knowledge students broad overview of commercial law. Topics may include commercial gained in the core contract course. To give the course a focus, two relationships (partnership; principal and agent; bailment); sale of particular areas of contract law are chosen each year and dealt with goods; risk management (taking security; retention of title; insurance); in detail. The areas chosen vary from year to year the choice being and commercial remedies. based on current movements in contract law and the research of the LAWS3401 lecturer; this is very much a research driven course. By the end of Advanced Constitutional Law term most aspects of the core contract course will be revisited at a higher level of sophistication within these core units. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Peter Gerangelos Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1004 or LAWS1021 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 Corequisites: LAWS2011 LAWS3403 Prohibitions: LAWS3027 Assessment: Class-participation (20%); and either Advanced Corporate Law 1) 1 x research essay (80%) or 2) 1 x 40001 essay (40%) and 1 x 2hr exam Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Saul Fridman Session: Semester (40%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Prohibitions: LAWS3008 Assessment: Students can select from various The main purpose of this course is to build on the fundamental options: 1 x 3000w research paper (50%) or 1 x 6000w research paper (100%) or 1 x take-home exam (either 50% or 100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington understandings achieved in Federal Constitutional Law in order to Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day provide a far broader and deeper understanding of the subject. This Note: Department permission required for enrolment. will be achieved by, first, examining in depth the fundamental aspects and tenets of ©constitutionalism© in the Australian context. Reliance This unit of study will deal with corporate insolvency as well as a will be on comparative jurisdictions, in particular the United States number of contemporary issues concerning debt and equity finance and the United Kingdom, the latter serving as an entre to relevant in Australian public and proprietary companies. It will cover issues in European Community law. A detailed analysis will first be receivership, voluntary administration, liquidation, the raising of attempted of the following major concepts, primarily from a theoretical corporate finance and the positions of shareholders and creditors in perspective, in the more precise context of Westminster-based the event of the company©s insolvency. systems: the rule of law, parliamentary sovereignty, judicial review and constitutional rights, separation of powers, federalism, LAWS3404 constitutional conventions, the status of common law principles as Advanced Criminal Law fundamental constitutional guarantees.Thus, for example, the course Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Arlie Loughnan Session: Semester will examine the evolving notion of parliamentary supremacy from 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1016 or LAWS1003 or LAWS2009 Assessment: 1 x research paper (30%), 1 x open-book exam Diceyan orthodoxy to the more recent debates involving leading (50%) and class participation (20%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode constitutional scholars in the UK and Australia. (TRS Allan, of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Goldsworthy, Hart, Hood Phillips, Jowell, Wade, Winterton) In relation This unit identifies current crime control case-studies which lend to separation of powers, the different constitutional consequences themselves to advanced historical and theoretical interrogation. In a which result when the doctrine is entrenched in a written constitution way which explains why criminal law is such a popular if problematic (as in the US and Australia) on the one hand, and when it exists as mechanism of social engineering, the processes for determining a convention without being so entrenched, on the other, will be criminal liability are revealed to be influenced by the shifting realities explored, again with reference to leading constitutional scholars in of law and order politics. The unit©s content will range from broad Australia, the UK and US. From this theoretical basis, the course will considerations such as the determination of individual and collective proceed to examine in detail the three main branches of government liability, and the tensions between subjectivity and reasonableness, from a constitutional perspective, with particular emphasis on the to more particular concerns with contemporary offence/defence separation of powers. construction. It will break away from a topic- driven approach to The definition, nature and limits of judicial, executive and legislative criminal law in favour of exploring liability and sanctioning in terms of power will be examined in detail. There will be particular emphasis specific contradictions and challenges. Discussion of relevant on the Australian position, although extensive reference will be made academic commentary will form part of the subject matter of the to other jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom and the United course. The advanced study of criminal law extends the foundational States.The functionalist/formalist debate will be examined to determine study of the criminal law in context and the processes of criminal the most justice in operation. A critical, cross-disciplinary approach to the appropriate interpretive methodology with respect to the application operation of criminal law will enable some discussion of legal theory, of the constitutional limitations which may emanate from the separation legal and social history and criminology. of powers. In so doing, the principal decisions of the High Court of Australia and other relevant courts in other jurisdictions. There will be LAWS3405 an opportunity to evaluate major Australian constitutional decisions Advanced Environmental Law in a detail not possible in the prerequisite and undergraduate courses. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Andrew Edgar/Ms Susan Shearing A principal underlying theme will be the extent to which the tenets of Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS3024 constitutionalism are being complied with in Australia and the extent or LAWS3430 Corequisites: LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 Assessment: 2 x to which they can be. The interpretational methodology of the High 3000w assignments (50% each) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Court will be a critical theme. The course will be enriched and made more presently relevant by the This unit of study aims to build on the knowledge students gained in exploration of current developing themes in constitutional law. The the Environmental Law unit. It focuses on environmental governance precise topics may vary from year to year. Depending on the topic, and accountability for decision-making.The unit explores government this may involve the introduction of completely new themes or the decision-making processes and the role of courts, tribunals and other integration of developments with topics already examined. institutions, such as the Independent Commission Against Corruption,

65 11. Descriptions of undergraduate units of study in providing accountability mechanisms. It also examines ways in activities, different types of entity, and complex transactions, and the which corporations are regulated and the role of financial institutions, operation of the income tax in an international environment.The taxes the insurance industry and non-government organisations in driving covered extend beyond the income tax to include stamp duties and change in corporate environmental behaviour. goods and services tax. This unit of study will cover the following topics: (a) taxation of partnerships and trusts; (b) taxation of companies LAWS3406 and shareholders under the imputation system; (c) taxation of Advanced Evidence international transactions; (d) goods and services tax; and (e) stamp Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Miiko Kumar Session: Semester duties. 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS2006 or LAWS2016 Assessment: Class participation (25%), 1 x 4000w research essay (75%) LAWS3410 (subject to class size) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Animal Law Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Celeste Black Session: Semester This unit builds on knowledge gained in the compulsory course 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3088 Assessment: 1 x Evidence (or Litigation). The unit has three aims. Firstly, it examines 2000w research essay/reflection (40%), 1 x 3000w take-home exam (60%) the rules of evidence covered in the compulsory Evidence course in Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day greater depth. Secondly, this unit covers new topics such as (i) theories of evidence (ii) identification evidence, (iii) evidence of past sexual This unit of study examines the ways in which the law defines and history (iv) interaction between human rights legislation and evidential regulates the relationship between humans and animals. It introduces rules. Thirdly, the unit engages in a comparative analysis with students to the key issues, legal frameworks and regulatory regimes evidential rules in Australian and International jurisdictions. in this area whilst encouraging a critical examination of these sources. The unit begins with a discussion of the status of animals as property LAWS3407 and the implications of this approach and then moves to providing an Advanced Family Law overview of the moral and ethical arguments supporting an animal Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Patrick Parkinson Session: protection position and the case for animal rights. The focus of the Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS3026 or unit is on the regulatory frameworks which currently apply to LAWS3432 Assessment: 1 x 4,000w assignment (50%), 1 x 1.5hr exam (50%) interactions between humans and animals, both domesticated and Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day wild. The following topics will be considered: legal issues relating to companion animals; torts and animals; animal welfare legislation and This unit of study will focus on key issues of contemporary importance its enforcement; the regulation of the agricultural use of animals and in Family Law including: processes for dealing with family law disputes; product labelling; animal welfare standards and free trade; live export the role of Family Relationship Centres, issues about mediation, of animals; the regulation of the use of animals in science; and issues dealing with issues of violence and abuse in family law, the property relating to wildlife, including conservation and management, hunting, interests of third parties and proposals for reform in Australian family pest animals and endangered species. Although the primary focus of law. the unit is the law in Australia, wherever relevant, the approach to these issues which has developed in Australia will be compared and LAWS3408 contrasted with that of other jurisdictions. Advanced Public International Law Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Chester Brown Session: LAWS3411 Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1018 or Anti-Discrimination Law LAWS2005 Prohibitions: LAWS3009 Assessment: 1 x 4000w essay (50%), 1 x 2hr exam (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Belinda Smith Session: Semester Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3012 Assessment: 1 x 2,500w research assignment (35%), 1 x 2hr exam (65%) Campus: This unit provides an opportunity for students who are familiar with Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day the basic institutions and processes of public international law to The objective of this unit is to enable students to examine and develop deepen their understanding by studying in greater detail than is answers to the following questions: (i) What is discrimination and what possible in the introductory unit several areas of conceptual importance harm does it cause? (ii) How has the law been used in Australia to and contemporary relevance. It follows that a prerequisite is the unit, address discrimination? (iii) What type of conduct does International Law, or an equivalent unit undertaken at another anti-discrimination law prohibit? Specifically, which traits are protected, institution. in what contexts and with what exceptions? (iv) What remedies can The topics covered by this unit are: (1) the law of treaties; (2) the be sought for unlawful discrimination and how are these enforced? international law of the sea; (3) international environmental law; (4) (v) What are the limits and future directions of anti-discrimination law? international dispute resolution; and (5) the law of international The law as it operates will be examined, focussing on particular organisations and the United Nations. Some of these topics (treaties, grounds of discrimination (such as sex, race, disability, age, or family disputes, and organisations) frame the system of international law as responsibilities), but considerable attention is also paid to regulatory a whole and are vital to understanding how that system functions (and, alternatives to explore how the law could be developed. sometimes, dysfunctions). The other topics (law of the sea and environmental law) are specialised, substantive areas of law which LAWS3412 are of particular importance to global governance of resources, Australian Income Tax particularly for a large, ecologically diverse and maritime State such Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Celeste Black Session: Semester as Australia, and in an era of climate change. 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3047 Assessment: 1x1hr mid-semester quiz (30%,) 1x2hr final exam (70%) Campus: LAWS3409 Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Advanced Taxation Law This unit provides an introduction to the Australian federal income tax Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Micah Burch Session: Semester system (including capital gains tax and fringe benefits tax). It 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS3047 or LAWS3412 introduces both the operation of the tax laws and the underlying Prohibitions: LAWS3013 Assessment: 1 x 1hr class test (30%), 1 x 2hr exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal principles which those laws seek to implement, as well as the important (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day issues in tax policy, thereby allowing students to make a critical examination of the Australian tax system. Topics covered include the This unit of study further pursues the goals of Australian Income Tax concept of income, capital gains tax, income from property, and is to be regarded as an extension of that unit. In particular, the compensation receipts, periodic receipts, income from services and unit analyses the special difficulties of levying tax on business fringe benefits tax, business income, allowable deductions and the

66 11. Descriptions of undergraduate units of study capital/revenue distinction, private outgoings and dual purpose LAWS3418 expenditure, basic tax accounting principles, and legislative responses Comparative Constitutional Law: Aus & US to tax avoidance. The unit also introduces the key concepts used to Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professir Helen Irving Session: evaluate tax policy, including welfare economics, thereby providing Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1004 or students with a basic understanding of why taxation is of such (LAWS1021 and LAWS2011) or LAWS3003 or LAWS3000 Assessment: 1 x 3000w research essay (50%), 1 x 2hr exam (50%) Campus: fundamental concern in modern democratic societies.This unit serves Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day as an introduction to the Australian income tax system and is a prerequisite for Advanced Taxation Law. Australia and the United States are common law countries, with federal constitutions and shared historical roots. Many provisions in the LAWS3413 Australian Constitution were borrowed directly from the United States Banking and Financial Instruments Constitution. Australia©s federal distribution of powers and its provisions Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Roger Magnusson Session: for a federal judiciary are closely modelled on the United States. The Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1015 or major difference is the absence of a Bill of Rights in the Australian LAWS1002, LAWS2004 or LAWS2015, LAWS2007or LAWS2017 Prohibitions: Constitution. While Australia has been significantly influenced by the LAWS3101 Assessment: Three options: 1) 2 x 1,500-2,000w assignments (60%), 1 x 1hr exam (40%); 2) 1 x 3,500w essay (50%), 1 x 80 min exam (50%); jurisprudence of the U.S. Supreme Court, there are striking differences 3) 1 x 2hr exam (100%). Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: in each country©s constitutional law.This unit will explore the similarities Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day and difference, with a focus on the legal and cultural history of the two countries, differences in legal institutions, and constitutional This unit aims to provide students with: doctrine. Its topics will include some or all of the following: federalism, * An overview of the legal regulation and supervision of banks and the separation of powers, rights and freedoms, the constitutional other Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions (ADIs); regulation of property, and the role and powers of the constitutional * An understanding of the legal basis of the relationship between court. banks, ADIs and their customers, and an overview of the more common rights and duties which adhere to the banker/customer LAWS3419 relationship; Competition Law * An introduction to cheques and bills of exchange; Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Brett Williams Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3016 Assessment: class * An introduction to basic principles of secured debt, with a focus on presentation, 1 x 2000w essay (33.3%), 1 x 2hr exam (66.6%) Campus: guarantees and charges. Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day

LAWS3068 This unit of study examines competition law and policy in Australia. Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems The central part of the course deals with Part IV of the Trade Practices Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Vivienne Bath Session: Summer Act 1974 (Cth). The framework for analysis will include a critical L1, Summer L3 Classes: Intensive mode (3 weeks). Teaching takes place in examination of the fundamental purposes of competition law policy. November/December in Shanghai as part of the Shanghai Winter School. The Some references will be made to the restrictive trade practices unit is assessed in the following year. Applications for the Winter School open provisions of comparative jurisdictions. in June and close in July. Prohibitions: LAWS3014 Assessment: 1x take-home exam to be completed in Shanghai (100%) Campus: Shanghai Mode of Topics include: (a) common law antecedents of competition law and delivery: Block Mode history of competition law legislation; (b) National Competition Policy Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to and legislation; (c) application of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth); cross-institutional and non-degree candidates, and University of Sydney LLB (d) elementary economic theory of monopoly and the goals of candidates proceeding under the new resolutions. competition policy; (e) fundamental concepts of competition, market This unit of study provides an overall picture of the contemporary definition, market power and public benefit; (f) mergers and Chinese legal system. The unit seeks to develop an understanding acquisitions; (g) horizontal arrangements including cartel conduct, of the unique character of Chinese law by tracing its role through major primary boycotts, and arrangements which substantially lessen social epochs - its imperial origins, the reforms of the Nationalist competition; (h) vertical arrangements including exclusive dealing and regime, the eras of revolutionary and radical transformations, and its third line forcing; (i) misuse of substantial market power; (j) notifications role in a socialist market economy. The nature and function of law in and authorizations; and (k) overview of remedies and enforcement. contemporary China is explored through examination of the Additional topics may include resale price maintenance or access to development of various legal regimes, including constitutional and essential facilities. administrative law, the civil and criminal law systems, the legal profession and court system, real property law, foreign investment LAWS3423 law and intellectual property law. Copyright, Design and Patents Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Simon Butt (Sem 1), Dr David LAWS3417 Rolph (Sem 2 and Summer School) Session: Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer Commercial Land Law Early Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3033 Assessment: Sem 1: Two options: 1 x 5,000w (50%) and 1 x 1.5 hr examination (50%); or 2) Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Fiona Burns Session: Semester 1 x 3 hr examination (100%) Sem 2: Two options: 1) 1 x 5,000w research essay 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 (50%) and 1 x 2 hr exam (50%); 2) 1 x 3 hr exam (100%) Campus: Assessment: Class presentation (20%), 1 x 1800w research essay (30%), 1 Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day x exam (50%). NB Assessment subject to change and dependent on enrolment numbers. Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal This unit of study will focus on copyright, design and patent laws. (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day These areas of law are often justified on the presumption that they This unit aims to explore in greater depth some important aspects of encourage the exercise of inventive, creative and entrepreneurial skill the law of real property which the compulsory Real Property unit does and labour.The protection these areas of law provides is said to better not cover. The topics which will be covered will be: leases (including enable commercial exploitation of the resulting works, products or covenants of leases, assignments of leases, remedies of landlords, processes. Most aspects of copyright law will be covered, including relief against forfeiture and subleases); possessory title; mortgages the implications of the internet, accompanied by an overview of patent (with special attention on the rights and remedies of the mortgagor protection.There will be a particular focus on patents covering medical and mortgagee; reverse mortgages); options and strata and community process and business method patents, in light of their recent titles. development and controversial nature. Although the unit of study will emphasise legal doctrine and be taught from the perspective of a relatively depoliticised formalism, it is also recognised that the deployment and the regulation of intellectual property inevitably have

67 11. Descriptions of undergraduate units of study substantial cultural and economic consequences, which in turn inform The purpose of this unit of study is twofold: firstly, to provide a detailed and shape the development of legal doctrine. So, for example, Gone account of the emergence and nature of the CLS movement, paying With The Wind, as a literary work still under copyright, is both an asset particular attention, inter alia, to its intellectual predecessors within with a monetary value and the focus of a civil rights activism which legal theory (such as legal realism); to the various different strands demands the right to imitate the work for social and political criticism of political, social and literary philosophy on which it is based (including and parody. Pharmaceutical patents are both valuable assets to their thinkers such as, for example, Foucault, Derrida, and the theorists of owners, who accordingly demand extensive legal protection for those the Frankfurt School); and to the various different tensions and assets, and also the target of vigorous criticism in the developing world subtexts within the CLS movement itself (such as rationalism and for the patents© potentially detrimental effect on public health in relation irrationalism, structuralism and subjectivism, nihilism and utopianism). to, inter alia, HIV. There will, accordingly, be some attention paid in Secondly, the course will examine the reasons why the movement this unit to the cultural and economic consequences of intellectual appears to have, by the end of the 1990s, exhausted both the property laws, to the significance of access to the public domain and enthusiasm of its main exponents and the wealth of its intellectual to the effects of international trade pressure in the area. resources; and, more importantly, the issue of "what next"? This part of the course will accordingly focus on "post-critical" approaches to LAWS3424 legal theory, ranging from the various turns to identity politics, to Corporate and Securities Regulation different forms of ethics, and to rhetoric as potential responses to the Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Freehills staff Session: Semester 2 critical challenge to law. Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk at Phillip St building Prerequisites: LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 Prohibitions: LAWS3108 Assessment: class participation LAWS3427 (10%), 1 x 3hr exam (90%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Death and Inheritance Law Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Fiona Burns Session: Semester Explore the world of a mergers and acquisitions lawyer! This unit 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3056 Assessment: Class discusses takeovers and schemes of arrangement from a technical, presentation (20%), 1 x 1800w research essay (30%), 1 x exam (50%). NB practical and tactical viewpoint. Does a distressed market give rise to Subject to change and dependent on enrolment numbers. Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day transactional opportunities - or rescue operations? How do corporations find money in a market with none to lend? Has the The unit covers the law that governs the transmission of property Takeovers Panel removed the scope for poison pills - and how far rights from one holder to other persons on the death of the holder. should a target search for white knights? How do minority The unit begins with an overview of succession law in Australia; looking shareholders, arbitrageurs and institutional shareholders fare in the at testamentary freedom in its historical context; the development of corporate playing field? Students will not only examine legal principle, powers of testation, and the reception of English law in NSW. The but also its practical application in our current market. unit then considers the modern family relationships for succession; the boundaries of the law of succession (dealing with such matters LAWS3426 as nominations, donationes mortis causa and contracts involving wills); Criminology the legal fact of death; intestate succession, the law of wills, family Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Julie Stubbs, Assoc Prof provision legislation and some aspects of the administration of Gail Mason, Dr Murray Lee Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr deceased estates. seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3020 Assessment: 1 x 2,250-3,000w research essay (50%), 1 x take-home exam (40%), class presentation (10%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal LAWS3428 (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Defamation and Privacy Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr David Rolph Session: Semester This unit of study aims to introduce students to the theoretical issues 1, Summer Early Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3059 associated with the definition and explanation of crime, criminality and Assessment: Four options: 1) 1 x Assignment (30%) and 1 x 2 hr exam (70%); crime control. Rationales for punishment are examined along with 2) 1 x Essay (40%) and 1x 2 hr exam (60%); 3) 1 x Assignment (30%), 1 x sentencing, and other possible responses to criminal behaviour are Essay (40%) and 1 x 1hr exam (30%); or 4) 1 x 3 hr exam (100%). Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day explored. The unit considers the impact of criminal justice policy and Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions: practice on particular groups which may include juveniles, women, Semester 1. Indigenous people, ethnic minorities and victims of crime. The regulation of particular types of offences such as hate crime are This unit of study analyses two areas of law which have a significant considered. Other topical issues are covered as they arise in impact on the daily practice of journalism. Both of these areas of law contemporary criminological debate. Students are expected to take relate to the personal interests of private plaintiffs and the legal part in visits to a gaol and/or a juvenile detention centre. recourse such plaintiffs may have against media outlets. The tort of defamation, which protects a plaintiff©s reputation, is a well-established LAWS3473 cause of action which notoriously has a "chilling" effect on what the Critical Legal Theory media publishes. By contrast, direct legal protection of privacy against Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Euan McDonald Session: invasions by the media is a rapidly developing area of law in Australia, Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Assessment: Class participation the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the European Union.This unit (20%); 1 x class presentation (20%); 1 x 5000w essay (60%) Subject to change. of study provides a detailed examination of the principles of defamation Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal law relating to liability, defences and remedies. It also examines how (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day different common law legal systems are developing direct legal Note: This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. protection for individuals© privacy against intrusive media coverage. The Critical Legal Studies (CLS) movement exploded onto the This unit of study provides a thorough doctrinal analysis of defamation, academic scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s; by the late 1990s, privacy and breach of confidence, as well as placing these areas of it had all but burned out - yet it left a profoundly changed legal law in their broader historical, international, comparative, social and academy in its wake. Previously, the central questions of legal theory cultural contexts. had largely been addressed in a manner - whether based on natural law or legal positivism - entirely "internal" to law itself, and had been LAWS3430 predicated upon the maintenance of hard distinctions, in both theory Environmental Law and practice, between, for example, law and politics, public and private, Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Andrew Edgar/Ms Susan Shearing and self and other. After CLS, these - and many other - previously Session: Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Corequisites: LAWS2002 cherished assumptions no longer seem tenable. or LAWS2010 Prohibitions: LAWS3024 Assessment: 1 x 3000wd assignment (50%) and 1x take-home exam (50%)) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day

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Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Family Law will focus on the following topics: constitutional and jurisdictional issues; marriage, divorce and de facto relationships, the This unit of study introduces students to the legal and institutional resolution of disputes relating to children under the Family Law Act implications of adopting the precepts of ecologically sustainable 1975, property division under the Family Law Act; child support and development, particularly for governments and corporations. The unit maintenance. begins with a discussion of environmental ethics and sustainable development, followed by an exploration of its ramifications for policy LAWS3030 and decision-making, legal structures and processes, and federal Independent Research Project relations. Various fields of regulation (including climate change, Credit points: 4 Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Prohibitions: LAWS3031, heritage, water, land-use and pollution) provide the context in which LAWS3115, LAWS3260 Assessment: 1x5000w research paper Campus: to develop the issues. Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Enrolment in this LAWS3474 unit of study is at the discretion of the Faculty. Enrolment is by special application Equity and Financial Risk Allocation and is restricted to students in their final year of study. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor John Stumbles Session: The goal of this unit of study is to provide students with an opportunity Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 Assessment: 1x3000w essay (30%) and 1x2hr exam (70%) to pursue independent research in an area of their choosing. The Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal project must involve a new piece of research. Material which has been (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day submitted for assessment in any other unit of study may not form part of the project. Before enrolling in this unit of study, the student must The objective of this unit is to introduce the role of equity as a potential formulate in writing the topic of the research project and a statement mechanism for allocating risk in commercial transactions. The unit of methodology.The topic of the research project and the methodology introduces equitable doctrines, such as the doctrines of contribution, must be approved in writing by a member of the teaching staff who subrogation, marshalling and set-off, and explores how these doctrines agrees to act as supervisor and to be responsible for assessment of assist in determining how parties in a commercial transaction should the research project. This approval will not be given if the topic of the bear the financial risk. It also compares and contrasts the equitable research project falls within the scope of another unit of study being principles with analogous common law rules and State legislative offered in the same semester. Students must have a WAM of 70% or provisions (where relevant). higher to be eligible to enrol in this unit. LAWS3431 LAWS3115 External Placement Program Independent Research Project Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Graeme Coss Session: Semester 2 Classes: 8 x 2hr seminars/semester Prohibitions: LAWS3025 Assessment: Credit points: 2 Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Prohibitions: LAWS3031, class presentation and performance (30%), site performance (30%), and 1 x LAWS3030, LAWS3260 Assessment: 1 x 2,500w research paper Campus: essay (40%). Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Professional Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Practice Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Enrolment in this unit is by special application. Enrolment is restricted to students in their final The goal of this unit of study is to provide students with an opportunity year of study. to pursue independent research in an area of their choosing. The project must involve a new piece of research. Material which has been In this unit of study students are afforded the opportunity to work for submitted for assessment in any other unit of study may not form part up to one day per week during the semester in a ©public interest© of the project. Before enrolling in this unit of study, the student must placement site. In addition, students attend fortnightly seminars which formulate in writing the topic of the research project and a statement are designed to promote discussion and reflection on a range of issues of methodology.The topic of the research project and the methodology that may arise during the course of the placement as well as seminar must be approved in writing by a member of the teaching staff who presentations on matters relevant to public interest externships. The agrees to act as supervisor and to be responsible for assessment of unit has a public interest focus which is reflected in the selection of the research project. This approval will not be given if the topic of the placement sites. research project falls within the scope of another unit of study being At the end of the unit students should have: offered in the same semester. Students must have a WAM of 70% or * acquired a better sense of the professional and personal higher to be eligible to enrol in this unit. responsibilities associated with the practice of law; * developed an appreciation that the law is a people profession; LAWS3260 Independent Research Project * observed and participated in a high level of problem solving flowing Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Prohibitions: LAWS3030, from real case files (where appropriate); LAWS3031, LAWS3115 Assessment: 1 x 7,500w research paper Campus: * been introduced to the basic inter-personal skills involved in the Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day practice of law; Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application and is restricted to students in their final * interact with legal professionals in a flexible learning environment; year of study. * been introduced to aspects of the practice of law such as legal writing, advocacy and time management; and The goal of this unit of study is to provide students with an opportunity to pursue independent research in an area of their choosing. The * developed the character and habits of a reflective practitioner. project must involve a new piece of research. Material which has been submitted for assessment in any other unit of study may not form part LAWS3432 of the project. Before enrolling in this unit of study, the student must Family Law formulate in writing the topic of the research project and a statement Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Patrick Parkinson Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3026 of methodology.The topic of the research project and the methodology Assessment: 1 x 3,000w assignment (40%), 1 x 2hr exam (60%) Campus: must be approved in writing by a member of the teaching staff who Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day agrees to act as supervisor and to be responsible for assessment of the research project. This approval will not be given if the topic of the Family Law deals with the core provisions of the Family Law Act 1975 research project falls within the scope of another unit of study being governing parenting of children and the property of married couples. offered in the same semester. Students must have a WAM of 70% or This course is essential for those interested in Family Law. It is a higher to be eligible to enrol in this unit. pre-requisite for Advanced Family Law.

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LAWS3435 This unit of study aims to introduce students to the fundamentals of Indigenous People and the Law international commercial arbitration. The course covers the entire Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk process of international arbitration: the significance of international Prohibitions: LAWS3005 Assessment: Class participation and presentation commercial arbitration in international dispute resolution; the (10%); 1 x 4000w essay (50%); 1 x take-home exam (40%). Subject to change. importance of a well drafted arbitration agreement; all procedural Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day aspects and legal issues arising during cross border arbitrations; arbitral awards and the enforcement of arbitral awards around the The course will provide students with an overview of the historical and world through the New York Convention 1958. contemporary issues which structure the relationship between the The unit will also cover the role and significance of specialised forms Aboriginal peoples of Australia and the criminal justice system. The of international arbitrations and organisations involved in administering course will also provide an opportunity for discussion and analysis of international arbitrations, such as maritime arbitrations, World Trade specific issues as they arise. Organisation (Trade Law/Free Trade Agreement disputes), A major focus of the course will be the work of the Royal Commission International Chamber of Commerce (large institution involved in into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, the National Inquiry into Racist administering international commercial arbitrations), Investor-State Violence and the Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of arbitrations (Bilateral Investment Treaties), sports arbitrations and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families. In Mediation in an international setting. particular there will be consideration of the state and federal responses to these national inquiries. LAWS3438 Specific issues will be analysed including the extent and nature of International Commercial Transactions criminalisation, Aboriginal women and the justice system, Aboriginal Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Vivienne Bath Session: Semester young people and the juvenile justice system, and Aboriginal/police 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 Prohibitions: LAWS3072 Assessment: 1 x mid-term exam (50%; relations. Other aspects of the justice system which will be discussed 90 minutes plus reading time),1 x 3000w research essay (50%), participation include legislation, courts and sentencing, imprisonment, community in the negotiation exercise. Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of justice mechanisms and contemporary customary law, sovereignty delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day and self-determination. Note: Department permission required for enrolment. The course will also provide comparative material where appropriate. The objective of this unit is to provide students with an introduction to Many of the specific issues which arise can be usefully compared to a number of areas of international and cross-border business law and the experiences of indigenous people in other ©settler© countries such business transactions and to provide students with a basis which will as Canada, New Zealand and the USA. There will also be reference allow them to study some of those areas in more detail. to international law as it relates to criminal justice issues and The course will begin with an overview of the scope of the law relating recognition of Indigenous communities. to international transactions. The core topics are international sale of goods, carriage of goods, international payments and financing of LAWS3445 international sales and methods of doing business in foreign markets, Insolvency Law including international protection of intellectual property, dispute Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor John Stumbles Session: Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS2003 or resolution in international business disputes and the availability and LAWS2014 Assessment: 1x 3000w essay (30%) and 1x 2hr exam (70%) use of available business structures and methods such as direct Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal foreign investment. As part of the discussion of intellectual property (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day and technology protection and use of available business structures, The unit provides an introduction to the law regulating insolvent students will look at the structure and drafting of international individuals and companies. It explores the objectives and key principles commercial agreements, and participate in a skills exercise requiring of insolvency law, the various forms of insolvent administration them to divide into teams and engage in a short negotiation. including bankruptcy, liquidation and voluntary administration and The course is focussed on the law as it affects individual business associated procedures together with the avoidance of transactions in entities rather than on the relationships between States. It therefore insolvency. The unit also considers the impact of insolvency on will not cover the World Trade Organization treaties in any detail, employees, unsecured creditors and shareholders. although it will deal with the way that certain treaties have an impact on domestic law in relevant areas, including international sale of goods, LAWS3436 carriage of goods and international dispute settlement. International/Comparative Jurisprudence Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Alex Ziegert Session: LAWS3439 Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: JURS3006 International Economic Law Assessment: 1x 1,000-2,000w research plan (40%), 1 x 3,750-5,000w research Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Brett Williams Session: Semester paper (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Prohibitions: LAWS3090 Assessment: 1 x 2,500w essay (33.3%), 1 x 2.5hr Note: Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB exam (66.6%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day This unit of study will introduce the student to a basic understanding Note: For students going on to do a University of Sydney LLM, students who of the variability of law as a function of the variability of the social have done this course may enrol in LAWS6249 World Trade Organization II context in which it operates. By applying comparativist theory and without having to complete the normal pre-requisite unit, LAWS6063 World empirical methodology from different perspectives, the unit will prepare Trade Organization Law I the ground for an appreciation of the operation of society©s law in the This course is an introduction to the law of the World Trade complex historical setting of different cultural systems, nation states, Organization and may also cover an introduction to Bilateral Trade multicultural societies and on the international level. Agreements and Bilateral Investment Treaties. LAWS3437 The largest part of the course deals with the law of the World Trade International Commercial Arbitration Organization and the context of economics and politics within which the law operates. This section of the course considers economic and Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adjunct Prof Rashda Rana Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1015 or political arguments for and against protection based on some basic LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 Prohibitions: LAWS3092 Assessment: 1 x economics of trade and economics of public choice. The course 2,000-2,500w assignment (40%), 1 x 2hr exam (60%) Campus: presents an overview of the history of the GATT-WTO system and a Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day more detailed study of the dispute settlement system. The course analyzes some of the fundamental rules of the General Agreement

70 11. Descriptions of undergraduate units of study on Tariffs and Trade (©GATT©): rules on customs duties, national philosophical question of when political violence is justified, against treatment, non-tariff barriers, the MFN rule on non-discrimination and whom, and for what purposes - and who is empowered to define, an introduction to the rules on subsidies. The course then studies the detain, prosecute and sometimes even kill the enemy. framework of rules under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (©GATS©) and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual LAWS3443 Property (©TRIPS©). Interpretation The rest of the course is selected from three areas: Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Patricia Lane Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk for 10 weeks Prerequisites: (LAWS1002 or - Bilateral Investment Treaties; LAWS2008 or LAWS1015) and (LAWS2002 or LAWS1021) Assessment: 1 - Bilateral Trade Treaties; and x 2,500-3,000w assignment (40%), 1 x 1000w drafting exercise (20%), 1 take home exam (40%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: - selected further topics of World Trade Organization law drawn from Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day five areas: the GATT exceptions for restrictions for health, environmental, technical regulations and quarantine reasons; the This course covers the legal framework within which instruments are GATT escape clauses providing for Safeguard measures, Anti-dumping interpreted. While mainly relevant to statutory interpretation, the unit Duties and Countervailing Duties; further consideration of the MFN will also cover aspects of the law of interpretation of contracts and rule by considering the exception for free trade areas and customs other consensual instruments, such as treaties. unions; further consideration of the GATS by considering at least one The primary objective in interpretation of instruments is to give meaning specific service sector, and further consideration of the TRIPS by to the words of the instrument. As observed by the former Chief Justice considering the extent of some exceptions. of the High Court, the question is not what the legislature, or the parties, subjectively intended, but the meaning of the words which LAWS3434 must be ascertained in construing the effect of the instrument (Gleeson International Human Rights Law CJ, Wilson v Anderson (2002) 213 CLR 401 at [8]). Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk A variety of interpretive principles are used to ascertain the meaning Prerequisites: LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 Prohibitions: LAWS3034 of the words used in an instrument. The course will cover: Assessment: 1 x 4000w essay (60%), 1 x take-home exam (40%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day * approaches to interpretation, with emphasis on the function of Note: Department permission required for enrolment. interpretation in private law and public law; * Aspects of the interpretation of private instruments - contracts, This unit of study introduces students to the principles and practice testamentary dispositions, collective agreements. of international human rights law - a species of international law and policy and a field of ever-expanding dimensions. It will introduce * Principles of statutory interpretation, including: students to some key concepts, debates, documents and institutions othe conventions of grammatical interpretation of statutes, including in this field, while encouraging critical examination of these from a the approach to the use of technical words, the need to read the variety of angles. In summary, this unit considers the question: What instrument as a whole, and approaches to ambiguity and inconsistency happens when we regard a situation or predicament as one involving of language. a breach of international human rights law? What possibilities and ospecific common law principles of interpretation, including the problems does this entail? Addressing these questions, we will look interpretation to uphold validity (the ut res magis valeat quam pereat at: (a) particular fora where international human rights law is being principle); the extent of literal adherence to the text; and the ©mischief© produced (international tribunals, domestic courts, multilateral bodies rule, - including United Nations organs - regional agencies, othe role of presumptions, such as the presumption of non-interference non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, and the with fundamental human rights, or vested proprietary rights, unless media); (b) particular settings where international human rights law clearly expressed; constitutionality and territoriality, and principles is being deployed (in Australia and elsewhere); and (c) particular governing implied repeal, identities/subjects that international human rights law aspires to shape, othe use of extrinsic aids to interpretation, regulate or secure. othe role and function of interpretation acts. LAWS3440 * Aspects of interpretation of international of national and international International Law of War, Crime & Terror instruments - Constitutions and treaties. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Ben Saul Session: Semester 1 It is envisaged that at least part of the course content will be taught Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 by eminent guest lecturers from within and outside the Faculty. Prohibitions: LAWS3086 Assessment: 1 x 3,000w essay/assignment (50%), 1 x 2hr take-home exam (50%) , 1 x 10 minute class presentation (pass/fail) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal LAWS3441 (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Introduction to Islamic Law Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Salim Farrar Session: Semester 1 Classes: 1x1hr lecture, 1x2hr seminar/wk Assessment: 1 x 5000w essay One vital function of public international is its struggle against violence, (80%), structure and unstructured class participation (20%) Campus: including violence which is international or internal, committed by Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day States or non-State actors, and whether it is classified as war, crime or terror. This unit explores how international law seeks to regulate This seminar program is an introductory course in Islamic Law. It will and classify, and to prevent, suppress and punish, the spectrum of focus on Shari©ah (the classical laws as derived from the religious violence which plagues national and international communities. Five sources), and will seek to explain its relationship to the contemporary key areas of law are considered: (1) the law on the use of force (jus laws of Muslim states and to the cultural practices of Muslim ad bellum), (2) the law of armed conflict / international humanitarian communities living in Australia and other predominantly non-Muslim law (jus in bello), (3) international criminal law, (4) international states. anti-terrorism law, and (5) the human rights law of public emergencies. The course aims to provide a basic understanding of the sources of By considering these branches of law together, students will appreciate Islamic Law, their interpretation, and of the ©Schools of Law© which how and why different regimes developed to regulate different species predominate in the Muslim World. The case studies, in particular, aim of violence; appreciate points of convergence and divergence between to engage students to assess critically past and present those regimes; understand how the reality of violence often defies understandings in the contexts of modernity, post-modernity, ©human any neat categorisation into war, crime or terror; and appreciate the rights©, and social change. promise and limits of law in confronting violence.The study of violence (and the law©s response to it) is ultimately the study of the timeless

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LAWS3444 LAWS3447 Japanese Law Law and Economics Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Luke Nottage Session: Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Patricia Apps Session: Summer L4 Classes: Intensive in Kyoto and Tokyo 8-12 & 15-18 February Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3036 2010. Applications open in September 2009 and close in October. Prohibitions: Assessment: 1 x 1000w essay (15%), 1 x 1200w essay (20%), class LAWS3076 Assessment: 2 x 750w reflective notes (20%), and 1 x 4500w participation (5%) and 1 x 2hr exam (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington research essay (80%) Campus: Kyoto/Tokyo Mode of delivery: Block Mode Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. This unit aims to develop the general skills of comparative lawyers, to effectively and critically assess contemporary developments in the The aim of the unit of study is to provide an understanding of the legal system of the largest economy in our region. It is taught economic analysis of law and to clarify fundamental differences intensively in Japan by co-directors of the Australian Network for between legal argument and the analysis of public policy. The unit Japanese Law (www.law.usyd.edu.au/anjel) and Japanese professors, defines the role of government within the framework of welfare mainly from Ritsumeikan University Law School in Kyoto, with some economics and examines the social and economic effects of legal guest lectures by Japanese and other practitioners as well as field regimes within that framework. Particular attention is given to the trips to various legal institutions. About half the students generally concept of a competitive market, to the available empirical evidence come from Ritsumeikan or other Japanese Law Schools; the other of market failure, and to the need for government intervention in half come from Australian universities or other institutions. The first response to market failure and its negative consequences for social week in Kyoto provides an introduction to how law operates in justice. Topics covered include: distributive justice and social Japanese society. After an overview of comparative law techniques, insurance; monopoly and environmental regulation; economics of Japanese legal history and its contemporary legal system, classes property and contract law; labour law and bargaining power; tort rights explore civil and criminal justice, politics and constitutionalism, gender and remedies; asymmetric information, adverse selection and moral and law, and an introduction to business and law. The second week hazard, with applications to medical malpractice; agency, corporate in Tokyo examines business law topics in socio-economic context in governance and bankruptcy; family law and the economics of the more detail, such as corporate and securities law, consumer law household; and models of crime and the effects of criminal sanctions. (including product safety and financial services), insolvency and labour law, ADR, and lawyering. LAWS3114 Law as Communication (Seminar) LAWS3093 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Mark van Hoecke Session: Jessup International Law Moot Semester 1 Classes: 3 x 2hr seminars/wk for 7 weeks beginning week 1. Assessment: Class participation, 1 x exam or 1 x take-home exam (essay). Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Timothy Stephens Session: S2 Subject to change Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Late Ib Prerequisites: LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 Prohibitions: LAWS3035 Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Assessment: class participation, memorial writing & mooting and team Note: This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. participation Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day The course considers some main problems of Legal Theory including Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Enrolment in this the following: unit of study is by special application. 1. What is Legal Theory - Jurisprudence - Legal Philosophy ? This unit of study is based on the Jessup International Law Moot 2. Defining ©Law© Competition conducted annually among law schools throughout the 3. Characteristics of Law (law as an institutionalised legal system, law world. Students in the unit work as a team preparing written memorials & State, law & coercion, autonomy of law, closure & on a problem of current interest in international law. Mooting usually comprehensiveness of legal systems, law & culture, law & justice) takes place over four days at the Australian Regional Rounds held in Canberra during February. Assessment is based on a short paper 4. Functions of Law dealing with an issue in the moot problem, memorial writing, mooting 5. The Concept of a Legal Norm and team participation. Previous problems have dealt with the law of 6. The Concept of a Legal System the sea, Antarctica, international environmental law and trade law, 7. Methodology of Law though always emphasizing basic principles of public international 8. Legitimation of Law law. Enrolment in this unit will be by competitive selection in accordance with the rules of the competition. The course requires 9. Theory of Democracy students to consult individually with other team members and the lecturer with no formal classes scheduled. LAWS3044 Law International Exchange Electives LAWS3446 Credit points: 24 Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Campus: Labour Law Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Available to outbound Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Shae McCrystal Session: Semester exchange students only. 1 Classes: 2 x 2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3023 Assessment: 1x 1000w assignment (15%), 1 x 2,500w research assignment (35%), 1 x 1.5 hr For students studying overseas on an official university exchange exam (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day program.

The aim of this unit is to introduce students to the law regulating LAWS3452 relationships at the workplace. This body of law has been generally Medical Law described as "labour law", and has fallen into two general divisions. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Belinda Bennett (sem 1), "Employment law" deals with the individual contract between employer Professor Roger Magnusson (sem 2). Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 and employee including formation of the employment contract, terms Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3046 Assessment: Sem and conditions of contract and termination of employment. "Industrial 1: class participation (10%), 1 x 3000w optional essay, 1 x 2hr or 3hr exam. Sem 2: 3 options 1) 1 x 2hr exam (100%), 2) 1 x 2,500-3,000w assignment law" deals with the collective aspects of the subject, including the (50%), 1 x 1hr exam (50%), 3) 1 x 4,000w essay (50%), 1 x 1hr exam (50%). employment ©safety net© (awards and statutory minima), workplace Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal bargaining and controls on industrial action. There has always been (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day interaction and overlap between the individual and collective aspects This unit of study provides an introduction to some of the legal issues of labour law and the particular challenges involved in regulating ©work© that arise in modern health care. Issues to be covered in the course will be examined in this unit. include: consent to medical treatment, professional liability and medical

72 11. Descriptions of undergraduate units of study negligence, privacy and confidentiality, and end of life decision-making. LAWS3455 By the end of the unit, students will have a grounding in legislation Policing, Crime and Society and caselaw regulating the provision of health care services, and will Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Julie Stubbs Session: also be aware of some of the ethical issues that arise in medical Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3048 contexts. Student participation in class discussion will be expected. Assessment: 1 x 3,000w essay (50%), 1x take-home exam (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day

LAWS3453 The unit of study aims to encourage students to develop skills and Migration Law knowledge about the police and policing, with particular reference to Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Mary Crock Session: the shifting nature of policing. The unit includes critical analysis of Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS1021 and theoretical and policy issues within contemporary criminal justice, but LAWS2002 or LAWS2010, LAWS2011 or LAWS1004 or LAWS3003 Corequisites: LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 Prohibitions: LAWS3045 also examines policing (in its widest sense) including the pluralisation Assessment: class participation, 1 x 3000w essay (40%), 1 x 2hr exam (60%) of policing. Students will examine: crime and crime control within a Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal social and political context; policing and other institutions and (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day processes of criminal justice in the light of contemporary research Migration Law is designed to introduce students to one of the most and policy debates; the major theoretical frameworks within which fast moving and engaging areas of public law. At one level, the unit crime, policing and criminal justice policy are constructed and is about government regulation of the entry of persons into Australia. analysed; challenges for policing arising from changes in spatial As such, it is a branch of applied administrative law that concerns the arrangements, and from transnational developments in crime and very make-up of our society, affecting both who we live with and how crime control. we live our lives. Statistics show that more than one in four Australians were either born overseas or had an Australian-born parent. Dramatic LAWS3457 skills shortages have seen unprecedented rises in the number of Private International Law migrants brought to Australia on temporary and permanent visas. In Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Ross Anderson Session: Semester 1, Summer Main Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3015 spite of this, controversy persists over the nature of Australia©s Assessment: 1x class test (25%), 1 x 2hr exam (75%) Campus: immigration program and the extent to which the government is doing Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day enough to control both unlawful entry and the quality of the (lawful) Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions: migrants. Covering all aspects of immigration law except refugee law Semester 1. the course is also a fine vehicle for exploring issues of human rights Private international law is the part of local or municipal private law and the interaction between domestic and international law. which is concerned with questions which contain a foreign element With Sydney receiving the lion©s share of the migrants that come to i.e. a relevant connection between a fact or party and a foreign legal Australia each year, migration law has become a growth area for both system. For example, private international law issues will require lawyers and for migration agents. By placing the current mechanisms consideration if a question arises in New South Wales concerning the for the controlling migration in their legal, social, historical and distribution of the property of a person who died domiciled in France economic contexts, this unit provides an opportunity to explore the or the validity of a mortgage of shares in a New York corporation or "big" issues raised by migration and to look at why the subject has the recognition of the dissolution of a marriage by a Norwegian court. assumed such a central role in the development of Australia©s identity In seeking to develop your understanding of the international as a nation. dimension of private law and your appreciation of the fact that many legal questions which arise in everyday life are not confined within LAWS3475 one legal system, this unit of study will address the following topics: Philosophy of International Law (1) personal connecting factor (domicile, nationality, residence); (2) Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Euan McDonald Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Assessment: Class participation renvoi and the incidental question; (3) transactions involving immovable (20%); 1 x class presentation (20%); 1 x 5000w essay (60%) Subject to change. property (e.g. land, intellectual property rights) and movable property Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (e.g. ships, aircraft, artworks, shares, contractual rights); (4) devolution (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day of property on death (succession); (5) marriage validity; and (6) Public international law has become - thanks to the various different dissolution and annulment of marriage, including the recognition of forms of globalisation that mark the current era - one of the most foreign dissolutions and annulments of marriage. In addition to these important areas of legal theory and practice today; yet it remains, at topics, an introductory survey will address the function, purpose and the same time, one of the most contested and least understood. The rationale of private international law, theories and methods (e.g. the object of this unit of study is to investigate the concepts, assumptions territorial theory of law, the vested rights theory), historical development and images that inform contemporary international legal discourse, and the relationship between statutes and the common law rules of paying particular attention to the theory/practice nexus. The course private international law. will combine a historical approach to the development of the philosophy of international law with a thematic approach that considers the major LAWS3458 issues facing the discipline today; and significant attention will be paid Refugees and Forced Migration in this regard to the central importance of critical and post-critical Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Mary Crock Session: Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prerequisites: LAWS2002 or theory, and to the more recent attempts to rethink world order along (LAWS2010 and LAWS1021), LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or constitutional, administrative or liberal-political lines. LAWS2011. Corequisites: LAWS2002 or LAWS2010, LAWS1018 or LAWS2005 Throughout the course, theoretical discussions will be animated by Prohibitions: LAWS3045 Assessment: Class participation; 1 x 3000w research essay; 1 x 2hr exam Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: locating them in the context of contemporary events of global Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day significance - economic, political and military - in which international legal issues have been implicated. Key questions will include the Refugees and Forced Migration provides students with practical and following: What do we mean when we say that something is "illegal" theoretical understanding of the growth and operation of refugee law under international law? What happens to ideas such as sovereignty, as a specialist area of legal expertise. Forced migration as a by-product consent, rule of law, community and authority when they are removed of human conflict is not new. What has changed over the last century from the statal context in which they have developed and are applied is the scale and frequency of the conflagrations causing the mass in the international setting? And is international law fundamentally movement of peoples; and the ease with which individuals have different in kind from domestic legal systems, or are same the tensions become able to move around the world in search of safe haven. and contradictions always present, and simply dramatised by the lack Australia has played an important international role in developing legal of institutionalisation in international law? norms both in general human rights protection and the more particular

73 11. Descriptions of undergraduate units of study fields of refugee and humanitarian law. It has come to experience LAWS3461 first-hand, phenomena born of developments at both an international Social Justice Clinical Course and national level: the juridification of refugee protection and the Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Peter Cashman Session: emergence of a new breed of litigious asylum seeker. Semester 1, Semester 2 Classes: 1x2hr seminar/week and the equivalent of one day per week for the semester at a pre-selected placement site. Refugee law has become a burgeoning legal specialty with an Prohibitions: LAWS4061 Assessment: 1 x Essay (40%), Seminar performance increasingly sophisticated jurisprudence.The phenomenon of people (30%), Placement evaluation (30%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode displaced by generalised conflict or by natural disasters associated of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day with climate change is also significant. Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. Priority will be given to students in their This course is designed to give students a critical understanding of final year of study. The unit will be graded on a pass/fail basis and will not be how refugee law and the law governing forced migration has developed included in the calculation of a student©s WAM. both at international law and within Australia©s domestic legal system. In particular it will examine: The Social Justice Program will arrange for students enrolled in the course to work with various organisations which have agreed to * The international instruments and institutions created to deal with participate in the Program. To date, such bodies include the Refugee refugee flows; Advice and Casework Service (RACS) and the Public Interest Law * The refinement of the definition of "refugee" at international law; Clearinghouse (PILCH). Through such organisations students will be * The role of international organisations such as UNHCR; exposed to real world cases and participate in a structured seminar * Theoretical bases for refugee protection; and program dealing with social justice issues and aspects of public interest * Alternative protection models. law. Hands-on experience with cases, clients and/or policy and research LAWS3459 projects will be obtained one day per week in a ©social justice© Rights, Morality and Law placement site. Students will attend weekly seminars designed to Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Wojciech Sadurski Session: provide students with the basic knowledge and skills required to Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3111 participate in a working clinical legal organisation, and cover legal Assessment: Class participation (20 %), 1 x 2000w essay (30%), 1 x take-home issues specific to the placement sites. The seminars will encourage exam (50%). Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day discussion and reflection on the range of issues that may arise during Note: This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. the course of the placement. At the end of the unit students should have: (i) enhanced their ethical, The aim of the unit of study is to provide a basis for the theoretical social and professional understanding of the practice of law; (ii) analysis of rights, and to apply that analysis to specific legal situations improved their ability to recognise, define and analyse legal problems in which human rights are the central issue. The emphasis will be on flowing from real case files, and to identify and create processes to the philosophical and ethical foundations of human rights, and on the solve them; (iii) observed and practised communication and interconnections that exist between theory and practice. Analyses of inter-personal skills involved in the practice of law; (iv) been introduced actual cases culled from various legal systems will be used to illustrate to aspects of legal practice such as legal writing, research, client more general propositions about the proper nature, scope and rationale interaction and time management; (v) had the opportunity to work of human rights. The lectures will focus on the concept of "rights" and both independently and collaboratively, in a way that is informed by the functions of the "rights talk", on the limits of legally protected liberty openness, curiosity and a desire to meet new challenges. (including the problems of the enforcement of morals, legal paternalism, and the duty to render aid), and rights to equal protection LAWS3462 (with special emphasis on "positive discrimination") Sociological Theories of Law Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Alex Ziegert Session: LAWS3460 Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: JURS3001 Roman Law Assessment: 1x 1,000-2,000w research note (40%), 1 x 3,750-5,000w research Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: The Hon Justice Arthur Emmett paper (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal Session: Semester 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3052 (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Assessment: 1 x 2,000w essay (20%), 1 x 2hr closed book exam (80%) Note: Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day The unit of study will introduce the student to the basic concepts of sociological theory and methodology and will show how these concepts The course provides a general introduction to all aspects of Roman can be applied to the observation of the functioning of law. On the private law. It begins with an historical sketch of Roman institutions basis of such a primary understanding of how societies organise from the earliest times until the reign of Justinian (CE 527-565), themselves and their law it will become possible for the student to together with an introduction to Roman legal history and the appreciate and evaluate critically the efforts of socio-legal research development of Roman legal concepts. It also deals with the reception and the conceptions of some major contributors to the sociological of Roman jurisprudence into modern European legal systems and the theory of law. The first part of this unit will look at what sociological common law. The Roman law of marriage and family, moveable and theory and research can offer today in the description of social life, immoveable property, real and personal security, succession, and the explanation of how societies are organised, why people do what contractual, quasi-contractual and delictal obligations are then dealt they do. Elementary sociological concepts like norm, role, group, with in depth.The Institutes of Justinian, in English, is the fundamental power, class, social structure and social system will be related to the text for study and students are expected to read the Institutes in some operation of the law. Concepts like these provide the tools which make detail.The Institutes constitute a map of the law and means of ordering it possible to examine and study systematically and carefully the social the law. Roman law has always been, and still is, of great historical organisation and structure of legal systems, the operation and the importance in the development of many areas of the common law. social environments in which and in relation to which they are Roman law also provides a yardstick by which both the virtues and operating. the shortcomings of the common law can be measured. Further, Roman law forms the jurisprudential background of most of the legal LAWS3463 systems in force in continental Europe and those parts of the rest of Sports Law the world that were colonised by continental European nations. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Saul Fridman Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3087 Assessment: Students can select from various options: 1 x 3000w research paper (50%) or 1 x 6000w research paper (100%) or 1 x take-home exam (either 50% or 100%)

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Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal This unit of study considers a single question: what is law? It explores (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day prominent responses by both philosophers and sociologists to the Note: Department permission required for enrolment. problem of how law is best understood. Among the notions to which Sporting activity cuts across a number of disparate areas of law. these responses refer (and on which the unit might focus) are the Increasing professionalism, the enormous growth in the Olympic following: power, authority, rules, morality, adjudication, discourse, Movement and the commercialisation of sport have all contributed to convention and politics. the development of sport as a business, as well as a pastime. As a result there has been increasing intersection of the law with sporting LAWS3470 activity. In this course we will examine the following: Theories of Legal Reasoning Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Kevin Walton Session: Semester The economics of sports leagues 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3083 Assessment: The structure of sporting organisations Class-participation (20%); 1 x report (20%); 1 x 4000w essay (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day International and national governance of sport Note: This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. The impact of administrative law on the working of disciplinary tribunals Industrial law and the treatment of the athlete as employee This unit of study explores the nature of legal argumentation from a philosophical perspective. With reference to various theories, it Labour market controls and the impact of competition law examines the process from which legal conclusions result. The Player agents principal theme is the relationship between legal and other forms of The law and policy relating to doping of athletes decision-making. What - if anything - is distinctive about legal The impact of intellectual property laws on sponsorship and promotion rationality? How - if at all - does legal reasoning differ from other forms of sporting events. of argumentation? Topics for discussion include: the role of morality in legal decision-making; the politics of legal reasoning; rules and their LAWS3465 application; the nature of legal principles; the practice of interpretation; Sydney Law Review the objectivity of legal decisions; the connection between a theory of Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: tba Session: Semester 1, Semester law and a theory of legal argumentation. 2 Prohibitions: LAWS3057 Assessment: 1x2500w essay (25%), 1x5000w case note (50%), plus editing (25%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode LAWS3472 of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Trade Marks and Passing Off Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. For further information, please visit Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Patricia Loughlan (sem www.law.usyd.edu.au/slr. 1), Dr Simon Butt (sem 2) Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3033 Assessment: Sem 1: 2 x 1.5hr class This unit of study is offered annually under the supervision of the tests (50% each). Sem 2: Two options: 1 x 5,000w research essay (50%) and 1 x 1.5 hr examination (50%); or 2) 1 x 3 hr examination (100%) Campus: Editor of the Sydney Law Review, who is a member of the full-time Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day teaching staff. The unit is limited to approximately 18-24 students per year, who are selected on the basis of their academic results. This unit of study will focus on legal rights concerning the marketing Preference may be given to students in their final year in the selection of products, rights which are based on a public policy of preventing of students for the unit. Each student will complete a range of tasks consumer confusion and unfair competition in the marketplace, with respect to the Review, including editing and proofreading specifically by way of misrepresentation. Most aspects of the law of submissions and writing a law reform essay and a casenote for registered trade marks, passing-off and unfair competition will be potential publication. (A limited number of casenotes are selected for covered in the unit of study, as will the effect of these areas of law on publication each year, according to their merit.) Students selected for new marketing practices on the Internet. Some specific topics which this unit must be prepared to serve for six months, so that duties may will be covered in depth are: the differences between passing-off and start before, and may continue after, the formal teaching and a more general unfair competition cause of action; character examination period. merchandising and the protection of the celebrity persona; domain names; signs and the special problem of shape trade marks; LAWS3468 counterfeiting and parallel imports; the badge of origin, private property Theories of Justice and cultural resource functions of registered trade marks. Although Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Kevin Walton Session: Semester the unit of study will emphasise legal doctrine and be taught from the 1 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3077 Assessment: perspective of a relatively depoliticised formalism, it is also recognised Class-participation (20%); 1 x report (20%); 1 x 4000w essay (60%) Campus: that the deployment and the regulation of intellectual property inevitably Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day have substantial cultural and economic consequences, which in turn Note: This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. inform and shape the development of legal doctrine. There will, This unit of study aims to provide students with a critical understanding accordingly, be some attention paid in this unit to the cultural and of contemporary philosophical debates about justice. It examines the economic consequences of intellectual property laws, to the moral values that law ought to promote and by which legislation and significance of access to the public domain and to the effects of judicial decisions ought to be assessed. The unit focuses on liberal international trade pressure in the area. conceptions of justice and critiques thereof. The moral values that it considers include freedom, community, utility, fairness, stability and equality. Among the themes that it explores are the limits of and connections between these ideals, the prospect of their realisation in contemporary societies as well as the politics with which each is associated.

LAWS3469 Theories of Law Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Kevin Walton Session: Semester 2 Classes: 2x2hr seminars/wk Prohibitions: LAWS3089 Assessment: Class-participation (20%); 1 x report (20%); 1 x 4000w essay (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Note: This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB.

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Postgraduate programs Please visit the Sydney Law School website www.law.usyd.edu.au those from other disciplines (and supported by the Australian for the most up-to-date information on programs, units, staff, Centre for Environmental Law (Sydney) timetables, and exam schedules. · Master of Environmental Science and Law (MEnvSci&Law) providing interdisciplinary study of the subject areas between the Background to the Sydney Law School faculties of Law and Science at The University of Sydney postgraduate program · Master of Global Law (MGlobL) encompasses not just The Sydney Law School offers more postgraduate units and programs international law, but an approach to law that is transnational in of study than any other Australian Law School. It also offers scope, taking in the domestic laws of different countries, and leading-edge programs in interdisciplinary fields and programs open integrating an understanding of domestic regimes within the to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. Specialised programs, providing broader context of international laws, instruments and institutions. in-depth treatment of particular areas, are available in addition to traditional programs such as the Master of Laws (LLM), which permits · Master of Health Law (MHL) providing a range of subjects exploring contemporary legal and social issues relating to health more scope and diversity in unit of study choice and mode. care The Sydney Law School has offered postgraduate education since · Master of International Business and Law (MIntBus&L) providing its outset. Established in 1855, it soon made provision for a Doctor of interdisciplinary study of the subject area between the faculties Laws (LLD) and in 1950 added the degree of Master of Laws (LLM) of Law and Economics and Business at The University of Sydney by Research. Soon after, the Law School offered its now highly popular Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework. Practitioners, overseas and · Master of International Law (MIL) providing for specialisation in interstate graduates alike, are attracted to the quality and breadth of international law, both public and private, and building on the this program. Sydney Law School©s global reputation in international law

In 1966 the Law School added the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) · Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) allowing further (normally 3±4 years full-time).Then, in 1991 the Law School pioneered specialisation in taxation and reflecting the internationalisation of the Law School©s postgraduate program and economic in Australia the "structured, supported doctorate", the Doctor of globalisation Juridical Studies (SJD), allowing doctoral study by a combination of major thesis and coursework. The Master of Criminology (MCrim) by · Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) providing specialist qualifications Research was introduced in 1994. in jurisprudence and legal theory, including sociological theories of law Postgraduate study at Sydney provides opportunities to work with academics, practitioners and visiting scholars who are leaders in their · Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) open to those fields. Capitalising on its "gateway" location, Sydney has deliberately working in labour law and relations as well as those seeking to sought to internationalise its offerings.The Sydney Law School is also specialise in employment or industrial law able to provide flexible study options. · Master of Taxation (MTax) catering both to lawyers and to Coursework programs are now sequenced, allowing suitable accountants and others working in the field candidates to take single unit enrolments, following which they apply Graduate Diploma courses are also an integral component of the Law for a Graduate Diploma (four units of study) or a Master©s degree School©s postgraduate program. The first Graduate Diplomas in (eight units of study). Jurisprudence and Criminology were established in 1964. Increasing numbers of units of study may be taken as "intensives" Other well-established programs include such courses as the Graduate over a period of four to five days.The depth and diversity of the current Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw). Since 1998, these programs were program reflect our long tradition as an outstanding provider of joined by the: postgraduate education. · Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) The Sydney Law School is also a leader in the establishment of specialist Master©s programs, including: · Graduate Diploma in Corporate, Securities and Finance Law (GradDipCorpLaw) · Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) providing an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the relationship · Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) between law and the analysis and implementation of public policy · Graduate Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) · Master of Business Law (MBL) providing a flexible qualification in business law and regulation where candidates can choose · Graduate Diploma in International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL) from any units offered as part of the specialist programs in taxation, commercial law, corporate, securities and finance law · Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIntLaw) and international business law · Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) · Master of Criminology (MCrim) by Coursework (including a minor dissertation option) · Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL)

· Master of Environmental Law (MEL) offering a wide range of · Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) internationally and locally-focused units open to lawyers and

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The Law School©s Postgraduate Studies Committee administers the confirm or terminate the candidature on the basis of this work. postgraduate program. In the extracts of the University Regulations Probationary candidature must not exceed a period of nine months. (Resolutions of the University Senate or of the Faculty of Law), this is often abbreviated to "the Committee" for the purposes of simplicity. 2. Course requirements What are the course of study requirements? Doctorates Thesis A candidate must complete a thesis with an upper limit of 100,000 Doctor of Laws (LLD) words of text, to be exceeded only with permission from the Associate The degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) is awarded, on the Dean (Postgraduate Research), which is regarded as a substantially recommendation of the Sydney Law School, for published work that original contribution to the field in which it is written. has been recognised by scholars in the field concerned as a Legal Research units distinguished contribution to knowledge. Persons contemplating the The Sydney Law School requires candidates enrolled for the PhD to submission of work for the LLD should first consult the Dean of the undertake three compulsory thesis support units of study (Legal Law School. Only a mature scholar would be likely to present work Research 1, 2 and 3). meeting this requirement. The degree may also be awarded on an honorary basis in recognition of distinguished achievement. 3. Credit for other study Can I credit time spent in other research degrees? Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Candidates enrolled for at least one semester in a master©s degree by research, who are admitted to candidature for the PhD, may be The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is awarded by the University given credit for time spent towards the master©s degree, provided that on the basis of a thesis, which is regarded by the examiners as a the research was directly related to the proposed research for the substantially original contribution to the area in which it is written. PhD. Candidates are required to submit a thesis of approximately 100,000 words, undertaken by supervision. The following is a summary of the Candidates enrolled at this University for at least one semester as a requirements. candidate for a Doctor of Juridical Studies (SJD) who are admitted to candidature for the PhD, may be given credit for time spent towards 1. Admission the SJD, provided that the research was directly related to the What are the requirements for admission? proposed research for the PhD. There are three main conditions of admission, namely: 4. Course progress · academic qualifications, How long do I have to write my thesis? · research and publication experience, and · suitability of the proposed course of study and research. The minimum period of full-time candidature is three years except where the qualifying degree is that of master©s by research, in which An applicant for admission to candidature for the degree of Doctor of case it is two years. Except with the permission of the Dean, the Philosophy (PhD) must submit to the Sydney Law School a proposed maximum period is five years, except for candidates commencing program of advanced study and research. The applicant must submit from the beginning of 2001 who have a four-year maximum full-time satisfactory evidence of training and ability to pursue the proposed completion period. program. The Law School may admit to part-time candidature an applicant who, Academic qualifications in the opinion of the Law School, is substantially free to carry out study The normal requirement is that the applicant has completed one of and research for the degree. The maximum part-time candidature is the following degrees: seven years, except for candidates commencing from the beginning of 2001 who have an eight-year maximum part-time completion period. · Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with First or Second Class Honours; or The minimum, to be recommended by the Law School in each case, · Master of Laws (LLM); or is not less than three years. The Academic Board has approved the · Qualifications which the University©s Committee for Graduate following guidelines for admission of part-time PhD candidates to the Studies considers equivalent. Sydney Law School:

Research and publications experience · An applicant should be able to devote at least 20 hours per week to the candidature. Satisfactory evidence of training and ability to pursue the proposed program may be demonstrated by showing the successful completion · An applicant should be able to attend the University for at least of a sustained piece of research in an earlier degree program, scholarly one day each week over the year, or for an equivalent period publications, or sustained research in a professional capacity. made up in blocks (see also residency requirements). Candidates who are not able to demonstrate sufficient research experience may be admitted first to an LLM by research with a view · The applicant©s intended research should be planned by the to upgrading to a PhD if there is satisfactory progress. applicant in consultation with the proposed supervisor and carried out by the applicant. The arrangements for supervision should Proposed program of study be such that the research is under the control of the University. The proposal must be: A supervisor will be appointed from within the University.

· suitable in scope and standard for the PhD, 5. Residency requirements · one that the applicant is competent to undertake, and A candidate pursuing candidature outside Australia must also complete · one for which supervision and facilities can be properly provided. a minimum of two semesters of candidature within the University before submission of the thesis. When will I be admitted on a probationary basis? Applicants may be admitted to PhD candidature on a probationary 6. Submission and examination of thesis basis. Probationary candidates are required to submit appropriate What are the obligations with respect to my thesis? written work (for example, in the form of an empirical or literature The requirements for the submission of theses are applicable generally review or a draft chapter) within nine months of commencement The across the University. The complete resolutions are available in the Postgraduate Research Committee of the Sydney Law School may latest Calendar.

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· a thesis of 75,000 words. Doctor of Juridical Studies (SJD) The Committee may approve a variation in a candidate©s program of study and research. The degree of Doctor of Juridical Studies (SJD) comprises both a coursework and a thesis component. Candidates are required to What are the thesis requirements? submit a thesis of 75,000 words, which is undertaken under The Committee shall appoint a member of the academic staff of the supervision and is examined on the same criteria as the Doctor of University as supervisor of each candidate. The Committee may Philosophy (PhD), namely that it amounts to a substantially original appoint an associate supervisor. contribution to the area in which it is written. The candidate shall present a thesis with an upper limit of 75,000 The following is a summary of the requirements. words of text, to be exceeded only with permission from the Associate 1. Admission Dean (Postgraduate Research), which shall be a substantially original contribution to the subject concerned. What are the admission requirements? An applicant for admission to candidature for the degree of SJD must The topic of the thesis shall be approved by the Committee. submit to the Faculty a proposed program of advanced study and 3. Credit for other study research. The applicant must also submit satisfactory evidence of training and ability to pursue the proposed program. There are three How can I get credit for other study? main conditions of admission, namely: Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the Committee.

· academic qualifications, Such other study may include: · research and publication experience, and · suitability of the proposed course of study and research. · study prior to enrolment; and · study during enrolment. Academic qualifications The normal requirement is that the applicant has: Can I credit postgraduate units of study offered towards another degree? · completed one of the following degrees: The Committee may grant a candidate credit for:

· Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with First or Second Class Honours; or · completion of postgraduate coursework units of study totalling at · Master of Laws (LLM); or most 18 credit points and postgraduate research units of study totalling at most 18 credit points in respect of units of study offered · Qualifications, which the University©s Committee for Graduate towards the Master of Laws (LLM) in this Faculty; Studies considers equivalent. · completion of postgraduate coursework units of study totalling at most 12 credit points in respect of units of study in another faculty Research and publications experience of this University or at an equivalent provider of tertiary education. Satisfactory evidence of training and ability to pursue the proposed program may be demonstrated by showing the successful completion The following conditions apply to such credit: of a sustained piece of research in an earlier degree program, scholarly publications, or sustained research in a professional capacity. · no unit of study for which credit is granted has been a basis for the award of any other degree; Candidates who are not able to demonstrate sufficient research · the unit or units of study were passed at a level or with such experience may be admitted first to an LLM by research with a view additional assessment or other requirements as may be determined by the Committee in each case; to upgrading to a SJD if there is satisfactory progress. · the unit or units of study were completed within the six years Proposed program of study immediately preceding the commencement of candidature for the SJD; The proposal must be:

· suitable in scope and standard for the SJD, Can I credit undergraduate units of study towards this degree? · one that the applicant is competent to undertake, and A candidate may be granted credit for units of study for the degree in · one for which supervision and facilities can be properly provided. either an undergraduate unit of study offered by this Faculty or in another Faculty of this University or at another University, provided Can I study on a part-time basis? that: An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or part-time candidate for the degree. · the unit of study has an equivalent credit point value of at least six; What is the required proficiency in English? · no more than six credit points may be granted; The Faculty may require the production of evidence to its satisfaction · no unit of study for which credit is granted is the basis for the award of any other degree; of a proposed candidate©s proficiency in English before it accepts such · the unit of study is passed at a level and on terms as may be a candidate for enrolment in the course of study and it may require a determined by the Committee in each case; proposed candidate to successfully undertake a specialised program · a research paper be completed constituting no less than 60 per of study in English as a prerequisite to enrolment. cent of the grade and that it be marked at postgraduate level. 2. Course requirements Can I credit time spent on a Master of Laws (LLM) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) What are the general course requirements? The Committee may grant credit for the whole or any part of a period Candidates shall pursue an approved program of advanced study and of candidature undertaken for the course of study of LLM by research research comprising: or the course of study of PhD provided that: · coursework units of study approved by the Law School which have a total of 18 credit points and which relate to the thesis · the candidate has abandoned candidature for the course of study referred to in 3. below; for which credit is sought; and · the following compulsory thesis support units of study: · the period of candidature for which credit is sought involved a Legal Research 1 program of advanced study and research related to the Legal Research 2 candidate©s proposed program of advanced study and research Legal Research 3; and for the course of study of SJD.

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4. Course progress The thesis shall be accompanied by a certificate from the supervisor What are the time constraints for the degree? stating whether, in the supervisor©s opinion, the form of presentation of the thesis is satisfactory. Except in special circumstances and with the approval of the Committee: When the degree has been awarded, a copy of the thesis incorporating any required emendations and revisions shall be lodged in the · a full-time candidate shall complete all the requirements of the University Library. degree not earlier than the third and not later than the end of the fourth year of candidature, or in the case of candidates enrolled prior to 1996, not earlier than the second and not later than the Masters© degrees and graduate diplomas fourth year of candidature, excluding any period of approved The Sydney Law School offers a broad range of masters© degrees suspended candidature; and graduate diplomas, including the Master of Laws (LLM) and · a part-time candidate shall complete all the requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) and a range of specialist degree not earlier than the fourth and not later than the end of programs of study. The LLM and Master of Criminology (MCrim) the eighth year of candidature, or in the case of candidates degrees are available by research or by coursework. enrolled prior to 1996, not earlier than the third and not later than the fourth year of candidature, excluding any period of approved The diplomas are based on programs of 24 credit points of study; the suspended candidature; masters© degrees on 48 credit points of study. Most units of study are worth six credit points. · all candidates shall complete a minimum of two semesters of full-time candidature over a period of time approved by the Master of Laws (LLM) by Research Committee. The Master of Laws (LLM) may be undertaken by research or by How often do I need to report my progress? coursework. The LLM by research, awarded on the basis of a thesis that is approximately 50,000 words and the completion of the A candidate shall prepare annually, a statement of the work done by compulsory research support unit, Legal Research 1, is undertaken the candidate towards completion of the requirements for the course under supervision and is a substantial contribution to the area in which of study. it is written. The supervisor shall also prepare annually a report on the work done Master of Laws (LLM) by Coursework /Graduate Diploma by the candidate, which shall be shown to the candidate for comment. in Law (GradDipLaw) Both reports shall be lodged with the Faculty prior to referral to the The LLM by coursework and the Graduate Diploma in Law Associate Dean (Postgraduate Research). (GradDipLaw) offer a broad range of choice across the entire field of postgraduate units of study in the Law School. Both the candidate and supervisor(s) are invited to participate in the annual progress review meeting with the committee. Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) The Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) provides a What if my progress is unsatisfactory? specialist postgraduate qualification in administrative law and public Where, in the opinion of the Committee, a candidate has not made policy. The curriculum is designed to offer comprehensive coverage satisfactory progress towards completing the requirements for the of the legal, economic and policy issues arising in the context of public degree, the Committee may call upon the candidate to show cause administration. why the candidature should not be terminated for lack of satisfactory progress. Master of Business Law (MBL) The Master of Business Law (MBL) provides a flexible postgraduate 5. Assessment and grades qualification in business law and regulation. The curriculum is flexible How is the thesis examined? and candidates may choose from any units offered as part of the The thesis is examined according to the standard prescribed by the specialist programs in taxation, international taxation, commercial law, University for the examination of the degree of SJD. international business law, and corporate, securities and finance law.

The Committee will appoint examiners for the thesis. There shall be Master of Criminology (MCrim) by Research not less than two examiners, of whom at least one (and normally both) The Master of Criminology (MCrim) may be taken by research or by must be external. coursework. The MCrim by research is awarded on the basis of a thesis, which is approximately 50,000 words, is undertaken under How is the result of my candidature determined? supervision and is a substantial contribution to the area in which it is The Committee shall recommend the result of the candidature: written. MCrim research candidates are required to undertake the compulsory research support unit of study, Legal Research 1. · upon completion of the coursework units of study at the level of attainment prescribed by the Committee, and Master of Criminology (MCrim)/Graduate Diploma in · after consideration of the reports of the examiners on the thesis. Criminology (GradDipCrim) How should the thesis be presented? The MCrim by coursework offers a comprehensive coverage of The candidate shall state the sources from which the information is contemporary criminology and criminal justice issues. The Graduate derived, the extent to which the work of others has been made use Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) offers students a choice of of, and the portion of the work the candidate claims as original. units of study from a comprehensive range of units related to contemporary criminology and criminal justice issues. A candidate may not present as the thesis any work that has been presented for a degree at this or another university, but the candidate Master of Environmental Law (MEL)/Graduate Diploma in will not be precluded from incorporating such work in the thesis, Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) provided that, in presenting the thesis, the candidate indicates the The Master of Environmental Law (MEL) provides a specialist part of the work, which has been so incorporated. postgraduate qualification through comprehensive coverage of contemporary issues in environmental law and policy. The Graduate A candidate shall submit three copies of the thesis to the Faculty in Diploma in Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) provides a shorter a form prescribed by the Committee. specialist postgraduate qualification in environmental law.

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Master of Environmental Science and Law (MEnvSciLaw) completion of units of study totalling 24 credit points from the range The Master of Environmental Science and Law (MEnvSciLaw) is an of units of study offered in the area Jurisprudence, plus a research interdisciplinary program, with candidates undertaking an equal load project relating to a problem within the subject matter contained in from the Sydney Law School and Faculty of Science respectively. It one of the units of study undertaken. provides law graduates with the opportunity to extend their knowledge of the role of law in promoting ecological sustainability and to underpin Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) this knowledge with an understanding of the fundamentals of The Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) is an interdisciplinary environmental science. For science graduates, the opportunity is program taught jointly by the University©s Law School and the Discipline available to acquire new skills in the field of environmental law as well of Work and Organisational Studies, Faculty of Economics and as extend their knowledge in environmental science. Please refer to Business. It effectively blends the fields of Labour Law and Industrial the Faculty of Science Handbook and website for further information: Relations into a single qualification. Students undertake an equal www.science.usyd.edu.au number of units from the Law School and the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies at the Faculty of Economics and Business. Master of Global Law (MGlobL) Master of Global Law (MGlobL) encompasses not just international Master of Taxation (MTax)/Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) law, but an approach to law that is transnational in scope, taking in the domestic laws of different countries, and integrating an The Master of Taxation (MTax) provides a specialist postgraduate understanding of domestic regimes within the broader context of qualification in taxation law. The program will expose students to both international laws, instruments and institutions. policy issues and the operation of the tax system in practice. The Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) provides a shorter Master of Health Law (MHL)/Graduate Diploma in Health specialist postgraduate qualification in taxation. Law (GradDipHL)/Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) The Master of Health Law (MHL) provides a specialist postgraduate The Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) allows qualification in health law providing a wide-ranging interdisciplinary students to choose from a wide range of units of study specialising in coverage of the contemporary legal and social debates about health commercial law areas. The Law School©s Commercial Law program care. focuses upon the broad spectrum of commercial law. It also offers candidates the opportunity to fine-tune their expertise in other areas The Graduate Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) provides a shorter also including taxation and corporate law. specialist postgraduate qualification in health law. The Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) provides a specialist Graduate Diploma in Corporate, Securities and Finance postgraduate qualification that focuses on laws and legal strategies Law (GradDipCorpLaw) for protecting and promoting public health. Sydney Law School has a strong reputation and an innovative approach in the area of corporate, securities and finance law. Graduates from either Diploma may apply to upgrade to the Master Postgraduate study under the Master of Laws (LLM) degree and the of Health Law. Candidates for the Master of Health Law degree must Graduate Diploma in Corporate, Securities and Finance Law offers hold a degree in law, medicine, nursing or another relevant health students a wide array of subjects in the corporate area. Courses are care field. taught by the members of the Law School Faculty and Adjunct Faculty, Master of International Business and Law (MIntBus&Law) which comprises eminent members of the legal community, including judges, solicitors and barristers. Course delivery is flexible, with The Master of International Business and Law (MIntBus&Law) is an courses run over a full semester or on an intensive basis. The interdisciplinary program taught jointly by the University©s faculties of postgraduate program is on offer not only to legal practitioners, but Law and Economics and Business. It seeks to provide candidates also to professionals who wish to build on their experience and attain with the skills to cope with the increasing importance of international a high level of expertise in their particular area. Courses are also trade and business. Please refer to the Faculty of Economics and available on an "attendance only" basis to practitioners under the Business handbook or website http://www.econ.usyd.edu.au for further Legal Professional Development program. information. The International Faculty program, which offers a number of intensive Master of International Law (MIL)/Graduate Diploma in courses in international corporate, commercial and tax law each year, International Law (GradDipIntLaw)/Graduate Diploma in International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL) provides students with the opportunity to study under some of the world©s finest legal scholars. Recent scholars visiting under the The Master of International Law (MIL) provides a specialist International Faculty program included Professor Deborah DeMott postgraduate qualification through comprehensive coverage of (Duke University); Professor Michael Furmston (University of Bristol); contemporary issues in international law, policy and international Professor Geoffrey Miller (NYU); Professor Kees van Raad (Leiden relations.The Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIntLaw) University); Professor H David Rosenbloom (NYU); Professor Richard provides a shorter specialist postgraduate qualification in international Speidel (Northwestern University). law. The Graduate Diploma in International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL) provides an opportunity to specialise in international The Law School also conducts a Seminar Series, which offers a business law units within a short program. number of commercial and corporate law seminars as part of its Legal Professional Development program. In these seminars, Australian Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) and international legal experts present papers on contemporary The Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) provides a specialist developments in corporate/commercial law. postgraduate qualification in international and comparative taxation. It caters especially for international students who want to learn about Postgraduate ± general information the operation of taxation systems in the context of economic globalisation. Admission and enrolment Candidates and intending candidates should distinguish clearly Master of Jurisprudence (MJur)/Graduate Diploma in between admission to candidature, enrolment and re-enrolment. Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) The Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) provides a specialist postgraduate qualification in jurisprudence and legal theory, including sociology of law. The Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) requires

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Admission to candidature Census date Session(s) applicable All intending candidates who have not previously been admitted to February Semester candidature must lodge applications for admission to candidature with 31 March Semester-length (session 1) & Early the Law School on the prescribed form. intensive* (session 6) Enrolment 27 June Late intensive* (session 61) An applicant for admission to candidature will be informed whether July Semester the application has been successful. The successful applicant must 29 August Semester-length (session 2) & Early then enrol in person on the enrolment day and pay tuition fees. intensive* (session 5) 21 November Late intensive* (session 51) Confirmation of enrolment All the information provided when you enrol is added to the University©s * The Sydney Law School requests students intending to withdraw student record database.This includes your course of study, academic from an intensive unit of study do so no later than the close of business year and the units of study you are taking. It is important that this on the first day of classes. Withdrawal requests received subsequent information is recorded correctly at the beginning of the year, and to the first day of classes may incur an administration fee. amended accordingly, should a change occur in any of the details Course Transfer Fee Policy during the year. Where approval is granted for a candidate to transfer from an award To enable you to confirm the enrolment data recorded, you will be course in a lower fee band to a course in a higher fee band, the sent a confirmation of enrolment notice shortly after completion of candidate is liable to pay the difference between the higher and lower enrolment.You should check this carefully. If the information is correct fee bands at the time a unit of study was undertaken, for each unit to you should keep the form as a record of your current enrolment. be credited to the higher fee band course. The course transfer fee Should the form be incorrect in any detail, you should notify the Law cannot be covered by FEE-HELP and must be paid up-front at the School as soon as possible to have your record amended. A new time of transfer. HECS exempt research candidates who transfer to confirmation will then be sent to you. a coursework program are liable to pay the tuition fee for each unit of study they wish to credit towards the coursework degree or diploma. MyUni It is possible for all students to view their enrolment details via the Student misconduct University of Sydney Student Portal through MyUni at Chapter 8 of the University by-laws, which is entitled "Discipline of students" covers aspects of student misconduct, which includes: http://myuni.usyd.edu.au · misconduct on the part of a student which is prejudicial to the It is also possible to download a tax invoice for fees from MyUni. good order and government of the University or impairs the reasonable freedom of other persons to pursue their studies or Advice research in the University or to participate in the life of the Advice about fees for units of study for each semester will be University; and forwarded separately. If a mistake has been made, you should follow · refusal by a student to give satisfactory particulars of the student©s the directions for correcting the error. Policies about when fees are identity in response to a direction to do so by a prescribed officer, and any other form of willful disobedience to a reasonable due, the way they may be paid, and what happens to pre-paid fees if direction of a prescribed officer. you change your mind, will also be set out in the letter. Misconduct can thus cover a very wide range of misbehaviour, from If you wish to: damaging University property to cheating in examinations, for example. · change a unit of study in which you are enrolled · discontinue a unit of study There have been a number of cases of misconduct in the University · discontinue enrolment totally emerging from the classwork context rather than examinations.These have included students being found guilty of plagiarism in essays and you should apply at the Law School in order to obtain the appropriate of copying other students© assignments. approval. Your record at the University will not be correct unless you do this. It is not sufficient, for instance, to tell the lecturer that you have The University recognises that there is a difference between innocent discontinued a unit of study. Unless the Law School approves an and deliberate plagiarism and the former can usually be dealt with enrolment change formally, it will not be accepted and in most cases within the department or faculty, without reference to the Registrar. you will incur a financial liability in accordance with the University©s Some cases of plagiarism arise from lack of knowledge as to what fee refund policy. constitutes plagiarism and the student may be unaware that the practice is unacceptable. Plagiarism involves a failure to acknowledge The University imposes the following policies with respect to the refund (by quotation marks) words copied from another source; a failure to of fees paid for local fee paying postgraduate award courses, units of attribute authorship to any words copied in this way; and failure to study, and local postgraduate or undergraduate fee paying non-award acknowledge key concepts and ideas which have been rephrased by programs. the student.

Fee policy In such cases staff have a duty to correct students and direct any 100% tuition fee liability or FEE-HELP debt will be incurred after the required remedial work to be undertaken. Such plagiarism, whilst it is relevant census date below. No refund is payable subsequent to these unacceptable, is not misconduct, nor is the correction of it a penalty. dates. Blatant plagiarism, where it appears there is a deliberate intention to deceive or where a student has copied another student©s work, is a serious matter and may attract penalties ranging from a reprimand to failing a unit of study. In extreme cases an offender may be failed in all units of study and suspended from the University. Such penalties can only be legally applied by following the relevant procedures. Reassessment Candidates have no right to request a supplementary examination or to re-submit assessment that has received a fail grade, or a poor mark.

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This applies to all postgraduate law units of study undertaken. Please barrier to admission to practice as a lawyer in New South Wales, note that a ©remark© of assessment is not automatically granted. If the provided the educational and other requirements of the Legal student is not satisfied with the Unit Co-ordinator©s decision with Profession Admission Board (LPAB) are met. respect to their appeal, the student may appeal to the Pro-Dean (Teaching Programs) at the Sydney Law School. Assistance Please refer to the International Office website for the latest details: Extensions and Special Consideration www.usyd.edu.au/internationaloffice In cases where a candidate has been unable to meet assessment deadlines due to serious illness or misadventure (as defined in Fees University policy on "Special Consideration due to Illness or All private international students are required to pay full tuition fees. Misadventure"), a lecturer may grant an extension or accommodate Fees are determined annually by the University, but provided you the candidate©s circumstances. Any extension must be for a clearly complete your course of study in the minimum time allowed, you only defined and limited period of time. Only rarely will it ever be reasonable have to pay an annual fee fixed at the rate payable when you first for a student to be permitted to submit assessment deep into the enrol. Detailed information about fees, payment procedures and semester following that in which the unit was taught. If, despite special refunds are available from the University©s International Office or the consideration, a candidate is unable to meet the submission Postgraduate Team at the Sydney Law School. If you are accepted requirements within a reasonable timeframe, the lecturer will report for postgraduate study, you will be required, under Australian a "Discontinuation ± not to count as failure" (DNF) grade for the unit Government regulations, to pay half the annual fee in advance, upon of study concerned. Students who believe that, despite reasonable receipt of which the University will issue you with a visa document accommodation in accordance with University policies, they are unable known as an acceptance advice form. This document should be to meet assessment requirements, must inform their lecturer so that submitted to the nearest Australian diplomatic mission for visa their withdrawal (DNF) for that unit of study can be finalised. Except processing. in extraordinary circumstances, students may not enrol in new units Students will be admitted twice a year, depending upon the resources of study without having completed their assessment obligations in in the Law School, the availability of units of study and the student©s existing ones. Students who do not formally seek an extension or requirements. special consideration by the due date for submission of assessment or as soon as practicable thereafter, or who fail to meet any extension The University provides an orientation program and students will be granted by the lecturer without reaonsable excuse, will receive an advised by the University©s International Student Services unit of "Absent Fail" (AF) grade. appropriate dates and times. Early assessment and alternative forms of assessment The International Students Centre (ISC) Candidates are expected to be available to sit examinations and to The University has established the ISC to assist international students. submit other assessable work at the advertised times. Candidates The ISC consists of the International Office (IO) and the International have no right to demand alternative forms of assessment or alternative Student Services Unit (ISSU) and is located in the Services Building dates for submission or return of results merely in order to suit their at the University of Sydney. individual preferences. The IO has been designated as a drop-in centre for all international International students students and provides assistance in a variety of ways, ranging from Enrolment providing information on programs of study in the University, to sorting out difficulties with fee payments or visa documentation. It is important If you are an international student and wish to undertake postgraduate that international students keep in contact with the IO and notify them study at the Sydney Law School you should be advised that many of of any change in their enrolment or of any personal circumstance, the subjects in the Master©s and Graduate Diploma programs which would affect the maintenance of accurate records, for example, pre-suppose a common law background and a knowledge of the change of address. The IO can be contacted on +61 2 8627 8300. Australian Constitution. Some of the subjects require detailed study and analysis of highly technical and lengthy statutes. The language The ISSU provides welfare and counselling services, together with of instruction is English and fluency in spoken and written English is pre-departure, orientation and re-entry programs, for all international essential for all units of study. If English is not your first language, you students enrolled at The University of Sydney and their families. Any will have to satisfy the requirements of the University of Sydney with student experiencing difficulties is encouraged to contact the ISSU respect to English language proficiency and provide evidence of having by phoning to make an appointment on +61 2 8627 8437 or calling in met the standard in accepted tests (TOEFL score at minimum 600 on personally between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday. paper test or 250 on computer test, plus a TWE [Test of Written English] score at 4.5; or an Internet Based TOEFL Test with 100 plus Email: [email protected] a minimum of 21 in the writing section; or an IELTS at 7.0 overall, with no band less than 6.0). The Law School can also offer helpful advice Communication with staff members as to the selection of a suitable program of study. You may make contact with a member of staff directly by telephone or by email. Please refer to the Sydney Law School website for all International graduates in law are advised that it is not possible to contact details: qualify for admission to legal practice in New South Wales by www.law.usyd.edu.au/about/staff undertaking postgraduate law studies at this or any other university in the state. Any international law graduate or overseas legal Information regarding units of study practitioner hoping to enter local legal practice should ascertain from Many units of study will be offered in alternate years only. Students the Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB) ± Level 4, 37 Bligh should seek confirmation of unit offerings before planning their Street, Sydney, 2000, phone +61 2 9338 3500, Email: document.write(©© programs of study. + ©ag_lpab© + ©@© + ©agd.nsw.gov.au© + ©©);ag_lpab[at]agd.nsw.gov.au, Not all of the units listed are available to candidates for the: Website: http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lpabwhat further examinations must be taken and what other conditions must be fulfilled in order to · Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) satisfy the requirements for admission to practice in the state of New · Master of Business Law (MBL) South Wales. Generally, a substantial number of additional · Master of Criminology (MCrim) examinations must be taken since little credit can be accorded, for · Master of Environmental Law (MEL) admission purposes, for law studies completed or partially completed · Master of Environmental Science and Law (MEnvSciLaw) in a number of overseas countries. Foreign nationality is no longer a · Master of Global Law (MGlobL)

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· Master of Health Law (MHL) before enrolling with the other institution. The form is available from · Master of International Business and Law (MIntBus&L) the Law School website: · Master of International Law (MIL) www.law.usyd.edu.au/cstudent/coursework/docs_pdfs/credit.pdf · Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) · Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) · Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) · Master of Taxation (MTax) · Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) · Graduate Diploma in Corporate, Securities and Finance Law (GradDipCorpLaw) · Graduate Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) · Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) · Graduate Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) · Graduate Diploma in International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL) · Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIntLaw) · Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) · Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) · Graduate Diploma in Taxation. (GradDipTax)

Intending candidates should refer to the relevant pages of this Handbook for information on the units which may be counted towards the requirements of the above degrees and graduate diplomas. Variation in units on offer The large scale and international profile of the postgraduate program means that units on offer, teaching arrangements and assessment regimes may alter at short notice to take advantage of visitors, collaborative teaching opportunities, or the need to staff other units in high demand. Attempts are made to limit the number of such changes in order to provide maximum program stability. Advance information about such variations may also be obtained by consulting the Law School website - http://www.law.usyd.edu.au Semester dates The official University semester dates are shown in the front of this Handbook. The commencing dates of each unit are shown on the lecture timetable obtainable from the Law School Information Desk from October of the preceding year. Lectures in postgraduate units are also offered in intensive or non-standard semester format. Reading materials Reading materials are available either in hard-copy format or online via the Library e-Reserve Collection at: http://opac.library.usyd.edu.au/r

Course outlines, handouts and important announcements may be available via the Web Course Tools (WebCT) site for each unit.WebCT sites are generally accessible on the first day of classes (for Session 1 & 2 units). Candidates enrolled in intensive units will be notified of the availability of the WebCT site via their USyd email address. Hard copy materials are normally available approximately 2-3 weeks prior to the commencement of the unit and may be collected from the Information Desk on Level 12.

Acts and regulations of the Australian Parliament are obtainable from:

Australian Government Publications and Inquiry Centre 120 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Acts and regulations of the NSW State Parliament are obtainable from:

Government Information and Sales Centre 55 Hunter Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Cross-institutional enrolment Candidates may undertake units in postgraduate programs at other universities subject to approval by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework) prior to enrolment in that unit. Applications to take units at overseas universities will also be considered.

A formal application, detailing the academic content, attendance and assessment requirements of the unit/s proposed to be completed, should be made to the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework)

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Doctor of Juridical Studies (SJD) 2.3 With the approval of the Committee a candidate may in exceptional circumstances complete one unit of study referred 1. Admission to in section 2.1.1 in either an undergraduate course offered 1.1 An applicant for admission to candidature shall: by this Faculty or in another faculty of this University or at 1.1.1 lodge an application with the Faculty; and another university, provided that: 1.1.2 submit with the application an outline of the proposed course 2.3.1 no unit of study for which credit is granted is the basis for of advanced study and research, including both the area of the award of any other degree; the proposed thesis and proposals for related coursework 2.3.2 the unit of study is passed at a level, or with such additional units of study. assessment or other requirements, as may be determined 1.2 An application for admission to part-time candidature shall by the Committee in each case. submit with the application a written undertaking that the 2.4 The Committee may approve a variation in a candidate©s course applicant will: of study and research. 1.2.1 have sufficient time available to complete the requirements 3. Credit for previous studies for the degree in accordance with section 7.2 and within the 3.1 Coursework degrees maximum period prescribed in section 7.2.2 of these resolutions; and 3.1.1 The Committee may grant a candidate credit for: 1.2.2 be able to attend at the University at such times and on such 3.1.1.1 up to three postgraduate coursework units of study occasions for purposes of consultation and participation in completed for the degree of Master of Laws (LLM) in this departmental activities, as may be required on the Faculty; or recommendation of the head of department concerned or 3.1.1.2 up to two postgraduate coursework units of study in respect the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Research). of units of study completed in another faculty of this 1.3 The Postgraduate Research Committee of the Faculty University or at another university, provided that: (hereafter referred to as the Committee) may admit an applicant 3.1.1.2.1 no unit of study for which credit is granted has been a to candidature for the degree if: basis for the award of any other degree; 1.3.1 the candidate©s application complies with section 1.1 and 3.1.1.2.2 the units of study were passed at a level or with such 1.2, and additional assessment or other requirements as may be 1.3.2 (except as provided in section 1.4 of these resolutions) the determined by the Board in each case; applicant holds or has fulfilled the requirements for: 3.1.1.2.3 the units of study were completed within six years 1.3.2.1 the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) of the University of immediately preceding the commencement of Sydney with First or Second Class Honours, or candidature for the degree of Doctor of Juridical Studies 1.3.2.2 the degree of Master of Laws (LLM) of the University of (SJD); and Sydney by coursework at a level of attainment prescribed 3.1.1.2.4 each unit of study falls within the scope of the approved by the resolution of the Postgraduate Studies Committee course of study and research under section 4. of the Faculty of Law. 3.2 Research degrees 1.4 On the recommendation of the Faculty, the Academic Board 3.2.1 The Board may grant credit for the whole or any part of a may admit to candidature for the degree an applicant whose period of candidature undertaken for the degree of Master application complies with section 1.1 and 1.2, and who: of Laws (LLM) by thesis or the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 1.4.1.1 is either a law graduate of another university or college of (PhD) in this Faculty provided that the candidate has advanced education; or abandoned candidature for the degree for which credit is 1.4.1.2 a person accepted by the Faculty and by the Academic sought and the period of candidature for which credit is Board as having standing equivalent to that required of a sought: law graduate of the University who is qualified for 3.2.1.1 involved a course of advanced study and research related admission to candidature for the degree; and to the candidate©s proposed course of advanced study and 1.4.1.3 is recommended by the Faculty as being suitably prepared research for the degree of Doctor of Juridical Studies in the particular field of study in which the applicant (SJD); and proposes to be a candidate. 3.2.1.2 was taken within six years immediately preceding the 2. Requirements for the SJD commencement of the degree of Doctor of Juridical Studies 2.1 Candidates shall pursue an approved course of advanced study (SJD). and research comprising: 4. The thesis 2.1.1 three postgraduate coursework units of study offered for the 4.1 The candidate for the SJD shall present a thesis which is a degree of Master of Laws (LLM) at the University of Sydney substantially original contribution to the subject concerned. which relate to the thesis referred to in 4.1.2 below and 4.2 The thesis shall have an upper limit of 75,000 words of text completed in accordance with the resolutions relating to that that may be exceeded only with permission from the Associate degree; Dean (Postgraduate Research). 2.1.2 three postgraduate research units of study which until the 4.3 The candidate shall state: Faculty otherwise prescribes shall be: 4.3.1 the sources from which the information is derived; 2.1.2.1 Legal Research 1 4.3.2 the extent to which the work of others has been made use 2.1.2.2 Legal Research 2 of; and 2.1.2.3 Legal Research 3; and 4.3.3 the portion of the work the candidate claims as original. 2.1.3 a thesis. 4.4 The topic of the thesis shall be approved by the Committee. 2.2 With the approval of the Committee a candidate may complete 4.5.1 The Committee on the recommendation of the Associate up to two of the postgraduate coursework units of study referred Dean (Postgraduate Research) shall appoint a supervisor to in section 2.1.1 in another faculty of this University or at who shall be a member of the academic staff of the Faculty. another University, provided that: 4.5.2 In appropriate cases the Committee may appoint an 2.2.1 no unit of study for which credit is granted is the basis for associate supervisor. the award of any other degree; 4.6 A candidate may not present as the thesis any work which has 2.2.2 the unit or units of study are passed at a level, or with such been presented for a degree at this or another university, but additional assessment or other requirements, as may be the candidate will not be precluded from incorporating such determined by the Committee in each case. work in the thesis, provided that, in presenting the thesis, the

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candidate indicates the part of the work which has been so 9.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study incorporated. or two failures in one unit of study. 4.7 A candidate shall submit to the Faculty three copies of the 9.2 If the Postgraduate Research Committee considers that the thesis in a form prescribed by the Committee. candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 4.8 The thesis shall be accompanied by a certificate from the should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the supervisor stating whether, in the supervisor©s opinion, the form candidature. of presentation of the thesis is satisfactory. 4.9 When the degree has been awarded, a copy of the thesis Master of Laws (LLM) incorporating any required emendations and revisions shall be 1. Admission lodged in the University Library. 5. Appointment of examiners 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of Laws (LLM) if the applicant holds such qualifications at such 5.1 On receiving the thesis and having considered the certificate levels of achievement on such terms and conditions as may of the supervisor, the Committee shall, if it thinks fit, appoint be determined from time to time by the Faculty. examiners. 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in 5.2 If the Committee resolves to appoint examiners it shall appoint writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined at least two external examiners. by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such 5.3 The Committee shall report the names of the examiners applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or appointed to the Academic Board, which may appoint one or Postgraduate Research Committee, or the Committee©s more additional examiners. nominee. 5.4 In any case where the Committee, having received the thesis 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before and having considered the report of the supervisor, resolves accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant not to appoint examiners, it shall report the circumstances for to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a its decision to the Academic Board. specified program of study in English). 6. Degree result 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 6.1 Upon completion of the coursework at the level prescribed by candidate for the degree. the Board and after consideration of the reports of the 1.5 In the Master of Laws (LLM) an applicant may be admitted as examiners on the thesis, the Committee shall submit the a candidate for either: reports, together with a recommendation concerning the award 1.5.1 the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework or of the degree, to the Academic Board which shall determine 1.5.2 the Master of Laws (LLM) by thesis. the result of the candidature. 1.6 At the time of admission a candidate must elect to undertake 7. Time limits the Master of Laws (LLM) either by coursework or by thesis. 7.1 Subject to section 7.2 a candidate may proceed either on a 1.7 Admission to the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework: full-time or part-time basis. 1.7.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master 7.2 Except in special circumstances and with the approval of the of Laws (LLM) by coursework or the Master of Laws (LLM) Committee: by thesis if: 7.2.1 the maximum length of candidature for a full time candidate 1.7.1.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws shall be eight semesters (excluding any period of approved (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the suspended candidature); program of study; or 7.2.2 the maximum length of part time candidature shall be 16 1.7.1.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the semesters (excluding any period of approved suspended program of study all the examinations of the Joint candidature). Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New 7.3 A candidate shall prepare annually, before enrolment, a South Wales. statement of the work done by the candidate towards 1.8 Admission to the Master of Laws (LLM) by thesis: completion of the requirements for the degree and submit it to 1.8.1 Admission to candidature for the Master of Laws (LLM) by the appointed supervisor. thesis requires an Honours degree at either first or second 7.4 The supervisor shall also prepare annually a report on the work class honours. done by the candidate, which shall be shown to the candidate 1.8.2 Applications for admission to candidature for the Master of for comment, and the candidate shall sign the report as having Laws (LLM) by thesis are assessed on the basis of: sighted the contents. 1.8.2.1 suitability and sufficiency of merit of the applicant©s prior 7.5 Both reports shall then be forwarded to the Associate Dean qualification (Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or equivalent); (Postgraduate Research). 1.8.2.2 suitability of proposed topic; and 7.6 Where, in the opinion of the Committee, a candidate has not 1.8.2.3 availability of appropriate supervision. made satisfactory progress towards completing the 1.9 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of requirements for the degree, the Committee may call upon the study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee candidate to show cause why the candidature should not be approves the application. terminated for lack of satisfactory progress. 2. Units of study 8. Suspension of Candidature 2.1 Candidates for the Master of Laws (LLM) by thesis are required 8.1 The Postgraduate Research Committee, or the Committee's to complete the unit of study Legal Research 1. nominee, may on written application by a candidate suspend 2.2 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the the candidature on the grounds and conditions the Committee Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework are set out in section 2.4 or its nominee thinks fit. of these resolutions. 8.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 2.3 All units of study in the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework which the course of study would otherwise have been have a value of 6 credit points unless otherwise specified. required to be completed. 2.4 Table of units of study: Master of Laws (LLM) by 8.2 The Postgraduate Research Committee, or the Committee's coursework nominee, may on written application by a candidate permit a candidate who has been admitted to candidature but has not 2.4.1 A candidates for the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework enrolled for a first time to defer enrolment for one year. may choose from the full range of postgraduate units of study 9. Satisfactory progress offered by the Faculty unless specified otherwise. 2.4.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should 9.1 The Postgraduate Research Committee, or the Committee©s refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current nominee, may require a candidate to show cause why the year unit of study availability. candidature should not be terminated for unsatisfactory 2.5 Candidates in the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework may progress, in any of the following circumstances: enrol in an Independent Research Project unit or units of study 9.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the comprising 6 or 12, but not more than 12, credit points, subject degree within the time specified in seven of these resolutions: to the approval of the Associate Dean (Postgraduate or Coursework) and satisfaction of any policies issued by the Program Coordinator.

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2.5.1 A single unit Independent Research Project worth 6 credit 6. Satisfactory progress points will be of one semester in length; a 12 credit point 6.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or Postgraduate Independent Research Project unit will cover two semesters. Research Committee, or the Committee©s nominee, may require 2.5.2 A single unit Independent Research Project requires a candidate to show cause why the candidature should not be submission of a substantial research paper of approximately terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the following 10,000 words; a 12 credit point unit requires a substantial circumstances: research paper of approximately 20,000 words. 6.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 2.5.3 ©Approximately© in relation to word length means a deviation degree within the time specified in section 7 of these of not more or less than 15 percent from the stated word resolutions; or limit. 6.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study 2.6 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the or two failures in one unit of study. Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework be permitted to enrol in 6.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or Postgraduate designated undergraduate law units of study as approved and Research Committee considers that the candidate has not offered by the Faculty. shown good cause why the candidature should not be 2.6.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit terminated, the Committee may terminate the candidature. would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 7. Time limit contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. 7.1 For the Master of Laws (LLM) by thesis: 2.6.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling at most 12 credit points. 7.1.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 2.6.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. the degree not more than two years and not less than one 2.6.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative year from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. assessment requirements imposed in respect of that 7.1.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally for the degree not more than four years and not less than including a research paper constituting not less than 60 two years from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), 7.1.3 A full-time candidate must present three copies of the thesis and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. not less than one year and not more than two years from the 2.6.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the date of first enrolment as a candidate. credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean 7.1.4 A part-time candidate must present three copies of the thesis (Postgraduate Coursework). not less than two years and not more than four years from 2.6.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as the date of first enrolment as a candidate. one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of Laws (LLM) by 7.2 For the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework: coursework. 7.2.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 3. Requirements for the Master of Laws (LLM) the degree not more than three years and not less than one 3.1 A candidate for the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework must: year from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. 3.1.1 attend classes (or in the case of the Independent Research 7.2.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements Project unit, satisfy the requirements for that unit) in units of for the degree not more than six years and not less than two study totalling 48 credit points chosen from the units of study years from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. prescribed by the Faculty as units of study leading to the 7.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework; and time for completing the Master of Laws (LLM). 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. 7.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the 3.2 A candidate for the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework who Postgraduate Coursework Committee or Postgraduate first enrolled prior to 1 January 1999, if eligible and permitted Research Committee, a candidate may complete the degree to enrol for an honours dissertation, must complete that outside the periods specified in sections 7.1 and 7.2 of these dissertation at the stipulated standard in addition to the 48 resolutions. credit points required in 3.1. 7.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study 3.3 A candidate for the Master of Laws (LLM) by thesis must: completed more than ten years prior to completion of the 3.3.1 attend classes in the unit of study Legal Research 1 and requirements of the degree. In exceptional circumstances, the pass the assessment in that unit; and Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this 3.3.2 present to the Faculty a thesis in the subject approved by requirement. the Postgraduate Research Committee, having an upper 7.6 In the Master of Laws (LLM) by thesis, the Postgraduate limit of 50,000 words of text that may be exceeded only with Research Committee may deem time spent or work done permission from the Associate Dean (Postgraduate towards the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by a Research); and candidate before admission to candidature for the Master of 3.3.3 satisfy the examiners that the thesis is a substantial Laws (LLM) by thesis to be time spent or work done after contribution to the subject concerned. admission, provided the candidate has ceased to be a 4. Requirements for honours degrees candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). 8. Assessment policy 4.1 The degree of Master of Laws (LLM) by thesis is awarded at Honours 1, Honours 2 or Pass level. 8.1 In the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework each unit of study 4.2 A candidate for the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework is not is assessed in grades of High Distinction, Distinction, Credit eligible for Honours unless they first enrolled before 1 January and Pass. The range of marks applicable are: 1999 and are currently enrolled in Honours as at 1 January 8.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent 2009. 8.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 5. Suspension of candidature 8.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent 8.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or Postgraduate 8.2 For candidates who first enrolled after 1 January 1999, the Research Committee, or the Committee©s nominee, may on Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework is awarded only on a written application by a candidate suspend the candidature on Pass basis. the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee thinks 8.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study fit. concerned, a candidate in the Master of Laws (LLM) by 5.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period Coursework may write a research paper in full or partial within which the course of study would otherwise have been satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of study. required to be completed. 8.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be 5.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or Postgraduate nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic Research Committee, or the Committee©s nominee, may on by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When written application by a candidate permit a candidate who has nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a first be dealt with in the research paper. time to defer enrolment for one year. 8.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study shall be 6000-10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit

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points and 12,000-20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 procedures as stipulated in the University©s publication credit points. The lecturer coordinating the unit of study Postgraduate Studies Handbook. determines the length within these ranges. 9. Credit transfer policy 8.4 In the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework: 9.1 Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework: 8.4.1 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of 9.1.1 Candidates for the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework may approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit make applications for credit for other study to the points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee. The classes. other study may include: 8.4.1.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit 9.1.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and of study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory 9.1.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. may be refused permission to take the assessments in 9.1.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee that unit of study. A candidate refused permission will be may in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of Laws deemed to have discontinued the unit of study with (LLM) by coursework credit for completion of units of study permission. offered towards another degree or diploma in this university 8.4.1.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than or an equivalent provider of tertiary education. The following 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory conditions apply to such credit: attendance record. 9.1.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside 8.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to the Faculty having a total credit point value more than half 50% of the unit of study attendance. of that required for completion of the course of study; 8.6 In the Master of Laws (LLM) by thesis: 9.1.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 8.6.1 A thesis candidate must apply in writing for the Postgraduate subject to Faculty fee or other policies; Research Committee©s approval of the subject of the 9.1.2.3 subject to section 9.1.3 of these resolutions, credit will not proposed thesis. be given for units of study which are credited towards the 8.6.2 The Postgraduate Research Committee appoints a member award of another degree or diploma; of the University©s academic staff, or in exceptional cases 9.1.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum and in accordance with University policies, another suitably for the course of study which are substantially similar to qualified person, as supervisor of each candidate. the units of study for which credit has been given; 8.6.2.1 A thesis candidate must personally consult with the 9.1.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is supervisor or supervisors appointed by the Postgraduate sought must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; Research Committee on a regular basis and in accordance 9.1.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, with University and Faculty policies about supervision in the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; practices. 9.1.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty 8.6.2.2 The requirements in 8.6.2.1 may be adapted to meet of this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary special geographic or other circumstances. education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a 8.6.3 A candidate may be required by the Postgraduate Research dissertation; Committee, or its nominee, to attend lectures or seminars 9.1.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within subject to the approval of any other relevant head of ten years immediately preceding the commencement of department. candidature for the master©s degree. 8.6.4 Before each re-enrolment, a candidate for the Master of Laws 9.1.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee (LLM) by thesis must submit to the Associate Dean may in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated (Postgraduate Research) a short statement of the work done with a graduate diploma previously awarded by the Faculty by the candidate in the preceding 12 months. to have units from that graduate diploma credited towards 8.7 Examination of theses for the Master of Laws (LLM) by the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework. The following thesis: conditions apply: 8.7.1 A thesis may be submitted for assessment in a temporary 9.1.3.1 an applicant for the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework binding provided that it is strong enough to withstand ordinary may only apply to have units credited towards that master©s handling and postage. degree that were previously credited towards a graduate 8.7.2 The degree will not be awarded until the candidate has diploma awarded by the Faculty within ten years lodged with the University at least two copies of the thesis, immediately preceding the commencement of candidature containing any amendments or corrections that may be for the Master of Laws (LLM) by coursework; required. These copies must be bound in permanent form. 9.1.3.2 a candidate for the master©s degree by coursework who 8.7.3 The Postgraduate Research Committee, in accordance with is given such credit is not thereby exempted from fulfilling the policies determined by the Faculty and University from the coursework requirements for that degree, including time to time, must appoint two examiners with qualifications the completion of any compulsory units that currently apply; it thinks fit to examine the thesis of the candidate, of whom 9.1.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units at least one must be external to the University of Sydney. of study comprising a graduate diploma, may not be given 8.7.4 A thesis must be accompanied by a certificate from the more than once in respect of the same units. supervisor stating whether, in the supervisor©s opinion, the 9.2 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which thesis is presented in a satisfactory form and prima facie have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit examinable. enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of Laws 8.7.5 The candidate must state in the thesis, generally in a preface, (LLM) by coursework on terms the Postgraduate Coursework and specifically in notes: Committee determines from time to time. 8.7.5.1 the sources from which the information was derived; 8.7.5.2 the extent to which the work of others has been used; and Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) 8.7.5.3 the portions of the thesis claimed as original. 1. Admission 8.7.6 The candidate must not lodge as the thesis any work 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of previously submitted for a degree of this or any other Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) if the applicant holds university. However, work of that kind may be incorporated such qualifications at such levels of achievement on such terms in the thesis, provided that the thesis indicates the work so and conditions as may be determined from time to time by the incorporated. Faculty. 8.7.7 The Postgraduate Research Committee must determine the 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in grade at which the degree is to be awarded to a successful writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined thesis candidate in light of the reports of the examiners. by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such 8.7.7.1 The degree is awarded at Honours 1, Honours 2 or Pass applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its level. nominee. 8.7.8 The Postgraduate Research Committee must ensure that 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before the result is in accordance with University policy and accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant

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to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 2.4.2.11 Law, Ageing and Disability specified program of study in English). 2.4.2.12 Law of Tax Administration 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 2.4.2.13 Local Government Law candidate for the degree. 2.4.2.14 Privacy, Surveillance and Fair Information Practices 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of 2.4.2.15 Refugee Law Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) if: 2.4.2.16 The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws 2.5.1 Of the optional units of study prescribed by the Faculty of (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the Law for the Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP), program of study; or candidates must attend classes in units of study totalling at 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the least 12 but no more than 24 credit points. program of study all the examinations of the Joint 2.5.2 The units of study for the Master of Administrative Law and Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South Policy (MALP) may be taken from units offered in other Wales. faculties including from the Department of Government and 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section International Relations, the Department of Sociology and 1.5 of these resolutions may be admitted to candidature for the Social Policy, and the Faculty of Education and Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) if: Social Work as units of study leading to the master©s degree. 1.6.1 the candidate has obtained a degree or completed a 2.6 Candidates in the Master of Administrative Law and Policy qualification at a level of merit which the Postgraduate (MALP) may enrol in an Independent Research Project unit or Coursework Committee considers sufficient to enable the units of study comprising 6 or 12, but not more than 12, credit candidate to undertake the course of study; and points, subject to the approval of the Associate Dean 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields (Postgraduate Coursework) and satisfaction of any policies stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates issued by the Program Co-ordinator. for a specialist degree. 2.6.1 A single unit Independent Research Project worth 6 credit 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of points will be of one semester in length; a 12 credit point study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee Independent Research Project unit will cover two semesters. approves the application. 2.6.2 A single unit Independent Research Project requires 2. Units of study submission of a substantial research paper of approximately 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the 10,000 words; a 12 credit point unit requires a substantial Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) are specified research paper of approximately 20,000 words. in section 2.4. 2.6.3 ©Approximately© in relation to word length means a deviation 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units of not more or less than 15 percent from the stated word taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc limit. basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. 2.7 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study year unit of study availability. other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP), and to have otherwise specified. that unit or those units of study credited towards the degree. 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary 2.8 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the study or a combination of that study with work experience, can Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) be permitted demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory to enrol in designated undergraduate law units of study as units of study may be relieved from the requirement to approved and offered by the Faculty. undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. 2.8.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. must be substituted for that unit(s). 2.8.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total at most 12 credit points. credit point value required for completion of the Master of 2.8.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. Administrative Law and Policy. 2.8.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative 2.4 Table of units of study: Master of Administrative assessment requirements imposed in respect of that Law and Policy (MALP) candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally 2.4.1 Compulsory units of study including a research paper constituting not less than 60 per cent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), 2.4.1.1 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. 2.4.1.1.1 Candidates for the Master of Administrative Law and 2.8.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the Policy (MALP) who do not hold a legal qualification as credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean specified in section 1.5 of these resolutions are required (Postgraduate Coursework). to undertake this unit. 2.8.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 2.4.1.1.2 Candidates must have completed or be concurrently one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of Administrative enrolled in this unit before being permitted to enrol in Law and Policy (MALP). other law units. 3. Requirements for the Master of Administrative Law 2.4.1.2 Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) 2.4.1.3 Policy Making, Power and Politics 2.4.1.4 Public Policy 3.1 A candidate for the Master of Administrative Law and Policy 2.4.1.4.1 Candidates who have completed the unit of study Public (MALP) must: Sector Policy 1, Taxation and Social Policy or 3.1.1 attend classes (or in the case of the Independent Research Environmental Economics are not permitted to enrol in Project unit, satisfy the requirements for that unit) in units of this unit. study totalling 48 credit points chosen from the units of study 2.4.2 Optional units of study prescribed by the Faculty as units of study leading to the master©s degree; and 2.4.2.1 Comparative Constitutional Law 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. 2.4.2.2 Constitutional Theory 3.2 A candidate for the Master of Administrative Law and Policy 2.4.2.3 Dispute Resolution in Australia (MALP) who first enrolled prior to 1 January 1999, if eligible 2.4.2.4 Drugs, Drug Policy and the Law and permitted to enrol for an Honours dissertation, must 2.4.2.5 Environmental Impact Assessment Law complete that dissertation at the stipulated standard in addition 2.4.2.6 Environmental Law and Policy to the 48 credit points required in 3.1. 2.4.2.7 Environmental Planning Law 4. Requirements for Honours 2.4.2.8 Government Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics 2.4.2.9 Immigration and Nationality Law 4.1 A candidate for the Master of Administrative Law and Policy 2.4.2.10 Judicial Review: Principles, Policy and Procedure (MALP) is not eligible for Honours unless they first enrolled

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before 1 January 1999 and are currently enrolled in Honours points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of as at 1 January 2009. classes. 5. Suspension of candidature 8.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to thinks fit. have discontinued the unit of study with permission. 5.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 8.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than within which the course of study would otherwise have been 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory required to be completed; attendance record. 5.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 8.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who 50% of the unit of study attendance. has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a 9. Credit transfer policy first time to defer enrolment for one year. 9.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the 6. Satisfactory progress Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other 6.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may study may include: require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should 9.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 9.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. following circumstances: 9.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 6.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of degree within the time specified in section 7 of these Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) credit for completion of resolutions; or units of study offered towards another degree or diploma in 6.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study this university or an equivalent provider of tertiary education. or two failures in one unit of study. The following conditions apply to such credit: 6.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 9.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the that required for completion of the course of study; candidature. 9.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 7. Time limit subject to Faculty fee or other policies; 7.1 A full-time candidate in the Master of Administrative Law and 9.2.3 subject to section 9.3, credit will not be given for units of Policy (MALP) must complete all the requirements for the study which are credited towards the award of another degree degree not more than three years and not less than one year or diploma; from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. 9.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum 7.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for for the course of study which are substantially similar to the the Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) not more units of study for which credit has been given; than six years and not less than two years from the date of first 9.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought enrolment as a candidate. must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; 7.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the 9.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in time for completing the Master of Administrative Law and Policy the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; (MALP). 9.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another Faculty of 7.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the this University or at an equivalent provider of tertiary Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a complete the Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) dissertation; outside the periods specified in sections 7.1 and 7.2 of these 9.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within resolutions. ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 7.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study candidature for the master©s degree. completed more than ten years prior to completion of the 9.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may requirements of the degree. In exceptional circumstances, the in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated with a Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this graduate diploma previously awarded by the Faculty to have requirement. units from that graduate diploma credited towards the Master 8. Assessment policy of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP). The following conditions apply: 8.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 9.3.1 an applicant for the Master of Administrative Law and Policy Distinction, Credit and Pass. The range of marks applicable (MALP) may only apply to have units credited towards that are: master©s degree that were previously credited towards a 8.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent graduate diploma awarded by the Faculty within ten years 8.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent immediately preceding the commencement of candidature 8.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent for the Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP); 8.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent 9.3.2 a candidate for the Master of Administrative Law and Policy 8.2 For candidates who first enrolled after 1 January 1999, the (MALP) who is given such credit is not thereby exempted Master of Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) is awarded from fulfilling the coursework requirements for that degree, only on a pass basis. including the completion of any compulsory units that 8.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study currently apply; concerned, candidates may write a research paper in full or 9.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units of partial satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of study comprising a graduate diploma, may not be given more study. than once in respect of the same units. 8.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be 9.4 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to Administrative Law and Policy (MALP) on terms the be dealt with in the research paper. Postgraduate Coursework Committee determines from time to 8.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study time. shall be 6,000-10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit points and 12,000-20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 credit points. The lecturer co-ordinating the unit of study determines the length within these ranges. 8.4 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit

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Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems 2.4.2.7 Comparative Environmental Law (MAPLS) 2.4.2.8 Japanese Law, Society and Public Policy 2.4.2.9 Korean Law 1. Admission 2.4.2.10 Law and Business in Indonesia 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of 2.4.2.11 Law and Society in Indonesia Asian and Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS) if the applicant holds 2.4.2.12 Sustainable Development Law in China (12 credit points) such qualifications at such levels of achievement on such terms 2.4.2.13 Tax Law in Asia and the Pacific and conditions as may be determined from time to time by the 2.4.2.14 Vietnamese Laws & Vietnamese Legal Systems (12 credit Faculty. points) 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in 2.5 Candidates in the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined (MAPLS) may enrol in an Independent Research Project unit by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such or units of study comprising 6 or 12, but not more than 12, applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its credit points, subject to the approval of the Associate Dean nominee. (Postgraduate Coursework) and satisfaction of any policies 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before issued by the Program Coordinator. accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 2.5.1 A single unit Independent Research Project worth 6 credit to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a points will be of one semester in length; a 12 credit point specified program of study in English). Independent Research Project unit will cover two semesters. 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 2.5.2 A single unit Independent Research Project requires candidate for the degree. submission of a substantial research paper of approximately 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of 10,000 words; a 12 credit point unit requires a substantial Asian and Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS) if: research paper of approximately 20,000 words. 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws 2.5.3 ©Approximately© in relation to word length means a deviation (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the of not more or less than 15 percent from the stated word program of study; or limit. 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 2.6 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted program of study all the examinations of the Joint by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study Wales. other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS), and to 1.5 of these resolutions may be admitted to candidature for the have that unit or those units of study credited towards the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS) if: degree. 1.6.1 the candidate has obtained a degree or completed a 2.7 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the qualification at a level of merit which the Postgraduate Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS) be Coursework Committee considers sufficient to enable the permitted to enrol in designated undergraduate law units of candidate to undertake the course of study; and study as approved and offered by the Faculty. 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields 2.7.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise for a specialist degree. contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 2.7.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee at most 12 credit points. approves the application. 2.7.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. 2. Units of study 2.7.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the assessment requirements imposed in respect of that Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS) are set candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally out in section 2.4 of these resolutions. including a research paper constituting not less than 60 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 1.4, units percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. 2.7.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current (Postgraduate Coursework). year unit of study availability. 2.7.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of Asian and Pacific otherwise specified. Legal Systems. 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary 3. Requirements for the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal study or a combination of that study with work experience, can Systems (MAPLS) demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory 3.1 A candidate for the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems units of study may be relieved from the requirement to (MAPLS) must: undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. 3.1.1 attend classes (or in the case of the Independent Research 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of Project unit, satisfy the requirements for that unit) in units of study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study study totalling 48 credit points chosen from the units of study must be substituted for that unit(s). prescribed by the Faculty as units of study leading to the 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total degree; and credit point value required for completion of the Master of 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. Asian and Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS). 3.2 A candidate for the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems 2.4 Table of units of study: Master of Asian and Pacific (MAPLS) who first enrolled prior to 1 January 1999, if eligible Legal Systems (MAPLS) and permitted to enrol for an Honours dissertation, must 2.4.1 Compulsory unit of study complete that dissertation at the stipulated standard in addition 2.4.1.1 Law and Legal Culture in Asia and the Pacific (12 credit to the 48 credit points required in 3.1. points) 4. Requirements for Honours 2.4.2 Optional units of study 4.1 A candidate for the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems 2.4.2.1 Asia Pacific Environmental Law (MAPLS) is not eligible for Honours unless they first enrolled 2.4.2.2 Asia Pacific Environmental Law Journal before 1 January 1999 and are currently enrolled in Honours. 2.4.2.3 Australian International Taxation 5. Suspension of candidature 2.4.2.4 Tax Treaties 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.4.2.5 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems (12 credit on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature points) on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee 2.4.2.6 Chinese Legal System and Foreign Investment Law thinks fit.

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5.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 8.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than within which the course of study would otherwise have been 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory required to be completed; attendance record. 5.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 8.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who 50% of the unit of study attendance. has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a 9. Credit transfer policy first time to defer enrolment for one year. 9.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the 6. Satisfactory progress Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other 6.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may study may include: require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should 9.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 9.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. following circumstances: 9.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 6.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of Asian and degree within the time specified in section 7 of these Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS) credit for completion of units resolutions; or of study offered towards another degree or diploma in this 6.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study university or an equivalent provider of tertiary education. The or two failures in one unit of study. following conditions apply to such credit: 6.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 9.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the that required for completion of the course of study; candidature. 9.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 7. 7. Time limit subject to Faculty fee or other policies; 7.1 A full-time candidate in the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal 9.2.3 subject to section 9.3, credit will not be given for units of Systems (MAPLS) must complete all the requirements for the study which are credited towards the award of another degree degree not more than three years and not less than one year or diploma; from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. 9.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum 7.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for for the course of study which are substantially similar to the the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS) not units of study for which credit has been given; more than six years and not less than two years from the date 9.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought of first enrolment as a candidate. must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; 7.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the 9.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in time for completing the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; Systems (MAPLS). 9.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of 7.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a complete the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems dissertation; (MAPLS) outside the periods specified in sections 7.1 and 7.2 9.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within of these resolutions. 10 years immediately preceding the commencement of 7.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study candidature for the master©s degree. completed more than ten years prior to completion of the 9.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may requirements of the degree. In exceptional circumstances, the in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated with a Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this Graduate Diploma previously awarded by the Faculty to have requirement. units from that graduate diploma credited towards the Master 8. Assessment policy of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS). The following 8.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, conditions apply: Distinction, Credit and Pass. The range of marks applicable 9.3.1 an applicant for the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal are: Systems (MAPLS) may only apply to have units credited 8.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent towards that master©s degree that were previously credited 8.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent towards a graduate diploma awarded by the Faculty within 8.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 8.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent candidature for the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal 8.2 For candidates who first enrolled after 1 January 1999, the Systems (MAPLS); Master of Asian and Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS) is awarded 9.3.2 a candidate for the Master of Asian and Pacific Legal only on a Pass basis. Systems (MAPLS) who is given such credit is not thereby 8.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study exempted from fulfilling the coursework requirements for that concerned, candidates may write a research paper in full or master©s degree, including the completion of any compulsory partial satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of units that currently apply; study. 9.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units of 8.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be study comprising a graduate diploma, may not be given more nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic than once in respect of the same units. by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When 9.4 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit be dealt with in the research paper. enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of Asian and 8.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study Pacific Legal Systems (MAPLS) on terms the Postgraduate shall be 6000±10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit Coursework Committee determines from time to time. points and 12,000±20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 credit points. The lecturer coordinating the unit of study Master of Business Law (MBL) determines the length within these ranges. 1. Admission 8.4 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit Business Law (MBL) if the applicant holds such qualifications points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of at such levels of achievement on such terms and conditions classes. as may be determined from time to time by the Faculty. 8.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its have discontinued the unit of study with permission. nominee.

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1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before 2.4.1 A single unit Independent Research Project worth 6 credit accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant points will be of one semester in length; a 12 credit point to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a Independent Research Project unit will cover two semesters. specified program of study in English). 2.4.2 A single unit Independent Research Project requires 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time submission of a substantial research paper of approximately candidate for the degree. 10,000 words; a 12 credit point unit requires a substantial 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of research paper of approximately 20,000 words. Business Law (MBL) if: 2.4.3 ©Approximately© in relation to word length means a deviation 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or of not more or less than 15 percent from the stated word equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the program of limit. study; or 2.5 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the program of study all the examinations of the Joint Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the Wales. Master of Business Law (MBL), and to have that unit or those 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section units of study credited towards the degree. 1.5 of these resolutions may be admitted to candidature for the 2.6 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the Master of Business Law (MBL) if: Master of Business Law (MBL) be permitted to enrol in 1.6.1 the candidate has obtained a degree or completed a designated undergraduate law units of study as approved and qualification at a level of merit which the Postgraduate offered by the Faculty. Coursework Committee considers sufficient to enable the 2.6.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit candidate to undertake the course of study; and would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. (normally accountancy, commerce or business) stipulated 2.6.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates for a at most 12 credit points. specialist degree. 2.6.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 2.6.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee assessment requirements imposed in respect of that approves the application. candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally 2. Units of study including a research paper constituting not less than 60 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), Master of Business Law (MBL) are set out in section 2.3 of and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. these resolutions. 2.6.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 3.4, units credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc (Postgraduate Coursework). basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. 2.6.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of Business Law refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current (MBL). year unit of study availability. 3. Requirements for the Master of Business Law (MBL) 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless 3.1 A candidate for the Master of Business Law (MBL) must: otherwise specified. 3.1.1 attend classes (or in the case of the Independent Research 2.3 Table of units of study: Master of Business Law Project unit, satisfy the requirements for that unit) in units of (MBL) study totalling 48 credit points chosen from the units of study 2.3.1 Candidates for the Master of Business Law (MBL) are prescribed by the Faculty as units of study leading to the required to complete 48 credit points from the list of units degree; and available in the following courses: 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. 2.3.1.1 Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) 4. Suspension of candidature 2.3.1.2 Graduate Diploma in Corporate, Securities and Finance 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, Law (GradDipCorpLaw) on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature 2.3.1.3 Graduate Diploma in International Business Law on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee (GradDipIntBusL) thinks fit. 2.3.1.4 Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 2.3.1.5 Master of Taxation (MTax) within which the course of study would otherwise have been 2.3.2 Candidates enrolling in units from the Master of Taxation required to be completed; (MTax) must complete the unit of study The Impact of Tax 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, on Business Structures & Operations and/or any other on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who prerequisite unit or units prescribed by the Faculty. has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a 2.3.2.1 The Coordinator of the Master of Business Law (MBL) (in first time to defer enrolment for one year. conjunction with the coordinator of the Master of Taxation 5. Satisfactory progress Law) may waive the requirement in 2.3.2 in appropriate 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may cases. require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should 2.3.2.2 Candidates who do not hold a legal qualification and who not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the have not completed a legal studies unit as part of a degree following circumstances: in accountancy, business or commerce within a common 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the law jurisdiction will be required to complete the unit of study degree within the time specified in section 7 of these Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System. resolutions; or 2.3.2.3 Such candidates must have completed or be concurrently 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study enrolled in Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System or two failures in one unit of study. before being permitted to enrol in other law units. 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 2.3.2.4 The Coordinator of the Master of Business Law (MBL) candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature may waive the requirement in 2.3.3 in appropriate cases. should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the 2.4 Candidates in the Master of Business Law (MBL) may enrol in candidature. an Independent Research Project unit or units of study 6. Time limit comprising 6 or 12, but not more than 12, credit points, subject 6.1 A full-time candidate in the Master of Business Law (MBL) must to the approval of the Associate Dean (Postgraduate complete all the requirements for the degree not more than Coursework) and satisfaction of any policies issued by the three years and not less than one year from the date of first Program Coordinator. enrolment as a candidate.

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6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in the Master of Business Law (MBL) not more than six years and the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; not less than two years from the date of first enrolment as a 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of candidate. this University or at an equivalent provider of tertiary 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a time for completing the Master of Business Law (MBL). dissertation; 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may ten years immediately preceding the commencement of complete the Master of Business Law (MBL) outside the periods candidature for the master©s degree. specified in sections 6.1 and 6.2 of these resolutions. 8.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated with a completed more than ten years prior to completion of the graduate diploma previously awarded by the Faculty to have requirements of the degree. units from that graduate diploma credited towards the Master 6.5.1 In exceptional circumstances, the Postgraduate Coursework of Business Law (MBL). The following conditions apply: Committee may waive this requirement. 8.3.1 an applicant for a Master of Business Law (MBL) may only 7. Assessment policy apply to have units credited towards that master©s degree 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, that were previously credited towards a graduate diploma Distinction, Credit and Pass. The range of marks applicable awarded by the Faculty within ten years immediately are: preceding the commencement of candidature for the Master 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent of Business Law (MBL); 7.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 8.3.2 a candidate for the Master of Business Law (MBL) who is 7.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent given such credit is not thereby exempted from fulfilling the 7.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent coursework requirements for that degree, including the 7.2 The Master of Business Law (MBL) is awarded only on a Pass completion of any compulsory units that currently apply; basis. 8.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units of 7.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study study comprising a graduate diploma, may not be given more concerned, candidates may write a research paper in full or than once in respect of the same units. partial satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of 8.4 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which study. have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit 7.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of Business nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic Law (MBL) on terms the Postgraduate Coursework Committee by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When determines from time to time. nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to be dealt with in the research paper. Master of Criminology (MCrim) 7.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study 1. Admission shall be 6,000-10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of points and 12,000-20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 Criminology (MCrim) if the applicant holds such qualifications credit points. The lecturer co-ordinating the unit of study at such levels of achievement on such terms and conditions determines the length within these ranges. as may be determined from time to time by the Faculty. 7.4 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such classes. applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its 7.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of nominee. study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a have discontinued the unit of study with permission. specified program of study in English). 7.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory candidate for the degree. attendance record. 1.5 In the Master of Criminology (MCrim) an applicant may be 7.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to admitted as a candidate for either: 50% of the unit of study attendance. 1.5.1 the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by coursework or 8. Credit transfer policy 1.5.2 the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by thesis. 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the 1.6 At the time of admission a candidate must elect to undertake Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other the Master of Criminology (MCrim) either by coursework or by study may include: thesis. 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 1.7 Admission to the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. coursework: 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 1.7.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of Business of Criminology (MCrim) by coursework if: Law (MBL) credit for completion of units of study offered 1.7.1.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws towards another degree or diploma in this university or an (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the equivalent provider of tertiary education. The following program of study; or conditions apply to such credit: 1.7.1.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the program of study all the examinations of the Joint Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New that required for completion of the course of study; South Wales. 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 1.7.2 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in 1.7.1 subject to Faculty fee or other policies; may be admitted to candidature for the Master of Criminology 8.2.3 subject to section 8.3, credit will not be given for units of (MCrim) by coursework if: study which are credited towards the award of another degree 1.7.2.1 the candidate has obtained a degree or completed a or diploma; qualification at a level of merit which the Postgraduate 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum Coursework Committee considers sufficient to enable the for the course of study which are substantially similar to the candidate to undertake the course of study; and units of study for which credit has been given; 1.7.2.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; candidates for a specialist degree.

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1.8 Admission to the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by 2.6.1 The topic of the Criminology Research Project may be related thesis: to any unit of study undertaken by the candidate as part of 1.8.1 Admission to candidature for the Master of Laws (LLM) by the course of study. thesis requires an honours degree at either first or second 2.6.2 The candidate must nominate the topic of the Criminology class honours. Research Project, after consultation with and approval by 1.8.2 Applications for admission to candidature for the Master of the Program Coordinator. Criminology (MCrim) by thesis are assessed on the basis of: 2.6.3 The Criminology Research Project has a value of 12 credit 1.8.2.1 suitability and sufficiency of merit of prior qualifications; points. 1.8.2.2 suitability of proposed topic; and 2.6.4 The required length of the Criminology Research Project is 1.8.2.3 availability of appropriate supervision. approximately 15,000 words. 1.9 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 2.7 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the approves the application. Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study 2. Units of study other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the 2.1 Candidates for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by thesis Master of Criminology by (MCrim) coursework, and to have are required to complete the unit of study Legal Research 1. that unit or those units of study credited towards the degree. 2.2 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the 2.8 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by coursework are set out in Master of Criminology (MCrim) by coursework be permitted to section 2.5 of these resolutions. enrol in designated undergraduate law units of study as 2.2.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.5, units approved and offered by the Faculty. taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc 2.8.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 2.2.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current 2.8.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling year unit of study availability. at most 12 credit points. 2.3 All units of study in the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by 2.8.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. Coursework have a value of 6 credit points unless otherwise 2.8.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative specified. assessment requirements imposed in respect of that 2.4 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally study or a combination of that study with work experience, can including a research paper constituting not less than 60 demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), units of study may be relieved from the requirement to and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. 2.8.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the 2.4.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study (Postgraduate Coursework). must be substituted for that unit(s). 2.8.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 2.4.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of Criminology by credit point value required for completion of the Master of coursework (MCrim). Criminology by Coursework (MCrim). 3. Requirements for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) 2.5 Table of units of study: Master of Criminology 3.1 A candidate for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by (MCrim) by Coursework coursework must: 2.5.1 Compulsory units of study 3.1.1 attend classes (or in the case of the Criminology Research Project satisfy the requirements for that unit) in units of study 2.5.1.1 Crime Research and Policy totalling 48 credit points chosen from the units of study 2.5.1.2 Explaining Crime prescribed by the Faculty as units of study leading to the 2.5.1.3 Criminal Liability Master of Criminology by coursework (MCrim); and 2.5.1.3.1 Candidates for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. coursework who do not hold a law degree or equivalent 3.2 A candidate for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by qualification are required to undertake this unit. coursework who first enrolled prior to 1 January 1999, if eligible Candidates for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by and permitted to enrol for an Honours dissertation, must coursework who hold a law degree or equivalent complete that dissertation at the stipulated standard in addition qualification will not be permitted to undertake this unit. to the 48 credit points required in 4.1. 2.5.2 Optional units of study 3.3 A candidate for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by thesis 2.5.2.1 Advanced Forensic Psychiatry must: 2.5.2.1.1 This unit of study is only available to candidates who 3.3.1 attend classes in the unit of study Legal Research 1 and have completed Forensic Psychiatry. pass the assessment in that unit; and 2.5.2.2 Contemporary Challenges for Criminal Law 3.3.2 present to the Faculty a thesis in the subject approved by 2.5.2.2.1 This unit is only available to candidates who have the Postgraduate Research Committee, having an upper completed an undergraduate unit of study in criminal limit of 50,000 words of text that may be exceeded only with law or equivalent. permission from the Associate Dean (Postgraduate 2.5.2.3 Contemporary Crime Issues Research); and 2.5.2.4 Critical Issues in Crime Research and Policy 3.3.3 satisfy the examiners that the thesis is a substantial 2.5.2.4.1 This unit of study is only available to candidates who contribution to the subject concerned. have completed Crime, Research and Policy. 4. Requirements for honours degrees 2.5.2.5 Criminal Justice: Developments in Prevention and Control 4.1 The degree of Master of Criminology (MCrim) by thesis is 2.5.2.6 Criminal Procedures awarded at Honours 1, Honours 2 or Pass level. 2.5.2.7 Death Law 4.2 A candidate for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by 2.5.2.8 Environmental Criminology coursework is not eligible for Honours unless they first enrolled 2.5.2.9 Explaining Punishment before 1 January 1999 and are currently enrolled in Honours 2.5.2.10 Forensic Psychiatry as at 1 January 2009. 2.5.2.11 Gender, Race and Crime 5. Suspension of candidature 2.5.2.12 Hate Crime 2.5.2.13 International and Comparative Criminal Justice 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.5.2.14 Policing Australian Society on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature 2.5.2.15 Policing Bodies: Crime, Sexuality and Reproduction on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee 2.5.2.16 Young People, Crime and the Law thinks fit. 2.6 Candidates for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by 5.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period coursework may complete a Criminology Research Project. within which the course of study would otherwise have been required to be completed;

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5.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 8.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who shall be 6000-10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a points and 12,000-20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 first time to defer enrolment for one year. credit points. The lecturer coordinating the unit of study 6. Satisfactory progress determines the length within these ranges. 6.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 8.4 In the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by coursework, a unit of require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should study of 6 credit points requires attendance of approximately not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 26 hours of classes; a unit of study of 12 credit points requires following circumstances: attendance of approximately 52 hours of classes. 6.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 8.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of degree within the time specified in section 7 of these study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may resolutions; or be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit 6.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to or two failures in one unit of study. have discontinued the unit of study with permission. 6.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 8.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the attendance record. candidature. 8.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to 7. Time limit 50% of the unit of study attendance. 7.1 For the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by thesis: 8.6 In the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by thesis: 7.1.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 8.6.1 A thesis candidate must apply in writing for the Postgraduate the degree not more than two years and not less than one Research Committee©s approval of the subject of the year from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. proposed thesis. 7.1.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements 8.6.2 The Postgraduate Research Committee appoints a member for the degree not more than four years and not less than of the University©s academic staff, or in exceptional cases two years from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. and in accordance with University policies, another suitably 7.1.3 A full-time candidate must present three copies of the thesis qualified person, as supervisor of each candidate. not less than one year and not more than two years from the 8.6.2.1 A thesis candidate must personally consult with the date of first enrolment as a candidate. supervisor or supervisors appointed by the Postgraduate 7.1.4 A part-time candidate must present three copies of the thesis Research Committee on a regular basis and in accordance not less than two years and not more than four years from with University and Faculty policies about supervision the date of first enrolment as a candidate. practices. 7.2 For the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by coursework: 8.6.6.2 The requirements in 8.6.2.1 may be adapted to meet special geographic or other circumstances. 7.2.1 a full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 8.6.3 A candidate may be required by the Program Coordinator the degree not more than three years and not less than one (or nominee) to attend lectures or seminars subject to the year from the date of first enrolment as a candidate; approval of any other relevant head of department. 7.2.2 a part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 8.6.4 Before each re-enrolment, a candidate for the Master of the degree not more than six years and not less than two Criminology (MCrim) by thesis must submit to the Associate years from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. Dean (Postgraduate Research) a short statement of the work 7.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the done by the candidate in the preceding 12 months. time for completing the Master of Criminology (MCrim). 8.7 Examination of theses for the Master of Criminology 7.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the (MCrim) by thesis: Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may complete the degree outside the periods specified in sections 8.7.1 A thesis may be submitted for assessment in a temporary 7.1 and 7.2 of these resolutions. binding provided that it is strong enough to withstand ordinary 7.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study handling and postage. completed more than ten years prior to completion of the 8.7.2 The degree will not be awarded until the candidate has requirements of the degree. In exceptional circumstances, the lodged with the University at least two copies of the thesis, Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this containing any amendments or corrections that may be requirement. required. These copies must be bound in permanent form. 7.6 In the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by thesis, the 8.7.3 The Postgraduate Research Committee, in accordance with Postgraduate Research Committee may deem time spent or the policies determined by the Faculty and University from work done towards the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by a time to time, must appoint two examiners with qualifications candidate before admission to candidature for the Master of it thinks fit to examine the thesis of the candidate, of whom Criminology (MCrim) by thesis to be time spent or work done at least one must be external to the University of Sydney. after admission, provided the candidate has ceased to be a 8.7.4 A thesis must be accompanied by a certificate from the candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). supervisor stating whether, in the supervisor©s opinion, the 8. Assessment policy thesis is presented in a satisfactory form and prima facie examinable. 8.1 In the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by coursework each unit 8.7.5 The candidate must state in the thesis, generally in a preface, of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, Distinction, and specifically in notes: Credit and Pass. The range of marks applicable are: 8.7.5.1 the sources from which the information was derived; 8.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent 8.7.5.2 the extent to which the work of others has been used; and 8.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 8.7.5.3 the portions of the thesis claimed as original. 8.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent 8.7.6 The candidate must not lodge as the thesis any work 8.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent previously submitted for a degree of this or any other 8.2 For candidates who first enrolled after 1 January 1999, the University. However, work of that kind may be incorporated Master of Criminology (MCrim) is awarded only on a Pass in the thesis, provided that the thesis indicates the work so basis. incorporated. 8.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study 8.7.7.1 The degree is awarded at Honours 1, Honours 2 or Pass concerned, a candidate in the Master of Criminology (MCrim) level. by coursework may write a research paper in full or partial 8.7.8 The Postgraduate Research Committee must ensure that satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of study. the result is in accordance with University policy and 8.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be procedures as stipulated in the University©s publication nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic Postgraduate Studies Handbook. by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to be dealt with in the research paper.

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9. Credit transfer policy conditions as may be determined from time to time by the 9.1 Master of Criminology (MCrim) by coursework: Faculty. 9.1.1 Candidates for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in coursework may make applications for credit for other study writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee. by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such The other study may include: applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its 9.1.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and nominee. 9.1.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before 9.1.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant may in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a Criminology (MCrim) by coursework credit for completion of specified program of study in English). units of study offered towards another degree or diploma in 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time this university or an equivalent provider of tertiary education. candidate for the degree. The following conditions apply to such credit: 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of 9.1.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside Environmental Law (MEL) if: the Faculty having a total credit point value more than half 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws of that required for completion of the course of study; (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the 9.1.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty program of study; or subject to Faculty fee or other policies; 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 9.1.2.3 subject to section 9.1.3 of these resolutions, credit will not program of study all the examinations of the Joint be given for units of study which are credited towards the Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South award of another degree or diploma; Wales. 9.1.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section for the course of study which are substantially similar to 1.5 of these resolutions may be admitted to candidature for the the units of study for which credit has been given; Master of Environmental Law (MEL) if: 9.1.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is 1.6.1 the candidate has obtained a degree or completed a sought must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; qualification at a level of merit which the Postgraduate 9.1.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, Coursework Committee considers sufficient to enable the in the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; candidate to undertake the course of study; and 9.1.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields of this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a for a specialist degree. dissertation; 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 9.1.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee ten years immediately preceding the commencement of approves the application. candidature for the master©s degree. 2. Units of study 9.1.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the may in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated Master of Environmental Law (MEL) are set out in section 2.4 with a graduate diploma previously awarded by the Faculty of these resolutions. to have units from that graduate diploma credited towards 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by coursework. The taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc following conditions apply: basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. 9.1.3.1 an applicant for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should coursework may only apply to have units credited towards refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current that degree which were previously credited towards a year unit of study availability. graduate diploma awarded by the Faculty within ten years 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless immediately preceding the commencement of candidature otherwise specified. for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by coursework; 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary 9.1.3.2 a candidate for the Master of Criminology (MCrim) by study or a combination of that study with work experience, can coursework who is given such credit is not thereby demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory exempted from fulfilling the coursework requirements for units of study may be relieved from the requirement to that degree, including the completion of any compulsory undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. units that currently apply; 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of 9.1.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study of study comprising a Graduate Diploma, may not be given must be substituted for that unit(s). more than once in respect of the same units. 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total 9.1.4 Applicants who qualified for a Graduate Diploma in credit point value required for completion of the Master of Criminology (GradDipCrim) under previous resolutions (which Environmental Law (MEL). required a candidate to complete 8 units of study, rather than 2.4 List of units of study: Master of Environmental Law 4), may apply to upgrade to the Master of Criminology (MEL) (MCrim) by coursework in accordance with section 9.1.3. 2.4.1 Compulsory units of study 9.1.4.1 Such an applicant will be treated as having completed 24 2.4.1.1 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System credit points (4 units of study) towards the Master of 2.4.1.1.1 Candidates for the Master of Environmental Law (MEL) Criminology (MCrim) by coursework, including the who do not hold a legal qualification as specified in compulsory units required for the Master of Criminology section 1.5 of these resolutions are required to undertake (MCrim) by coursework. this unit. 9.2 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 2.4.1.1.2 Candidates must have completed or be concurrently have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit enrolled in this unit before being permitted to enrol in enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of other law units. Criminology (MCrim) by coursework on terms the Postgraduate 2.4.1.2 Environmental Law and Policy Coursework Committee determines from time to time. 2.4.1.2.1 For candidates who have not completed any tertiary study in environmental law, this unit is a Master of Environmental Law (MEL) prerequisite/corequisite to all other law units in the 1. Admission Master of Environmental Law (MEL). 2.4.2 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of Optional units of study Environmental Law (MEL) if the applicant holds such 2.4.2.1 Administrative Law qualifications at such levels of achievement on such terms and 2.4.2.2 Asia Pacific Environmental Law 2.4.2.3 Asia Pacific Environmental Law Journal

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2.4.2.4 Biodiversity Law 3.1.1 attend classes (or in the case of the Independent Research 2.4.2.5 Comparative Environmental Law Project unit, satisfy the requirements for that unit) in units of 2.4.2.6 Dispute Resolution in Asia study totalling 48 credit points chosen from the units of study 2.4.2.7 Dispute Resolution in Australia prescribed by the Faculty as units of study leading to the 2.4.2.8 Environmental Criminology degree; and 2.4.2.9 Environmental Dispute Resolution 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. 2.4.2.10 Environmental Economics 3.2 A candidate for the Master of Environmental Law (MEL) who 2.4.2.10.1 Candidates who have previously completed Public Policy first enrolled prior to 1 January 1999, if eligible and permitted are not permitted to enrol in this unit. to enrol for an Honours dissertation, must complete that 2.4.2.11 Environmental Impact Assessment Law dissertation at the stipulated standard in addition to the 48 2.4.2.12 Environmental Litigation credit points required in 3.1. 2.4.2.13 Environmental Planning Law 4. Requirements for honours degrees 2.4.2.14 Environmentally Sustainable Business 4.1 A candidate for the Master of Environmental Law (MEL) is not 2.4.2.15 European Environmental Law eligible for Honours unless they first enrolled before 1 January 2.4.2.16 Heritage Law 1999 and are currently enrolled in Honours as at 1 January 2.4.2.17 Integrated Natural Resources Management 2009. 2.4.2.18 International Environmental Law 5. Suspension of candidature 2.4.2.19 International Law and Australian Institutions 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.4.2.20 Judicial Review - Principles, Policy and Procedure on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature 2.4.2.21 Law and Legal Culture in Asia/Pacific (12 credit points) on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee 2.4.2.22 Law of the Sea thinks fit. 2.4.2.23 Local Government Law 5.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 2.4.2.24 Modern Corporate Governance within which the course of study would otherwise have been 2.4.2.25 Native Title ± Perspectives on Co-existence required to be completed; 2.4.2.27 Protection of the Antarctic Environment 5.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.4.2.28 Public Policy on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who 2.4.2.28.1 Candidates who have completed Public Sector Policy has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a 1, Taxation and Social Policy or Environmental first time to defer enrolment for one year. Economics are not permitted to enrol in this unit. 6. Satisfactory progress 2.4.2.29 Sustainable Development Law in China (12 credit points) 2.5 Candidates in the Master of Environmental Law (MEL) may 6.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may enrol in an Independent Research Project unit or units of study require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should comprising 6 or 12, but not more than 12, credit points, subject not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the to the approval of the Associate Dean (Postgraduate following circumstances: Coursework) and satisfaction of any policies issued by the 6.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the Program Coordinator. degree within the time specified in section 7 of these 2.5.1 A single unit Independent Research Project worth 6 credit resolutions; or points will be of one semester in length; a 12 credit point 6.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study Independent Research Project unit will cover two semesters. or two failures in one unit of study. 2.5.2 A single unit Independent Research Project requires 6.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the submission of a substantial research paper of approximately candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 10,000 words; a 12 credit point unit requires a substantial should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the research paper of approximately 20,000 words. candidature. 2.5.3 ©Approximately© in relation to word length means a deviation 7. Time limit of not more or less than 15 percent from the stated word 7.1 A full-time candidate in the Master of Environmental (MEL) Law limit. must complete all the requirements for the degree not more 2.6 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted than three years and not less than one year from the date of by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the first enrolment as a candidate. Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study 7.2 A part-time candidate in the Master of Environmental Law (MEL) other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the must complete all the requirements for the degree not more Master of Environmental Law (MEL), and to have that unit or than six years and not less than two years from the date of first those units of study credited towards the degree. enrolment as a candidate. 2.7 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the 7.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the Master of Environmental Law (MEL) be permitted to enrol in time for completing the Master of Environmental Law (MEL). designated undergraduate law units of study as approved and 7.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the offered by the Faculty. Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may 2.7.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit complete the Master of Environmental Law (MEL) outside the would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise periods specified in sections 7.1 and 7.2 of these resolutions. contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. 7.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study 2.7.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling completed more than ten years prior to completion of the at most 12 credit points. requirements of the degree. In exceptional circumstances, the 2.7.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this 2.7.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative requirement. assessment requirements imposed in respect of that 8. Assessment policy candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally 8.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, including a research paper constituting not less than 60 Distinction, Credit and Pass. The range of marks applicable percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), are: and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. 8.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent 2.7.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the 8.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean 8.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent (Postgraduate Coursework). 8.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent 2.7.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 8.2 For candidates who first enrolled after 1 January 1999, the one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of Environmental Master of Environmental Law (MEL) is awarded only on a Pass Law (MEL). basis. 3. Requirements for the Master of Environmental Law 8.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study (MEL) concerned, candidates may write a research paper in full or 3.1 A candidate for the Master of Environmental Law (MEL) must: partial satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of study.

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8.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic Environmental Law (MEL) on terms the Postgraduate by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When Coursework Committee determines from time to time. nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to be dealt with in the research paper. Master of Environmental Science and Law 8.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study (MEnvSci and Law) shall be 6,000-10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit points and 12,000-20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 1. Admission credit points. The lecturer coordinating the unit of study 1.1 The Dean of the Faculty of Science may admit to candidature: determines the length within these ranges. 1.1.1 graduates of the University of Sydney holding the degree of 8.4 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of Bachelor of Science (BSc) or Bachelor of Laws (LLB); or approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit 1.1.2 graduates of other universities or other appropriate points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of institutions who have qualifications equivalent to those classes. specified in subsection 1.1.1. 8.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of 2. Units of study study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may 2.1 The units of study for the Master of Environmental Science and be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit Law are listed in the table associated with these resolutions. of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to 3. Requirements for the Master of Environmental Science have discontinued the unit of study with permission. and Law 8.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than 3.1 Candidates for the Master of Environmental Science and Law 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory are required to complete satisfactorily 48 credit points selected attendance record. from units of study approved by the Faculties of Science and 8.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to 50& Law including: of the unit of study attendance. 3.1.1 a core unit of study (LAWS6044); 9. Credit transfer policy 3.1.2 LAWS6252 is compulsory for students who do not have a 9.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the law background Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other 3.1.3 a minimum of 24 credit points selected from units of study study may include: offered by each Faculty. 9.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and Faculty Rules 9.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. 4. Details of units of study 9.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 4.1 The units of study for the Master of Environmental Science and in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of Law are listed in the table of units of study for the Master of Environmental Law (MEL) credit for completion of units of study Environmental Science and Law in this chapter of the Faculty offered towards another degree or diploma in this University of Science Handbook. or an equivalent provider of tertiary education. The following 4.2 A candidate for the course shall proceed by completing units conditions apply to such credit: of study as prescribed by the Faculty. 9.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the 4.3 A unit of study shall consist of such lectures, seminars, tutorial Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of instruction, essays, exercises, practical work, or project work that required for completion of the course of study; as may be prescribed. 9.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 4.4 In these resolutions, ©to complete a unit of study© or any subject to Faculty fee or other policies; derivative expression means: 9.2.3 subject to section 9.3 of these resolutions, credit will not be 4.4.1 to attend the lectures and the meetings, if any, for seminars given for units of study which are credited towards the award or tutorial instruction; of another degree or diploma; 4.4.2 to complete satisfactorily the essays, exercises, practical 9.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum and project work if any; and for the course of study which are substantially similar to the 4.4.3 to pass any other examination of the unit of study that may units of study for which credit has been given; apply. 9.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought 4.5 All units of study for a particular subject area may not be must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; available every semester. 9.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in 4.6 A candidate shall complete coursework to the value of 48 credit the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; points. 9.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of 4.7 The Dean may allow substitution of any unit of study by another this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary unit of study, including units of study from other postgraduate education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a coursework programs in the Faculties of Science and Law, or dissertation; elsewhere in the University. 9.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within 5. Enrolment in more/less than minimum load ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 5.1 A candidate may proceed on either a full-time or a part-time candidature for the master©s degree. basis. 9.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 6. in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated with a Cross-institutional study graduate diploma previously awarded by the Faculty to have 6.1 Cross-institutional study shall not be available to students units from that graduate diploma credited towards the Master enrolled in the Master of Environmental Science and Law of Environmental Law (MEL). The following conditions apply: except where the University of Sydney has a formal 9.3.1 an applicant for the Master of Environmental Law (MEL) may Cooperation Agreement with another University. only apply to have units credited towards that master©s 7. Restrictions on enrolment degree that were previously credited towards a graduate 7.1 Admission to the Master of Environmental Science and Law diploma awarded by the Faculty within ten years immediately may be limited by a quota. preceding the commencement of candidature for the Master 7.2 In determining the quota, the University will take into account: of Environmental Law (MEL); 7.2.1 availability of resources including space, laboratory and 9.3.2 a candidate for the Master of Environmental Law (MEL) who computing facilities; and is given such credit is not thereby exempted from fulfilling 7.2.2 availability of adequate and appropriate supervision. the coursework requirements for that degree, including the 7.3 In considering an application for admission to candidature the completion of any compulsory units that currently apply; Dean shall take account of the quota and will select, in 9.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units of preference, applicants who are most meritorious in terms of study comprising a graduate diploma, may not be given more subsection 1 above. than once in respect of the same units. 8. Discontinuation of enrolment 9.4 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 8.1 A student who does not enrol in any semester without first have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit obtaining written permission from the Dean to suspend

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candidature will be deemed to have discontinued enrolment in 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section the course. 1.5 of these resolutions may be admitted to the candidature of 8.2 Students who have discontinued from the course will be the Master of Global Law (MGlobL) if: required to apply for admission to the course and be subject 1.6.1 the candidate has obtained a degree or completed a to admission requirements pertaining at that time. qualification at a level of merit which the Postgraduate 9. Suspension of candidature Coursework Committee considers sufficient to enable the 9.1 A student may seek written permission from the Dean to candidate to undertake the course of study; and suspend candidature in the course. 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields 9.2 Suspension may be granted for a maximum of one year. stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates 10. Re-enrolment after an absence for a specialist degree; and/ or 10.1 A student who plans to re-enrol after a period of suspension 1.6.3 the candidate provides evidence of professional experience must advise the Faculty of Science Office in writing of their or of a period of service (normally of several years in intention by no later than the end of October for First Semester duration) which in the opinion of the Postgraduate of the following year or the end of May for Second Semester Coursework Committee adequately prepares the candidate of the same year. to undertake the course of study, having regard to the units 11. Satisfactory progress of study the candidate proposes to study. 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 11.1 Candidates for the Master of Environmental Science and Law study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee shall be governed by the rule as follows: approves the application. 11.1.1 A student who has failed a cumulative total of 12cp at any 2. Units of Study stage of enrolment in the Master of Science and Law will be required to show good cause why he or she should be 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the allowed to re-enrol and, if good cause has not been Master of Global Law (MGlobL) are set out in section 2.3 of established, the student©s enrolment will be terminated and these resolutions. the student will not be permitted to re-enrol. 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.3, units 12. Time limit taught by visiting lecturers and/ or units offered on an ad hoc basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. 12.1 A candidate for the Master of Environmental Science and Law 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should shall complete the requirements for the award in a minimum refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current of two semesters and a maximum of ten semesters, and except year units of study availability. with permission of the Faculty, within six calendar years of 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless admission to candidature. otherwise specified. 13. Assessment policy 2.3 Table of units of study: Master of Global Law 13.1 A candidate may be tested by written and oral examinations, (MGlobL) assignments, exercises and practical work or any combination 2.3.1 Candidates for the Master of Global Law (MGlobL) are of these. required to complete 48 credit points, choosing from the full 13.2 On completion of the requirements for the degree, the Dean range of postgraduate units of study offered by the Faculty, shall determine the results of the candidature. subject to completing any pre-requisite units in appropriate 14. Credit transfer policy cases. 14.1 A candidate who, before admission to candidature, has spent 2.3.2 Candidates must complete a minimum of one unit of study time in graduate study and, within the previous three years, from each of the three groupings of units prescribed for the has completed coursework considered by the Faculty to be purposes of this degree. These groupings shall consist of: equivalent to units of study prescribed for the degree, for which (1) international law units; (2) comparative and foreign law no award has been conferred, may receive credit of up to 12 units; and (3) domestic (Australian) law units. credit points towards the requirements for the degree of Master 2.3.2.1 If they wish, candidates may also enrol in up to two units of Environmental Science and Law. of study currently approved for credit towards the Master 15. Authority of the Deans of Jurisprudence by coursework. 15.1 The Deans of Science and Law shall jointly exercise authority 2.3.2.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee in any matter concerning the course not otherwise dealt with shall prescribe all units of study offered for credit towards in these resolutions. the Master of Global Law (MGlobL) into the most appropriate grouping. Master of Global Law (MGlobL) 2.3.2.3 The Faculty will publish this list of units in the Sydney Law School handbook and/ or make this list available on its 1. Admission website. 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of 2.3.3 Candidates who do not hold a legal qualification will normally Global Law (MGlobL) if the applicant holds such qualifications be required to complete the unit of study Legal Reasoning at such levels of achievement on such terms and conditions and the Common Law System. as may be determined from time to time by the Faculty. 2.3.3.1 Except with the permission of the co-ordinator of the 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in Master of Global Law, candidates must have completed writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined or be concurrently enrolled in Legal Reasoning and the by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such Common Law System before being permitted to enrol in applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its other law units. nominee. 2.3.3.2 The co-ordinator of Master of Global Law may grant an 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before exemption from completing this unit in exceptional cases, accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant where a candidate can demonstrate grounds for doing so, to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a based on previous tertiary study or a combination of that specified program of study in English). study with work experience. 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 2.3.3.3 Where this exemption is given, a candidate must still candidate for the degree. complete units of study of the total credit point value 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of required for completion of the Master of Global Law. Global Law (MGlobL) if 2.3.4 Candidates who do not hold a law qualification will be 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) for required to complete the unit Labour Law as a pre-requiste equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the program of to the following units of study: Advanced Employment Law; study; or Executive Employment; Workplace Bargaining. 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 2.4 Candidates in the Master of Global Law (MGlobL) may enrol program of study all the examinations of the Joint in an Independent Research Project unit or units of study Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South comprising of 6 or 12, but no more than 12, credit points, Wales. subject to the approval of the Associate Dean (Postgraduate

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Coursework) and satisfaction of any policies issued by the than three years and not less than one year from the date of Program Cooridinator. first enrolment as a candidate. 2.4.1 A single unit Independent Research Project worth 6 credit 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for points will be of one semester in length; a 12 credit point the Master of Global Law (MGlobL) not more than six years Independent Research Project unit will cover two semesters. and not less than two years from the date of first enrolment as 2.4.2 A single unit Independent Research Project requires a candidate. submission of a substantial research paper of approximately 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the 10,000 words; a 12 credit point credit point unit requires a time for completing the Master of Global Law (MGlobL). substantial research paper of approximately 20,000 words. 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the 2.4.3 "Approximately" in relation to word length means a deviation Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may of not more or less than 15 percent from the stated word complete the Master of Global Law (MGlobL) outside the limit. periods specified in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of these resolutions. 2.5 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study Master of Global Law (MGlobL) be permitted to enrol in completed more than ten years prior to completion of the designated undergraduate law units of study as approved and requirements of the degree. offered by the Faculty. 6.5.1 In exceptional circumstances, the Postgraduate Coursework 2.5.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit Committee may waive this requirement. would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 7. Assessment policy contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 2.5.2 A candidate may not enrol in undergraduate law units totalling Distinction, Credit, and Pass. The range of marks applicable more than 12 credit points. are: 2.5.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. 7.1.1 High Distinction 85-100 percent 2.5.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative 7.1.2 Distinction 75-84 percent assessment requirements imposed in respect of that 7.1.3 Credit 65-74 percent candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally 7.1.4 Pass 50-64 percent including a research paper consituting not less than 60 7.2 The Master of Global Law (MGlobL) is awarded only on a Pass percent of the assessment requirements of the unit of study), basis. and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. 7.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study 2.5.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the concerned, candidates may write a research paper in full or credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean partial satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of (Postgraduate Coursework). study. 3. Requirements for the Master of Global Law (MGlobL) 7.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be 3.1 A candidate for the Master of Global Law (MGlobL) must: nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic 3.1.1 attend classes (or in the case of the Independent Research by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When Project unit, satisfy the requirements for that unit) in units of nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to study totalling 48 credit points chosen from the units of study be dealt with in the research paper. prescribed by the Faculty as units of study leading to the 7.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study degree; and shall be 6,000-10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit 3.1.2 pass the assessment in those units of study. points and 12,000-20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 4. Suspension of candidature credit points. The lecturer co-ordinating the unit of study 4.1 The postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, determines the length within these ranges. on written application by the candidate. suspend the 7.4 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of candidature on the grounds and conditions the Committee or approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit its nominee thinks fit. points required attendance of approximately 52 hours of 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period classes. within which the course of study would otherwise have been 7.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of required to be completed; study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a have discontinued the unit of study with permission. first time to defer enrolment for one year. 7.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than 5. Satisfactory progress 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory 5.1 The Faculty requires students to demonstrate satisfactory attendance record. progress with their studies. 7.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to 5.2 A student may be deemed not to have made satisfactory 50% of the unit of study attendance. progress in any semester if the student: 8. Credit transfer policy 5.2.1 fails to complete at least half the credit points in which he or 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the she is enrolled; or Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee. Other 5.2.2 obtains a WAM of less than 50 based on units of study for study may include: a given semester; or 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 5.2.3 fails a unit of study for a second time; or 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. 5.2.4 has an unsatisfactory attendance record; or 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 5.2.5 is unable to complete the degree in the maximum time in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of Global Law permitted. (MGlobL) credit for completion of units of study offered towards 5.3 A student who fails to demonstrate satisfactory progress in any another degree or diploma in this university or an equivalent semester of enrolment may become subject to the relevant provider of tertiary education. The following conditions apply Academic Board policy on progression. to such credit: 5.4 In accordance with the relevant University and Faculty policies, 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the a student who has repeatedly failed to demonstrate satisfactory Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of progress may be called upon to show good cause why he or that required for completion of the course of study; she should be allowed to re-enrol in the degree course. 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 5.5 Where a student fails to show good cause why he or she should subject to Faculty fee or other policies; be allowed to re-enrol, the Dean may exclude the student from 8.2.3 subject to section 8.3, credit will not be given for units of re-enrolment in the degree. study which are credited towards the award of another degree 6. Time Limit or diploma; 6.1 A full-time candidate in the Master of Global Law (MGlobL) 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum must complete all the requirements for the degree not more for the course of study which are substantially similar to the units of study for which credit has been given;

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8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study which credit is sought 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc 8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary year unit of study availability. education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a 2.2 All units of study have a value of six credit points unless dissertation; otherwise specified. 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary ten years immediately preceding the commencement of study or a combination of that study with work experience, can candidature for the master©s degree demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory 8.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may units of study may be relieved from the requirement to in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated with a undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. graduate diploma previously awarded by the Faculty to have 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of units from that graduate diploma credited towards the Master study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study of Global Law (MGlobL). The following conditions apply; must be substituted for that unit(s). 8.3.1 an application for a Master of Global Law (MGlobL) may only 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total apply to have units credited towards that master©s degree credit point value required for completion of the Master of that were previously credited towards a graduate diploma Health Law (MHL). awarded by the Faculty within ten years immediately 2.4 Table of units of study: Master of Health Law (MHL) preceding the commencement of candidature for the Master 2.4.1 Compulsory units of study of Global Law (MGlobL); 2.4.1.1 Introduction to Law for Health Professionals or Legal 8.3.2 a candidate for the Master of Global Law (MGlobL) who is Reasoning and the Common Law System given such credit is not thereby exempted from fulfilling the 2.4.1.1.1 Candidates in the Master of Health Law (MHL) who do coursework requirements for that degree, as set out in section not hold a law degree or equivalent qualification as 2.3, including the completion of any compulsory units that specified in 1.5 of these resolutions must enrol in either currently apply; Introduction to Law for Health Professionals or Legal 8.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units of Reasoning and the Common Law System, but not both. study comprising a graduate diploma, may not be given more Candidates are encouraged to enrol in Introduction to than once in respect of the same units. Law for Health Professionals where possible. 8.4 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 2.4.1.1.2 Candidates must have completed or be concurrently have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit enrolled in either Introduction to Law for Health enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of Global Professionals or Legal Reasoning and the Common Law Law (MGlobL) on terms the Postgraduate Coursework System before being permitted to enrol in other law units. Committee determines from time to tome. 2.4.1.2 In addition to the requirements in 2.4.1.1, candidates are required to complete 3 out of the following 4 units of study: Master of Health Law (MHL) 2.4.1.2.1 Government Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics 1. Admission 2.4.1.2.2 Health Care and Professional Liability 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of 2.4.1.2.3 Information Rights in Health Care Health Law (MHL) if the applicant holds such qualifications at 2.4.1.2.4 Critical Issues in Public Health Law such levels of achievement on such terms and conditions as 2.4.1.2.4.1 The unit of study New Directions in Public Health Law may be determined from time to time by the Faculty. and Policy may be substituted for Critical Issues in 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in Public Health Law as a compulsory unit for credit writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined towards the Master of Health Law (MHL). by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such 2.4.2 Optional units of study applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its 2.4.2.1 Advanced Forensic Psychiatry nominee. 2.4.2.2 Death Law 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before 2.4.2.3 Dispute Resolution in Australia accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 2.4.2.4 Drugs, Drug Policy and the Law to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 2.4.2.5 Forensic Psychiatry specified program of study in English). 2.4.2.6 Genetics and the Law 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 2.4.2.7 Health Law and Globalisation candidate for the degree. 2.4.2.8 Law, Ageing and Disability 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of 2.4.2.9 Law, Ethics and the Autonomy Rationale Health Law if: 2.4.2.10 Law Reform: Processes, Practices and Problems 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws 2.4.2.11 Legal Issues in Health Care and Technology (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the 2.4.2.12 Mediation - Skills and Theory program of study; or 2.4.2.13 New Directions in Public Health Law and Policy 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 2.4.2.14 Policing Bodies: Crime, Sexuality and Reproduction program of study all the examinations of the Joint 2.4.2.15 Reproduction and the Law Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South 2.5 Candidates in the Master of Health Law (MHL) may enrol in Wales. an Independent Research Project unit or units of study 1.6 An applicant who does not hold a legal qualification as specified comprising six or 12, but not more than 12, credit points, subject in 1.5 of these resolutions may be admitted to candidature for to the approval of the Associate Dean (Postgraduate the Master of Health Law (MHL) if: Coursework) and satisfaction of any policies issued by the 1.6.1 the applicant holds a degree in medicine, nursing or other Program Coordinator. relevant field, and 2.5.1 A single unit Independent Research Project worth six credit 1.6.2 that degree was obtained at a level of merit which the points will be of one semester in length; a 12 credit point Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers sufficient Independent Research Project unit will cover two semesters. to enable the candidate to undertake the course of study. 2.5.2 A single unit Independent Research Project requires 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of submission of a substantial research paper of approximately study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 10,000 words; a 12 credit point unit requires a substantial approves the application. research paper of approximately 20,000 words. 2. Units of study 2.5.3 ©Approximately© in relation to word length means a deviation 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the of not more or less than 15 percent from the stated word Master of Health Law (MHL) are set out in section 2.4 of these limit. resolutions. 2.6 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the

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Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study 7.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the time for completing the Master of Health Law (MHL). Master of Health Law (MHL), and to have that unit or those 7.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the units of study credited towards the degree. Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may 2.7 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the complete the Master of Health Law (MHL) outside the periods Master of Health Law (MHL) be permitted to enrol in designated specified in sections 7.1 and 7.2 of these resolutions. undergraduate law units of study as approved and offered by 7.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study the Faculty. completed more than ten years prior to completion of the 2.7.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit requirements of the degree. In exceptional circumstances, the would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. requirement. 2.7.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling 8. Assessment policy at most 12 credit points. 8.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 2.7.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. Distinction, Credit and Pass. The range of marks applicable 2.7.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative are: assessment requirements imposed in respect of that 8.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally 8.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent including a research paper constituting not less than 60 8.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), 8.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. 8.2 For candidates who first enrolled after 1 January 1999, the 2.7.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the Master of Health Law (MHL) is awarded only on a Pass basis. credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean 8.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study (Postgraduate Coursework). concerned, candidates may write a research paper in full or 2.7.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as partial satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of Health Law. study. 3. Requirements for the Master of Health Law (MHL) 8.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be 3.1 A candidate for the Master of Health Law (MHL) must: nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic 3.1.1 attend classes (or in the case of the Independent Research by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When Project unit, satisfy the requirements for that unit) in units of nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to study totalling 48 credit points chosen from the units of study be dealt with in the research paper. prescribed by the Faculty as units of study leading to the 8.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study degree; and shall be 6000-10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. points and 12,000-20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 3.2 A candidate for the Master of Health Law (MHL) who first credit points. The lecturer coordinating the unit of study enrolled prior to 1 January 1999, if eligible and permitted to determines the length within these ranges. enrol for an Honours dissertation, must complete that 8.4 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of dissertation at the stipulated standard in addition to the 48 approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit credit points required in 3.1. points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of 4. Requirements for Honours degrees classes. 4.1 A candidate for the Master of Health Law (MHL) is not eligible 8.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of for Honours unless they first enrolled 1 January 1999 and are study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may currently enrolled in Honours as at 1 January 2009. be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit 5. Suspension of candidature of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, have discontinued the unit of study with permission. on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature 8.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory thinks fit. attendance record. 5.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 8.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to within which the course of study would otherwise have been 50% of the unit of study attendance. required to be completed; 9. Credit transfer policy 5.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 9.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a study may include: first time to defer enrolment for one year. 9.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 6. Satisfactory progress 9.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. 6.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 9.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of Health Law not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the (MHL) credit for completion of units of study offered towards following circumstances: another degree or diploma in this university or an equivalent 6.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the provider of tertiary education. The following conditions apply Degree within the time specified in section 7 of these to such credit: resolutions; or 9.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the 6.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of or two failures in one unit of study. that required for completion of the course of study; 6.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 9.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature subject to Faculty fee or other policies; should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the 9.2.3 subject to section 9.3 of these resolutions, credit will not be candidature. given for units of study which are credited towards the award 7. Time limit of another degree or diploma; 9.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum 7.1 A full-time candidate in the Master of Health Law (MHL) must for the course of study which are substantially similar to the complete all the requirements for the degree not more than units of study for which credit has been given; three years and not less than one year from the date of first 9.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought enrolment as a candidate. must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; 7.2 A part-time candidate in the Master of Health Law (MHL) must 9.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in complete all the requirements for the degree not more than six the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; years and not less than two years from the date of first 9.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of enrolment as a candidate. this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary

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education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a Master of International Law (MIL) dissertation; 1. 9.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within Admission ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of candidature for the master©s degree. International Law (MIL) if the applicant holds such qualifications 9.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may at such levels of achievement on such terms and conditions in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated with a as may be determined from time to time by the Faculty. graduate diploma previously awarded by the Faculty to have 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in units from that graduate diploma credited towards the Master writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined of Health Law (MHL). The following conditions apply: by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such 9.3.1 an applicant for the Master of Health Law (MHL) may only applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its apply to have units credited towards that master©s degree nominee. that were previously credited towards a graduate diploma 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before awarded by the Faculty within ten years immediately accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant preceding the commencement of candidature for the Master to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a of Health Law (MHL); specified program of study in English). 9.3.2 a candidate for the Master of Health Law (MHL) who is given 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time such credit is not thereby exempted from fulfilling the candidate for the degree. coursework requirements for that degree, including the 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of completion of any compulsory units that currently apply; International Law (MIL) if: 9.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units of 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws study comprising a graduate diploma, may not be given more (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the than once in respect of the same units. program of study; or 9.4 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit program of study all the examinations of the Joint enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of Health Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South Law on terms the Postgraduate Coursework Committee Wales. determines from time to time. 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section 1.5 of these resolutions may be admitted to candidature for the Master of International Business and Law Master of International Law (MIL) if: 1.6.1 the candidate has obtained a degree or completed a qualification at a level of merit which the Postgraduate Course rules Coursework Committee considers sufficient to enable the candidate to undertake the course of study; and 1. Admission 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields 1.1 Each applicant for admission to candidature for the degree stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates must: for a specialist degree. 1.1.1 have completed a bachelor©s degree, graduate diploma, 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of graduate certificate or equivalent at an institution approved study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee by the Faculty and at a standard acceptable to the Faculty; approves the application. and where applicable. 2. Units of study 1.1.2 have met the relevant work experience requirements as 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the assessed by the Faculty; and Master of International Law (MIL) are set out in section 2.4 of 1.1.3 have met other minimum standards specified by the Faculty, these resolutions. including: 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units 1.1.3.1 English language communication skills; and taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc 1.1.3.2 evidence of academic motivation and learning basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. preparedness. 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should 2. Units of study refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current 2.1 The units of study which may be taken for the pass degree are year unit of study availability. set out under the tables of postgraduate units of study in the 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless Faculty of Economics and Business Handbook, together with: otherwise specified. 2.1.1 credit point value; 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary 2.1.2 the units of study with which they are mutually exclusive; study or a combination of that study with work experience, can 2.1.3 the semesters in which they are offered; demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory 2.1.4 corequisites / prerequisites / assumed learning / assumed units of study may be relieved from the requirement to knowledge; and undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. 2.1.5 any special conditions. 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of 3. Requirements for the degree study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study 3.1 To qualify for the award of the degree, a student must must be substituted for that unit(s). successfully complete units of study amounting to a total of 48 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total credit points, comprising: credit point value required for completion of the Master of 3.1.1 at least 2 core units of study (12 credit points) in international International Law (MIL). business as specified in the Faculty of Economics and 2.4 List of units of study: Master of International Law Business Handbook; (MIL) 3.1.2 up to 2 elective units of study (12 credit points) in international 2.4.1 Compulsory units of study business as specified in the Faculty of Economics and 2.4.1.1 International Law and Australian Institutions Business Handbook; 2.4.1.2 Public International Law 3.1.3 2 core units of study (12 credit points) in law, as specified in 2.4.1.2.1 Public International Law is a pre/corequisite for Master the Faculty of Economics and Business Handbook; and of International Law (MIL) candidates who have not 3.1.4 2 elective units of study (12 credit points) in law, as specified undertaken previous studies in International Law. in the Faculty of Economics and Business Handbook. 2.4.1.3 In addition to these compulsory units of study, candidates 4. Award of the degree in the Master of International Law (MIL) are required to 4.1 The Master of International Business and Law will be awarded complete one unit of 6 credit points from units offered in in the pass grade. the Master of International Studies (MIntStuds) Program within the Faculty of Arts. 2.4.2 Core units of study 2.4.2.1 International Business Law

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2.4.2.2 International Commercial Arbitration percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), 2.4.2.3 International Environmental Law and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. 2.4.2.4 International Human Rights 2.7.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the 2.4.2.5 International Law and the Use of Armed Force credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean 2.4.2.6 Law of the Sea (Postgraduate Coursework). 2.4.2.7 Refugee Law 2.7.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 2.4.2.8 The State and Global Governance one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of International 2.4.2.9 World Trade Organization I Law (MIL). 2.4.3 Optional units of study 3. Requirements for the Master of International Law (MIL) 2.4.3.1 Asia Pacific Environmental Law 3.1 A candidate for the Master of International Law (MIL) must: 2.4.3.2 Australian International Taxation 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 48 credit points 2.4.3.3 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems (12 credit chosen from units of study prescribed by the Faculty as units points) of study leading towards the award of the Master of 2.4.3.3.1 Candidates undertaking this unit are not permitted to International Law; and enrol in Introduction to Chinese Law. 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. 2.4.3.5 Comparative Competition Law 4. Suspension of candidature 2.4.3.6 Comparative Constitutional Law 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.4.3.7 Comparative Corporate Taxation on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature 2.4.3.8 Comparative Environmental Law on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee 2.4.3.9 Comparative International Taxation thinks fit. 2.4.3.10 Comparative Value Added Tax 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 2.4.3.11 Dispute Resolution in Asia within which the course of study would otherwise have been 2.4.3.12 Doing Business in China required to be completed; 2.4.3.13 European Environmental Law 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.4.3.14 GST - International Issues on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who 2.4.3.15 Health Law and Globalisation has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a 2.4.3.16 Human Rights and the Global Economy first time to defer enrolment for one year. 2.4.3.17 Immigration and Nationality Law 5. Satisfactory progress 2.4.3.18 International and Comparative Labour Law 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 2.4.3.19 International Investment Law require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should 2.4.3.20 International Law Research Project (12 credit points) not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 2.4.3.21 Introduction to Chinese Law following circumstances: 2.4.3.21.1 Candidates who have previously completed Chinese 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the Laws and Chinese Legal Systems (12 credit points) are degree within the time specified in section 6 of these not permitted to enrol in this unit. resolutions; or 2.4.3.22 Japanese Law 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study 2.4.3.23 Japanese Law and the Economy or two failures in one unit of study. 2.4.3.24 Law and Society in Indonesia 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 2.4.3.25 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 2.4.3.26.1 Candidates who do not hold a law degree or equivalent should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the qualification may undertake this unit prior to enrolling in candidature. other law units. 6. Time limit 2.4.3.27 Protection of the Antartic Environment 2.4.3.28 Sustainable Development Law in China (12 credit points) 6.1 A full-time candidate in the Master of International Law (MIL) 2.4.3.29 Tax Law in Asia and the Pacific must complete all the requirements for the degree not more 2.4.3.30 Tax Treaties than three years and not less than one year from the date of 2.4.3.31 Tax Treaties Special Issues first enrolment as a candidate. 2.4.3.32 The Legal System of the European Union 6.2 A part-time candidate in the Master of International Law (MIL) 2.4.3.33 Transfer Pricing in International Taxation must complete all the requirements for the degree not more 2.4.3.34 World Trade Organization II than six years and not less than two years from the date of first 2.5 Candidates enrolling in the unit of study International Law enrolment as a candidate. Research Project (12 credit points) must nominate a topic for 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the the research paper, which must be approved by the Program time for completing the Master of International Law (MIL). Coordinator. When nominating a topic, the candidate must 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the outline the matter to be dealt with in the research paper. Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may 2.5.1 The required length of the research paper is 12,000-20,000 complete the Master of International Law (MIL) outside the words.The Program Coordinator determines the length within periods specified in sections 6.1 and 6.2 of these resolutions. these ranges. 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study 2.6 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted completed more than ten years prior to completion of the by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the requirements of the degree. In exceptional circumstances, the Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the requirement. Master of International Law (MIL), and to have that unit or those 7. Assessment policy units of study credited towards the degree. 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 2.7 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the Distinction, Credit and Pass. The range of marks applicable Master of International Law (MIL) be permitted to enrol in are: designated undergraduate law units of study as approved and 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent offered by the Faculty. 7.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 2.7.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit 7.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 7.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. 7.2 The Master of International Law (MIL) is awarded only on a 2.7.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling Pass basis. at most 12 credit points. 7.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study 2.7.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. concerned, candidates may write a research paper in full or 2.7.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative partial satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of assessment requirements imposed in respect of that study. candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally 7.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be including a research paper constituting not less than 60 nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic

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by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When International Law (MIL) on terms the Postgraduate Coursework nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to Committee determines from time to time. be dealt with in the research paper. 7.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) shall be 6000-10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit 1. Admission points and 12,000-20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 credit points. The lecturer coordinating the unit of study 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of determines the length within these ranges. International Taxation (MIntTax) if the applicant holds such 7.4 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of qualifications at such levels of achievement on such terms and approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit conditions as may be determined from time to time by the points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of Faculty. classes. 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in 7.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to nominee. have discontinued the unit of study with permission. 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before 7.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a attendance record. specified program of study in English). 7.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 50% of the unit of study attendance. candidate for the degree. 8. Credit transfer policy 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) if: 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the study may include: program of study; or 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. program of study all the examinations of the Joint 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of International Wales. Law (MIL) credit for completion of units of study offered towards 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section another degree or diploma in this university or an equivalent 1.5 of these resolutions may be admitted to candidature for the provider of tertiary education. The following conditions apply Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) if: to such credit: 1.6.1 the candidate has obtained a degree or completed a 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the qualification at a level of merit which the Postgraduate Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of Coursework Committee considers sufficient to enable the that required for completion of the course of study; candidate to undertake the course of study; and 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields subject to Faculty fee or other policies; stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates 8.2.3 subject to section 8.3, credit will not be given for units of for a specialist degree. study which are credited towards the award of another degree 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of or diploma; study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum approves the application. for the course of study which are substantially similar to the 2. Units of study units of study for which credit has been given; 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) are set out in section 8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in 2.4 of these resolutions. the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should dissertation; refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within year unit of study availability. ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless candidature for the master©s degree. otherwise specified. 8.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated with a study or a combination of that study with work experience, can graduate diploma previously awarded by the Faculty to have demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory units from that graduate diploma credited towards the Master units of study may be relieved from the requirement to of International Law (MIL). The following conditions apply: undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. 8.3.1 an applicant for the Master of International Law (MIL) may 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of only apply to have units credited towards that master©s study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study degree that were previously credited towards a graduate must be substituted for that unit(s). diploma awarded by the Faculty within ten years immediately 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total preceding the commencement of candidature for the Master credit point value required for completion of the Master of of International Law (MIL); International Taxation (MIntTax). 8.3.2 a candidate for the Master of International Law (MIL) who is 2.4 Table of units of study: Master of International given such credit is not thereby exempted from fulfilling the Taxation (MIntTax) coursework requirements for that degree, including the 2.4.1 Compulsory units of study completion of any compulsory units that currently apply; 2.4.1.1 Comparative International Taxation 8.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units of 2.4.1.1.1 Except in special circumstances and with permission of study comprising a graduate diploma, may not be given more the Associate Dean (Coursework), candidates may not than once in respect of the same units. enrol in units of study offered for the course of study 8.4 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which unless the candidate has completed or is concurrently have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit enrolled in this unit of study. enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of 2.4.2 Optional units of study 2.4.2.1 Australian International Taxation

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2.4.2.2 Comparative Corporate Taxation 5. Suspension of candidature 2.4.2.3 Comparative Value Added Tax 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.4.2.4 GST- International Issues on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature 2.4.2.5 Law of Tax Administration on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee 2.4.2.6 Public Policy thinks fit. 2.4.2.6.1 Candidates who have completed Public Sector Policy 5.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 1, Taxation and Social Policy or Environmental within which the course of study would otherwise have been Economics are not permitted to enrol in this unit. required to be completed. 2.4.2.7 Tax Law in Asia and the Pacific 5.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.4.2.8 Tax Treaties on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who 2.4.2.10 Tax Treaties Special Issues has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a 2.4.2.11 Taxation of Controlled Foreign Companies, Foreign first time to defer enrolment for one year. Investment Funds and Transferor Trusts 6. Satisfactory progress 2.4.2.12 Transfer Pricing in International Taxation 6.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 2.5 Candidates in the Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should may enrol in an Independent Research Project unit or units of not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the study comprising 6 or 12, but not more than 12, credit points, following circumstances: subject to the approval of the Associate Dean (Postgraduate 6.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the Coursework) and satisfaction of any policies issued by the degree within the time specified in section 7 of these Program Co-ordinator. resolutions; or 2.5.1 A single unit Independent Research Project worth 6 credit 6.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study points will be of one semester in length; a 12 credit point or two failures in one unit of study. Independent Research Project unit will cover two semesters. 6.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 2.5.2 A single unit Independent Research Project requires candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature submission of a substantial research paper of approximately should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the 10,000 words; a 12 credit point unit requires a substantial candidature. research paper of approximately 20,000 words. 7. Time limit 2.5.3 ©Approximately© in relation to word length means a deviation of not more or less than 15 percent from the stated word 7.1 A full-time candidate in the Master of International Taxation limit. (MIntTax) must complete all the requirements for the degree 2.6 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted not more than three years and not less than one year from the by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the date of first enrolment as a candidate. Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study 7.2 A part-time candidate must in the Master of International other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the Taxation (MIntTax) complete all the requirements for the degree Master of International Taxation (MIntTax), and to have that not more than six years and not less than two years from the unit or those units of study credited towards the degree. date of first enrolment as a candidate. 2.7 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the 7.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) be permitted to enrol time for completing the Master of International Taxation in designated undergraduate law units of study as approved (MIntTax). and offered by the Faculty. 7.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the 2.7.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise complete the Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) outside contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. the periods specified in sections 7.1 and 7.2 of these 2.7.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling resolutions. at most 12 credit points. 7.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study 2.7.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. completed more than ten years prior to completion of the 2.7.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative requirements of the degree. In exceptional circumstances, the assessment requirements imposed in respect of that Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally requirement. including a research paper constituting not less than 60 8. Assessment policy percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), 8.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. Distinction, Credit and Pass. The range of marks applicable 2.7.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the are: credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean 8.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent (Postgraduate Coursework). 8.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 2.7.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 8.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of International 8.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent Taxation (MIntTax). 8.2 For candidates who first enrolled after 1 January 1999, the 3. Requirements for the Master of International Taxation Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) is awarded only on (MIntTax) a Pass basis. 3.1 A candidate for the Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) 8.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study must: concerned, candidates may write a research paper in full or 3.1.1 attend classes (or in the case of the Independent Research partial satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of Project unit, satisfy the requirements for that unit) in units of study. study totalling 48 credit points chosen from the units of study 8.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be prescribed by the Faculty as units of study leading to the nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic degree; and by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to 3.2 A candidate for the Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) be dealt with in the research paper. who first enrolled prior to 1 January 1999, if eligible and 8.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study permitted to enrol for an Honours dissertation, must complete shall be 6000±10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit that dissertation at the stipulated standard in addition to the 48 points and 12,000±20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 credit points required in 3.1. credit points. The lecturer coordinating the unit of study 4. Requirements for honours degrees determines the length within these ranges. 8.4 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of 4.1 A candidate for the Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit is not eligible for Honours unless they first enrolled before 1 points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of January 1999 and are currently enrolled in Honours as at 1 classes. January 2009.

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8.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit nominee. of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before have discontinued the unit of study with permission. accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 8.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 70 per cent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory specified program of study in English). attendance record. 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 8.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to candidate for the degree. 50% of the unit of study attendance. 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of 9. Credit transfer policy Jurisprudence (MJur) if: 9.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the study may include: program of study; or 9.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 9.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. program of study all the examinations of the Joint 9.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of International Wales. Taxation (MIntTax) credit for completion of units of study offered 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section towards another degree or diploma in this university or an 1.5 of these resolutions may be admitted to candidature for the equivalent provider of tertiary education. The following Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) if: conditions apply to such credit: 1.6.1 the candidate has obtained a degree or completed a 9.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the qualification at a level of merit which the Postgraduate Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of Coursework Committee considers sufficient to enable the that required for completion of the course of study; candidate to undertake the course of study; and 9.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields subject to Faculty fee or other policies; stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates 9.2.3 subject to section 9.3, credit will not be given for units of for a specialist degree. study which are credited towards the award of another degree 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of or diploma; study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 9.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum approves the application. for the course of study which are substantially similar to the 2. Units of study units of study for which credit has been given; 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the 9.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) are set out in section 2.3 of must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; these resolutions. 9.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc 9.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current dissertation; year unit of study availability. 9.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless ten years immediately preceding the commencement of otherwise specified. candidature for the master©s degree. 2.3 Table of units of study: Master of Jurisprudence 9.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may (MJur) in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated with a 2.3.1 Compulsory units of study graduate diploma previously awarded by the Faculty to have 2.3.1.1 Jurisprudence Research Project (12 credit points) units from that graduate diploma credited towards the Master 2.3.1.1.1 The Jurisprudence Research Project will cover two of International Taxation (MIntTax). The following conditions semesters. apply: 2.3.1.1.2 The Jurisprudence Research Project requires a 9.3.1 an applicant for the Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) substantial research paper of approximately 15,000 may only apply to have units credited towards that master©s words. ©Approximately© in relation to word length means degree that were previously credited towards a graduate a deviation of not more or less than 15 percent from the diploma awarded by the Faculty within ten years immediately stated word limit. preceding the commencement of candidature for the Master 2.3.1.1.3 The topic of the research paper for the Jurisprudence of International Taxation (MIntTax); Research Project may be related to any unit of study 9.3.2 a candidate for the Master of International Taxation (MIntTax) undertaken by the candidate as part of the course of who is given such credit is not thereby exempted from study. fulfilling the coursework requirements for that degree, 2.3.1.1.4 The topic of the research paper for the Jurisprudence including the completion of any compulsory units that Research Project must be nominated by the candidate currently apply; and approved as a relevant topic by the Program 9.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units of Coordinator prior to enrolment. study comprising a graduate diploma, may not be given more 2.3.1.1.5 When nominating a topic, the candidate must outline than once in respect of the same units. the matter to be dealt with in the research paper. 9.4 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 2.3.2 Optional units of study have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of 2.3.2.1 Aspects of Law and Justice International Taxation (MIntTax) on terms the Postgraduate 2.3.2.1.1 Candidates who have previously completed Aspects of Coursework Committee determines from time to time. Law and Justice 1 and Aspects of Law and Justice 2 are not permitted to enrol in this unit. Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) 2.3.2.2 Aspects of Law and Social Control 2.3.2.3 Comparative Constitutional Law 1. Admission 2.3.2.4 Comparative Family in Law and Society 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of 2.3.2.5 Constitutional Theory Jurisprudence (MJur) if the applicant holds such qualifications 2.3.2.6 Dispute Resolution in Asia at such levels of achievement on such terms and conditions 2.3.2.7 Feminist Legal Theory & Practice as may be determined from time to time by the Faculty. 2.3.2.8 Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in 2.3.2.9 International Human Rights writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined 2.3.2.10 Japanese Law

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2.3.2.11 Japanese Law and the Economy not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 2.3.2.12 Law and Legal Culture in Asia/Pacific (12 Credit Points) following circumstances: 2.3.2.13 Law and Society in Indonesia 6.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 2.3.2.14 Legal Responsibilty and Philosophy of Mind degree within the time specified in section 7 of these 2.3.2.15 Precedent, Interpretation and Probability resolutions; or 2.3.2.15.1 Candidates who have previously completed Aspects of 6.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study Legal Reasoning 1 and Aspects of Legal Reasoning 2 or two failures in one unit of study. are not permitted to enrol in this unit. 6.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 2.3.2.16 The Legal System of the European Union candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 2.3.2.17 The State and Global Governance should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the 2.3.2.18 Trade and Commerce in European Law candidature. 2.3.2.19 With the permission of the Program Coordinator, a 7. Time limit candidate for the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) may 7.1 A full-time candidate in the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) complete up to 24 credit points by undertaking a unit or must complete all the requirements for the degree not more units of study prescribed for one of the other master©s than three years and not less than one year from the date of degrees offered by the Faculty. first enrolment as a candidate. 2.4 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted 7.2 A part-time candidate in the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the must complete all the requirements for the degree not more Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study than six years and not less than two years from the date of first other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the enrolment as a candidate. Master of Jurisprudence (MJur), and to have that unit or those 7.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the units of study credited towards the degree. time for completing the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur). 2.5 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the 7.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) be permitted to enrol in Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may designated undergraduate law units of study as approved and complete the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) outside the offered by the Faculty. periods specified in sections 7.2 and 7.3 of these resolutions. 2.5.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit 7.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise completed more than ten years prior to completion of the contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. requirements of the degree. In exceptional circumstances, the 2.5.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this at most 12 credit points. requirement. 2.5.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. 8. Assessment policy 2.5.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative 8.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, assessment requirements imposed in respect of that Distinction, Credit and Pass. The range of marks applicable candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally are: including a research paper constituting not less than 60 8.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), 8.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. 8.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent 2.5.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the 8.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean 8.2 For candidates who first enrolled after 1 January 1999, the (Postgraduate Coursework). Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) is awarded only on a Pass 2.5.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as basis. one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of Jurisprudence 8.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study (MJur). concerned, candidates may write a research paper in full or 3. Requirements for the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) partial satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of 3.1 A candidate for the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) must: study. 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 36 credit points 8.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic units of study leading to the degree; and by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When 3.1.2 pass the assessment in those units of study; and nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to 3.1.3 complete the Jurisprudence Research Project worth 12 credit be dealt with in the research paper. points within the subject matter of the course of study as 8.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study approved by the Program Coordinator. shall be 6000±10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit 3.2 A candidate for the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) who first points and 12,000±20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 enrolled prior to 1 January 1999, if eligible and permitted to credit points. The lecturer coordinating the unit of study enrol for an Honours dissertation, must complete that determines the length within these ranges. dissertation at the stipulated standard in addition to the 48 8.4 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of credit points required in 3.1. approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit 4. Requirements for honours degrees points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of 4.1 A candidate for the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) who is not classes. eligible for Honours unless they first enrolled before 1 January 8.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of 1999 and are currently enrolled in Honours as at 1 January study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may 2009. be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit 5. Suspension of candidature of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, have discontinued the unit of study with permission. on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature 8.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee 70 per cent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory thinks fit. attendance record. 5.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 8.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to within which the course of study would otherwise have been 50% of the unit of study attendance. required to be completed; 9. Credit transfer policy 5.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 9.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a study may include: first time to defer enrolment for one year. 9.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 6. Satisfactory progress 9.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. 6.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 9.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of

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Jurisprudence (MJur) credit for completion of units of study 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section offered towards another degree or diploma in this university or 1.5 of these resolutions may be admitted to candidature for the an equivalent provider of tertiary education. The following Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) if: conditions apply to such credit: 1.6.1 the candidate has obtained a degree or completed a 9.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the qualification at a level of merit which the Postgraduate Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of Coursework Committee considers sufficient to enable the that required for completion of the course of study. candidate to undertake the course of study; and 9.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields subject to Faculty fee or other policies; stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates 9.2.3 subject to section 9.3 of these resolutions, credit will not be for a specialist degree. given for units of study which are credited towards the award 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of of another degree or diploma; study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 9.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum approves the application. for the course of study which are substantially similar to the 2. Units of study units of study for which credit has been given; 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the 9.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) are set out in must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; section 2.4 of these resolutions. 9.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc 9.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current dissertation; year unit of study availability. 9.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless ten years immediately preceding the commencement of otherwise specified. candidature for the master©s degree. 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary 9.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may study or a combination of that study with work experience, can in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated with a demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory graduate diploma previously awarded by the Faculty to have units of study may be relieved from the requirement to units from that graduate diploma credited towards the Master undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. of Jurisprudence (MJur). The following conditions apply: 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of 9.3.1 an applicant for the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) may only study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study apply to have units credited towards that master©s degree must be substituted for that unit(s). that were previously credited towards a graduate diploma 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total awarded by the Faculty within ten years immediately credit point value required for completion of the Master of preceding the commencement of candidature for the Master Labour Law and Relations (MLLR). of Jurisprudence (MJur); 2.4 Table of units of study: Master of Labour Law and 9.3.2 a candidate for the Master of Jurisprudence (MJur) who is Relations (MLLR) given such credit is not thereby exempted from fulfilling the 2.4.1 Compulsory units of study coursework requirements for that degree; 9.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units of 2.4.1.1 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System study comprising a graduate diploma, may not be given more 2.4.1.1.1 Candidates for the Master of Labour Law and Relations than once in respect of the same units. (MLLR) who do not hold a legal qualification as specified 9.4 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which in section 2.5 of these resolutions are required to have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit undertake Legal Reasoning and the Common Law enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of System. Jurisprudence (MJur) on terms the Postgraduate Coursework 2.4.1.1.2 Candidates must have completed or be concurrently Committee determines from time to time. enrolled in Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before being permitted to enrol in other law units. Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) 2.4.1.2 Human Resources Strategies 2.4.1.3 Labour Law 1. Admission 2.4.1.3.1 Unless and until otherwise approved by the Program 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of Co-ordinator, all candidates (except candidates enrolling Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) if the applicant holds such in 2.4.2.3, 2.4.2.4 and 2.4.2.7) must first complete qualifications at such levels of achievement on such terms and Labour Law before enrolling in any other law unit of conditions as may be determined from time to time by the study, provided that a full-time candidate may enrol in Faculty. other law units of study concurrently with this unit of 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in study. writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined 2.4.2 Optional units of study by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such 2.4.2.1 Advanced Employment Law applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its 2.4.2.2 Discrimination in the Workplace nominee. 2.4.2.3 Dispute Resolution in Australia 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before 2.4.2.4 International and Compartive Labour Law accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 2.4.2.5 Immigration and Labour Law to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 2.4.2.6 Labour Law in the Global Economy specified program of study in English). 2.4.2.7 Mediation - Skills and Theory 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 2.4.2.8 Workplace Bargaining candidate for the degree. 2.4.2.9 Work Safety 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of 2.5 Normally, half of the credit points for a candidate enrolled in Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) if: the Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) must be in 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws the area of labour relations and half in the area of labour law. (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the 2.5.1 In special circumstances (such as where prior undergraduate program of study; or studies mean that there are insufficient remaining suitable 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the labour relations units of study), the program coordinator may program of study all the examinations of the Joint after consulting the head of the Discipline of Work and Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South Organisational Studies approve a candidate©s written Wales. application to take 30 credit points of labour law units of study and 18 credit points of labour relations units of study.

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2.6 Unless varied by the Postgraduate Coursework Committee, prescribed by the Faculty as units of study leading to the candidates must select all labour relations units of study from degree; and units of study for the courses of study for the Certificate or 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations and Human Resources 3.2 A candidate for the Master of Master of Labour Law and Management, or the Master of Industrial Relations and Human Relations (MLLR) who first enrolled prior to 1 January 1999, if Resource Management, in the Faculty of Economics and eligible and permitted to enrol for an honours dissertation, must Business (hereafter Faculty of Economics and Business units complete that dissertation at the stipulated standard in addition of study) subject to the following conditions: to the 48 credit points required in 3.1. 2.6.1 Faculty of Economics and Business units of study are 4. Requirements for honours degrees counted as 6 credit points; 4.1 A candidate for the Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) 2.6.2 candidates must comply with all regulations, charges, is not eligible for Honours unless they first enrolled before 1 attendance and assessment requirements of the Faculty of January 1999 and are currently enrolled in Honours as at 1 Economics and Business units of study (including restrictions January 2009. on Honours units, which restrictions override these 5. Suspension of candidature resolutions where inconsistent); and 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.6.3 candidates must not enrol in any labour relations units of on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature study unless either the candidate has completed (or is on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee concurrently enrolled in) the unit of study Australian Industrial thinks fit. Relations or the head of the Discipline of Work and 5.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period Organisational Studies (or the coordinator of postgraduate within which the course of study would otherwise have been courses in that department) has given written permission to required to be completed; substitute another unit of study on the basis that the 5.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, candidate has already completed an equivalent on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who undergraduate unit of study. has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a 2.7 Candidates in the Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) first time to defer enrolment for one year. may enrol in an Independent Research Project unit or units of 6. Satisfactory progress study comprising 6 or 12, but not more than 12, credit points, subject to the approval of the Associate Dean (Postgraduate 6.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may Coursework) and satisfaction of any policies issued by the require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should Program Coordinator. not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 2.7.1 A single unit Independent Research Project worth 6 credit following circumstances: points will be of one semester in length; a 12 credit point 6.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the Independent Research Project unit will cover two semesters. degree within the time specified in section 7 of these 2.7.2 A single unit Independent Research Project requires resolutions; or submission of a substantial research paper of approximately 6.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study 10,000 words; a 12 credit point unit requires a substantial or two failures in one unit of study. research paper of approximately 20,000 words. 6.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 2.7.3 "Approximately" in relation to word length means a deviation candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature of not more or less than 15% from the stated word limit. should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the 2.8 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted candidature. by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the 7. Time limit Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study 7.1 A full-time candidate in the Master of Labour Law and Relations other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the (MLLR) must complete all the requirements for the degree not Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR), and to have that more than three years and not less than one year from the date unit or those units of study credited towards the degree. of first enrolment as a candidate. 2.9 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the 7.2 A part-time candidate for the Master of Labour Law and Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) be permitted to Relations (MLLR) must complete all the requirements for the enrol in designated undergraduate law units of study as degree not more than six years and not less than two years approved and offered by the Faculty. from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. 2.9.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit 7.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise time for completing the Master of Labour Law and Relations contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. (MLLR). 2.9.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling 7.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the at most 12 credit points. Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may 2.9.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. complete the Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) 2.9.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative outside the periods specified in sections 7.1 and 7.2 of these assessment requirements imposed in respect of that resolutions. candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally 7.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study including a research paper constituting not less than 60 completed more than ten years prior to completion of the percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), requirements of the degree. In exceptional circumstances, the and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this 2.9.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the requirement. credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean 8. Assessment policy (Postgraduate Coursework). 8.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 2.9.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as Distinction, Credit and Pass. The range of marks applicable one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of Labour Law and are: Relations (MLLR). 8.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent 2.10 A candidate for the Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) 8.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent may take and obtain credit for non-law units of study as 8.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent prescribed in the course requirements. 8.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent 3. Requirements for the Master of Labour Law and 8.2 For candidates who first enrolled after 1 January 1999, the Relations (MLLR) Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) is awarded only 3.1 A candidate for the Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) on a Pass basis. must: 8.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study 3.1.1 attend classes (or in the case of the Independent Research concerned, candidates may write a research paper in full or Project unit, satisfy the requirements for that unit) in units of partial satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of study totalling 48 credit points chosen from the units of study study.

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8.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic candidate for the degree. by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to Taxation (MTax) if: be dealt with in the research paper. 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws 8.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the shall be 6000-10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit program of study; or points and 12,000-20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the credit points. The lecturer coordinating the unit of study program of study all the examinations of the Joint determines the length within these ranges. Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South 8.4.1 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of Wales. approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of 1.5 of these resolutions may be admitted to candidature for the classes. Master of Taxation (MTax) if: 8.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of 1.6.1 the candidate has obtained a degree or completed a study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may qualification at a level of merit which the Postgraduate be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit Coursework Committee considers sufficient to enable the of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to candidate to undertake the course of study; and have discontinued the unit of study with permission. 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields 8.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory for a specialist degree. attendance record. 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 8.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 50% of the unit of study attendance. approves the application. 9. Credit transfer policy 2. Units of study 9.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other Master of Taxation (MTax) are set out in section 2.3 of these study may include: resolutions. 9.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units 9.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc 9.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the degree. in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of Labour Law 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should and Relations (MLLR) credit for completion of units of study refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current offered towards another degree or diploma in this university or year unit of study availability. an equivalent provider of tertiary education. The following 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless conditions apply to such credit: otherwise specified. 9.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the 2.3 Table of units of study: Master of Taxation (MTax) Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of 2.3.1 Optional units of study that required for completion of the course of study; 2.3.1.1 Advanced Goods and Services Tax 9.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 2.3.1.2 Australian International Taxation subject to Faculty fee or other policies; 2.3.1.3 Comparative Corporate Taxation 9.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited 2.3.1.4 Comparative International Taxation towards the award of another degree or diploma; 2.3.1.5 Comparative Value Added Tax 9.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum 2.3.1.6 Corporate Taxation for the course of study which are substantially similar to the 2.3.1.7 GST - International Issues units of study for which credit has been given; 2.3.1.8 Law of Tax Administration 9.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought 2.3.1.9 Public Policy must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; 2.3.1.9.1 Candidates who have completed Public Sector Policy 9.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in 1, Taxation and Social Policy or Environmental the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; Economics are not permitted to enrol in this unit. 9.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of 2.3.1.10 Stamp Duties this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary 2.3.1.11 Tax Law in Asia and the Pacific education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a 2.3.1.12 Tax Treaties dissertation; 2.3.1.13 Tax Treaties Special Issues 9.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within 2.3.1.14 Taxation of Business and Investment Income A ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 2.3.1.14.1 This unit replaces New Income Tax System. Candidates candidature for the master©s degree. who have previously completed New Income Tax 9.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which System are not permitted to enrol in this unit. have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit 2.3.1.15 Taxation of Business and Investment Income B enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of Labour 2.3.1.15.1 This unit replaces Taxation of Business and Investment Law and Relations (MLLR) on terms the Postgraduate Income. Candidates who have previously completed Coursework Committee determines from time to time. Taxation of Business and Investment Income are not permitted to enrol in this unit. Master of Taxation (MTax) 2.3.1.16 Taxation of Controlled Foreign Companies, Foreign 1. Admission Investment Funds and Transferor Trusts 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Master of 2.3.1.17 Taxation of Corporate Finance Taxation (MTax) if the applicant holds such qualifications at 2.3.1.18 Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions such levels of achievement on such terms and conditions as 2.3.1.19 Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts may be determined from time to time by the Faculty. 2.3.1.20 Taxation of Remuneration 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in 2.3.1.21 Taxation of Superannuation and Insurance writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined 2.3.1.22 Transfer Pricing in International Taxation by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such 2.4 Candidates in the Master of Taxation may enrol in an applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its Independent Research Project unit or units of study comprising nominee. 6 or 12, but not more than 12, credit points, subject to the 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before approval of the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework) accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant and satisfaction of any policies issued by the Program to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a Coordinator. specified program of study in English).

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2.4.1 A single unit Independent Research Project worth 6 credit 6.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the points will be of one semester in length; a 12 credit point candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature Independent Research Project unit will cover two semesters. should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the 2.4.2 A single unit Independent Research Project requires candidature. submission of a substantial research paper of approximately 7. Time limit 10,000 words; a 12 credit point unit requires a substantial 7.1 A full-time candidate in the Master of Taxation (MTax) must research paper of approximately 20,000 words. complete all the requirements for the Degree not more than 2.4.3 ©Approximately© in relation to word length means a deviation three years and not less than one year from the date of first of not more or less than 15 percent from the stated word enrolment as a candidate. limit. 7.2 A part-time candidate in the Master of Taxation (MTax) must 2.5 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted complete all the requirements for the degree not more than six by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the years and not less than two years from the date of first Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study enrolment as a candidate. other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the 7.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the Master of Taxation (MTax), and to have that unit or those units time for completing the Master of Taxation (MTax). of study credited towards the degree. 7.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the 2.6 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may Master of Taxation (MTax) be permitted to enrol in designated complete the Master of Taxation (MTax) outside the periods undergraduate law units of study as approved and offered by specified in sections 7.1 and 7.2 of these resolutions. the Faculty. 7.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study 2.6.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit completed more than ten years prior to completion of the would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise requirements of the degree. In exceptional circumstances, the contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this 2.6.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling requirement. at most 12 credit points. 8. Assessment policy 2.6.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. 8.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 2.6.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade assessment requirements imposed in respect of that applicable to each unit of study are: candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally 8.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent including a research paper constituting not less than 60 8.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), 8.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. 8.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent 2.6.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the 8.2 For candidates who first enrolled after 1 January 1999, the credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean Master of Taxation (MTax) is awarded only on a Pass basis. (Postgraduate Coursework). 8.3 With permission of the lecturer coordinating the unit of study 2.6.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as concerned, candidates may write a research paper in full or one 6 credit point unit towards the Master of Taxation (MTax). partial satisfaction of the assessment requirements in a unit of 3. Requirements for the Master of Taxation (MTax) study. 3.1 A candidate for the Master of Taxation (MTax) must: 8.3.1 The topic of any research paper to be submitted must be 3.1.1 attend classes (or in the case of the Independent Research nominated by the candidate and approved as a relevant topic Project unit, satisfy the requirements for that unit) in units of by the lecturer in the unit of study concerned. When study totalling 48 credit points chosen from the units of study nominating a topic, the candidate must outline the matter to prescribed by the Faculty as units of study leading to the be dealt with in the research paper. degree; and 8.3.2 The required length of any research paper for a unit of study 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. shall be 6000-10,000 words for a unit of study of 6 credit 3.2 A candidate for the Master of Taxation (MTax) who first enrolled points and 12,000-20,000 words for a unit of study of 12 prior to 1 January 1999, if eligible and permitted to enrol for an credit points. The lecturer coordinating the unit of study honours dissertation, must complete that dissertation at the determines the length within these ranges. stipulated standard in addition to the 48 credit points required 8.4 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of in 3.1. approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit 4. Requirements for honours degrees points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of 4.1 A candidate for the Master of Taxation (MTax) who first enrolled classes. after 1 January 1999 is not eligible for Honours unless they 8.4.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of first enrolled before 1 January 1999 and are currently enrolled study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may in Honours as at 1 January 2009. be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit 5. Suspension of candidature of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, have discontinued the unit of study with permission. on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature 8.4.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory thinks fit. attendance record. 5.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 8.5 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to within which the course of study would otherwise have been 50% of the unit of study attendance. required to be completed; 9. Credit transfer policy 5.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 9.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a study may include: first time to defer enrolment for one year. 9.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 6. Satisfactory progress 9.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. 6.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 9.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should in its discretion grant a candidate for the Master of Taxation not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the (MTax) credit for completion of units of study offered towards following circumstances: another degree or diploma in this university or an equivalent 6.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the provider of tertiary education. The following conditions apply degree within the time specified in section 7 of these to such credit: resolutions; or 9.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the 6.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of or two failures in one unit of study. that required for completion of the course of study;

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9.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units subject to Faculty fee or other policies; taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc 9.2.3 subject to section 9.3 of these resolutions, credit will not be basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the Diploma. given for units of study which are credited towards the award 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should of another degree or diploma; refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current 9.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum year unit of study availability. for the course of study which are substantially similar to the 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless units of study for which credit has been given; otherwise specified. 9.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought 2.3 Table of units of study: Graduate Diploma in Law must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; (GradDipLaw) 9.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in 2.3.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; may choose from the full range of postgraduate units of study 9.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of offered by the Faculty unless specified otherwise. this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary 2.4 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a Graduate Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) be permitted to enrol dissertation; in designated undergraduate law units of study as approved 9.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within and offered by the Faculty. ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 2.4.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit candidature for the master©s degree. would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 9.3 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. in its discretion permit an applicant who has graduated with a 2.4.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling graduate diploma previously awarded by the Faculty to have at most 6 credit points. units from that graduate diploma credited towards the Master 2.4.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. of Taxation (MTax).The following conditions apply: 2.4.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative 9.3.1 an applicant for the Master of Taxation (MTax) may only assessment requirements imposed in respect of that apply to have units credited towards that master©s degree candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally that were previously credited towards a graduate diploma including a research paper constituting not less than 60 awarded by the Faculty within ten years immediately percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), preceding the commencement of candidature for the Master and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. of Taxation (MTax); 2.4.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the 9.3.2 a candidate for the Master of Taxation (MTax) who is given credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean such credit is not thereby exempted from fulfilling the (Postgraduate Coursework). coursework requirements for that degree, including the 2.4.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as completion of any compulsory units that currently apply; one 6 credit point unit towards the Graduate Diploma in Law 9.3.3 credit in accordance with this section, in respect of units of (GradDipLaw). study comprising a graduate diploma, may not be given more 3. Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Law than once in respect of the same units. (GradDipLaw) 9.4 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 3.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit must: enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Master of Taxation 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 24 credit points (MTax) on terms the Postgraduate Coursework Committee chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as determines from time to time. units of study leading to the graduate diploma; and 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. Graduate Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) 4. Suspension of candidature 1. Admission 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) if the applicant holds such on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee qualifications at such levels of achievement on such terms and thinks fit. conditions as may be determined from time to time by the 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period Faculty. within which the course of study would otherwise have been 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in required to be completed; writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a nominee. first time to defer enrolment for one year. 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before 5. Satisfactory progress accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should specified program of study in English). not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time following circumstances: candidate for the graduate diploma. 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for a Graduate graduate diploma within the time specified in section 6 of Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) if: these resolutions; or 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the or two failures in one unit of study. program of study; or 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature program of study all the examinations of the Joint should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South candidature. Wales. 6. Time limit 1.6 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 6.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee the Graduate Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) not more than two approves the application. years and not less than six months from the date of first 2. Units of study enrolment as a candidate. 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for Graduate Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) are set out in section the Graduate Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) not more than 2.3 of these resolutions.

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three years and not less than one year from the date of first Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law enrolment as a candidate. (GradDipCommLaw) 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the time for completing a graduate diploma. 1. Admission 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) if the complete a Graduate Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) outside applicant holds such qualifications at such levels of the periods specified in sections 6.1 and 6.2. achievement on such terms and conditions as may be 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study determined from time to time by the Faculty. completed more than ten years prior to completion of the 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in requirements of the diploma. In exceptional circumstances, the writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such requirement. applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its 7. Assessment policy nominee. 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant applicable to each unit of study are: to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent specified program of study in English). 7.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 7.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent candidate for the Graduate Diploma. 7.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 7.2 Graduate Diplomas are awarded only on a Pass basis. Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) if: 7.3 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of program of study; or classes. 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 7.3.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of program of study all the examinations of the Joint study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit Wales. of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to 1.6 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of have discontinued the unit of study with permission. study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 7.3.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than approves the application. 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory 2. Units of study attendance record. 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the 7.4 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) 50% of the unit of study attendance. are set out in section 2.3 of these resolutions. 8. Credit transfer policy 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the Diploma. study may include: 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. year unit of study availability. 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless in its discretion grant a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in otherwise specified. Law credit for completion of units of study offered towards 2.3 List of units of study: Graduate Diploma in another degree or diploma in this university or an equivalent Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) provider of tertiary education. The following conditions apply: 2.3.1 Optional units of study 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the 2.3.1.1 Advanced Financing Techniques Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of 2.3.1.1.1 Candidates who do not have a background in Australian that required for completion of the course of study; corporate law are encouraged to undertake Introductory 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty Corporate Law and possibly Debt Financing or Equity subject to Faculty fee or other policies; Financing before taking this unit. 8.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited 2.3.1.2 Comparative Competition Law towards the award of another degree or diploma; 2.3.1.3 Comparative Constitutional Law 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum 2.3.1.4 Consumer Protection Law - Regulation of Unfair Marketing for the course of study which are substantially similar to the Practices units of study for which credit has been given; 2.3.1.5 Corporate Fundraising 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought 2.3.1.6 Corporate Insolvency Law must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; 2.3.1.7 Current Issues in Defamation Law 8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in 2.3.1.8 Debt Financing the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; 2.3.1.8.1 Candidates who do not have a background in Australian 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of corporate law are encouraged to undertake Introductory this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary Corporate Law before taking this unit. education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a 2.3.1.9 Dispute Resolution in Asia dissertation; 2.3.1.10 Equity Financing 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within 2.3.2.10.1 Candidates who do not have a background in Australian ten years immediately preceding the commencement of corporate law are encouraged to undertake Introductory candidature for the graduate diploma. Corporate Law before taking this unit. 8.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 2.3.2.11 Intellectual Property: Issues in Marketing Rights have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit 2.3.2.12 International Business Law enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Graduate Diploma 2.3.2.13 International Commercial Arbitration in Law (GradDipLaw) on terms the Postgraduate Coursework 2.3.2.14 International Investment Law Committee determines from time to time. 2.3.1.15 Issues in the Law of Copyright 2.3.1.16 Japanese Law 2.3.1.17 Japanese Law and the Economy 2.3.1.18 Modern Corporate Governance 2.3.1.19 Principles of Defamation Law 2.3.1.20 Privacy, Surveillance and Fair Information Practices

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2.3.1.21 Takeovers and Reconstructions 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the 2.3.1.22 The Legal System of the European Union time for completing a graduate diploma. 2.3.1.23 World Trade Organization I 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the 2.3.1.24 World Trade Organization Law II Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may 2.4 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted complete a Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the (GradDipCommLaw) outside the periods specified in sections Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study 6.1 and 6.2. other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw), completed more than ten years prior to completion of the and to have that unit or those units of study credited towards requirements of the diploma. In exceptional circumstances, the the diploma. Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this 2.5 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the requirement. Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) 7. Assessment policy be permitted to enrol in designated undergraduate law units of 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, study as approved and offered by the Faculty. Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade 2.5.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit applicable to each unit of study are: would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. 7.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 2.5.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling 7.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent at most 6 credit points. 7.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent 2.5.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. 7.2 Graduate Diplomas are awarded only on a Pass basis. 2.5.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative 7.3 A unit of study of six credit points requires attendance of assessment requirements imposed in respect of that approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of including a research paper constituting not less than 60 per classes. cent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), 7.3.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may 2.5.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to (Postgraduate Coursework). have discontinued the unit of study with permission. 2.5.6 Each eight credit point undergraduate unit may only count 7.3.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than as one six credit point unit towards the Graduate Diploma in 70 per cent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw). attendance record. 3. Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Commercial 7.4 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to Law (GradDipCommLaw) 50% of the unit of study attendance. 3.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law 8. Credit transfer policy (GradDipCommLaw) must: 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 24 credit points Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as study may include: units of study leading to the Graduate Diploma in Commercial 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and Law (GradDipCommLaw); and 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 4. Suspension of candidature in its discretion grant a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) credit for completion of on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature units of study offered towards another degree or diploma in on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee this university or an equivalent provider of tertiary education. thinks fit. The following conditions apply: 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the within which the course of study would otherwise have been Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of required to be completed; that required for completion of the course of study; 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who subject to Faculty fee or other policies; has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a 8.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited first time to defer enrolment for one year. towards the award of another degree or diploma; 5. Satisfactory progress 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may for the course of study which are substantially similar to the require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should units of study for which credit has been given; not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought following circumstances: must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in graduate diploma within the time specified in section 6 of the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; these resolutions; or 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary or two failures in one unit of study. education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the dissertation; candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the ten years immediately preceding the commencement of candidature. candidature for the graduate diploma. 6. Time limit 8.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 6.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit the Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Graduate Diploma not more than two years and not less than six months from the in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) on terms the date of first enrolment as a candidate. Postgraduate Coursework Committee determines from time to 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for time. the Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law (GradDipCommLaw) not more than three years and not less than one year from the date of first enrolment as a candidate.

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Graduate Diploma in Corporate Securities and 2.3.1.9.1 Candidates who do not have a background in Australian Finance Law (GradDipCorpLaw) corporate law are encouraged to undertake Introductory Corporate Law before taking this unit. 1. Admission 2.3.1.10 Dispute Resolution in Asia 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 2.3.1.11 Doing Business in China Diploma in Corporate Securities and Finance Law 2.3.1.12 Equity Financing (GradDipCorpLaw) if the applicant holds such qualifications at 2.3.1.12.1 Candidates who do not have a background in Australian such levels of achievement on such terms and conditions as corporate law are encouraged to undertake Introductory may be determined from time to time by the Faculty. Corporate Law before taking this unit. 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in 2.3.1.13 Intellectual Property: Issues in Marketing Rights writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined 2.3.1.14 International Business Law by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such 2.3.1.15 International Commercial Arbitration applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its 2.3.1.16 Japanese Law nominee. 2.3.1.17 Japanese Law and the Economy 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before 2.3.1.18 Labour Law in the New Economy accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 2.3.1.19 Modern Corporate Governance to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 2.3.1.20 Stamp Duties specified program of study in English). 2.3.1.21 Takeovers and Reconstructions 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 2.3.1.22 Taxation of Corporate Finance candidate for the graduate diploma. 2.3.1.22.1 This unit replaces Taxation of Financial Institutions and 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Financial Transactions. It is recommended that Diploma in Corporate Securities and Finance Law candidates who are not working in the field of tax and (GradDipCorpLaw) if: have not completed an undergraduate tax unit in 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws Australia in the past five years undertake The Impact of (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the Tax on Business Structures and Operations before program of study; or enrolling in this unit. 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 2.3.1.23 World Trade Organization Law I program of study all the examinations of the Joint 2.3.1.24 World Trade Organization Law II Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South 2.4 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted Wales. by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study 1.5 may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Diploma other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the in Corporate Securities and Finance Law (GradDipCorpLaw) Graduate Diploma in Corporate Securities and Finance Law if that applicant has obtained: (GradDipCorpLaw), and to have that unit or those units of study 1.6.1 a degree or completed a qualification at a level of merit which credited towards the diploma. the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers sufficient 2.5 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the to enable the candidate to undertake the course of study; Graduate Diploma in Corporate Securities and Finance Law and (GradDipCorpLaw) be permitted to enrol in designated 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields undergraduate law units of study as approved and offered by stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates the Faculty. for a specialist diploma. 2.5.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. approves the application. 2.5.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling 2. Units of study at most 6 credit points. 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the 2.5.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. Graduate Diploma in Corporate Securities and Finance Law 2.5.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative (GradDipCorpLaw) are set out in section 2.3 of these assessment requirements imposed in respect of that resolutions. candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units including a research paper constituting not less than 60 per taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc cent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the Diploma. and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should 2.5.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean year unit of study availability. (Postgraduate Coursework). 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless 2.5.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as otherwise specified. one 6 credit point unit towards the Graduate Diploma in 2.3 Table of units of study: Graduate Diploma in Corporate Securities and Finance Law (GradDipCorpLaw). Corporate Securities and Finance Law 3. Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Corporate (GradDipCorpLaw) Securities and Finance Law (GradDipCorpLaw) 2.3.1 Optional units of study 3.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Corporate Securities 2.3.1.1 In addition to the subjects listed in 2.3.1.2-2.3.1.21, and Finance Law (GradDipCorpLaw) must: candidates may also take one unit of study not on the 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 24 credit points prescribed list, including from among those units listed for chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as the Master of Taxation (MTax). units of study leading to the graduate diploma; and 2.3.1.2 Advanced Financing Techniques 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. 2.3.1.2.1 Candidates who do not have a background in Australian 4. Suspension of candidature corporate law are encouraged to undertake Introductory 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, Corporate Law and possibly Debt Financing or Equity on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature Financing before taking this unit. on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee 2.3.1.3 Comparative Competition Law thinks fit. 2.3.1.4 Comparative Corporate Taxation 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 2.3.1.5 Comparative International Taxation within which the course of study would otherwise have been 2.3.1.6 Corporate Fundraising required to be completed; 2.3.1.7 Corporate Insolvency Law 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.3.1.8 Corporate Taxation on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who 2.3.1.9 Debt Financing has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a first time to defer enrolment for one year.

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5. Satisfactory progress 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may for the course of study which are substantially similar to the require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should units of study for which credit has been given; not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought following circumstances: must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in diploma within the time specified in section 6 of these the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; resolutions; or 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary or two failures in one unit of study. education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the dissertation; candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the ten years immediately preceding the commencement of candidature. candidature for the graduate diploma. 6. Time limit 8.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 6.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit the Graduate Diploma in Corporate Securities and Finance enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Graduate Diploma Law (GradDipCorpLaw) not more than two years and not less in Corporate Securities and Finance Law (GradDipCorpLaw) than six months from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. on terms the Postgraduate Coursework Committee determines 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for from time to time. the Graduate Diploma in Corporate Securities and Finance Law (GradDipCorpLaw) not more than three years and not less Graduate Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) than one year from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. 1. Admission 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate time for completing the graduate diploma. Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) if the applicant holds 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the such qualifications at such levels of achievement on such terms Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may and conditions as may be determined from time to time by the complete a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Securities and Faculty. Finance Law outside the periods specified in sections 6.1 and 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in 6.2. writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such completed more than ten years prior to completion of the applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its requirements of the diploma. In exceptional circumstances, the nominee. Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before requirement. accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 7. Assessment policy to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, specified program of study in English). Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time applicable to each unit of study are: candidate for the graduate diploma. 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 7.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) if: 7.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws 7.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the 7.2 Graduate Diplomas are awarded only on a Pass basis. program of study; or 7.3 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit program of study all the examinations of the Joint points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South classes. Wales. 7.3.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may 1.5 may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Diploma be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit in Criminology (GradDipCrim) if that applicant has obtained: of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to 1.6.1 a degree or completed a qualification at a level of merit which have discontinued the unit of study with permission. the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers sufficient 7.3.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than to enable the candidate to undertake the course of study; 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory and attendance record. 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields 7.4 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates 50% of the unit of study attendance. for a specialist diploma. 8. Credit transfer policy 1.6.3 in exceptional circumstances an applicant may be admitted 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the to the Graduate Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) on Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other the basis of professional experience and professional training study may include: in areas deemed to be relevant by the Postgraduate 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and Coursework Committee or its nominee. 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee in its discretion grant a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in approves the application. Corporate Securities and Finance Law (GradDipCorpLaw) 2. Units of study credit for completion of units of study offered towards another 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the degree or diploma in this university or an equivalent provider Graduate Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) are set out of tertiary education. The following conditions apply: in section 2.4 of these resolutions. 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc that required for completion of the course of study; basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the diploma. 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should subject to Faculty fee or other policies; refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current 8.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited year unit of study availability. towards the award of another degree or diploma; 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless otherwise specified.

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2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary 4. Suspension of candidature study or a combination of that study with work experience, can 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature units of study may be relieved from the requirement to on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. thinks fit. 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study within which the course of study would otherwise have been must be substituted for that unit(s). required to be completed; 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, credit point value required for completion of the Graduate on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim). has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a 2.4 Table of units of study: Graduate Diploma in first time to defer enrolment for one year. Criminology (GradDipCrim) 5. Satisfactory progress 2.4.1 Compulsory units of study 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 2.4.1.1 Crime Research and Policy require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should 2.4.1.2 Explaining Crime not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 2.4.2 Optional units of study following circumstances: 2.4.2.1 Advanced Forensic Psychiatry 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 2.4.2.1.1 This unit of study is only available to candidates who diploma within the time specified in section 6 of these have completed Forensic Psychiatry. resolutions; or 2.4.2.2 Contemporary Challenges for Criminal Law 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study 2.4.2.2.1 This unit is only available to candidates who have or two failures in one unit of study. completed an undergraduate unit of study in criminal 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the law or equivalent. candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 2.4.2.3 Contemporary Crime Issues should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the 2.4.2.4 Critical Issues in Crime Research and Policy candidature. 2.4.2.4.1 This unit of study is only available to candidates who 6. Time limit have completed Crime, Research and Policy. 6.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 2.4.2.5 Criminal Justice: Developments in Prevention and Control the Graduate Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) not more 2.4.2.6 Criminal Liability than two years and not less than six months from the date of 2.4.2.6.1 This unit is only available to candidates who do not hold first enrolment as a candidate. a law degree or equivalent qualification. 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 2.4.2.7 Criminal Procedures the Graduate Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) not more 2.4.2.8 Death Law than three years and not less than one year from the date of 2.4.2.9 Explaining Punishment first enrolment as a candidate. 2.4.2.10 Forensic Psychiatry 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the 2.4.2.11 Gender, Race and Crime time for completing a Graduate Diploma. 2.4.2.12 Hate Crime 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the 2.4.2.13 International and Comparative Criminal Justice Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may 2.4.2.14 Policing Australian Society complete a Graduate Diploma in Criminology outside the 2.4.2.15 Policing Bodies: Crime, Sexuality and Reproduction periods specified in sections 6.1 and 6.2. 2.4.2.16 Young People, Crime and the Law 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study 2.5 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted completed more than ten years prior to completion of the by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the requirements of the diploma. In exceptional circumstances, the Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the requirement. Graduate Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim), and to have 7. Assessment policy that unit or those units of study credited towards the diploma. 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 2.6 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade Graduate Diploma in Criminology (GradDipCrim) be permitted applicable to each unit of study are: to enrol in a designated undergraduate law unit of study as 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent approved and offered by the Faculty. 7.1.2 Distinction 75-84 percent 2.6.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit 7.1.3 Credit 65-74 percent would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 7.1.4 Pass 50-64 percent contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. 7.2 Graduate Diplomas are awarded only on a Pass basis. 2.6.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling 7.3 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of at most 6 credit points. approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit 2.6.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of 2.6.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative classes. assessment requirements imposed in respect of that 7.3.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may including a research paper constituting not less than 60 per be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit cent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. have discontinued the unit of study with permission. 2.6.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the 7.3.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory (Postgraduate Coursework). attendance record. 2.6.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 7.4 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to one 6 credit point unit towards the Graduate Diploma in 50% of the unit of study attendance. Criminology (GradDipCrim). 8. Credit transfer policy 3. Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Criminology 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the (GradDipCrim) Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other 4.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Criminology study may include: (GradDipCrim) must: 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 4.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 24 credit points 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may units of study leading to the Graduate Diploma; and in its discretion grant a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in 4.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study.

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Criminology (GradDipCrim) credit for completion of units of 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units study offered towards another degree or diploma in this taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc university or an equivalent provider of tertiary education. The basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the Diploma. following conditions apply: 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of year unit of study availability. that required for completion of the course of study; 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty otherwise specified. subject to Faculty fee or other policies; 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary 8.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited study or a combination of that study with work experience, can towards the award of another degree or diploma; demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum units of study may be relieved from the requirement to for the course of study which are substantially similar to the undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. units of study for which credit has been given; 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; must be substituted for that unit(s). 8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; credit point value required for completion of the Graduate 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of Diploma in Environmental Law. this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary 2.4 Table of units of study: Graduate Diploma in education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) dissertation; 2.4.1 Compulsory units of study 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within 2.4.1.1 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 2.4.1.1.1 Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Environmental candidature for the graduate diploma. Law (GradDipEnvLaw) who do not hold a legal 8.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which qualification as specified in section 1.5 of these have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit resolutions are required to undertake this unit. enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Graduate Diploma 2.4.1.1.2 Candidates must have completed or be concurrently in Criminology (GradDipCrim) on terms the Postgraduate enrolled in this unit before being permitted to enrol in Coursework Committee determines from time to time. other law units. 2.4.1.2 Environmental Law and Policy Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law 2.4.1.2.1 For candidates who have not completed any tertiary (GradDipEnvLaw) study in environmental law, this unit is a 1. Admission prerequisite/corequisite to all other law units in the 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law Diploma in Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) if the applicant (GradDipEnvLaw). holds such qualifications at such levels of achievement on such 2.4.2 Optional units of study terms and conditions as may be determined from time to time 2.4.2.1 Administrative Law by the Faculty. 2.4.2.2 Asia Pacific Environmental Law 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in 2.4.2.3 Asia Pacific Environmental Law Journal writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined 2.4.2.4 Biodiversity Law by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such 2.4.2.5 Comparative Environmental Law applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its 2.4.2.6 Dispute Resolution in Asia nominee. 2.4.2.7 Dispute Resolution in Australia 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before 2.4.2.8 Environmental Criminology accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 2.4.2.9 Environmental Dispute Resolution to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 2.4.2.10 Environmental Economics specified program of study in English). 2.4.2.10.1 Candidates who have previously completed Public Policy 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time are not permitted to enrol in this unit. candidate for the graduate diploma. 2.4.2.11 Environmental Impact Assessment Law 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 2.4.2.12 Environmental Litigation Diploma in Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) if: 2.4.2.13 Environmental Planning Law 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws 2.4.2.14 Environmentally Sustainable Business (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the 2.4.2.15 European Environmental Law program of study; or 2.4.2.16 Heritage Law 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 2.4.2.17 Integrated Natural Resources Management program of study all the examinations of the Joint 2.4.2.18 International Environmental Law Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South 2.4.2.19 International Law and Australian Institutions Wales. 2.4.2.20 Judicial Review - Principles, Policy and Procedure 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section 2.4.2.21 Law and Legal Culture in Asia/Pacific (12 credit points) 1.5 may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Diploma 2.4.2.22 Law of the Sea in Environmental Law if that applicant has obtained: 2.4.2.22 Local Government Law 1.6.1 a degree or completed a qualification at a level of merit which 2.4.2.23 Modern Corporate Governance the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers sufficient 2.4.2.24 Native Title - Perspectives on Co-existence to enable the candidate to undertake the course of study; 2.4.2.25 Pollution Law and 2.4.2.26 Protection of the Antarctic Environment 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields 2.4.2.27 Public Policy stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates 2.4.2.27.1 Candidates who have completed Public Sector Policy for a specialist diploma. 1, Taxation and Social Policy or Environmental 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of Economics are not permitted to enrol in this unit. study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 2.4.2.28 Sustainable Development Law in China (12 credit points) approves the application. 2.5 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted 2. Units of study by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the are set out in section 2.4 of these resolutions. Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw), and to have that unit or those units of study credited towards the diploma.

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2.6 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the 7. Assessment policy Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) be 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, permitted to enrol in designated undergraduate law units of Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade study as approved and offered by the Faculty. applicable to each unit of study are: 2.6.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit 7.1.1 High Distinction 85-100 per cent would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 7.1.2 Distinction 75-84 per cent contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. 7.1.3 Credit 65-74 per cent 2.6.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling 7.1.4 Pass 50-64 per cent at most 6 credit points. 7.2 Graduate Diplomas are awarded only on a Pass basis. 2.6.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. 7.3 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of 2.6.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit assessment requirements imposed in respect of that points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally classes. including a research paper constituting not less than 60 per 7.3.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of cent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit 2.6.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean have discontinued the unit of study with permission. (Postgraduate Coursework). 7.3.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than 2.6.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 70 per cent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory one 6 credit point unit towards the Graduate Diploma in attendance record. Environmental Law. 7.4 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to 3. Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in 50% of the unit of study attendance. Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) 8. Credit transfer policy 3.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the (GradDipEnvLaw) must: Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 24 credit points study may include: chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and units of study leading to the graduate diploma; and 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 4. Suspension of candidature in its discretion grant a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) credit for completion of on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature units of study offered towards another degree or diploma in on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee this university or an equivalent provider of tertiary education. thinks fit. The following conditions apply: 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the within which the course of study would otherwise have been Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of required to be completed; that required for completion of the course of study; 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who subject to Faculty fee or other policies; has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a 8.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited first time to defer enrolment for one year. towards the award of another degree or diploma; 5. Satisfactory progress 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may for the course of study which are substantially similar to the require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should units of study for which credit has been given; not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought following circumstances: must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in graduate diploma within the time specified in section 6 of the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; these resolutions; or 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary or two failures in one unit of study. education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the dissertation; candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the ten years immediately preceding the commencement of candidature. candidature for the graduate diploma. 6. Time limit 8.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 6.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit the Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Graduate Diploma not more than two years and not less than six months from the in Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) on terms the date of first enrolment as a candidate. Postgraduate Coursework Committee determines from time to 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for time. the Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law (GradDipEnvLaw) not more than three years and not less than one year from the Graduate Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) date of first enrolment as a candidate. 1. Admission 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate time for completing a graduate diploma. Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) if the applicant holds such 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the qualifications at such levels of achievement on such terms and Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may conditions as may be determined from time to time by the complete a Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law Faculty. (GradDipEnvLaw) outside the periods specified in sections 6.1 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in and 6.2. writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such completed more than ten years prior to completion of the applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its requirements of the diploma. In exceptional circumstances, the nominee. Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. 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to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 2.4.2.10 Law, Ageing and Disability specified program of study in English). 2.4.2.11 Law, Ethics and the Autonomy Rationale 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 2.4.2.12 Law Reform: Processes, Practices and Problems candidate for the Graduate Diploma. 2.4.2.13 Legal Issues in Health Care and Technology 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 2.4.2.14 Mediation - Skills and Theory Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) if: 2.4.2.15 New Directions in Public Health Law and Policy 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws 2.4.2.16 Policing Bodies: Crime, Sexuality and Reproduction (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the 2.4.2.17 Reproduction and the Law program of study; or 2.5 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the program of study all the examinations of the Joint Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the Wales. Graduate Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL), and to have 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section that unit or those units of study credited towards the diploma. 1.5 may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Diploma 2.6 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the in Health Law (GradDipHL) if that applicant has obtained: Graduate Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) be permitted to 1.6.1 a degree or completed a qualification at a level of merit which enrol in designated undergraduate law units of study as the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers sufficient approved and offered by the Faculty. to enable the candidate to undertake the course of study; 2.6.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit and would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates 2.6.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling for a specialist diploma. at most six credit points. 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 2.6.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 2.6.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative approves the application. assessment requirements imposed in respect of that 2. Units of study candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the including a research paper constituting not less than 60 per Graduate Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) are set out in cent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), section 2.4 of these resolutions. and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units 2.6.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the Diploma. (Postgraduate Coursework). 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should 2.6.6 Each eight credit point undergraduate unit may only count refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current as one 6 credit point unit towards the Graduate Diploma in year unit of study availability. Health Law (GradDipHL). 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless 3. Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Health Law otherwise specified. (GradDipHL) 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary 3.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Health Law study or a combination of that study with work experience, can (GradDipHL) must: demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 24 credit points units of study may be relieved from the requirement to chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. units of study leading to the graduate diploma; and 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study 4. Suspension of candidature must be substituted for that unit(s). 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature credit point value required for completion of the Graduate on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL). thinks fit. 2.4 Table of units of study: Graduate Diploma in Health 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period Law (GradDipHL) within which the course of study would otherwise have been 2.4.1 Compulsory units of study required to be completed; 2.4.1.1 Introduction to Law for Health Professionals or Legal 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, Reasoning and the Common Law System on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who 2.4.1.1.1 Candidates in the Graduate Diploma in Health Law has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a (GradDipHL) who do not hold a law degree or equivalent first time to defer enrolment for one year. qualification as specified in 1.5 of these resolutions must 5. Satisfactory progress enrol in either Introduction to Law for Health 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may Professionals or Legal Reasoning and the Common Law require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should System, but not both. Candidates are encouraged to not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the enrol in Introduction to Law for Health Professionals following circumstances: where possible. 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 2.4.1.1.2 Candidates must have completed or be concurrently graduate diploma within the time specified in section 6 of enrolled in either Introduction to Law for Health these resolutions; or Professionals or Legal Reasoning and the Common Law 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study System before being permitted to enrol in other law units. or two failures in one unit of study. 2.4.1.2 Health Care and Professional Liability 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 2.4.1.3 Information Rights in Health Care candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 2.4.2 Optional units of study should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the 2.4.2.1 Advanced Forensic Psychiatry candidature. 2.4.2.2 Critical Issues in Public Health Law 6. Time limit 2.4.2.3 Death Law 6.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 2.4.2.4 Dispute Resolution in Australia the Graduate Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) not more 2.4.2.5 Drugs, Drug Policy and the Law than two years and not less than six months from the date of 2.4.2.6 Forensic Psychiatry first enrolment as a candidate. 2.4.2.7 Genetics and the Law 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 2.4.2.8 Government Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics the Graduate Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) not more 2.4.2.9 Health Law and Globalisation

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than three years and not less than one year from the date of Graduate Diploma in International Business Law first enrolment as a candidate. (GradDipIntBusL) 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the time for completing a graduate diploma. 1. Admission 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may Diploma in International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL) if the complete a Graduate Diploma in Health Law (GradDipHL) applicant holds such qualifications at such levels of outside the periods specified in sections 6.1 and 6.2. achievement on such terms and conditions as may be 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study determined from time to time by the Faculty. completed more than ten years prior to completion of the 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in requirements of the diploma. In exceptional circumstances, the writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such requirement. applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its 7. Assessment policy nominee. 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant applicable to each unit of study are: to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent specified program of study in English). 7.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 7.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent candidate for the graduate diploma. 7.1.4 Pass 50±64 per cent 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 7.2 Graduate Diplomas are awarded only on a Pass basis. Diploma in International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL) if: 7.3 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of program of study; or classes. 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 7.3.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of program of study all the examinations of the Joint study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit Wales. of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section have discontinued the unit of study with permission. 1.5 may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Diploma 7.3.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than in International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL) if that applicant 70 per cent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory has obtained: attendance record. 1.6.1 a degree or completed a qualification at a level of merit which 7.4 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers sufficient 50% of the unit of study attendance. to enable the candidate to undertake the course of study; 8. Credit transfer policy and 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other for a specialist diploma. study may include: 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. approves the application. 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 2. in its discretion grant a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Units of study Health Law (GradDipHL) credit for completion of units of study 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the offered towards another degree or diploma in this university or Graduate Diploma in International Business Law an equivalent provider of tertiary education. The following (GradDipIntBusL) are set out in section 2.4 of these resolutions. conditions apply: 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the Diploma. that required for completion of the course of study; 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current subject to Faculty fee or other policies; year unit of study availability. 8.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless towards the award of another degree or diploma; otherwise specified. 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary for the course of study which are substantially similar to the study or a combination of that study with work experience, can units of study for which credit has been given; demonstrate competence in one or more of the core units of 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought study may be relieved from the requirement to undertake a must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; core unit or units of study. 8.2.6 the work completed for the other Degree or Diploma must, 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a core unit or units of study in the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; has been granted, an optional unit or units of study must be 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of substituted for that unit(s). this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a credit point value required for completion of the Graduate dissertation; Diploma in International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL). 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within 2.4 Table of units of study: Graduate Diploma in ten years immediately preceding the commencement of International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL) candidature for the graduate diploma. 2.4.1 Core units of study 8.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 2.4.1.1 Candidates are required to complete at least 2 out of the have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit following units of study: enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Graduate Diploma 2.4.1.1.1 Comparative International Taxation in Health Law (GradDipHL) on terms the Postgraduate 2.4.1.1.2 International Business Law Coursework Committee determines from time to time. 2.4.1.1.3 International Commercial Arbitration 2.4.1.1.4 World Trade Organization Law I 2.4.2 Optional units of study 2.4.2.2 Australian International Taxation 2.4.2.4 Comparative Competition Law

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2.4.2.5 Comparative Corporate Taxation 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 2.4.2.6 Comparative Value Added Tax graduate diploma within the time specified in section 6 of 2.4.2.7 Dispute Resolution in Asia these resolutions; or 2.4.2.8 Doing Business in China 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study 2.4.2.9 GST - International Issues or two failures in one unit of study. 2.4.2.10 Introduction to Chinese Law 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 2.4.2.10.1 Candidates who have previously completed Chinese candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature Laws and Chinese Legal Systems (12 credit points) are should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the not permitted to enrol in this unit. candidature. 2.4.2.11 International Investment Law 6. Time limit 2.4.2.12 Japanese Law 6.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 2.4.2.13 Japanese Law and the Economy the Graduate Diploma in International Business Law 2.4.2.14 Law and Society in Indonesia (GradDipIntBusL) not more than two years and not less than 2.4.2.15 Modern Corporate Governance six months from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. 2.4.2.16 Public International Law 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 2.4.2.17 Tax Law in Asia and the Pacific the Graduate Diploma in International Business Law 2.4.2.18 Tax Treaties (GradDipIntBusL) not more than three years and not less than 2.4.2.19 Tax Treaties Special Issues one year from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. 2.4.2.20 The Legal System of the European Union 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the 2.4.2.21 Transfer Pricing in International Taxation time for completing a graduate diploma. 2.4.2.22 World Trade Organization II 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the 2.4.3 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the complete a Graduate Diploma in International Business Law Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of (GradDipIntBusL) outside the periods specified in sections 6.1 study other than those specified by the Faculty as leading and 6.2. to the Graduate Diploma in International Business Law 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study (GradDipIntBusL), and to have that unit or those units of completed more than ten years prior to completion of the study credited towards the Diploma. requirements of the diploma. In exceptional circumstances, the 2.5 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this Graduate Diploma in International Business Law requirement. (GradDipIntBusL) be permitted to enrol in designated 7. Assessment policy undergraduate law units of study as approved and offered by 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, the Faculty. Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade 2.5.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit applicable to each unit of study are: would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. 7.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 2.5.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling 7.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent at most 6 credit points. 7.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent 2.5.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. 7.2 Graduate Diplomas are awarded only on a Pass basis. 2.5.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative 7.3 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of assessment requirements imposed in respect of that approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of including a research paper constituting not less than 60 per classes. cent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), 7.3.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may 2.5.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to (Postgraduate Coursework). have discontinued the unit of study with permission. 2.5.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 7.3.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than one 6 credit point unit towards the Graduate Diploma in 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL). attendance record. 3. Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in 7.4 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL) 50% of the unit of study attendance. 3.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in International Business 8. Credit transfer policy Law (GradDipIntBusL) must: 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 24 credit points Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as study may include: units of study leading to the graduate diploma; and 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. 4. Suspension of candidature 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, in its discretion grant a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL) credit for on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee completion of units of study offered towards another degree or thinks fit. diploma in this university or an equivalent provider of tertiary 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period education. The following conditions apply: within which the course of study would otherwise have been 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the required to be completed. Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, that required for completion of the course of study; on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a subject to Faculty fee or other policies; first time to defer enrolment for one year. 8.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited 5. Satisfactory progress towards the award of another degree or diploma; 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should for the course of study which are substantially similar to the not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the units of study for which credit has been given; following circumstances: 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study;

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8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; credit point value required for completion of the Graduate 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of Diploma in International Law. this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary 2.4 Table of units of study: Graduate Diploma in education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a International Law (GradDipIL) dissertation; 2.4.1 Compulsory units of study 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within 2.4.1.1 Public International Law ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 2.4.1.1.1 Public International Law is a pre/corequisite for the candidature for the graduate diploma. Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIL) 8.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which candidates who have not undertaken previous studies have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit in International Law. enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Graduate Diploma 2.4.1.2 International Law and Australian Institutions in International Business Law (GradDipIntBusL) on terms the 2.4.2 Core units of study Postgraduate Coursework Committee determines from time to time. 2.4.2.1 International Business Law 2.4.2.2 International Commercial Arbitration Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIL) 2.4.2.3 International Environmental Law 2.4.2.4 International Human Rights 1. Admission 2.4.2.5 International Law and the Use of Armed Force 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 2.4.2.6 Law and Society in Indonesia Diploma in International Law (GradDipIL) if the applicant holds 2.4.2.7 Law of the Sea such qualifications at such levels of achievement on such terms 2.4.2.8 Refugee Law and conditions as may be determined from time to time by the 2.4.2.9 The State and Global Governance Faculty. 2.4.2.10 World Trade Organization Law I 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in 2.4.3 Optional units of study writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined 2.4.3.1 Asia Pacific Environmental Law by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such 2.4.3.2 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems (12 credit applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its points) nominee. 2.4.3.2.1 Candidates undertaking this unit are not permitted to 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before enrol in Introduction to Chinese Law. accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 2.4.3.3 Comparative Competition Law to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 2.4.3.4 Comparative Environmental Law specified program of study in English). 2.4.3.5 Comparative International Taxation 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 2.4.3.6 Dispute Resolution in Asia candidate for the graduate diploma. 2.4.3.7 Doing Business in China 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 2.4.3.8 European Environmental Law Diploma in International Law (GradDipIL) if: 2.4.3.9 Health Law and Globalisation 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws 2.4.3.10 Human Rights and the Global Economy (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the 2.4.3.11 Immigration and Nationality Law program of study; or 2.4.3.12 International and Comparative Labour Law 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 2.4.3.13 International Investment Law program of study all the examinations of the Joint 2.4.3.14 Introduction to Chinese Law Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South 2.4.3.14.1 Candidates who have previously completed Chinese Wales. Laws & Chinese Legal Systems (12 cp) are not permitted 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section to enrol in this unit. 1.5 may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Diploma 2.4.3.15 Japanese Law in International Law (GradDipIL) if that applicant has obtained: 2.4.3.16 Japanese Law and the Economy 1.6.1 a degree or completed a qualification at a level of merit which 2.4.3.17 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers sufficient 2.4.3.17.1 Candidates who do not hold a law degree or equivalent to enable the candidate to undertake the course of study; qualification may undertake this unit prior to enrolling in and other law units. 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields 2.4.3.18 Protection of the Antartic Environment stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates 2.4.3.19 Sustainable Development Law in China (12 credit points) for a specialist diploma. 2.4.3.20 Tax Law in Asia and the Pacific 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 2.4.3.21 Tax Treaties study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 2.4.3.22 Tax Treaties Special Issues approves the application. 2.4.3.23 The Legal System of the European Union 2. Units of study 2.4.3.24 World Trade Organization II 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the 2.5 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIL) are set out by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the in section 2.4 of these resolutions. Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIL), and to basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the diploma. have that unit or those units of study credited towards the 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should diploma. refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current 2.6 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the year unit of study availability. Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIL) be permitted 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless to enrol in designated undergraduate law units of study as otherwise specified. approved and offered by the Faculty. 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary 2.6.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit study or a combination of that study with work experience, can would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. units of study may be relieved from the requirement to 2.6.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. at most 6 credit points. 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of 2.6.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study 2.6.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative must be substituted for that unit(s). assessment requirements imposed in respect of that candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally including a research paper constituting not less than 60

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percent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to 2.6.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the have discontinued the unit of study with permission. credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean 7.3.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than (Postgraduate Coursework). 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory 2.6.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as attendance record. one 6 credit point unit towards the Graduate Diploma in 7.4 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to International Law (GradDipIL). 50% of the unit of study attendance. 3. Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in 8. Credit transfer policy International Law (GradDipIL) 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the 3.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in International Law Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other (GradDipIL) must: study may include: 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 24 credit points 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. units of study leading to the graduate diploma; and 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. in its discretion grant a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in 4. Suspension of candidature International Law (GradDipIL) credit for completion of units of 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, study offered towards another degree or diploma in this on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature university or an equivalent provider of tertiary education. The on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee following conditions apply: thinks fit. 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of within which the course of study would otherwise have been that required for completion of the course of study; required to be completed; 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, subject to Faculty fee or other policies; on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who 8.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a towards the award of another degree or diploma; first time to defer enrolment for one year. 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum 5. Satisfactory progress for the course of study which are substantially similar to the 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may units of study for which credit has been given; require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; following circumstances: 8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; graduate diploma within the time specified in section 6 of 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of these resolutions; or this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a or two failures in one unit of study. dissertation; 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 10 years immediately preceding the commencement of should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the candidature for the graduate diploma. candidature. 8.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 6. Time limit have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Graduate Diploma 6.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for in International Law (GradDipIL) on terms the Postgraduate the Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIL) not Coursework Committee determines from time to time. more than two years and not less than six months from the date of first enrolment as a candidate. Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for the Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIL) not 1. Admission more than three years and not less than one year from the date 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate of first enrolment as a candidate. Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) if the applicant holds 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the such qualifications at such levels of achievement on such terms time for completing a graduate diploma. and conditions as may be determined from time to time by the 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the Faculty. Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in complete a Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIL) writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined outside the periods specified in sections 6.1 and 6.2. by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its completed more than ten years prior to completion of the nominee. requirements of the diploma. In exceptional circumstances, the 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant requirement. to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 7. Assessment policy specified program of study in English). 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade candidate for the graduate diploma. applicable to each unit of study are: 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) if: 7.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws 7.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the 7.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent program of study; or 7.2 Graduate Diplomas are awarded only on a Pass basis. 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the 7.3 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of program of study all the examinations of the Joint approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of Wales. classes. 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section 7.3.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of 1.5 may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Diploma study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) if that applicant has obtained:

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1.6.1 a degree or completed a qualification at a level of merit which 3. Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers sufficient Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) to enable the candidate to undertake the course of study; 3.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence and (GradDipJur) must: 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 24 credit points stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as for a specialist diploma. units of study leading to the graduate diploma; and 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 4. Suspension of candidature approves the application. 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2. Units of study on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) are set out thinks fit. in section 2.3 of these resolutions. 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units within which the course of study would otherwise have been taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc required to be completed; basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the diploma. 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a year unit of study availability. first time to defer enrolment for one year. 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless 5. Satisfactory progress otherwise specified. 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 2.3 Table of units of study: Graduate Diploma in require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 2.3.1 Optional units of study following circumstances: 2.3.1.1 Aspects of Law and Justice 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 2.3.1.1.1 Candidates who have previously completed Aspects of graduate diploma within the time specified in section 6 of Law and Justice 1 and Aspects of Law and Justice 2 these resolutions; or are not permitted to enrol in this unit. 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study 2.3.1.2 Aspects of Law and Social Control or two failures in one unit of study. 2.3.1.3 Comparative Constitutional Law 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 2.3.1.4 Comparative Family in Law and Society candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 2.3.1.5 Constitutional Theory should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the 2.3.1.6 Dispute Resolution in Asia candidature. 2.3.1.7 Federal Jurisdiction 6. Time limit 2.3.1.8 Feminist Legal Theory and Practice 6.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 2.3.1.9 Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion the Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) not more 2.3.1.10 International Human Rights than two years and not less than six months from the date of 2.3.1.11 Japanese Law first enrolment as a candidate. 2.3.1.12 Japanese Law and the Economy 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for 2.3.1.13 Law and Legal Culture in Asia/Pacific (12 credit points) the Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) not more 2.3.1.14 Law and Society in Indonesia than three years and not less than one year from the date of 2.3.1.15 Legal Responsibility and Philosophy of Mind first enrolment as a candidate. 2.3.1.16 Precedent, Interpretation and Probability 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the 2.3.1.17.1 Candidates who have previously completed Aspects of time for completing a graduate diploma. Legal Reasoning 1 and Aspects of Legal Reasoning 2 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the are not permitted to enrol in this unit. Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may 2.3.1.18 The Legal System of the European Union complete a Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) 2.3.1.19 The State and Global Governance outside the periods specified in sections 6.1 and 6.2. 2.3.1.20 Trade and Commerce in European Law 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study 2.4 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted completed more than ten years prior to completion of the by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the requirements of the diploma. In exceptional circumstances, the Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the requirement. Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur), and to have 7. Assessment policy that unit or those units of study credited towards the diploma. 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 2.5 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade Graduate Diploma in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) be permitted applicable to each unit of study are: to enrol in designated undergraduate law units of study as 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent approved and offered by the Faculty. 7.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 2.5.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit 7.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 7.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. 7.2 Graduate Diplomas are awarded only on a Pass basis. 2.5.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling 7.3 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of at most 6 credit points. approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit 2.5.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of 2.5.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative classes. assessment requirements imposed in respect of that 7.3.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may including a research paper constituting not less than 60 per be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit cent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. have discontinued the unit of study with permission. 2.5.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the 7.3.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory (Postgraduate Coursework). attendance record. 2.5.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 7.4 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to one 6 credit point unit towards the Graduate Diploma in 50% of the unit of study attendance. Jurisprudence (GradDipJur).

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8. Credit transfer policy 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other for a specialist diploma. study may include: 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. approves the application. 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 2. Units of study in its discretion grant a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) credit for completion of units of Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) are study offered towards another degree or diploma in this set out in section 2.4 of these resolutions. university or an equivalent provider of tertiary education. The 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units following conditions apply: taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the diploma. Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should that required for completion of the course of study; refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty year unit of study availability. subject to Faculty fee or other policies; 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless 8.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited otherwise specified. towards the award of another degree or diploma; 2.3 In exceptional cases, candidates who through previous tertiary 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum study or a combination of that study with work experience, can for the course of study which are substantially similar to the demonstrate competence in one or more of the compulsory units of study for which credit has been given; units of study may be relieved from the requirement to 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought undertake a compulsory unit or units of study. must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; 2.3.1 Where relief from undertaking a compulsory unit or units of 8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in study has been granted, an optional unit or units of study the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; must be substituted for that unit(s). 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of 2.3.2 A candidate must still complete units of study of the total this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary credit point value required for completion of the Graduate education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL). dissertation; 2.4 Table of units of study: Graduate Diploma in Public 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within Health Law (GradDipPubHL) ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 2.4.1 Compulsory units of study candidature for the graduate diploma. 2.4.1.1 Introduction to Law for Health Professionals or Legal 8.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which Reasoning and the Common Law System have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit 2.4.1.1.1 Candidates in the Graduate Diploma in Public Health enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Graduate Diploma Law (GradDipPubHL) who do not hold a law degree or in Jurisprudence (GradDipJur) on terms the Postgraduate equivalent qualification as specified in 2.4 of these Coursework Committee determines from time to time. resolutions must enrol in either Introduction to Law for Health Professionals or Legal Reasoning and the Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law Common Law System, but not both. Candidates are (GradDipPubHL) encouraged to enrol in Introduction to Law for Health 1. Admission Professionals where possible. 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 2.4.1.1.2 Candidates must have completed or be concurrently Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) if the applicant enrolled in either Health Law for Health Professionals holds such qualifications at such levels of achievement on such or Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System terms and conditions as may be determined from time to time before being permitted to enrol in other law units. by the Faculty. 2.4.1.2 Critical Issues in Public Health Law 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in 2.4.1.3 New Directions in Public Health Law and Policy writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined 2.4.2 Optional units of study by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such 2.4.2.1 Drugs, Drug Policy and the Law applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its 2.4.2.2 Genetics and the Law nominee. 2.4.2.3 Government, Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before 2.4.2.4 Health Law and Globalisation accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 2.4.2.5 Law, Ageing and Disability to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a 2.4.2.6 Legal Issues in Health Care and Technology specified program of study in English). 2.4.2.7 Policing Bodies: Crime, Sexuality and Reproduction 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 2.4.2.8 Pollution Law candidate for the Graduate Diploma. 2.4.2.9 Reproduction and the Law 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 2.4.2.10 Work Safety Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) if: 2.5 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study program of study; or other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL), and program of study all the examinations of the Joint to have that unit or those units of study credited towards the Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South Diploma. Wales. 2.6 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) be 1.5 may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Diploma permitted to enrol in designated undergraduate law units of in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) if that applicant has study as approved and offered by the Faculty. obtained: 2.6.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit 1.6.1 a degree or completed a qualification at a level of merit which would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers sufficient contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. to enable the candidate to undertake the course of study; 2.6.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling and at most 6 credit points. 2.6.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. 2.6.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative assessment requirements imposed in respect of that

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candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of including a research paper constituting not less than 60 per classes. cent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), 7.3.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may 2.6.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to (Postgraduate Coursework). have discontinued the unit of study with permission. 2.6.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as 7.3.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than one 6 credit point unit towards the Graduate Diploma in 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL). attendance record. 3. Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Public 7.4 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to Health Law (GradDipPubHL) 50% of the unit of study attendance. 3.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law 8. Credit transfer policy (GradDipPubHL) must: 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 24 credit points Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as study may include: units of study leading to the graduate diploma; and 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. 4. Suspension of candidature 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, in its discretion grant a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) credit for completion of on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee units of study offered towards another degree or diploma in thinks fit. this university or an equivalent provider of tertiary education. 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period The following conditions apply: within which the course of study would otherwise have been 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the required to be completed; Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, that required for completion of the course of study; on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a subject to Faculty fee or other policies; first time to defer enrolment for one year. 8.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited 5. Satisfactory progress towards the award of another degree or diploma; 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should for the course of study which are substantially similar to the not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the units of study for which credit has been given; following circumstances: 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; graduate diploma within the time specified in section 6 of 8.2.6 the work completed for the other degree or diploma must, in these resolutions; or the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of or two failures in one unit of study. this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature dissertation; should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within candidature. ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 6. Time limit candidature for the graduate diploma. 8.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which 6.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit the Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Graduate Diploma not more than two years and not less than six months from the in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) on terms the date of first enrolment as a candidate. Postgraduate Coursework Committee determines from time to 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for time. the Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law (GradDipPubHL) not more than three years and not less than one year from the Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) date of first enrolment as a candidate. 6.3 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the 1. Admission time for completing a graduate diploma. 1.1 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 6.4 In special circumstances and with the approval of the Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) if the applicant holds such Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may qualifications at such levels of achievement on such terms and complete a Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law conditions as may be determined from time to time by the (GradDipPubHL) outside the periods specified in sections 6.1 Faculty. and 6.2. 1.2 Applications for admission to candidature must be made in 6.5 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study writing to the Faculty by the time and in the manner determined completed more than ten years prior to completion of the by the Faculty from time to time. The Faculty refers such requirements of the diploma. In exceptional circumstances, the applications to the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this nominee. requirement. 1.3 The language of study and assessment is English. Before 7. Assessment policy accepting an application the Faculty may require the applicant 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, to demonstrate proficiency in English (including undertaking a Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade specified program of study in English). applicable to each unit of study are: 1.4 An applicant may be admitted as either a full-time or a part-time 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent candidate for the graduate diploma. 7.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 1.5 An applicant may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate 7.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) if: 7.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent 1.5.1 the applicant has completed a degree of Bachelor of Laws 7.2 Graduate Diplomas are awarded only on a Pass basis. (LLB) or equivalent at a level of merit sufficient for the 7.3 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of program of study; or approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit 1.5.2 the applicant has completed with sufficient merit for the program of study all the examinations of the Joint

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Examinations Committee of the Supreme Court of New South 2.5.3 A candidate may not enrol in the unit Foundations of Law. Wales. 2.5.4 A candidate will be required to comply with any alternative 1.6 An applicant without a legal qualification as specified in section assessment requirements imposed in respect of that 1.5 may be admitted to candidature for the Graduate Diploma candidate for the undergraduate unit of study (normally in Taxation (GradDipTax) if that applicant has obtained: including a research paper constituting not less than 60 per 1.6.1 a degree or completed a qualification at a level of merit which cent of the assessment requirements for the unit of study), the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers sufficient and to be assessed at postgraduate standard. to enable the candidate to undertake the course of study; 2.5.5 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee may award the and credit on the recommendation of the Associate Dean 1.6.2 that degree or qualification is obtained within any fields (Postgraduate Coursework). stipulated by the Faculty as required for non-law candidates 2.5.6 Each 8 credit point undergraduate unit may only count as for a specialist diploma. one 6 credit point unit towards the Graduate Diploma in 1.7 A person may be permitted to enrol in a single unit or units of Taxation (GradDipTax). study if the Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee 3. Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Taxation approves the application. (GradDipTax) 2. Units of study 3.1 A candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) 2.1 The units of study prescribed by the Faculty as leading to the must: Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) are set out in 3.1.1 attend classes in units of study totalling 24 credit points section 2.3 of these resolutions. chosen from the units of study prescribed by the Faculty as 2.1.1 In addition to units of study specified in section 2.4, units units of study leading to the graduate diploma; and taught by visiting lecturers and/or units offered on an ad hoc 3.1.2 pass the assessments in those units of study. basis by the Faculty of Law may be included in the diploma. 4. Suspension of candidature 2.1.2 Not all units may be offered every year. Candidates should 4.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, refer to the latest lecture timetable for confirmation of current on written application by a candidate, suspend the candidature year unit of study availability. on the grounds and conditions the Committee or its nominee 2.2 All units of study have a value of 6 credit points unless thinks fit. otherwise specified. 4.1.1 Any period of suspension does not count towards any period 2.3 Table of units of study: Graduate Diploma in within which the course of study would otherwise have been Taxation required to be completed; 2.3.1 Optional units of study 4.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may, 2.3.1.1 Advanced Goods and Services Tax on written application by a candidate, permit a candidate who 2.3.1.2 Australian International Taxation has been admitted to candidature but has not enrolled for a 2.3.1.3 Comparative Corporate Taxation first time to defer enrolment for one year. 2.3.1.4 Comparative International Taxation 5. Satisfactory progress 2.3.1.5 Comparative Value Added Tax 5.1 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may 2.3.1.6 Corporate Taxation require a candidate to show cause why the candidature should 2.3.1.7 GST - International Issues not be terminated for unsatisfactory progress, in any of the 2.3.1.8 Law of Tax Administration following circumstances: 2.3.1.9 Public Policy 5.1.1 a candidate has not completed all the requirements of the 2.3.1.9.1 Candidates who have completed Public Sector Policy graduate diploma within the time specified in section 6 of 1, Taxation and Social Policy or Environmental these resolutions; or Economics are not permitted to enrol in this unit. 5.1.2 the candidate has obtained failures in any two units of study 2.3.1.10 Stamp Duties or two failures in one unit of study. 2.3.1.11 Tax Law in Asia and the Pacific 5.2 If the Postgraduate Coursework Committee considers that the 2.3.1.12 Tax Treaties candidate has not shown good cause why the candidature 2.3.1.13 Tax Treaties Special Issues should not be terminated, the Committee may terminate the 2.3.1.14 Taxation of Business and Investment Income A candidature. 2.3.1.14.1 This unit replaces New Income Tax System. Candidates 6. Time limit who have previously completed New Income Tax 6.1 A full-time candidate must complete all the requirements for System are not permitted to enrol in this unit. the Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) not more than 2.3.1.15 Taxation of Business and Investment Income B two years and not less than six months from the date of first 2.3.1.15.1 This unit replaces Taxation of Business and Investment enrolment as a candidate. Income. Candidates who have previously completed 6.2 A part-time candidate must complete all the requirements for Taxation of Business and Investment Income are not the Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) not more than permitted to enrol in this unit. three years and not less than one year from the date of first 2.3.1.16 Taxation of Controlled Foreign Companies, Foreign enrolment as a candidate. Investment Funds and Transferor Trusts 6.3 In no case may a candidate obtain credit for a unit of study 2.3.1.17 Taxation of Corporate Finance completed more than ten years prior to completion of the 2.3.1.18 Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions requirements of the diploma. In exceptional circumstances, the 2.3.1.19 Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts Postgraduate Coursework Committee may waive this 2.3.1.20 Taxation of Remuneration requirement. 2.3.1.21 Taxation of Superannuation and Insurance 6.4 Periods of suspended candidature are not to be counted in the 2.3.1.22 Transfer Pricing in International Taxation time for completing a graduate diploma. 2.4 A candidate may, under special circumstances, be permitted 6.5 In special circumstances and with the approval of the by the Associate Dean (Postgraduate Coursework), or the Postgraduate Coursework Committee, a candidate may Associate Dean©s nominee, to undertake a unit or units of study complete a Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) outside other than those specified by the Faculty as leading to the the periods specified in sections 6.1 and 6.2. Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax), and to have that 7. Assessment policy unit or those units of study credited towards the diploma. 7.1 Each unit of study is assessed in grades of High Distinction, 2.5 Only in exceptional circumstances will a candidate for the Distinction, Credit and Pass.The range of marks for each grade Graduate Diploma in Taxation (GradDipTax) be permitted to applicable to each unit of study are: enrol in designated undergraduate law units of study as 7.1.1 High Distinction 85±100 percent approved and offered by the Faculty. 7.1.2 Distinction 75±84 percent 2.5.1 A candidate must demonstrate that the undergraduate unit 7.1.3 Credit 65±74 percent would enhance their area of specialisation or otherwise 7.1.4 Pass 50±64 percent contribute to their program of postgraduate learning. 7.2 Graduate Diplomas are awarded only on a Pass basis. 2.5.2 A candidate may enrol in undergraduate law units totalling at most 6 credit points.

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7.3 A unit of study of 6 credit points requires attendance of 8.2.1 credit may not be given for units of study taken outside the approximately 26 hours of classes. A unit of study of 12 credit Faculty having a total credit point value more than half of points requires attendance of approximately 52 hours of that required for completion of the course of study; classes. 8.2.2 credit may be given for units of study taken in the Faculty 7.3.1 A candidate whose attendance record at classes in a unit of subject to Faculty fee or other policies; study in which the candidate is enrolled is unsatisfactory may 8.2.3 credit will not be given for units of study which are credited be refused permission to take the assessments in that unit towards the award of another degree or diploma; of study. A candidate refused permission will be deemed to 8.2.4 the candidate may not take units of study in the curriculum have discontinued the unit of study with permission. for the course of study which are substantially similar to the 7.3.2 For the purpose of this resolution, attendance at less than units of study for which credit has been given; 70 percent of scheduled classes is an unsatisfactory 8.2.5 the subject(s) of the unit(s) of study for which credit is sought attendance record. must be sufficiently relevant to the course of study; 7.4 In exceptional circumstances, the lecturer may waive up to 8.2.6 the work completed for the other Degree or Diploma must, 50% of the unit of study attendance. in the opinion of the Committee, be of a sufficient standard; 8. Credit transfer policy 8.2.7 credit may not be given for work done in another faculty of 8.1 Applications for credit for other study are to be made to the this university or at an equivalent provider of tertiary Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee.The other education as satisfying the requirements (if any) for a study may include: dissertation; 8.1.1 study prior to enrolment; and 8.2.8 credit will only be given for units of study completed within 8.1.2 study elsewhere during enrolment. ten years immediately preceding the commencement of 8.2 The Postgraduate Coursework Committee or its nominee may candidature for the graduate diploma. in its discretion grant a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in 8.3 A unit or units of study totalling at most 12 credit points, which Taxation (GradDipTax) credit for completion of units of study have been completed in the Faculty as a single unit offered towards another degree or diploma in this university or enrolment(s), may be credited towards the Graduate Diploma an equivalent provider of tertiary education. The following in Taxation (GradDipTax) on terms the Postgraduate conditions apply: Coursework Committee determines from time to time.

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LAWS6013 Sydney Law School postgraduate Advanced Employment Law units of study Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Joellen Riley Session: S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6937 Assumed knowledge: LAWS6011 Completion of LAWS6252 (candidates who do not hold a law degree from a common law jurisdiction) and LAWS6071 Assessment: class participation Administrative Law (20%) and 1x6000wd research essay (80%) or 2x3000wd problem assignments Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Margaret Allars Session: S1 (40% each) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x7500wd essay (100%) or 2x3750wd essays (50% each) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of This unit of study is designed especially for candidates in the MLLR delivery: Block Mode program. The unit examines the regulation of the individual Note: compulsory for MALP candidates employment relationship. The unit builds on the introduction to this topic in the foundation LAWS6071 Labour Law unit, by examining in The aim of the unit is to develop a critical perspective upon the closer detail the formation, construction and interpretation of accountability of government decision-makers. The unit examines employment contracts; duties of employers and employees in contract; theoretical frameworks for analysis of a range of issues concerning termination of employment contracts (including as a consequence of accountability, with reference to relevant principles of administrative the employer©s insolvency); and rights and remedies on termination, law. Part 1 of the unit examines the concept of administrative including procedural requirements under federal unfair and unlawful discretion, alternative theories of the rule of law, human rights, ethics dismissal laws. Candidates will examine decisions of courts and and managerialism. Part 2 of the unit is concerned with the tribunals in detail. accountability of the executive branch of government. It includes analysis of separation of powers and the doctrine of ministerial LAWS6014 responsibility, merits review tribunals, investigative tribunals and Advanced Financing Techniques tribunal procedure. Part 3 of the unit examines theories of participatory Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Jennifer Hill (Coordinator) democracy, with reference to relevant legal principles drawn from Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: procedural fairness, rules of standing and consultation requirements LAWS6810 and LAWS6038 or LAWS6046 or background in Australian corporate in rule making. Part 4 examines theories of open government, with law Assessment: 2x class presentations (20% each) and 1x exam (60%) reference to statutory duties to give reasons for decisions and freedom Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day of information legislation. Part 5 examines the proper scope of administrative law by discussion of the issue of its extension to This unit deals with commonly used commercial structures and government business enterprises which are corporatised, privatised techniques for large financings. The unit also examines the use of or contracted out. these structures and techniques in a range of commercial settings, such as takeovers and public/private infrastructures, and in the LAWS6918 international context. It is an advanced unit, which assumes a good Advanced Constitutional Law general knowledge of Australian corporate law and corporate finance. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Peter Gerangelos Session: The unit is taught by a team of legal experts with extensive experience Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: This unit is only available to candidates who have completed an undergraduate law degree from in financing techniques. Lecturers include John Currie (Henry Davis a recognized Australian university, and having completed the undergraduate York); Patrick Lowden and Adam Stapledon (Freehills); Noel Hutley compulsory unit Federal Constitutional Law. Assessment: 1x7000 wd research SC (St James Chambers); Phillip Cornwell and Leighton O©Brien essay (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (Allens Arthur Robinson); Angela Flannery (Clayton Utz);Tom Lennox (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day (Allco Finance Group Ltd); Nuncio D©Angelo (Mallesons Stephen This unit builds on the fundamental understandings achieved in Jaques). There may be changes to lecturers in this unit. undergraduate courses in Federal Constitutional Law in order to Particular topics covered include: loan syndication; domestic and provide a far broader and deeper understanding. It will examine in off-shore capital markets; lending to a trust; takeover finance; depth the fundamental aspects and tenets of "constitutionalism" in derivatives; public/private infrastructure finance; project finance; listed the Australia context, with some comparative analysis. A detailed property trusts; documentation in advanced financing transactions. analysis will first be attempted of the following major concepts, primarily from a theoretical perspective, in the more precise context of LAWS6947 Westminster-based systems: the rule of law, parliamentary sovereignty, Advanced Obligations and Remedies judicial review and constitutional rights, separation of powers, Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Barbara McDonald, Prof federalism, constitutional conventions, the status of common law Elisabeth Peden Session: Semester 2a Classes: block/intensive. See Sydney principles as fundamental constitutional guarantees.Thus, for example, Law School in Europe www.law.usyd.edu.au/ Assumed knowledge: undergraduate law degree Assessment: class participation (30%), 1xtake the unit will examine the evolving notion of parliamentary supremacy home exam or 1x5000wd essay (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington from Diceyan orthodoxy to the more recent debates involving leading Mode of delivery: Block Mode constitutional scholars in the UK and Australia (TRS Allan, Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Goldsworthy, Hart, Hood Phillips, Jowell, Wade, Winterton). In relation to separation of powers, the different constitutional consequences This unit will explore a number of contentious issues arising in the law which result when the doctrine is entrenched in a written constitution of civil obligations and remedies. It will revise and build on the (as in the US and Australia) on the one hand, and when it exists as fundamentals in the areas of torts, contracts and equity and place a convention without being so entrenched, on the other, will be particular emphasis on the interaction of these three fields of the law. explored, again with reference to leading constitutional scholars in Particular topics and problems will involve issues of: causation and Australia, the UK and US. From this theoretical basis, the unit will scope of liability; controlling liability by contract; tort duties to third proceed to examine in detail the three main branches of government parties to contracts; assessing loss; duties of good faith; fiduciary from a constitutional perspective.

To view the latest update, download, purchase or search a handbook 133 visit Handbooks online: www.usyd.edu.au/handbooks 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study duties and conflicts. The unit will also include a number of guest professionals; the conduct of securities business, including the legal lectures, to be announced. structure of stock exchange transactions and the incidents of the broker-client relationship; abusive trading on financial products LAWS6856 markets, including market manipulation and insider trading. Anti-Terrorism Law Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Ben Saul Session: S2 LAWS6870 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: CISS6011 Assessment: Australian Import/Export Laws 1x6000wd essay (70%), 1xtake home exam (30%) Campus: Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Alan Bennett Session: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: class work (40%) and 1xfinal Note: This unit replaced LAWS6856 Terrorism & Counterterrorism Policy and assignment (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Law Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day This unit aims to introduce you to the diverse range of anti-terrorism Note: This unit replaced Advanced Customs Law laws and policies which have developed at the international, regional The unit studies Australian customs law and regulation. The and domestic levels, and which proliferated after the terrorist attacks introductory sessions examine the Kyoto convention (which sets out of 11 September 2001. Laws will be evaluated in the light of their the basic requirements of a modern customs law) and some of the profound and complex political, ideological and ethical implications Annexes to the WTO Agreement (which provide the platform for many for political order, legal systems, human rights, and international of Australia©s Customs laws for example, valuation and dumping).The relations. In essence, the study of terrorism (and the law©s response unit then examines the principal Australian laws and cases regulating to it) is the study of the timeless philosophical question of when political imports and exports including: tariff classification; customs valuation; violence is justified, against whom, and for what purposes - whether prohibited imports and exports; seizure and forfeiture provisions; it is ©freedom fighters©, or ©State terrorism©, that is at issue. customs powers generally and administrative remedies; anti-dumping; and, the various laws which govern what markings must be on LAWS6905 imported goods. Australia©s free trade agreements with the US, Aspects of European Union Commercial Law Thailand, Singapore and New Zealand are also examined with Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Anne McNaughton Session: S2 particular emphasis on the rules of origin qualifying goods for eligibility Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x2500wd assignment (30%), for the concessional duty rates under these FTA©s. 1x6000wd research essay (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode LAWS6209 This unit will look at the way in which European commercial law has Australian International Taxation been shaped by European Union law. It sets out the history and Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Michael Dirkis Session: Semester development of the European Union and introduces its institutional 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: It is recommended that structure. The unit then focuses on aspects of commercial law in the candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an European Union and the relationship of EU law and national law. undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6128 or LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation Topics covered include the Common Commercial Policy, a European Program Coordinator. Assessment: 1x3000wd assignment (30%) and 1x2hr Contract Law, the development of the Single Market and aspects of exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal the European Union©s external commercial relations. This unit will be (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day run in a seminar style, examining primary and secondary EU law and Australian International Taxation is a detailed study of the fundamental aspects of national law in some Member States. principles of Australia©s international taxation regime as it applies to cross-border business and investment transactions. The unit focuses LAWS6187 on corporate residence, source, non-resident withholding tax, relief Aspects of Law and Social Control from international double taxation, CFCs, FIFs, transferor trusts, Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Alex Ziegert Session: transfer pricing and thin capitalisation. The unit will examine both the Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: 1x7000wd research paper (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal issues of international tax rule design and policy, and the relevant (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day provisions in the legislation, cases and rulings. The unit deals only with international tax rules in Australia©s domestic law with double tax This unit examines the largely diffuse concepts of social control and treaties covered in the companion course Tax Treaties. Candidates the functions of law and proposes a more specific approach to legal should gain an understanding of the policies underlying Australia©s theory which incorporates the latest findings of socio-legal research rules for taxing international transactions, as well as a detailed on the social effects of law. As a result of this discussion, a more knowledge of the foundation principles of law applicable to the taxation specific concept of social control and an explanatory assessment of of inbound and outbound transactions. the social effects of law, including its political use, are presented with their theoretical implications for legal and political systems and applied, LAWS6809 as examples, to historically and societally varied situations. Breach of Contract Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof John Carter, Prof Elisabeth Peden LAWS6247 Session: Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: Australian Financial Services Regulation undergraduate law degree Assessment: 1xcompulsory essay (25%) and Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Assoc Prof Ashley Black Session: 1xexam or 1xlong essay (75%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of S1 Late IntA Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: LAWS6810 or delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day background in Australian corporate law Assessment: 1x7000wd research essay (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Every breach of contract gives rise to a right to claim damages, but Mode not every breach confers a right of termination. The first part of this unit analyses the concept of breach of contract - the concept of This intensive unit examines the structure and regulation of markets standard of duty and the law©s requirements for proof of breach. The for financial products, with particular emphasis on corporate securities, balance of the unit is concerned with the circumstances in which following the introduction of the Financial Services Reform Act. The breach of contract does confer a right of termination. From a remedial study is primarily a legal analysis, but also explores some financial perspective this means that the unit is primarily about self-help - theory relevant to legal response to market operation. Particular topics enforcement of a right (termination) rather than a remedy covered include: structures, institutions and participants in Australian (damages).The unit includes a detailed consideration of express financial products markets and current developments in such markets; provisions for termination ("termination clauses"), their drafting, co-regulation of financial products markets, including the role and exercise and consequences. powers of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and Australian Stock Exchange; the licensing of financial services

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LAWS6169 unit includes a study of: overview of the Chinese income tax system; Capital Gains Tax taxation of inbound investment into China; taxation of outbound Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Michael Dirkis Session: Semester investment from China; transfer pricing issues, and China©s tax treaties. 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: 1x3000wd assignment (30%), 1x2hr exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal LAWS6001 (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems Note: This unit replaced LAWS6169 Capital Gains Tax Problems in Practice Credit points: 12 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Vivienne Bath Most matters handled by legal and accounting professionals have (Coordinator) Session: S2 Late Ib Classes: block/intensive Winter School will be held in Shanghai, China Prohibitions: LAWS6857, LAWS3014 and Capital Gains Tax ("CGT") implications - ranging from a simple candidates who have completed a law degree in the People©s Republic of China conveyance or will, to a real estate development or litigation Assumed knowledge: Completion of LAWS6252 or law degree from a common settlement. CGT is a major issue for all taxpayers and their advisors or civil law jurisdiction Assessment: 1xtake home exam to be completed in because the pervasive reach of the CGT provisions means that even Shanghai (30%), 1x8000wd essay (70%) due in February Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode straightforward commercial and domestic transactions often give rise Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Candidates must to complex CGT issues. This unit examines the basic structure and register their attendance before enrolling. Registration website core concepts of the CGT, and the specialist provisions that apply in www.law.usyd.edu.au/cstudent/shanghai Registration enquiries a range of commercial and non-commercial contexts, such as the [email protected] Enrolment enquiries formation and sale of a business, conveyancing and property [email protected] development, commercial and family litigation, and the settlement and This unit will provide candidates with an overall picture of the modern administration of trusts. Chinese legal system. It will develop a perception of its unique character by tracing its role through major social epochs and the role LAWS6936 of law in a socialist market economy. It will examine the concept of Carbon Trading, Derivatives and Taxation law as a political function and the implementation of law, not so much Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Rosemary Lyster through courts, as through administrative fiats and authority, making (Coordinator), Ms Celeste Black, Dr Tim Stephens Session: S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1xtake home exam (100%) Campus: law essentially a function of politics and administration. Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode The unit will illustrate these perceptions through the study of various legal regimes. Lecture topics may include: Chinese legal history; This unit of study is designed to appeal to candidates across a broad Chinese legal system; criminal law and procedure; constitutional law; range of postgraduate programs and expands upon existing offerings civil law and procedure; legal profession; environmental law; contract in the area of Climate Law. The unit will cover four discrete topics on law; property law; company law; intellectual property law; foreign joint each day of the four day intensive: International Climate Law (United ventures; arbitration and mediation; foreign trade law and taxation Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, law. post-2012 negotiations) and domestic Climate Law (the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and complementary measures); The coursework component of the unit is residential and is conducted understanding how to trade carbon on a variety of carbon markets; on the campus of the East China University of Politics & Law in understanding the carbon derivatives market; understanding the Shanghai, People©s Republic of China. Lectures will be given in English taxation implications of carbon trading. The unit assumes a basic in Shanghai by professors from the East China University of Politics undertaking of emissions trading, the derivatives market and taxation & Law. There will also be a visit to a Chinese law firm. law. The unit brings together experts within the Sydney Law School, LAWS6900 including environmental lawyers and taxation lawyers, and experts in Comparative Admiralty and Maritime Law carbon trading and derivatives markets in private practice. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Allsop, Mr Peter McQueen LAWS6960 Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: Undergraduate law degree is preferable but knowledge gained from work in Children and Family Law shipping or related fields will be sufficient Assessment: 1x2.5hr exam (60%) Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Patrick Parkinson Session: S1 and 1x3000wd essay (40%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: Available to delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day candidates without a law degree. However, only candidates who are working in a family law-related area will be permitted to enrol in this unit. Assessment: The unit is designed to complement the separate (though 1x4000wd essay (50%), 1xtake home exam (50%) Campus: non-requisite) unit, LAWS6849 Commercial Maritime Law, which is Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day focused upon the commercial use of the ship, carriage by sea and This unit of study will examine issues regarding parenting after the shipping industry. This unit, LAWS6900 Comparative Admiralty separation and other aspects of children©s wellbeing that arise in family and Maritime Law, is designed to provide a thorough foundation of law disputes. It will incorporate both legal and social science comparative knowledge of Admiralty practice in the major trading perspectives, drawing upon the latest research.Topics include shared jurisdictions, of marine insurance in all its forms and dispute resolution parenting, parental relocation, child sexual abuse, family violence, and conflict of laws in relation to maritime disputes. Though interim parenting orders, children©s participation in family law Commercial Maritime Law is not a pre-requisite, the two units (which decision-making, parenting disputes in high-conflict families, and will be taught in alternative years) together provide a comprehensive consent to medical treatment. foundation in commercial maritime law and practice. Textbooks LAWS6091 Davies, M and Dickey, A, Shipping Law (3rd Ed) Chinese International Taxation LAWS6958 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Jinyan Li Session: S2 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1xtake home exam (100%) Campus: Comparative Commercial Contracts Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Donald Robertson Session: S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: undergraduate The object of this unit is to provide an overview of the income tax law degree Assessment: class participation/presentation (30%), 1x7000 wd system of China and a detailed analysis of the most important essay (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block legislative and treaty rules of China in the area of international income Mode tax, especially in dealings with Australia. Upon successful completion This unit considers the nature and sources of commercial law in a of the unit, candidates will have an advanced understanding of the transnational context. This is an exploration of the movement to policies underlying the Chinese rules for taxing international unification by way of codification or restatement of commercial law in transactions as well as a detailed knowledge of the principles of its international dimensions. This unit examines the transnational income tax law applicable to inbound and outbound transactions.This

135 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study institutions responsible for promulgating restatements of commercial Program Coordinator. Assessment: 1x8000wd research essay (100%) law and the resurgence of the concept of a lex mercatoria as it is used Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode in international commerce. The private international law aspects of Comparative Income Tax examines the key structural features of the transnational commercial law are also discussed.This unit emphasises income tax (tax unit, income, capital gains, fringe benefits, deductions, the use of international instruments to unify commercial law that tax rates, tax accounting, tax expenditures and presumptive taxes). regulates international commerce, taking as an example the UNIDROIT The unit will consider both the policy options in the design of the Principles of International Commercial Contracts as a basis for income tax and the legal implementation of those options. The unit exploring general (transnational) principles of contract law. It adopts will be primarily issues based, drawing on both developed and a comparative approach, contrasting different methods of dealing with developing country examples.The comparative framework for analysis contract principles under various national laws and other international provides an opportunity for identifying the available options for taxing instruments and restatements of law. income and assessing the appropriateness of those options or a combination of them. As part of this more general analysis, the unit LAWS6222 will identify cultural, constitutional and administrative issues that shape Comparative Corporate Governance the design of income tax laws. The unit will not consider corporate Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Jennifer Hill Session: S2 Late tax as this is the subject of Comparative Corporate Taxation nor IntA Classes: block/intensive Assessment: class participation (10%), short pre-class assignment and specialised class participation (20%), 1xresearch international tax as this is the subject of Comparative International essay or exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Taxation. Candidates should gain an understanding of the key design Block Mode features of the income tax and differences taken by countries in income tax law design. The unit objectives are: Examine recent trends and issues in comparative corporate governance; Explore some key debates in Textbooks comparative corporate governance, such as the "law matters" Available for purchase at the Law School: Thuronyi (ed), Tax Law Design and Drafting Vols 1 & 2 ; Ault and Arnold, Comparative Income Tax hypothesis, which links capital market structure to legal protection for minority shareholders, and the "convergence-divergence" debate, LAWS6128 concerning whether national governance systems will converge into Comparative International Taxation a unified governance system; and Discuss fundamental differences Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Brian Arnold Session: S1 in corporate governance structure and techniques, as they operate Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x4000wd assignment (40%) across a variety of jurisdictions including the US, UK, Germany, Japan, and 1x2hr exam or research paper (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Russia, China, India and Australia. Mode of delivery: Block Mode Note: compulsory for MIntTax candidates Particular topics covered include: Key themes in the corporate governance debate; the impact of global corporate scandals on Comparative International Taxation is a detailed study of the basic corporate governance; regulatory responses to the scandals; regulation principles of international taxation (residence, source, relief from by rules versus principles; corporate governance in transition international double taxation, anti-deferral rules, withholding tax, economies; the role of the board of directors and independent transfer pricing, thin capitalisation, and tax treaties).The unit is taught directors; shareholder power; takeovers; institutional investors; from a global perspective with the emphasis being on comparative executive compensation. analysis (focusing particularly on Anglo, US and continental European approaches, and also developed and developing country approaches). LAWS6153 The unit examines the core issues in developing international tax rules Comparative Corporate Taxation and identifies different approaches countries have taken in dealing Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Peter Harris Session: S1 Late with these issues. As part of this study, recent trends in international IntB Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: It is recommended that tax rule development will be identified (particularly in the context of candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6128 globalisation) and critiqued. Candidates should gain an understanding or LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation of the different approaches that countries have taken in the Program Coordinator. Assessment: 1x exam or essay (70%) and classwork development of their international tax rules. (30%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Textbooks The goal of the unit is to provide a comparison of the corporate tax Available for purchase at the Law School: Arnold & McIntyre, International Tax systems of a number of countries of economic and cultural significance Primer; Ault & Arnold, Comparative Income Tax to Australia. The goal has both practical and policy aspects. The unit LAWS6907 will provide a basic introduction to the corporate tax systems of Comparative Law of Evidence Australia©s major trading partners which will assist candidates in Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Ian Dennis Session: S2 Late assessing the likely outcomes of proposed corporate dealings both IntB Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: common law legal method within the countries selected for comparison and between them. A Assessment: 1x8000wd essay (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington comparative framework provides an opportunity for identifying the Mode of delivery: Block Mode available options for taxing corporate income and assessing the The unit will be a thematic and comparative study of central principles appropriateness of those options or a combination thereof. This of the law of evidence. The main focus will be on evidence in criminal enables an assessment of the options selected by various countries, cases, and the comparators will be Australia, England and the USA. including incompatibility of options, and may identify areas of corporate The unit will focus on the aims of evidence law, followed by the role taxation which may be the subject of appropriate reform. The unit will of constitutional protections and human rights in relation to evidential examine: theoretical framework and defining entities subject to issues. There will then be seminars on particular evidential topics, corporation tax; taxation of corporate income where derived; taxation such as exclusionary discretion, self-incrimination, illegality and of corporate income where distributed; treatment of gains/losses on unfairness, self-incrimination, burden of proof and so on. These the disposal of shares; corporate formation, reorganisation and seminars will take the relevant legislation and one or two leading cases liquidation; and international taxation of corporate income. from each of the three jurisdictions as a focus for detailed inquiry into the issues raised by the topic and the comparative solutions. It will LAWS6170 not be necessary for candidates to have studied Evidence before, Comparative Income Taxation although it will be an advantage. The unit objectives are that Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Tim Edgar Session: S2 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: It is recommended that candidates should acquire an accurate understanding of the relevant candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an principles of the law of evidence and their underlying theory, a critical undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6128 appreciation of constitutional and human rights jurisprudence relating or LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation

136 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study to evidential issues and an ability to engage in comparative analysis LAWS6838 and critique of the law of evidence. Competition Law Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Christopher Hodgekiss, Dr LAWS6906 Brett Williams Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed Comparative Tax of Financial Transaction knowledge: undergraduate law degree or have completed LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Tim Edgar Session: S2 Intensive Assessment: 1xopen book exam (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x8000wd research paper (100%) Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode The content of this unit of study will be the following topics: This unit of study examines the income tax treatment of financial introduction; Economic Theory of Competition Law; the concepts of instruments from a policy and comparative perspective.The emphasis competition and market definition; Section 45 Contract Arrangements is not so much on detailed technical rules but rather the underlying and Understandings; Section 46 Misuse of Market Power; Section 47 principles and issues in the income taxation of financial arrangements. Exclusive Dealing; Section 48 Resale Price Maintenance; Section 50 Country legislation and practices are drawn on selectively to illustrate Mergers; Authorisations and Notifications; Penalties, Remedies and possible policy responses to particular issues. The approaches used Enforcement; Access to Services. The intended outcomes for in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States candidates who successfully complete this unit are that they will have will be used extensively.The format of the course will be a combination a firm grasp of the operation of the competition law provisions of the of lectures and case studies. Principal topics will include: The general Trade Practices Act. tax policy principles and financial market theories relevant to the income tax treatment of financial arrangements; Debt-financing Textbooks techniques, particularly the treatment of interest surrogates and hybrid Prescribed text: Miller©s Annotated Trade Practices Act (latest edition), and Corones, Competition Law in Australia (Law Book Company) Latest Edition debt instruments; Equity-financing techniques and, in particular, the classification of instruments as debt or equity; The income tax LAWS6264 treatment of hedging transactions and synthetic instruments; and Compliance: Financial Services Industry Income tax issues raised by the cross-border use of financial Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Kevin Lewis Session: arrangements. Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: A good general grasp of legal and equitable principles, including the common law, and a basic LAWS6814 knowledge of undergraduate law units. The unit is open not only to candidates Comparative Value Added Tax in the LLM program, but also to lawyers, regulatory staff or compliance professionals. It is not necessary that the latter hold a law degree in order to Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Rebecca Millar Session: participate in the unit, but they should understand that the unit is being taught Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: 1xexam or research essay as part of a law program at postgraduate level. They may find it preferable (70%) and class work (30%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of therefore to audit the unit on a non-assessed basis, rather than participate on delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day an assessed basis. Assessment: 1xassignment (40%), 1xexam (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal The object of this unit is to examine the design principles, operation, (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day compliance and administration of consumption type value-added taxes (known commonly as either VAT or GST). The unit will consider the The unit will examine in detail the legal and regulatory requirements major foundational principles of VAT and their operation in practice. relevant to the financial services industry, and how the risk of In assessing the basic features of VAT, and will consider the different breaching those requirements can be managed by compliance ways in which these have been given effect in different jurisdictions, systems. It will focus not only on legal theory but also on the practical focusing in particular on the European Union, New Zealand, Australia, day to day business issues involved with compliance. and Canada, but also considering a range of other jurisdictions and The unit is divided into two parts: (a) Core compliance issues: licensing the model VATs drafted by the IMF. For candidates interested in of financial service providers; compliance systems; insider trading Australian goods and services tax (GST), this unit will provide an in and Chinese walls; market conduct rules; shareholding restrictions; depth understanding of the policies underlying VAT/GST and of the trade practices; anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing options for VAT treatment that have been adopted in other jurisdictions, and other measures to combat crime; retail customer obligations; enabling you to compare the Australian treatment and identify areas marketing financial products; client money rules; privacy; fiduciary of potential conflict. For international candidates, the principles duties and conflicts of interest; confidentiality; phone taping; and discussed will be of a generic and comparative nature, and will be investigating compliance breaches (including reporting obligations readily transferable to the operation of VAT in your country of and HR issues); and (b) Specialist compliance issues relevant to: residence. managed investments; deposit products, non cash payment facilities; Topics examined include: Different options and methods for taxing credit facilities, stockbroking; derivatives; warrants; foreign exchange; consumption; The history, spread and prevalence of credit-invoice futures broking; financial planning; margin lending; insurance and systems of VAT; Different forms of VAT/GST and the relationship insurance broking; superannuation and retirement savings accounts. between VAT and other tax bases; Rate differentiation - use of multiple JURS6018 rates, including zero; Administration of VAT, including registration, Constitutional Theory invoices, assessment and collection.The taxable person and concepts of enterprise/business/taxable activity; The treatment of Government Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Wojciech Sadurski Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: oral presentation (20%), entities and charities; The taxable transaction - the concept of supply class participation (20%), 1x4500wd essay (60%) Campus: and distinctions between supplies of goods and services; Taxable Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day supplies, exemption with credit (zero-rating/GST-free), and exemption without credit (input taxation); The taxable amount - consideration, This unit will address the role that constitutionalism is expected to valuation, and calculation of output tax; Input tax - the entitlement to play in a democratic state, and will explore various constitutional deduction/credit or input tax; International issues, including the place theories. The main focus will be on theoretical attempts at reconciling of supply, the treatment of imports and exports, and the use of reverse commitments to constitutionalism with emphasis on democratic charge mechanisms; Special rules for supplies of financial services participation: is it paradoxical that a state governed by majority rules and insurance and the options for taxing, exempting, or zero-rating withdraws certain areas from collective decision-making? Various such supplies; Specialised regimes for small traders, e-commerce, theories of constitutionalism, of constitutional interpretation, and of gambling, tour operators etc. The treatment of capital and second constitutional judicial review will be explored.The unit will also discuss hand goods; The treatment of real property; and Anti-avoidance the question of constitutional charters of rights, different models of provisions. judicial review, separation of powers, direct democracy and the functions of constitutions in transitions to democratic systems. The unit will follow a seminar format with the emphasis on class discussion

137 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study of course materials. Candidates will be expected to present a short contractual negotiation in which the class will be split into teams of 3 description of the set of readings recommended by the lecturer. to 5 (depending upon class size) for a "team against team" negotiation. Textbooks LAWS6851 Recommended - J W Carter, E Peden & G J Tolhurst: Contract Law in Australia, Construction Law Lexis Nexis, 5th ed. 2007; G H Treitel, The Law of Contract, 11th ed., Sweet & Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Michael P Furmston Session: Maxwell/Thompson, 2003; Leigh Thompson:The Mind &Heart of the Negotiator, S1 Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x10,000wd essay (100%) Prentice Hall, 1998; R Fisher & W Ury & B Patton: Getting to Yes, 2nd ed. Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Houghton Mifflin Books, 1994

Construction law may be defined as the application of basic principles LAWS6250 of Contract and Tort to the processes of building and civil engineering. Controlling Liability by Contract Particular features include: widespread use of long and complex Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof John Carter, Prof Elisabeth Peden standard forms; multiparty transactions; and difficult allocations of Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: risk. The unit considers the interaction between standard form and undergraduate law degree Assessment: 1x compulsory essay (25%) and 1x exam or 1x long essay (75%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of general principle, with particular reference to difficulties such as: delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day liquidated damages, termination; and privity of contract. The unit has a comparative element. This unit brings together the doctrinal, theoretical and practical issues raised by contract risk management, especially the control of liability LAWS6227 for breach of contract and negligence.The unit will consider: categories Consumer Contracts and Product Defects of risk; drafting options; protection of third parties; statutory control of Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Luke Nottage Session: risk management devices, including the Trade Practices Act 1974 S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6024, LAWS6025 (Cth); contract drafting and management issues. The drafting options Assessment: 1x4000wd essay (40%), 1xtake home exam (60%) Campus: which are considered include the use of exclusion clauses, indemnity Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode provisions and force majeure clauses. The operation of these types Note: This unit replaced LAWS6227 Consumer Protection Law: Liability of of clauses, and the relevant common law and statutory rules, will be Suppliers to Consumers considered in the context of various types of contracts, but with This unit examines some recent developments granting special legal particular emphasis on contracts for the provision of services and sale protection to consumers. The unit is concerned with aspects of the of goods. One particular feature of the course is a consideration of liability of suppliers of goods and services to consumers, sometimes the operation of the privity rule in the context of risk management. called ©post-sale© consumer protection. An assessment will be made Thus, issues such as the protection of related bodies corporate and of the effectiveness of recent legislation in this field, and there will be the liability of agents and sub-contractors are dealt with in some detail. considerable comparative analysis referring especially to relevant European Community directives, related developments in the LAWS6100 Asia-Pacific (eg Japan), and some trends in the US. The topics to be Corporate Fundraising covered are: Introduction (the ©consumer© concept and some policy Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed factors leading to consumer protection developments); Outline of knowledge: LAWS6810 or background in Australian corporate law terms implied in contracts for the supply of goods and services to Assessment: 2xclass assignments and 1x2hr open book exam Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day consumers; Judicial and legislative control of exclusion clauses; Unconscionable and unfair contracts (control under the general law The unit will involve a detailed study of the disclosure provisions and and by statute); The liability of manufacturers for defective products other requirements of chapter 6D of the Corporations Act, with under: the general law; statutory liability of manufacturers to consumers particular focus on their application to the offer of company shares for (particularly under Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), Part V Division issue or sale. However, some attention will also be given to listed 2A); strict products liability (Trade Practices Act Part VA, with special managed investment schemes regulated under the Financial Services reference to the similar EC directives on products liability); Product Reform Act. Attention will be paid to additional relevant legal safety regulation (especially Trade Practices Act, Part V Division 1A requirements, including the ASX Listing Rules, for initial public offerings and recent reform debates, with reference to the EC directives on and other fundraisings. The unit is taught by lawyers with extensive general product safety); Consumer access to redress, especially class experience in the field of corporate fundraising. actions. Textbooks LAWS6159 Recommended texts (a) Jocelyn Kellam and Luke Nottage, Australian Sales Corporate Insolvency Law and Fair Trading Reporter (Sydney, CCH, looseleaf significantly updated in Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Richard Fisher, Prof John 2007), (b) Jocelyn Kellam (ed) Product Liability in the Asia-Pacific (3rd ed, Stumbles Session: S2 Late IntA Classes: block/intensive Assumed Federation Press). Cases and materials will be issued. knowledge: Background in Australian corporate law or LAWS6810 Introductory Corporate Law Assessment: 1xtake home exam (100%) Campus: LAWS6872 Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Contract Negotiation Note: This unit replaced LAWS6159 Insolvency Law Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof David Yates Session: S1 This unit will examine the law, policy and practice of corporate Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: completed contract law in an undergraduate law degree Assessment: simulated negotiation in insolvency, under the Corporations Act 2001. Some insolvency issues teams (in class) (30%) and 1x2hr exam (70%) Campus: arising under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 will also be Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode covered. Topics which will be covered include: The purposes of Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Candidates are insolvency law, including debtor protection, access of creditors to the required to sit their exam at the Sydney Law School debtor©s assets and assets disposed of, the need for investigation of This unit will examine the legal principles that provide the overarching financial failure, and financial reconstruction and survival; The framework within which contract negotiations take place. It will principles of insolvency law including the pari passu principle of equal concentrate particularly on requirements of certainty and good faith sharing, and exceptions to that principle, collectivism, compulsion and and the issues that can arise in re-negotiating terms in long-term maintenance of creditors© pre insolvency rights; The processes used contractual relationships. It will also address some of the techniques by a creditor to commence insolvency proceedings to a winding up of negotiations. Topics covered will include: standard form contracts order in corporate insolvency under the Corporations Act; The nature and negotiated contracts; "agreements to agree" and the requirements of property that is available to creditors in liquidation; processes for of certainty; "long-term" contractual relationships and the use of identifying the property which may be available to creditors under a hardship and intervener clauses; "good faith" negotiations and company liquidation; Voidable transactions in a company liquidation negotiation techniques. The unit will also involve a simulated under the equivalent corporate regime; Other proceedings which may

138 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study be available to augment the assets of the company which will be Note: compulsory for MCrim candidates available to satisfy creditors© claims; The involvement of unsecured This unit canvasses the ways in which criminal liability is established, creditors through meetings of creditors, funding of litigation, and and the central factors governing liability. General principles of criminal committees of inspection, and the responsibilities of the liquidator to law, constituent elements of particular offences and the definition of those creditors; The liability of directors and company controllers in a range of defences are analysed from theoretical and practical company insolvency, in particular their liability for insolvent trading perspectives. At most stages of the unit, the focus will be on male and their personal liability for taxes; The general duties and powers violence. of the liquidator, and their regulation by ASIC; Receiverships and the interaction of insolvency and the rights of creditors with quasi-security LAWS6035 and security; The voluntary administration regime under Part 5.3A of Criminal Procedures the Corporations Act, and its interaction with liquidation and Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Bron McKillop Session: S1 receivership; Voluntary Administration and Schemes of Arrangement Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1xtake home exam (60%), under Part 5.1 of the Corporations Act as a mechanism for 1x3000wd essay (40%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: restructuring the affairs of an insolvent company; Issues affecting the Block Mode informal restructuring the affairs of an insolvent company; Current This unit aims to examine the processes of the criminal justice system reform and policy considerations - CAMAC reports, Senate committee through a consideration of its successive and main stages and of the Report 2004, ALRC reports; and Cross-border insolvency. roles of the principal participants in the system, particularly the police, suspects, accused persons, prosecutors, defence counsel, judges LAWS6030 and experts. The focus of the unit will be the processes of criminal Corporate Taxation justice in New South Wales as well as the rest of Australia, but Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Richard Vann Session: S1 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: It is recommended comparisons will be made from the beginning with continental that candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an European criminal justice systems, particularly the French. undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation Program LAWS6233 Coordinator. Assessment: 1xexam or research essay (70%), class work (30%) Criminology Research Project A Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Supervised by an appointed academic The unit consists of a detailed examination of the tax rules applied to staff member Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Corequisites: LAWS6234 companies and shareholders in a domestic setting in Australia. The Assessment: approx 20,000wd research project Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day goals of the unit are to develop an understanding of the policies, Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Candidates must detailed rules and current practical problems involved in the taxation complete both LAWS6233 and LAWS6234 within one or two semesters of companies and shareholders and to explore why different solutions are used for these entities when compared to partnerships and trusts. Candidates should formulate a proposed topic for the research project Upon successful completion of this unit, a candidate should have an and arrange with the Program Coordinator to meet and discuss that advanced understanding of the policies underlying Australia©s corporate topic at least 2 months before commencement of a semester in which tax system, as well as a detailed knowledge of the technical detail they enrol in the Criminology Research Project (12 credit points). involved in the rules for the taxation of companies and their Candidates may also identify a preferred supervisor at this time. For shareholders in Australia. Particular attention will be given to tax reform purposes of approval, candidates should prepare 1-2 pages outlining arising from the Report of the Review of Business Taxation. Topics (a) the question(s) that they propose to address in their research; (b) to be covered are: the policy and problems of taxing companies and how they propose to conduct their research (i.e., methodology); and shareholders; incorporation, reorganisation, continuation and growing (c) a proposed timetable for their research and writing. If possible at companies; taxation of company distributions and dealings with this stage, students should also prepare and append a brief, interests in companies, including liquidations and share repurchases; preliminary reading list for their research. Program Coordinator will imputation, including dividends passing through partnerships and contact an appropriate supervisor and confirm agreement to supervise. trusts; intercorporate dividends and debt equity classification, dividend Formal approval must be obtained from the Program Coordinator prior stripping, redeemable preference shares, asset revaluation dividends, to enrolment. scrip lending, equity swaps and convertible notes; and value shifting. The Criminology Research Project is an independent research project that candidates are expected to undertake largely at their own initiative LAWS6032 and without a high degree of supervision. Candidates should meet Crime Research and Policy with their supervisor at an early stage - when formulating a plan and Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Julie Stubbs Session: Semester finalizing a timetable for their research project - and may otherwise 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: 1x3000wd research proposal (40%), arrange to meet with their supervisor periodically and/or if they 1xtutorial paper (20%) and 1xexam (40%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day encounter difficulties (by agreement between the candidate and Note: compulsory for MCrim and GradDipCrim candidates and co-requisite for supervisor). other criminology units. The unit replaced LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy 1. LAWS6234 Criminology Research Project B This unit provides an examination of research methods in the context Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Supervised by an appointed academic of criminology. The relationship between theory and methodology is staff member Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Corequisites: LAWS6233 explored. The production of knowledge about crime is critically Assessment: approx 20,000wd research project Campus: assessed. Sources and forms of crime data are discussed and their Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day significance is assessed. Research design, research applications and Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Candidates must elementary statistics are also studied. complete both LAWS6233 and LAWS6234 within one or two semesters Please refer to LAWS6233 Criminology Research Project A LAWS6034 Criminal Liability LAWS6038 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Graeme Coss Session: Semester Debt Financing 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Prohibitions: This unit is an introduction to aspects of criminal law for non-lawyers and is therefore not available to candidates who Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed have completed a law degree or completed criminal law at a tertiary level knowledge: LAWS6810 or background in Australian corporate law Assessment: 1x3000wd research paper (40%) and 1xopen book exam (60%) Assessment: 2xclass presentations (20% each) and 1x exam (60%) Campus: Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day

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This unit focuses on legal aspects of debt financing in an increasingly investment regime and the related structuring and regulatory issues global market environment. Much of the unit deals with enforcement related to foreign participation in the Chinese market. Areas covered issues in the insolvency context, which can highlight the types of will discuss the principal issues relating to the establishment of a protection for which creditors should have bargained to safeguard corporate or other presence in China and the related negotiation their positions. The unit assumes a good general knowledge of process, including taxation and foreign exchange controls. The unit Australian corporate law. The unit is taught by expert practitioners in will conclude with an examination of methods of resolution of disputes the field of debt financing. Lecturers include Tony Berriman (Minter arising under contracts entered into in China. More specialized topics Ellison); Ray Mainsbridge, James Marshall, David Mason, Tony Ryan which may be covered include intellectual property, labour law and and Dennis Scott (Blake Dawson); David East (DLA Phillips Fox); regulation of financial institutions. David Friedlander and David Eliakim (Mallesons Stephen Jaques); Diccon Loxton (Allens Arthur Robinson); Mitchell Mathas (Deacons) LAWS6040 and Roger Dobson (Henry Davis York). There may be changes to Drugs, Drug Policy and the Law lecturers in this unit. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Terry Carney Session: Semester Particular topics covered include: the nature and priority of charges; 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: 1xresearch paper (65%), 1xtake-home exam (25%) and class participation (10%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington the lender/trustee/manager relationship; financial covenants; negative Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day pledges; hybrids; guarantees and third party securities; issues involving secured creditors; set-off; aspects of enforcement by creditors; This unit deals with the law relating to drug control policies in Australia, voluntary administration; subordinated debt; receivership. both at State and Federal levels (including international treaties). Background material on the nature and incidence of drug use, LAWS6039 pharmacological and medical issues, as well as philosophic, economic, Discrimination in the Workplace criminological and public policy literature will be considered where Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Belinda Smith (Coordinator), Ms relevant. The unit covers substantive topics from criminal law, civil Jo Shulman Session: S2 Late IntA Classes: block/intensive Assessment: treatment and welfare law. Topics to be covered will include: the class participation (depending on enrolments) (20%), 1x problem assignment context, including: history of drug policy; State/Federal division of (30%) and 1x essay (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of responsibility; nature and incidence of use of substances; international delivery: Block Mode and domestic policy constraints and debates; the law enforcement Note: MLLR candidates may enrol in this unit before completing LAWS6071 elements, including: detection of drug offences; special powers; In this unit we examine the nature of discrimination in the workplace investigation, prosecution; elements of drug offences possession/use, and the legal response to it in Australia. We start by considering the trading, cultivation, manufacture, importation; sentencing theoretical perspectives on equality that underpin our legislation and options/directives; sentencing characterisation of levels; confiscation ideas about effective regulation. We then examine how of assets; civil treatment, including: the history of civil commitment; anti-discrimination law is applied in respect of a number of different the civil commitment model; a public health (detoxification) model; grounds of discrimination - such as sex, race, disability, and family non-legislative options; generic welfare measures, including: income responsibilities - reviewing recent cases and current issues. We will support; accommodation; health services; overview/summary, also discuss enforcement mechanisms and processes under including: options and directions for change. anti-discrimination legislation and what, if any, effect the legislation has had on workplace processes and culture. LAWS6937 Employment Law Advocacy LAWS6130 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Joellen Riley (Coordinator), Ms Dispute Resolution in Australia Elizabeth Raper, Mr David Chin Session: S1 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6013 Assumed knowledge: undergraduate law degree Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Hilary Astor Session: S2 Late Assessment: class participation (20%), short tests (20%), 2x2500wd problem IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x3000wd research essay (50%), assignments (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: 1xtake home exam (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Block Mode Note: This is not a skills unit and candidates will not be trained as negotiators This unit of study is designed especially for candidates in the Master or mediators of Laws (LLM) and Master of Labour Law and Relations (MLLR) degree Dispute Resolution in Australia is designed to give candidates a broad programs who have completed an LLB degree. It examines key understanding of the theory, policy and practice of ADR. It will enable aspects of employment law principles and practice and their application candidates to understand various alternative dispute resolution in employment litigation.The unit builds on the fundamental principles processes, their advantages and limitations; understand the application of contract, trade practices and equity examined in the course of the of ADR in particular areas of practice: understand key theoretical LLB degree, and addresses the pleading of causes of action and the debates about mediation; be able to advise others about ADR choice of appropriate forums. Further, it will consider the differing processes; be better participants in ADR processes; be better able to evidentiary burdens in employment litigation and contemporary law evaluate the possible applications of various dispute resolution concerning dispute resolution, settlements and deeds of release. methods. The use of ADR in employment and health care disputes will be considered. LAWS6163 Energy and Climate Law LAWS6852 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Rosemary Lyster Session: Doing Business in China S1 Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6863 Assessment: class participation (20%) and 1x7000wd essay (80%) Campus: Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Vivienne Bath Session: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: LAWS6252 or Note: This unit replaced LAWS6163 Energy Law law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction Assessment: 1x3500wd essay (50%), 1xtake home exam (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington This unit adopts an inter-disciplinary and integrative approach to Mode of delivery: Block Mode understanding the dynamics of one of the most pressing global This unit aims to provide an introduction to the legal and practical environmental concerns ecologically sustainable energy use.Working aspects of doing business in China. The unit will commence with an loosely within the framework of the Climate Change Convention, the overview of the Chinese legal, political and economic system and will unit relies on the perspectives of scientists, lawyers and economists then move on to an examination of the system of commercial to develop an integrated approach to sustainable energy use. The regulation in China, including contracts, land use, regulation of private unit identifies current patterns of energy use in Australia and examines and state-owned businesses and Chinese companies and securities Australia©s response to the Climate Change Convention. It also laws. The unit will focus on Chinese contract law and the foreign analyses the strengths and weaknesses of various political, legal and

140 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study economic mechanisms for influencing the choice of energy use. The and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) and cognate legislation. The unit initiatives of the Commonwealth and New South Wales governments, provides an opportunity to explore contemporary urban issues, such as well as local councils, to promote sustainable energy use and to as urban consolidation and infrastructure funding. Federal interest in combat global warming are scrutinised. the cities is also examined. While an important aim of the unit is to provide candidates with an understanding of the New South Wales LAWS6043 environmental planning system, the unit also aims to develop the Environmental Impact Assessment Law capacity to evaluate environmental policies and programs through Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Bernard Dunne Session: S2 Late exploring theoretical perspectives on the function of environmental IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x4000wd essay (50%), 1xtake planning. The unit will critically evaluate the function and design of home exam (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block environmental planning systems and the legal ambit of planning Mode discretion. Significant influences, such as escalating environmental This unit has three fundamental aims. The first is to provide a sound and social concerns about our cities, will be discussed, together with analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedures in an evaluation of processes and forums for public involvement in NSW and at the Commonwealth level. The second aim is to develop land-use policy and decision making. A good grounding in this area a critical understanding of EIA as a distinctive regulatory device by will be of assistance to candidates undertaking other units in the examining its historical, ethical and political dimensions as well as Environmental Law Program. relevant aspects of legal theory. The third and ultimate aim is to combine these doctrinal and theoretical forms of knowledge so we LAWS6899 can suggest possible improvements to the current practice of EIA in Environmentally Sustainable Business Australia. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Susan Shearing Session: S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x4000wd problem based LAWS6044 assignment (50%) and 1x4000wd essay (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Environmental Law and Policy Note: This unit replaced LAWS6082 Pollution Law and LAWS6899 Corporate Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Gerry Bates Session: S1 Environmental Responsibility Intensive, S2 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Corequisites: LAWS6252 or law degree from a common law jurisdiction Assessment: 2x4000wd essays This unit examines the environmental regulation of corporations and (50% each) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode how regulation has evolved from ©command and control© to incorporate Note: Environmental law candidates must complete LAWS6252 and this unit a diverse range of instruments designed to inculcate corporate prior to enrolling in other law optional units environmental responsibility. Traditional regulation is studied along The aim of the unit is to introduce candidates to overarching themes with market-based strategies (price-based and rights-based), in environmental law and policy as a foundation to their more detailed information strategies (such as emissions inventories and corporate studies for the Environmental Law Program. This is an overview unit reporting), environmental auditing and environment management addressing a number of environmental issues at various levels of systems (including ISO14001). The unit explores regulatory flexibility, analysis; such as policy making, implementation of policy and dispute co-regulation and voluntary agreements, and the participation of resolution.The unit covers the law and policy relating to environmental non-government entities, such as financial institutions, in corporate planning, environmental impact assessment, pollution and heritage. environmental regulation. Regulation of small, medium and large The concept of ecologically sustainable development and its enterprises is explored with a view to designing appropriate regulatory implications for environmental law and policy is a continuing theme. strategies. An important theme is the role of corporate social The unit is designed to develop multi-dimensional thinking about responsibility (CSR) in driving changes in corporate attitudes towards environmental issues and the strategies needed to address them.The the environment and articulating the corporate benefits of going beyond unit provides a broad background of the political and economic issues compliance with the letter of environmental laws.The unit also explores in so far as they are related to the legal issues involved. the role of criminal law in bringing about changes in corporate management and behaviour and in equipping environmental regulators LAWS6041 with the range of tools needed to develop effective strategies. Environmental Litigation Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Andrew Edgar, Adj Prof Brian LAWS6046 Preston Session: S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: Equity Financing 1x7500wd essay (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Jennifer Hill (Coordinator) Block Mode Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: Note: This unit replaced LAWS6041 Environmental Dispute Resolution LAWS6810 or background in Australian corporate law Assessment: 2xclass presentations (20% each) and 1xexam (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington This unit focuses on litigation as a tool for resolving environmental Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day disputes. The unit examines different types of environmental litigation and issues that can arise in litigation processes. Candidates will This unit focuses on the corporate law aspects of equity fundraising. develop an understanding of the characteristics of environmental At a theoretical level, this unit is underpinned by the privileged position litigation, the advantages and limitations of different types of of equity within corporate law. However, the unit also has a strongly proceedings, and the range of outcomes that are possible for commercial approach, and is taught by a range of experts in the area. environmental litigation. The topics include litigation strategies, Lecturers include The Hon Justice Kevin Lindgren (Federal Court of procedure and evidence, defensive actions (ie SLAPP litigation), and Australia); Michael Ahrens (Transparency International); Adj Prof the outcomes of litigation. Reference will be made to recent cases, Ashley Black (Mallesons Stephen Jaques); Tony Damian, John Natal such as in the field of climate change, to illustrate the topics. and Lachlan Roots (Freehills); John Kluver (CAMAC); Bill Koeck (Blake Dawson); Andrew Lumsden (Corrs Chambers Westgarth); Tom Story LAWS6045 (Allens Arthur Robinson). There may be changes to lecturers in this Environmental Planning Law unit. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Nicola Franklin, Dr Andrew Edgar Particular topics covered include: accounting standards, profits and Session: S1 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x5000-6000wd auditors© duties; dividends; incorporated joint ventures and strategic essay (70%), 1x3000wd problem based assignment (30%) Campus: alliances; unincorporated joint ventures and strategic alliances; profits Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode and dividends; capital restructuring - a comparative analysis of This unit examines the legal and institutional structures in New South transactions affecting share capital; regulated financial transactions Wales for land-use regulation and the resolution of land-use conflicts. under chapter 2E of the Corporations Act; corporate reconstructions The focus is on environmental planning, development control and and schemes of arrangement; underwriting and the role of regulators; environmental impact assessment under the Environmental Planning issues in comparative equity finance; private equity and venture capital.

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Note that application of the disclosure provisions to corporate addressed will be issues of property in witnesses, confidentiality, fundraising is covered in the unit LAWS6100 Corporate Fundraising. privilege, ethics, payment and selection of forensic experts. In addition, the unit will explore the role and impact of expert evidence LAWS6917 in a range of different forms of litigation. It will assess the difficulties European Human Rights Law attaching to medical evidence in personal injury, product liability and Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Jacqueline Mowbray Session: coronial litigation, and to epidemiology evidence and scientific evidence Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: 1x2500wd assignment in criminal litigation, in particular, DNA profiling, fingerprinting and (30%) and 1x5000wd essay (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day handwriting analysis. A significant portion of the unit will also be devoted to controversies attaching to the role of psychiatric and Europe enjoys the world©s most advanced regional legal system for psychological evidence, in cases involving evaluation of fitness to protecting human rights. The 1950 European Convention on Human stand trial, assessment of criminal intent, diminished responsibility Rights was the world©s first major human rights treaty, adopted by the and insanity. Issues relating to prediction of dangerousness, Council of Europe after massive rights violations in the Second World post-traumatic stress disorder as psychiatric injury, and the main War. The Convention creates binding complaints procedures and forensic syndromes, battered woman syndrome, rape trauma judicial remedies. This unit examines the origins of the Convention; syndrome, cult indoctrinee syndrome, repressed memory syndrome, which rights it protects; the system©s institutional architecture (including child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome and parental alienation post-1998 reforms of the European Commission and the European syndrome, will be canvassed in the context of criminal, civil and family Court of Human Rights); and key jurisprudence of the European Court. law cases. The unit also covers the Convention©s implementation in national legal systems (such as the Human Rights Act 1998, UK); the relationship LAWS6048 of the European system to international human rights law; and the Explaining Crime interaction of the Convention system with the human rights functions Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Murray Lee Session: Semester of the European Union (especially the Charter of Fundamental Rights 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: 1xtake home exam, 1x4500wd essay in the draft EU Constitution). and class work Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Textbooks Note: compulsory for MCrim and GradDipCrim candidates and co-requisite for Prescribed text books: Clare Ovey and Robin White, Jacobs and White, The other criminology units European Convention on Human Rights 4th edn (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006: ISBN 0-19-928810-0) and C A Gearty, Principles of Human Rights This unit examines the relevance of theory to the process of explaining Adjudication (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004 paperback, 2005). Recommended text: C A Gearty (ed), European Civil Liberties and the European crime as a social phenomenon. It will selectively analyse the history Convention on Human Rights: A Comparative Study (Martinus Nijhoff publishers, of criminological thought. Special attention will be given to the The Hague, 1997: ISBN 90-411-0253-1) cross-disciplinary nature of efforts to understand crime, criminality and their causes. A significant section of the unit will deal with LAWS6952 contemporary approaches to criminological explanation including the European Private International Law influence of feminism and postmodernism. Contemporary theorists Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Visiting Prof Andrew Dickinson such as Foucault, Garland and Braithwaite will also be considered. Session: S1 Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assessment: class The unit will endeavour to make explicit the links between participation (20%), 1x7000wd essay or 2x3500wd essays (80%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode criminological theory and the development of public policy.

The past decade has seen a rapid development in the common private LAWS6194 international law rules of the Member States of the European Explaining Punishment Community. Indeed, that development can be seen as a "European Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Gail Mason Session: S1 revolution" in this area, and may be argued to have a wider global Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x1500wd quiz (30%), significance than the American conflicts revolution in the second half 1x5000wd research essay (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of of the 20th Century. This unit of study looks at the development of delivery: Block Mode private international law in the EC and its relationship with other The objective of this unit is to explore punishment, sentencing and elements of EC law and private international law within and outside penalty in modern society, particularly through an understanding of the Member States. Course participants will gain an overview of the the relationship between punishment and social structure and the relevant existing EC law instruments, their history and treaty basis, significance of punishment within the social and political order. as well as an insight as to their possible future development.The main The unit will adopt an interdisciplinary approach which draws on element of the course will consist of a detailed examination of the history, law, literature, sociology and criminology. Topics which will content and inter-action of the most important of these instruments be covered include new sentencing regimes (such as mandatory relating to jurisdiction and the law applicable in civil and commercial sentencing), women in prison, juvenile imprisonment, inequality and matters (the so-called "Brussels I", "Rome I" and "Rome II" punishment, privatisation, and the impact of law and order politics on Regulations). punishment. LAWS6230 LAWS6954 Expert Evidence Financial Risk Allocation in Equity Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Peter Cashman Session: S1 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Sheelagh McCracken Session: Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: Candidates without Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: undergraduate a law degree may enrol in this unit but should be aware that the unit focuses law degree Assessment: 1x3000wd assignment (30%), 1x2hr open book exam on legal and evidentiary issues Assessment: 1x3500wd take home exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (50%) and 1x3500wd assignment (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Mode of delivery: Block Mode

This unit will address the role of expert witnesses, their reports and The objective of this unit is to analyse the role of equity in allocating their testimony in criminal and civil cases. It will examine the attitudes risk in common business and financing transactions. of the courts and tribunals to experts and the way in which the law The unit explores the scope of the equitable doctrines of contribution, utilises the fruits of other disciplines. The focus of the unit will be on subrogation, marshalling and set-off, and examines the interplay of the accountability of expert opinions and upon the effectiveness by those doctrines with common law and statute. It assesses their impact which experts are examined and cross-examined. It will scrutinise the in the modern commercial context on a range of persons, including common law and legislative rules of expert evidence and the rules of creditors and sureties as well as financiers and insurers. The manner procedure that relate to the admissibility of expert evidence. Also

142 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study in which the doctrines may affect directors and trustees is also international investors use to share risks and rewards, including considered. confidentiality agreements, study and bidding agreements, operating agreements, farm out agreements, lifting agreements and gas sales LAWS6943 contracts. Other issues that may be covered include joint development Food Prod Law & Policy: Aust in Internat agreements, taxation issues, corruption and indemnification. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof E Joan Wright Session: S2 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: LAWS6252 or law LAWS6864 degree from a common law jurisdiction Assessment: class participation (10%), GMOs and Environmental Law 1x7500wd research paper (90%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Rosemary Lyster, Prof Johannes Somsen Session: S1 Late Int Classes: block/intensive Assessment: Regulating the sale of food is hugely difficult because of the different class participation (20%), 1x8000wd essay (80%) Campus: agendas of the stakeholders involved - the health, social, cultural, Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode environmental, political and trade aspects of food all generate different The potential risks presented by GM crops include: the impact on often opposing perspectives on how its composition and marketing non-target organisms; gene transfer from the GM crop into related should be regulated. This unit aims to provide candidates with an species; persistence or invasiveness of GM crops; presence of in-depth understanding of food product law and policy in Australia, its antibiotic resistance genes in the GM crop; and danger of GM crops place within an international framework for regulating food product to human health. This unit will investigate the appropriate regulation trade; and the interrelationship between the law and the issues it seeks of GMOs from interdisciplinary perspectives including science, ethics, to regulate, particularly in the context of health protection and economics and environmental law.The unit will be co-taught by A/Prof promotion. Topics include Australian and international regulatory Rosemary Lyster and a distinguished visiting professor, Johannes regimes, role of risk analysis/ precautionary principle, legitimate trade Somsen, from Amsterdam University. Prof Somsen is one of the restraints; relevant non regulatory measures; examination of options European Union©s leading environmental lawyers in the area of for regulating emerging issues e.g. in health, new technologies, trade; biotechnology. how the regulatory system can shape our food products; and how stakeholders can participate effectively in the regulatory process. LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles LAWS6895 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Rebecca Millar Session: Gender, Race and Crime Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: It is recommended Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Julie Stubbs Session: Semester that candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Prohibitions: LAWS6051 Assessment: 1xtake undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6814 home exam (40%), 1x4500wd essay (50%) and class presentation (10%) before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation Program Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal Coordinator. Assessment: 1xexam or research essay (70%) and class work (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day (30%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Note: This unit replaced Gender, Race and Legal Relations Note: It is not possible to cover all aspects of GST in one unit. Candidates Gender, Race and Crime is an inter-disciplinary unit that critically seeking a complete picture of Australia©s GST should also undertake LAWS6828 examines crime and justice through the lens of gender and Advanced Goods & Services Tax race/ethnicity. It is taught using a seminar format, and encourages The object of this unit is to introduce the basic design, operation, candidates to undertake independent research on issues related to compliance, administration, and working principles of the Australian the unit. The objectives are: To provide a theoretical understanding goods and services tax (GST). The unit will commence with a brief of the concepts of gender, race/ethnicity and their intersection with examination of the design features common to value-added type other social categories including but not limited to class, and their consumption taxes, of which Australia©s GST is an example. The unit relationship to the construction of crime, crime control and justice; To will proceed to examine the main foundational principles of Australia©s provide a critical understanding of the empirical data on the relationship GST and its operation in practice. In assessing the Australian between race/ethnicity, gender and the criminal justice system; To legislation, comparisons will be drawn with case law and statute from encourage candidates to develop a critical analysis of the criminal other jurisdictions to assist in understanding how Australia©s GST justice system and related forms of regulation by focusing on might be interpreted. On successful completion of this unit you should race/ethnicity, gender and their intersection;To encourage candidates have an understanding of the policies underlying GST, a detailed to develop their skills in inter-disciplinary research. Themes covered knowledge of the technical workings of the basic Australian GST rules in the unit will include: definitions and constructions of knowledge and procedures, and an awareness of current practical problems about race, ethnicity and gender and their effects; whiteness and white involved in GST.Topics examined will cover the key concepts required privilege; the impact of colonial relations on indigenous people and to understand the operation of GST, including: introduction to GST - their relationship with the criminal law; criminalisation, victimisation basic design features and underlying policies of GST; status of the and contemporary criminal justice; alternative forms of justice. Other taxable person, concepts of enterprise, and the obligation to register topics will be selected to reflect contemporary debates and issues for GST; liability for tax on supplies - types of supply & limits on the and may include: violence against Aboriginal women and children; concept of supply; consideration, including non-monetary media constructions of race, ethnicity and crime; and migration and consideration, nexus, & value; entitlement to input tax credits; liability crime (migration for marriage, refugees, trafficking). for tax on importations; tax invoices, attribution to tax periods, adjustment events & adjustments for change of use; basic principles LAWS6933 of GST-free and input taxed supplies; introduction to international Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues issues in GST, including the treatment of cross-border transactions Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Visiting Prof Owen Anderson, Visiting and importations; introduction to real property transactions; introduction Prof John Lowe Session: S1 Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assessment: to the treatment of financial supplies; compliance & administration, 1xtake home exam (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode including anti-avoidance. Note: This unit replaced LAWS6933 International Petroleum Transactions LAWS6052 International Petroleum Transactions is a review of the world©s Govt Regulation, Health Policy & Ethics minerals-development regimes and the contracts that international Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Margaret Allars, Assoc Prof investors use to implement them. The unit begins by reviewing the Cameron Stewart Session: S2 Intensive Classes: block/intensive fiscal arrangements that nations use to obtain exploration and Assessment: 1x7500wd essay (100%) or 2x3750wd essays (100%) Campus: development, including licenses, production sharing contracts, joint Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode ventures, and service contracts. It then focuses on the contracts that Note: MHL candidates may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881

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This unit examines government regulation of health care, drugs, forces namely, the promotion of free market ideology through trade resource allocation, medical research and professional practice. With liberalization and the protection of human rights through the regard to each area of government decision-making, issues are universalization of the norms that underpin human dignity. On the analysed by reference to the interplay between social goals, human face of it the two projects do sit easily together. Are they, in fact, rights, legal rights and ethical considerations. Topics covered include implacably opposed to each other? Where or how do they overlap the constitutional and statutory sources of government power with and what are the consequences or opportunities presented thereby? respect to health care: regulatory models and reform of public health What role can the law play in regulating their interaction whether it be legislation; therapeutic goods administration; health insurance; domestic or international law, ©hard© or ©soft© law. And what or who are pharmaceutical benefits and the pharmacy industry; immunisiation, the real actors behind the economic and human rights power blocs notifiable diseases and public health emergencies; human tissue on the global stage? This unit seeks both to frame these questions legislation; discipline of health professionals; health care complaints and to address them by reference to the most recent discussion, tribunals; a right to health care; ethical theories in law and medicine; thinking and action in the area. the ethics of human experimentation; and ethics committees. LAWS6866 LAWS6054 IDR: Practice and Procedure Health Care and Professional Liability Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Chester Brown, Dr Tim Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Kristin Savell Session: S2 Late Stephens Session: S1 Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1xclass presentation (10%), LAWS6202 Assumed knowledge: LAWS6243 or strong background in public 1x2000wd class paper (30%), 1x5000wd take home exam (60%) Campus: international law Assessment: 1x3000wd essay (40%) and 1x4500wd research Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode paper (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Note: Compulsory for GradDipPubHL candidates. MHL candidates may select this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 This unit is designed as an advanced unit on international dispute or LAWS6881. resolution and builds on the foundations provided in the listed This unit will provide a foundation for further study in health law by pre-requisites. The unit will focus on an assessment of the practice examining laws that govern the liability of health professionals across and procedure involved in the resolution of four types of international a range of fields (eg criminal law, torts, contract, discrimination law) disputes: disputes concerning general international law; disputes and mechanisms for the oversight and disciplining of health concerning human rights; disputes concerning international trade law; professionals. The unit will explore the role of law as a means to disputes concerning international commercial transactions (through regulate/set limits on the conduct of health professionals and examine international commercial arbitration, including investor-state debates about the proper role of law in regulating the provision of arbitrations). Each day of the four-day intensive will concentrate on health care. It will also critically evaluate law reform initiatives with one of these areas with particular attention being given to the practice respect to legal liability, complaints mechanisms and disciplinary action and procedure of the International Court of Justice, UN Human Rights against health professionals where relevant. Topics to be covered Committee, European Court of Human Rights, WTO Appellate Body, may include: Legal and non-legal methods of regulating the practices and international commercial arbitration bodies. Candidates will gain of health professionals; the limits imposed on health professionals by an appreciation of the practice and procedures of these institutions, the criminal law; the principles of negligence and their application to how they compare and contrast with each other, and their impact on the liability of health professionals; contractual and fiduciary duties of the resolution of public and private international law disputes. health professionals; liability of hospitals; discrimination in health care; procedures for complaints against health professionals; disciplinary LAWS6865 proceedings and the statutory reporting obligations of health IDR: Principles professionals. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Chester Brown Session: S1 Late Int Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6202 Assessment: LAWS6055 1xtake home exam (30%), 1x6000wd research essay (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Heritage Law Note: This unit replaced LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution: Theory Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Susan Shearing Session: S1 and Practice Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x4000wd research paper (50%), 1xproblem assignment (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode This unit of study aims to provide an in-depth analysis of international of delivery: Block Mode dispute resolution as a technique for resolving public international law This unit focuses on the conservation of natural and cultural heritage, disputes. The United Nations Charter provisions for the peaceful including intangible heritage, underwater heritage, movable heritage settlement of international disputes will be taken as creating the basic and Australian Aboriginal heritage. International, national, state and framework for the review of dispute resolution techniques. These local regimes for heritage conservation are examined and considered include negotiation, good offices, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, in the context of broader environmental decision making.Through the and adjudication. Particular attention will be given to in-depth analysis use of case studies, the unit aims to bring together a range of of certain disputes and the legal and political techniques used in their interdisciplinary strands in archaeology, anthropology, cultural and resolution. These disputes may include the Tehran Hostages case, natural history, art, architecture and urban planning, and to weave the Nuclear Tests case, the East Timor case, and dispute over the them into a framework for the legal protection of world, national, state status of Kosovo. and local heritage. LAWS6825 LAWS6846 Impact of Tax on Business Struct & Ops Human Rights and the Global Economy Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Chloe Burnett and Assoc Prof Rebecca Millar (S65), Ms Chloe Burnett (S2) Session: S1 Late IntC, Semester Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof David Kinley Session: S2 Late 1a, Semester 1b, Semester 2, Semester 2a, Semester 2b Classes: IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x8000wd essay (100%) Campus: block/intensive (S65), (1x2hr lec)/wk (S2) Assessment: 1x3000wd seminar Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode paper (30%) and 1xexam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of The questions of whether and how the global economy and human delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day rights interrelate and interact have excited much recent controversy Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions: Semester 1a, Semester 1b, Semester 2a, Semester 2b. on the streets, in the courts and legislatures, in corporate board rooms and in the corridors of the UN and the international trade and financial This unit examines the basic elements of Australia©s income tax organizations. It is a controversy that will almost certainly intensify (including fringe benefits tax and capital gains tax) and analyses their over the next few years. The debate is controversial because it is impact on the operations and structuring of businesses. The main important, and it is important because it involves two great globalizing audience for this unit is participants without a recent and thorough

144 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study undergraduate course in Australian income tax. So, the majority of acting as supervisor. However, the Program Coordinator may participants are from two groups: foreign graduate candidates who designate an independent assessor, who may or may not be a member have studied their domestic tax system, and who now wish to acquire of the Faculty. a detailed knowledge of the operation of the Australian tax system; Enrolment in this unit is contingent upon: The candidate having and Australian graduate candidates from law, commerce, accounting completed at least four units of study towards their master©s and other disciplines who have not studied income tax and who want candidature and achieving an average mark in these units of 70% or to come to grips with the principal impacts of the Australian tax system higher; The candidate formulating, in advance of enrolment, a on their clients. well-defined research project, including a statement of methodology This unit is both (a) an entry course, designed to serve as the to be used and availability of necessary research materials; The precursor to enrolling in the more specialised units offered in the Tax candidate providing a written statement outlining the special Program, and (b) a course for practitioners and others who do not circumstances justifying enrolment in this unit; Approval in writing from seek to be tax specialists but want to improve their general a member of Faculty who agrees to serve as supervisor and assessor understanding of the tax ramifications of commercial operations. of the project; and approval in writing from the relevant Program Upon successful completion of the unit, participants will have: a sound Coordinator. Approval will only be given where the Program basic understanding of the operation of the Australian income tax law Coordinator is satisfied that: the above conditions are met; and no for business, whether conducted directly or via a partnership, trust or other unit of study is being offered in the year of enrolment which company; the ability to apply Australian tax law to a broad range of would permit the candidate to undertake study in the proposed area. common commercial transactions, and an awareness of the commercial consequences of the Australian income tax rules on a LAWS6182 range of common domestic commercial transactions; the ability to Independent Research Project A recognise common income tax issues which would arise in domestic Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Supervised by an appointed academic and international commercial transactions; an awareness of the staff member Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Corequisites: LAWS6183 Assessment: 20,000wd research paper Campus: Camperdown/Darlington commercial consequences of the Australian income tax rules on a Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day range of common international trans-actions; an awareness of the Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Candidates must impact of tax law and tax outcomes on decision-making by businesses complete both LAWS6182 and LAWS6183 within one or two semesters operating in, into or from Australia. The goal of this unit of study is to provide candidates with an The unit covers the following topics: The main elements of the tax opportunity to pursue advanced research in an area of their choosing, system (1 hour); Assessability of business revenue (6 hours); under the limited supervision of a Faculty member. The unit is only Treatment of business costs (8 hours); Timing rules for revenue and available in special circumstances, and with the approval of the expense recognition (2 hours); Trading forms, capital raising and cost relevant Program Coordinator.The unit is available as a one semester of servicing invested capital (3 hours) and Cross-border issues (4 unit of study worth 12 credit points, or as a full year unit of study worth hours) 12 credit points.The 12 credit point unit requires a substantial research Textbooks paper of 20,000 words. Current income tax legislation Given the nature of the unit, there are no set topics. This will be LAWS6147 determined on a case-by-case basis.The project must involve a fresh Independent Research Project piece of research and writing. Material that has been previously submitted for assessment in any other unit of study may not form part Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Supervised by an appointed academic staff member Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Assessment: 10,000wd of the project. research paper Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal Supervisory assistance should not extend beyond considering the (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day project©s methodology, the literature review, and thus assessing the Note: Department permission required for enrolment. candidate©s familiarity with the subject. It is expected of candidates The goal of this unit of study is to provide candidates with an undertaking advanced research that their work be "independent". opportunity to pursue advanced research in an area of their choosing, Beyond that elementary supervision, the member of Faculty©s role will under the limited supervision of a Faculty member. The unit is only only be to assess the project upon completion. available in special circumstances, and with the approval of the No more than 12 credit points of the Independent Research Project relevant Program Coordinator.The unit is available as a one semester may be credited towards the requirements for a master©s or SJD unit of study worth 6 credit points. The 6 credit point unit requires a program in respect of any candidate. The Independent Research substantial research paper of 10,000 words. Project is not available to graduate diploma candidates or candidates Given the nature of the unit, there are no set topics. This will be for the Master of Criminology, Master of International Law and Master determined on a case-by-case basis.The project must involve a fresh of Jurisprudence. piece of research and writing. Material that has been previously In the case of candidates enrolled over a single semester, the project submitted for assessment in any other unit of study may not form part must be submitted for assessment by the last day of classes in the of the project. semester in which the candidate is enrolled in this unit of study. In the Supervisory assistance should not extend beyond considering the case of candidates enrolled over a full year, the project must be project©s methodology, the literature review, and thus assessing the submitted for assessment by the last day of classes in the second candidate©s familiarity with the subject. It is expected of candidates semester in which the candidate is enrolled in this unit of study. The undertaking advanced research that their work be "independent". project will normally be assessed by the Faculty member acting as Beyond that elementary supervision, the member of Faculty©s role will supervisor. However, the Program Coordinator may designate an only be to assess the project upon completion. independent assessor, who may or may not be a member of the No more than 12 credit points of the Independent Research Project Faculty. may be credited towards the requirements for a master©s or SJD Enrolment in this unit is contingent upon: The candidate having program in respect of any candidate. The Independent Research completed at least four units of study towards their master©s Project is not available to graduate diploma candidates or candidates candidature and achieving an average mark in these units of 70% or for the Master of Criminology, Master of International Law and Master higher; The candidate formulating, in advance of enrolment, a of Jurisprudence. well-defined research project, including a statement of methodology The project must be submitted for assessment by the last day of to be used and availability of necessary research materials; The classes in the semester in which the candidate is enrolled in this unit candidate providing a written statement outlining the special of study.The project will normally be assessed by the Faculty member circumstances justifying enrolment in this unit; Approval in writing from a member of Faculty who agrees to serve as supervisor and assessor

145 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study of the project; and approval in writing from the relevant Program LAWS6873 Coordinator. Approval will only be given where the Program Intellectual Property:Principles/Context Coordinator is satisfied that: the above conditions are met; and no Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Patricia Loughlan Session: other unit of study is being offered in the year of enrolment which S2 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: Candidates who have would permit the candidate to undertake study in the proposed area. previously completed an undergraduate or postgraduate unit in intellectual property Assessment: class participation or presentation (10%), 1x2hr exam (90%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode LAWS6183 Note: This unit replaced LAWS6854 Introduction to Intellectual Property and Independent Research Project B LAWS6873 Principles of Intellectual Property Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Supervised by an appointed academic staff member Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Corequisites: LAWS6182 This unit is designed for candidates who have an undergraduate law Assessment: 20,000wd research paper Campus: Camperdown/Darlington degree, but who have not formally studied Intellectual Property. The Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day unit will cover the fundamentals of law and theory in the main areas Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Candidates must of contemporary Intellectual Property: copyright, patent, trade marks complete both LAWS6182 and LAWS6183 within one or two semesters and the law of passing-off and unfair competition. There will be a See LAWS6182 Independent Research Project A for unit description. particular emphasis on copyright and trade marks.

LAWS6058 LAWS6817 Information Rights in Health Care Interaction of Tort and Contracts Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Belinda Bennett Session: S1 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Barbara McDonald, Prof Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1xclass presentation and Jim Davis Session: S1 Late IntA Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x1500wd paper (20%) and 1xtake home exam (80%) Campus: 1x10000wd essay (100%) or 2x5000wd essay (50% each) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Note: Compulsory for GradDipPubHL candidates. MHL candidates may select Note: This unit replaced LAWS6817 Practical Legal Effects of the Interaction this unit as one of the three compulsory units required in addition to LAWS6252 of Tort and Contract or LAWS6881. This unit is designed to expose candidates to a discussion and, where This unit deals with the rights to information in the modern health care relevant, a comparison of the approaches of the law of torts and the system. The unit will focus on consent to treatment and will include law of contracts to a variety of problems and situations, for example, discussion of: capacity, the duty of health professionals to disclose vicarious liability, the liability of professionals such as doctors and the risks of treatment, refusal of treatment and emergency health care. lawyers, the protection of contract from interference, misfeasance by The unit will also examine duties of confidentiality in health care, public officials. Candidates will be asked to examine and understand ownership of and access to medical records, and information rights judicial decisions from Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, and in medical research. the extent to which, and reasons why, the law in these countries is the same or may differ. LAWS6898 Integrated Natural Resource Management LAWS6059 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Gerry Bates Session: S1 International Business Law Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x4000wd problem based Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Vivienne Bath Session: assignment (50%), 1x4000wd essay (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington S1 Late IntB, Semester 2 Classes: block/intensive mode (S64) and (1x2hr Mode of delivery: Block Mode lec)/wk (S2) Assumed knowledge: LAWS6252 or law degree from a common Note: This unit replaced LAWS6081 Natural Resources Law or civil law jurisdiction Assessment: 1x3500wd assignment (50%) and 1x2hr20min exam (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: This unit examines how natural resources, including forestry, minerals, Block Mode soil, water and fisheries, can be managed in an integrated manner in Note: Compulsory for MIntBus&L candidates the context of mining, agriculture, tourism and Aboriginal land rights. The unit explores the concept and implications of Integrated Natural The objective of this unit is to provide candidates with an introduction Resource Management - a planning and decision-making process to a number of areas of international business law and to provide an that attempts to coordinate resource use to optimise its long-term opportunity to study some of those areas in more detail. The unit sustainable benefits and to minimise conflicts among users of the begins with an overview of the scope of the law relating to international resource. It attempts to balance economic, environmental, and social transactions.The core topics are international sale of goods, carriage requirements, consistently with the principles of ecologically of goods, international payments and financing of international sales sustainable development. Legal and other strategies to achieve and methods of doing business in foreign markets, including through Integrated Natural Resource Management are discussed, as are the agents and distributors and international licensing transactions. Other roles of the Commonwealth and New South Wales. The international topics may vary from year to year and may include an introduction to context is also referred to. international tax, elementary customs law and international dispute settlement. LAWS6860 Textbooks Intellectual Property: Marketing Rights Robin Burnett, Law of International Business Transactions (The Federation Press, 2004, 3rd ed) Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Patricia Loughlan Session: S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: class participation (20%), 1x2hr open book exam (80%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of LAWS6060 delivery: Block Mode International Commercial Arbitration Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Luke Nottage Session: This unit will examine theoretical and practical issues in the law of S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1xtake home exam (40%), registered trade marks and passing-off, with a particular reference to 1x5000wd research essay (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of the role of unfair competition reasoning in the cases and issues such delivery: Block Mode as the concept of ©sign©(including shapes) in contemporary trade mark This unit introduces candidates to the preferred method of resolving law, the concept of ©property© in trade marks and other trade indicia, international commercial disputes. It has two primary aims, to: outline the optimal decision-making model for trade mark law, counterfeiting key principles in the law of international commercial arbitration (ICA), and compliance with the requirements of the TRIPS Agreement, and discuss a range of cutting-edge legal issues; and nurture a character merchandising and the appropriation of the celebrity sophisticated understanding of the historical development, and likely persona, the requirement of misrepresentation in passing off and the future path, of ICA systems in relation to other forms of dispute tension between trade mark dilution rules and freedom of resolution in trans-border contexts. Related, secondary aims are to communication. develop: ability to discuss or argue arbitration law issues with

146 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study colleagues; and familiarity with key reference materials, expertise in This postgraduate unit builds on the candidates© knowledge of public conducting independent research, and skills in effective legal writing international law and in particular international human rights law by in this field. Introductory classes consider how ICA relates to litigation focusing on and analysing the multifaceted and diverse jurisprudence and ADR, survey some of the most important transnational and developed by a range of organisations including the United Nation©s Australian "legislative" instruments, and introduce major trends. Part Treaty Bodies, International Tribunals and Non-Governmental 2 of the unit examines these trends in more detail, including ICA©s Organisations.Theoretically, international human rights are indivisible, forays into new fields, and developments in the Asia-Pacific region. inalienable and universal. However, human rights of some individuals Part 3 revisits some key legal principles and other topics currently and groups are routinely abused, downgraded, or watered down by being scrutinised by the UN. Part 4 addresses the arbitration of States, corporations or other individuals. This unit of study primarily disputes under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties. considers how human rights lawyers, advocates and scholars, in response to such abuses, formulate and present arguments before LAWS6061 international and domestic for a and analysis the ever-expanding International Environmental Law human rights law jurisprudence developed as a result of such Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Em Prof Ben Boer Session: S1 advocacy and/or litigation. To this end, candidates will deepen their Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x2500wd problem based theoretical knowledge of the fundamental norms of international human assignment (30%), 1x5500wd essay (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington rights law and its requisite machinery. As an ancillary learning Mode of delivery: Block Mode objective, candidates also endeavour to integrate the above knowledge This unit aims to provide candidates with an overview of the with the practicalities of human rights advocacy and its relationship development of international environmental law throughout the to: democracy and the political arena; the exercise and dynamics of twentieth century. Attention will primarily be devoted to the international power; rights and citizenship; and citizen education and action. law and policy responses to global and regional environmental and Candidates should gain detailed insights into: identification of issues resource management issues. Basic principles will be discussed prior and their prioritisation; contextual analysis; setting of goals, various to taking a sectoral approach in looking at the application of advocacy strategies, publicity avenues as well as program international environmental law in specific issue areas. The unit evaluation/feedback and fundraising.The unit will focus on and critique includes material on implementation of international environmental a number of legal advocacy strategies and techniques in domestic law in the Asia Pacific region. Relevant Australian laws and initiatives and international fora.This unit of study will include scholarly readings, will be referred to from time to time. The focus is on law and policy case studies, guest speakers, simulations and on-line discussion that has been applied to deal with environmental problems in an forums. Candidates will be expected to complete a paper in an area international and transboundary context. covered in the unit.

LAWS6161 LAWS6218 International Human Rights International Humanitarian Law Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof David Kinley Session: S1 Late Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Ben Saul Session: S1 IntC Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: GOVT6117 Assessment: Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x6000wd essay (70%), 1x2500wd assignment (30%), 1x5000wd essay (70%) Campus: 1xtake home exam (30%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Block Mode

This unit introduces candidates to the principles and practice of How to limit and regulate violence in times of war is one of the most international human rights law - a field of public international law and pressing challenges for international law.This unit explores the origins policy of ever-expanding dimensions. It will introduce candidates to and purposes of humanitarian law; its scope of application (spatial, some key concepts, debates, documents and institutions in this field, temporal and personal); the different types and thresholds of armed while encouraging critical examination of these from a variety of angles. conflict (including international and non-international conflicts); the In summary, this unit considers the question: what happens when we permissible means and methods of warfare (including the principles regard a situation or predicament as one involving a breach of of distinction and proportionality, and specific weapons such as international human rights law - what possibilities and problems does chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, cluster munitions, and this entail? Addressing this question, candidates in this unit will landmines); the status and treatment of combatants and examine: (a) forums where international human rights law is being non-combatants and other categories (such as spies, mercenaries, produced (international tribunals, domestic courts, multilateral bodies "unlawful combatants" and "terrorists"); the protection of cultural - including United Nations organs - regional agencies, property and the environment; the relationship between human rights non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, and the law and humanitarian law; and the implementation, supervision and media); (b) settings where international human rights law is being enforcement of humanitarian law (including the prosecution of war deployed (in Australia and elsewhere); and (c) particular crimes, the role of Protecting Powers and the International Committee identities/subjects that international human rights law aspires to shape, of the Red Cross, and national military law). regulate or secure. By the end of this unit, candidates should be able to formulate written and oral arguments by reference to key LAWS6037 international human rights law instruments and principles; give strategic International Import/Export Laws advice as to available avenues of recourse in international human Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Alan Bennett Session: rights law; and advance an informed critique of particular dimensions Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: class work (40%), of international human rights law scholarship and practice, by reference 1xassignment (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day to contemporary literature in this field. Note: This unit replaced LAWS6037 Customs Law

LAWS6894 The unit is a comparative study of international customs law and International Human Rights Advocacy administrations and is based on examining some of the practical Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Irene Baghoomians Session: S2 difficulties associated with the implementation of new customs laws Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x3500wd essay (50%), in various jurisdictions. The Kyoto convention, which sets out the advocacy exercise (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: minimum requirements of any new customs law, is examined in some Block Mode detail focusing in particular on: customs control; customs declarations; The unit aimed at candidates who would like to pursue academic administrative penalties; customs securities; transparency and customs and/or other careers as human right advocates both in the domestic rulings; risk management initiatives etc. The unit also examines the private and government sectors as well as in the international arena. international customs harmonised tariff illustrating the structure, notes and in particular, the rules for interpretation of the tariff. The WTO customs valuation methodologies are also studied (from Article VII of

147 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study the GATT) with particular emphasis given to the transaction value This unit assesses the impact of international law upon Australian method of customs valuation. The treatment of management fees, institutions. It provides a critical review of that impact across all levels royalties, commissions, production assist costs, research and of Australian society. Specific consideration is given to: the Executive; development expenditure and other difficult areas are also reviewed. the Legislature: Commonwealth, State and Territories; the Judiciary: Article VI of the GATT, which makes provision for anti-dumping law, High Court, Federal Court, Family Court, State Supreme Courts and is also considered providing practical examples of how this law other state and territorial courts; the Bureaucracy: Federal, State and operates in various jurisdictions. Territorial Government Departments; Government Institutions: HREOC, IRC, ALRC. The unit commences with an historical overview of how LAWS6939 international law was received in Australia, and then assesses its International Insolvency Law impact upon a range of Australian institutions. The principal focus Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Mowbray, Prof Christoph Paulus throughout the unit will be on the effects produced through domestic Session: S2 Late Int Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x8000wd essay law. Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode

In contrast to traditional courses on international insolvency law, this LAWS6184 unit will begin by discussing the issue of insolvency proceedings for International Law Research Project A states.The establishment of procedures for dealing with the insolvency Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Supervised by an appointed academic of states is a fairly recent development, which can be traced to moves staff member Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Corequisites: LAWS6185 Assessment: approx 15,000wd research project Campus: initiated by the International Monetary Fund during the Argentina crisis Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day in 2001. Since then, a number of methods have been proposed for Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Candidates must dealing with the insolvency of states in a more regulated and calculable complete both LAWS6184 and LAWS6185 within one or two semesters manner than that in which the Paris and London Club has dealt with Candidates should formulate a proposed topic for the research project these issues over the last 50 years or so. Against this background, and arrange with the Program Coordinator to meet and discuss that this unit will describe the evolution, and discuss the concept, of topic at least 2 months before commencement of a semester in which insolvency proceedings for states. they enrol in the International Law Research Project. Candidates may The second part of the unit will deal with the principles of traditional also identify a preferred supervisor at this time. For purposes of international insolvency law, that is, the principles governing the approval, candidates should prepare 1-2 pages outlining (a) the situation where an insolvent company has assets in more than one question(s) that they propose to address in their research; (b) how jurisdiction.These principles will be exemplified by various cases from they propose to conduct their research (i.e., methodology); and (c) a different regions of the world. This part of the unit will also consider proposed timetable for their research and writing. If possible at this recent developments aiming to establish regions in which particular stage, students should also prepare and append a brief, preliminary transnational insolvency rules are applicable the main example being reading list for their research. Program Coordinator will contact an the European Insolvency Regulation. appropriate supervisor and confirm agreement to supervise. Formal approval must be obtained from the Program Coordinator prior to LAWS6916 enrolment. International Investment Law The International Law Research Project is an independent research Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Chester Brown Session: S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x5000wd essay (50%), project that candidates are expected to undertake largely at their own 1xtake home assignment (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of initiative and without a high degree of supervision. Candidates should delivery: Block Mode meet with their supervisor at an early stage - when formulating a plan This unit introduces students to the international regulation of foreign and finalizing a timetable for their research project - and may otherwise investment. It examines core principles of international investment arrange to meet with their supervisor periodically and/or if they law, regional and bilateral investment treaties, the settlement of encounter difficulties (by agreement between the candidate and investment disputes, and the international economic and political supervisor). context in which the law has developed.The unit considers the origins Candidates should make appropriate use of specialised international and evolution of international investment law through to the recent law research guides available to them. See, for example, the American formation of the current international legal framework for foreign Association of International Law©s Guide to Electronic Resources for investment through bilateral and regional investment treaties. It International Law available at http://www.asil.org/resources/index.html. examines the substantive principles contained within investment See also the Law Library©s pathfinder for International Law available treaties and recent arbitral awards, and considers controversial issues at http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/law/intlaw_p.htm. Law surrounding investor-state arbitration. It examines the procedural Library staff may be consulted for further assistance. framework for investment arbitration under the auspices of the Candidates should agree with their supervisor on the citation and style International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) guide that they will be using for their Research Project. The Faculty and the UNCITRAL Rules. This unit also considers the increased has adopted a uniform guide to citation and style of written work: Anita focus on investor responsibility in relation to environmental protection, Stuhmcke, Legal Referencing (Sydney: Butterworths, 1998). However, human rights, development issues, and labour standards. As such, it candidates may obtain their supervisor©s approval to use another, examines the collapse of the negotiations for the Multilateral more specific guide (possibly with a view to publication), such as the Agreement on Investment, corporate social and environmental Australian Guide to Legal Citation and the Supplement to the responsibility, calls for an international regulatory framework to govern Australian Guide to Legal Citation published by the Melbourne Journal the conduct of multinational corporations, and new proposals for an of International Law. International Agreement on Investment for Sustainable Development. The Research Project is assessed by the supervisor nominated for the particular project. LAWS6167 International Law and Aust Institutions LAWS6185 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Ben Saul (S1), Dr Tim International Law Research Project B Stephens (S5) Session: S2 Intensive, Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Supervised by an appointed academic (S1), block/intensive (S5) Assessment: 1x research essay (60%), 1x case staff member Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Corequisites: LAWS6184 note (30%) and class participation (10%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Assessment: approx 15,000wd research project Campus: Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Note: compulsory for MIL and GradDipIntLaw candidates Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Candidates must complete both LAWS6184 and LAWS6185 within one or two semesters

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Please refer to LAWS6184 International Law Research Project A LAWS6942 Internatl Structured Finance, Law & Prac LAWS6062 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Jan Job de Vries Robbé Session: International Law-the Use of Armed Force Semester 2b Classes: block/intensive. See Sydney Law School in Europe Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Nicole Abadee, Ms Alison Pert www.law.usyd.edu.au/ Assumed knowledge: Affinity with the financial markets Session: S2 Late Int Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x8000wd is advisable, relevant experience a plus.When in doubt, candidates are advised research essay (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: to contact the Unit Coordinator. Assessment: class participation (10%), Block Mode 1x8000wd essay (90%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode In this unit we consider the history of the prohibition on the unilateral Note: Department permission required for enrolment. use of armed force, and the exceptions to that prohibition: self-defence This unit addresses international finance law and practice in the face and collective action authorised by the Security Council. We consider of the credit crunch. It covers derivatives, various types of notes, the application of the law of self-defence to the fight against terrorism, securitisation and fund structures, both from a structuring and as well as the lawfulness of the "Bush doctrine" of pre-emptive documentation perspective. self-defence. We then look at collective security including peacekeeping, humanitarian intervention, and the emerging concept Major developments in credit crunch litigation (putting these of the responsibility to protect. instruments to the test) are addressed. Actual transactions are discussed, with a focus on practice in developing markets. LAWS6206 The aim of the unit is to provide candidates with hands-on tools to International Mergers and Acquisitions further their legal career. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Robert B Thompson Session: S2 Intensive Classes: Block Mode Assessment: class participation (25%), LAWS6881 1x7000wd essay (75%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Intro to Law for Health Professionals Block Mode Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Cameron Stewart Session: This intensive unit will address mergers and acquisitions as they occur S1 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6252 Assessment: 1x2000wd assignment (40%), 1x3000wd take home exam (50%), compulsory in an international setting, with US materials used as a basis for a attendance at workshops (10%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of comparative study of acquisitions. delivery: Block Mode The unit will include a brief overview of financial theory that can explain Note: Candidates may enrol in this unit or LAWS6252, but not both. Candidates mergers and a discussion of motives for acquisitions that may grow are encouraged to enrol in this unit where possible.This unit replaced LAWS6881 Health Law for Health Professionals. out of that theory. The remainder of the unit will address corporate and securities law regulation of acquisitions.The transactional settings This unit is designed for postgraduate candidates who do not have a will include both friendly and hostile acquisitions. A common thread legal background and who are enrolling in the Health Law Program. will be examination of the relative roles of directors and shareholders The unit will provide students with an introduction to law and legal in the different kinds of transactions. skills with an emphasis on issues of particular relevance to the field of health law. The unit commences with an overview of the LAWS6896 development of the common law and provides an examination of the Internatl & Comparative Criminal Justice development of case law and its relationship with legislation. The unit Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Mark Findlay Session: S2 will also examine the rules and principles for interpreting statutes and Intensive Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6269, LAWS6219 consider the structure of courts and tribunals in Australia. In addition Assessment: 1xclass presentation (20%), 1xessay (40%) and 1xtake home exam (40%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode to addressing these foundational elements of the legal system, the unit will consider specific fields of law that have special relevance This unit explores the growing internationalisation of criminal justice health law. These may include constitutional law, tort law, criminal through an examination of forms of transnational crime and law and administrative law. A major component of the unit comprises international conflicts and the infrastructure that is being developed workshops that deal with the analysis of cases, the interpretation of to regulate global insecurities and criminal harms. It will explore the legislation, essay writing skills and approaches to legal problem development of various institutions in response to international crimes solving. The unit is taught once a year and is a substitute for and their relation to international human rights and access to justice. LAWS6252. It will consider the different paradigms of justice that inform diverse Textbooks international developments, notably contrasts between retributive and Cook, Creyke, Geddes and Hollway Laying Down the Law (2005) restorative justice.The unit will explore tensions and conflicts between nation-state based criminal justice and international norms, processes LAWS6810 and procedures for regulating crime. It will assess the extent to which Introductory Corporate Law a distinct international criminal justice order is being established, the Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Saul Fridman Session: S1 nature of its jurisprudence and values and its implications. Intensive Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS2003, CLAW2001 or equivalent undergraduate or postgraduate corporate law unit Assessment: LAWS6022 1xtake home exam (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Internatl & Comparative Labour Law Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Shae McCrystal (Coordinator), This unit is designed for those wishing to pursue postgraduate study Professor Keith Ewing Session: S2 Late IntA Classes: block/intensive involving aspects of corporate law, but who lack the required previous Assessment: class participation (10%), 1x4000wd essay (40%), 1xtake home exposure to the subject. As our postgraduate units in corporate law exam (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode (other than this one) are all specialised and taught at an advanced This unit is aimed at enabling candidates to compare and contrast level, those wishing to enrol in such units but who have not studied Australian labour law with the labour laws of other comparable corporate law in a Law School environment should undertake this countries. At the beginning of this unit, there is an examination of unit. This unit will focus on the fundamental principles of law applying comparative law methodology, as well as an examination of to public and proprietary companies. The unit will start with a brief international labour law, including the International Labour Organisation history of the development of the corporate form and the evolution of and other international labour law matters. The unit will focus on how Australian corporate law, before moving on to examine the nature of other nations are handling labour law deregulation and whether any corporate personality, the incorporation process, corporate constitution, of the approaches are beneficial or burdensome. governance rules, duties of directors and remedies for shareholders. Textbooks Hanrahan, Stapledon & Ramsay, Commercial Applications of Company Law

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LAWS6879 to case manager; the implications in relation to discovery, expert Japanese Law evidence and the conduct of the trail, the impact of the decline of Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Luke Nottage (Coordinator) "orality" in litigation and of the increased reliance on written materials; Session: Semester 1a Classes: block/intensive classes held in Japan judgment writing; factors that bear on the "quality" of the judiciary and Assessment: 2x1000wd reflective notes (10% each) and 1x7000wd research of judicial decision-making, including the criteria and procedures (if essay (80%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode any) governing judicial appointments; the scope and effectiveness of Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: For further judicial education programs and the mechanisms available to deal information, please visit http://www.kyoto-seminar.jp/ or with complaints about judicial performance or behaviour; judicial ethics; http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/anjel/ and the concept of "open justice" and the fraught relationship between the judiciary and the media. This unit provides an introduction to Japanese law in global context, focusing on its interaction with civil justice, criminal justice, business, LAWS6068 politics, gender, and the legal professions. It is taught intensively in Judicial Review-P©ciple, Pol & Procedure Kyoto at Ritsumeikan University Law School (Kyoto Seminar: Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Margaret Allars Session: S1 www.kyoto-seminar.jp), leading into the more specialist "Tokyo Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x7500wd essay (100%) or Seminar" in Japanese Law and the Economy taught (LAWS6901, 2x3750wd essays (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: recommended but not a co-requisite for this unit). Lecturers include Block Mode academics from Ritsumeikan and other leading Japanese universities, This unit provides a specialised and thematic account of judicial review as well as from Australia (especially from The University of Sydney, as one means for making the executive branch of government UNSW and ANU), with guest lectures by prominent practitioners and accountable. It aims to develop an understanding of trends reflected a field study to a local bar association and the courts [tbc]. Candidates in principles relating to justiciability, standing to seek review, excess will also interact with participants from Japanese, Australian and other of power and abuse of power, and procedural fairness. A critical universities or institutions taking this unit, supported by the Australian evaluation of the policy choices which account for development of Network for Japanese Law (www.law.usyd.edu.au/anjel). common law principles is encouraged. The procedures and remedial LAWS6901 powers available under statutes which reform the procedure for gaining Japanese Law and the Economy judicial review are examined, with judicial and administrative procedure compared. A consistent theme is the development of a critical Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Luke Nottage (Coordinator) Session: Semester 1a Classes: block/intensive classes held in Japan appreciation of the proper relationship between the judicial and Assumed knowledge: undergraduate degree in law, business or Japanese executive branches of government. Studies Assessment: 2x1000wd reflective notes (10% each) and 1x7000wd research essay (80%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: JURS6034 Block Mode Jurisprudence Research Project A Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: For further information, please visit http://www.kyoto-seminar.jp/ or Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Supervised by an appointed academic http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/anjel/ staff member Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Corequisites: JURS6035 Assessment: approx 20,000wd research project Campus: This unit examines Japanese business law in global context, focusing Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day for example on Japan©s trade and investment environment, insolvency Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Candidates must complete both JURS6034 and JURS6035 within one or two semesters and corporate governance, consumer regulation, ADR, and lawyering (especially in Tokyo). It is taught in Japan at Ritsumeikan University Candidates should formulate a proposed topic for the research project Law School©s Tokyo campus, following the more wide-ranging and arrange with the Program Coordinator to meet and discuss that Japanese Law unit taught at their Kyoto campus (LAWS6879, topic at least 2 months before commencement of a semester in which recommended but not a prerequisite for this unit). Lecturers include they enrol in the Jurisprudence Research Project. Candidates may academics from Ritsumeikan and other leading Japanese universities, also identify a preferred supervisor at this time. For purposes of as well as from Australia (especially from The University of Sydney, approval, candidates should prepare 1-2 pages outlining (a) the UNSW and ANU), with guest lectures by prominent practitioners and question(s) that they propose to address in their research; (b) how a field study to the Legal Department of a major Japanese corporation. they propose to conduct their research (i.e., methodology); and (c) a Candidates will also interact with participants from Japanese, proposed timetable for their research and writing. If possible at this Australian and other universities or institutions taking this unit, stage, students should also prepare and append a brief, preliminary supported by the Australian Network for Japanese Law reading list for their research. Program Coordinator will contact an (www.law.usyd.edu.au/anjel). appropriate supervisor and confirm agreement to supervise. Formal approval must be obtained from the Program Coordinator prior to LAWS6934 enrolment. Judging The Jurisprudence Research Project is an independent research Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Ronald Sackville Session: project that candidates are expected to undertake largely at their own S1 Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1xclass presentation (20%) and 2x4000wd essay (40% each) or 1x8000wd essay (80%) Campus: initiative and without a high degree of supervision. Candidates should Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode meet with their supervisor at an early stage - when formulating a plan Note: Department permission required for enrolment. and finalizing a timetable for their research project - and may otherwise arrange to meet with their supervisor periodically and/or if they The unit focuses on the changing role of the judiciary in Australia, encounter difficulties (by agreement between the candidate and primarily (but not exclusively) by reference to the civil justice system. supervisor). The aim is to examine the functions and responsibilities of judges, the institutional structures and constraints within which they operate and JURS6035 the impact on the judiciary, litigants and the legal profession of the Jurisprudence Research Project B advent of active case management as the norm for most courts. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Supervised by an appointed academic Consideration will be given to the fundamental attributes of the staff member Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Corequisites: JURS6034 Australian judicial system: independence, impartiality, fair procedures Assessment: approx 20,000wd research project Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day and reasoned decisions.The unit will explore the extent to which these Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Candidates must attributes are consistent with moves to increase ©access to justice© complete both JURS6034 and JURS6035 within one or two semesters and whether they require all courts to be self-governing (as are federal courts).We shall also assess the significance for judges and litigators Please refer to JURS6034 Jurisprudence Research Project A of the transformation of the trial judge©s role from passive adjudicator

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LAWS6955 This unit aims to introduce candidates to a wide variety of areas of Key Legal Concepts in Finance Law Indonesian law, with a focus on topical issues. These include Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Sheelagh McCracken and Prof Indonesia©s place within the civil law tradition, the judiciary, human John Stumbles (S1), Prof Sheelagh McCracken (S5) Session: S2 Intensive, rights, constitutional reform, Indonesia©s legal pluralism and some Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk and block/intensive Assessment: aspects of commercial law, including intellectual property. By the end 1x3000wd assignment (30%), 1x2hr open book exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode of the unit, candidates should have an understanding of: Indonesia©s legal system and some of the reasons for its dysfunction, with a focus This unit©s objectives are to identify and analyse key legal concepts on the judicial system; Indonesia©s legal pluralism, including some that impact on the operation of financial markets. aspects of Islamic law - particularly family law; recent constitutional The content includes an introductory examination of how contractual and institutional reform in Indonesia; aspects of doing business in and other relationships underlie financial transactions; how financial Indonesia. assets (including financial instruments) are created, traded and used Textbooks as security; how corporate and trust structures are used by market Suggested background reading - Lindsey T (ed) Indonesia: Law and Society, participants as financing vehicles; and how financial transactions may 2nd edition, 2005. The Jakarta Post newspaper (available online at be challenged in an insolvency. www.thejakartapost.com). The prescribed text book is Lindsey, T, Indonesia: Law and Society, 2nd edition, 2005.

LAWS6071 LAWS6953 Labour Law Law of Asset Protection Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Joellen Riley and Dr Shae Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr David Chaikin Session: S2 McCrystal (S63), Prof Joellen Riley (S2) Session: S1 Late IntA, Semester 2 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x8000wd research Classes: block/intensive (S63), (1x2hr lec)/wk (S2) Corequisites: LAWS6252 paper(100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block (MLLR candidates) Prohibitions: WORK6116 Assessment: class participation Mode (10%), 1x1500 wd essay (25%), 1x take home exam (65%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Asset protection is concerned with the preservation and transmission Note: This unit is a compulsory unit for all MLLR candidates. MLLR candidates of property of individuals, families or corporations. It has the broad must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System (compulsory) as well as this unit purpose of minimising legal, business and political risks, by before undertaking the labour law optional units. safeguarding assets from seizure, loss and diminution in value. It is concerned with the protection of assets from potential creditors, The purpose of this unit is to introduce candidates to the principles of government expropriation, excessive taxation and catastrophic loss. labour law. It is designed specifically for MLLR candidates who do not It is a vital component of tax advice, wealth management and financial have a law degree or for any candidates with a law degree who have planning. not recently undertaken an undergraduate labour law course. The This unit examines the legal aspects of asset protection, from both goal of the unit is to equip candidates with the fundamental principles Australian and international perspectives. It provides a sound of labour law that they will need to undertake more advanced labour understanding of the legal techniques and principles of asset law units within the MLLR and LLM Degrees. It provides an introduction protection. The complex interaction between company law, the law to the contract of employment and the relevant principles governing of trusts and property, tax and estate planning laws, bankruptcy and the employment relationship, including termination of employment. It insolvency laws is analysed. The unit focuses on the laws of a select then introduces candidates to the workplace relations framework number of offshore jurisdictions, as well as international trust law. It including collective bargaining and industrial conflict; the modern role examines the legal impediments and ethics of asset protection. of awards and statutory regulation of wages and conditions. Anti-money laundering rules and the civil and criminal liabilities of The unit is compulsory for candidates enrolled in the MLLR. However, trustees and professional advisers are also covered. the requirement to take this unit may be waived upon application to the Program Coordinator if the candidate can demonstrate proficiency LAWS6164 in the course objectives gained through completing a recent Law of Derivatives Markets undergraduate law course in labour law or work experience. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof John Currie Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: class participation (30%), LAWS6932 1x7000wd research essay (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of Law and Investment in Asia delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Simon Butt, Assoc Prof Luke Note: This unit replaced Regulation of Derivatives Products & Markets Nottage Session: S1 Late Int Classes: block/intensive Assessment: class participation (10%), 1x2000-2500wd take home exam (30%), 1x5000wd essay This unit studies the development and the current state of regulation (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode of derivatives products and markets in Australia. It examines both exchange-traded markets and products and ©over the counter© (OTC) The aim of this unit is to provide students with a broad overview of markets and products. A central theme to the unit is the extent to the key legal issues commonly faced when investing and doing which derivatives products and markets require special legal and business in Asia. This unit covers areas of commercial law in three regulatory treatment, by comparison with securities markets and other of the following jurisdictions: China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and financial markets. India. The unit focuses on the issues related to direct foreign The unit aims to introduce candidates to the way in which the investment by Australian or other foreign businesses in the jurisdictions Australian markets have developed and how they are currently dealt with in the course. Issues covered will include laws related to regulated and to place Australian developments in regulation within foreign investment, and also related laws of contract, labour law, a regional and international context. The unit will commence with a corporate governance, intellectual property, Islamic finance law (where description of the markets and a discussion of the history and themes relevant) and WTO compliance. The unit will also cover key issues in of regulatory policy in this area, and then proceed with a detailed modern comparative law which may assist students in their study of treatment of the regulation of futures contracts, OTC products and ©foreign© legal systems. market delineation. Australian exchange-market regulation will then LAWS6135 be examined, together with the regulation of OTC markets in Australia Law and Society in Indonesia and the course of reform of regulation in this area, culminating in the reforms introduced through the Financial Services Reform (FSR) Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Simon Butt Session: S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x7000-8000wd essay (100%) or class legislation, which now comprises Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act. presentation and 1xtake home exam (50%) and 3000wd essay (50%) Campus: Current regulation of the markets and participants under the FSR Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode regime will then be examined.

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The unit will give special attention to developing areas of regulation, torts. Some elements of the unit will be tailored in accordance with including: changes to the legal concept of a ©market©; the way in which the requirements of the particular specialist programs. intermediaries, including brokers, advisers and market-makers, are regulated; intermediaries© duties; international and comparative law LAWS6077 issues arising from the development of a global market and electronic Legal Research 1 trading. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Terry Carney Session: Semester Upon completion of the unit, the student should have an understanding 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Prohibitions: not available to coursework candidates Assessment: 1x4000-6000wd essay (60%), 1x critical analysis of another of the development, nature and current regulation of derivatives, how candidate©s research strategy essay (30%) and class participation (10%) the Australian markets operate, their relationship tor regional and Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal global markets and the likely direction of regulatory reform. (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Note: compulsory for all research degree candidates. The unit must be LAWS6112 undertaken within the first year of candidature. Law of Tax Administration The primary goal of this unit is to develop skills in undertaking a Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Assoc Prof Cynthia Coleman significant piece of legal research at levels of sophistication suitable Session: S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: It is for examination (in case of thesis candidates), and/or publication. At recommended that candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake the conclusion of the unit it is anticipated that members of the class LAWS6128 or LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult will be able to conceptualise the issues to be researched; will be able the Taxation Program Coordinator. Assessment: 1x3000wd assignment (30%), to locate relevant legal and other materials (using both hard copy and 1x2hr exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block electronic bibliographic aids); will be able to place and sustain an Mode argument (a ©thesis©); and will be able to assess both the quality of Note: This unit replaced LAWS6112 Tax Administration that work and to judge the merits of other approaches to planning Tax Administration is a study of the theoretical and practical issues such research. It is expected that candidates will become familiar with that arise in the administration of the Australian tax system, using comparative materials (both within the federation and concentrating primarily on the income tax. The unit of study is international), and will gain a working familiarity with relevant research structured around the key design features of any system of tax techniques of other disciplines in the social sciences. The unit aims administration, namely ascertainment of liability (particularly self to encourage debate about the respective merits of different assessment), dispute resolution, and collection and recovery of tax. approaches, ethical issues, and the hallmarks of ©quality© research. Particular emphasis will be given to the reforms implemented as a result of the Government©s Review of Self Assessment. Wherever LAWS7001 relevant, the interaction of administration issues with the substantive Legal Research 2 provisions of the tax law will be considered. Candidates should gain Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Terry Carney Session: Semester an understanding of the foundational rules underlying the 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Prerequisites: LAWS6077 Assessment: preparation administration of the income tax laws and a detailed knowledge of the of an approved foundation chapter (70%) and class participation (30%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day application of those laws to a variety of common dealings between Note: compulsory for PhD and SJD candidates taxpayers and the tax administration. The unit will cover the following topics: higher degree research - LAWS6047 students, supervisors and the faculty; refining your thesis - lessons Law of the Sea from the strategy; developing/locating your thesis - lessons from the Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Tim Stephens Session: S2 Late strategy; comparative law techniques; using international law materials; IntA Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1xessay (60%) and 1xtake home using historical materials/methods; conceptualising and researching exam (40%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode the law in action; narratives, interviews, case-studies and other This unit reviews the major areas of the law of the sea in the 1982 ©selective© forms of analysis; quantitative research methods - common UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, additional international pitfalls; quantitative research methods - forms of presentation and conventions and agreements and current state practice. Each of the analysis; current problems in research & presentation; current major maritime zones is assessed in addition to a specific review of problems II; and overview and review. sectorial issues such as navigation rights and the marine environment. Appropriate reference will be made to Australian law and practice. LAWS7002 Legal Research 3 LAWS6252 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Hilary Astor Session: S2 Late Legal Reasoning & the Common Law System IntA Classes: Candidates are required to attend an initial meeting as scheduled on the timetable. 2xother sessions (including 1xday presentation given by Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Reg Graycar, Mr Michael Skinner candidates) will be decided at this meeting Prerequisites: LAWS6077 and Session: S1 Intensive, S1 Late IntB, S2 Late IntA, S2 Late IntB Classes: LAWS7001 Assessment: Assessment will be on a pass/fail basis. The block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6881 Assessment: Prof Graycar assessments are 1. Seminar presentation on an aspect of the candidate©s thesis; (compulsory class work, 1xtake home exam) and Mr Skinner (compulsory 2. A written outline of goals for the unit and written reflection on achievements attendance/completion of workshops, 2x2500wd assignments - 50% each) during the course and 3. Reading, commenting on and providing written feedback Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode on a chapter of the thesis of another class member. Campus: Note: International candidates who are required to enrol in this unit must Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode undertake classes during the first week of their study Note: compulsory for PhD and SJD candidates

This is a compulsory unit for all postgraduate candidates who do not This unit provides candidates who are nearing the end of the process hold a law degree or equivalent from a common law jurisdiction of writing their thesis with the support and resources to assist them entering the: Master of Administrative Law and Policy; Master of to complete in a timely manner. It provides opportunities for participants Business Law; Master of Environmental Law; Master of Environmental to refine and improve their writing by exposing central ideas from their Science and Law; Master of Global Law; Master of Health Law; Master theses to constructive criticism by colleagues; to develop the skills of of International Business and Law; Master of Labour Law and presentation of scholarly work in an academic setting; to provide Relations as well as Graduate Diplomas offered in these programs. access to a group of people who are all engaged in completing theses The unit has been designed to equip candidates with the necessary and who can provide informed support.The unit can be tailored to the legal skills and legal knowledge to competently apply themselves in needs of individual candidates. their chosen area of law. Instruction will cover the legislative process; the judiciary and specialist tribunals; precedent; court hierarchies; legal reasoning; constitutional law; administrative law; contracts; and

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LAWS6827 The objectives of the unit are: Identify where mediation sits amongst Legal Responsibility & Philosoph of Mind available dispute resolution processes, its distinguishing characteristics Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Christopher Birch SC and advantages and the legal environment in which it is used in Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: class presentation resolving commercial disputes; (30%) and 1x5000wd essay (70%) or 1x7500wd essay (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Learn to apply mediation principles and techniques in the resolution of commercial disputes; and Explore topical issues in commercial Legal responsibility often depends upon ascribing fault or blame for mediation. conduct. This involves several important concepts. Firstly, the The content of the unit will cover the following topics: Elements of ascription of some mental element, whether it be mens rea in the case principled negotiation techniques in commercial mediation, the seven of crime, or the lesser notions of fault relied upon in civil liability. elements of a good outcome, hard and soft positional bargaining, their Secondly, that these intentional mental states caused the conduct for advantages and disadvantages, the superiority of principled which defendants are blamed. These concepts are philosophically negotiation, rules of thumb for more effective negotiation, the currently controversial, and current developments in the philosophy of mind perceived choice tool; Phases of and techniques used in mediation - assist in reflecting upon them. The unit will look at contemporary preparation, introduction, understanding, negotiation, agreement, philosophical work on free will, consciousness, mind and causation completion; Mediator accreditation and recognition, ethical obligations, and apply this work to present problems in regard to the concepts of conflicts, confidentiality, without prejudice privilege and its exceptions, legal responsibility. notifiable events, statutory schemes, complaints about mediators, Textbooks liability of mediators, liability of lawyers, compellability to testify, Lowe:EJ, An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind, Cambridge U.P., Cambridge mandatory mediation, whether serving judges should mediate, dangers 2000 to facilitative mediation, med-arb and how to make it attractive, online LAWS6944 mediation; Mediation in particular types of commercial dispute e.g. Manipulation & Abuse: Global Secur Mkts debt, franchising, intellectual property, IT, defamation, professional negligence, health care, farm debt, retail tenancy, where there are Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Greg O©Mahoney Session: S2 Late IntA Classes: block/intensive Assessment: class participation (20%), insurers, class actions, civil penalty cases e.g. trade practices and 1xpresentation (20%), 1x5000wd research essay (60%) Campus: securities regulation, where government is a party, where the real Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode decision-maker cannot attend; and Cases and materials. This unit aims to introduce candidates to key concepts at the heart of LAWS6877 capital market regulation focusing on practices that threaten the Mental Illness: Law and Policy integrity of global securities markets. The unit focuses on recent Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Duncan Chappell Session: developments (including high profile prosecutions for market abuse) S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x3000wd assignment in Australia and the United States while selecting other jurisdictions (40%), 1x4500wd research paper (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington (most notably China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Europe and Hong Mode of delivery: Block Mode Kong) that are relevant to the different subjects considered.The topics This unit deals with the law relating to mental health issues in Australia addressed will include: market manipulation, insider trading, including human rights principles. Background material on the nature non-disclosure and fraud-on-the-market, penalties, regulation of hedge and incidence of mental illness, psychiatric and medical issues, as funds and developments in emerging markets. well criminological and public policy literature will be considered where LAWS6821 relevant. The unit covers substantive issues from civil treatment, Mediation - Skills and Theory welfare law, and criminal law. Topics covered will include: the social context of mental illness and the current and historical approaches to Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Hilary Astor Session: Semester 2b Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6935 Assessment: class treatment of the mentally ill; contemporary State, Territorial and Federal participation (25%), reflective journal (formative assessment), 1xessay dealing involvement in mental health policy and legislation; the present with mediation practice issues (25%) and 1x3500wd essay on mediation theory framework of NSW mental health law and related welfare law including (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode the Mental Health Act, Guardianship Act, Protected Estates Act and Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: Candidates enrolling Mental Health (Criminal Procedure) Act; the process of scheduling in this unit need to commit themselves to attending all classes.The skills learning takes place in class and skills are built incrementally from the beginning to the persons with a mental illness; review mechanisms including the roles end of the unit. Candidates cannot catch up on elements they have missed by of the medical superintendent, magistrates, the mental health review doing reading outside class - they must participate in all scheduled sessions. If tribunal and the Supreme Court; longer term detention of the mentally candidates have a problem with attendance, they should postpone enrolling or ill; community treatment and community counselling orders; protected transfer to another unit by the relevant census date. estates and guardianship orders; electroconvulsive therapy; consent This unit will teach you the fundamental skills and theory of mediation. to surgery and special medical treatment; the defence of not guilty on The skills component of the unit will be extensive and is the reason the grounds of mental illness, the review of forensic patients and the for the limited enrolment. However, mediation is not simply a exercise of the executive discretion; the issue of unfitness to be tried; procedural template that can be learned and applied to every dispute the involuntary treatment of prisoners in the correctional system; and with benefit. It raises interesting and complex issues of theory and proposals and options for reform. ethics, which will be integrated with the skills components of the unit. Issues of culture, power, mediator neutrality and ethical dilemmas for LAWS6151 the mediator will be considered. Netherlands International Tax Textbooks Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Professor Kees van Raad Session: S1 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assessment: class participation (20%), Laurence Boulle Mediation Skills and Techniques Butterworths, Australia, 2001 1xtake home exam (80%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode LAWS6935 Mediation of Commercial Disputes The Netherlands remains one of the world©s major tax jurisdictions for Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Alan L Limbury, Mr Robert routing investments. Netherlands taxation thus has significant effects Angyal, Ms Joanna Kalowski Session: S1 Late IntC Classes: block/intensive for inbound and outbound investment between Australia and the world. Prohibitions: LAWS6821 Assumed knowledge: Available to law graduates This unit will be of interest to tax professionals who have dealings only Assessment: class participation (20%), 1xreflective journal (10%), 1xgroup project (20%), 1x5000wd essay on practical issues in commercial mediation involving the Netherlands tax system and treaty network. (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode The objective of the unit is to provide an overview of the income tax Note: Department permission required for enrolment. system of the Netherlands and a detailed analysis of the most

153 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study important legislative and treaty rules of the Netherlands in the Note: Department permission required for enrolment. international income tax area, especially in dealings with Australia. This unit looks at the role of plain English in legal writing, with particular Upon successful completion of the unit, participants will have an emphasis on contract drafting, property documents, statutes, and advanced understanding of the policies of the Netherlands rules for advice-writing. It examines the reasons for the "traditional" style of taxing international transactions as well as a detailed knowledge of legal writing, the research into the advantages and disadvantages of the principles of income tax law applicable to inbound and outbound plain English, and the techniques for writing law in plain English.Topics transactions in the Netherlands. include the assumptions behind using plain English in law, the The unit includes a study of: Overview of the Netherlands income tax problems with terms of art and judicially-defined words and phrases, system; Taxation of inbound investment in the Netherlands; Taxation the causes of ambiguities in legal documents, and aspects of of outbound investment in the Netherlands; Transfer pricing in the document design. Netherlands; Netherlands tax treaties; Australia Netherlands Tax Treaty and Impact of EU law. LAWS6197 Policing Australian Society LAWS6848 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Mark Findlay Session: S1 Late New Directions in Public Health Law IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1xclass presentation (20%), Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Roger Magnusson Session: S1 1xin-class test (10%), 1xresearch paper (30%) and 1xexam (40%) Campus: Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assessment: compulsory classwork (20%) Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode and 1x6000wd research paper (80%) or take-home exam (80%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode This unit traces the development of civil policing in Australia. Policy Note: compulsory for GradDipPubHL candidates is viewed both within and beyond the state. Certain unique features of contemporary police practice are highlighted and critical Can the law improve public health? If so, how does it do this, and to consideration is given to the community framework within which the what extent should we let it? This unit aims to deepen candidates© police now operate. Current issues in policy are discussed and debated appreciation of the role and possibilities of law as an instrument of in a context of justice and the inextricable connection with policing. policy designed to protect and promote public health. In particular, The principle themes of the unit are: concepts of policing; the history this unit will examine the contribution law is making (and could make) and contemporary philosophy of policing and current issues in the through novel forms of regulation, in areas where law©s presence is institutions and processes of policing in Australia. The topics around contested, and where the public health challenge that law responds which the seminars are constructed juxtapose crucial features of police to is novel, unique, or an emerging one. Key topics include: the limits work such as discretion, accountability, culture and authority against of law©s role in promoting human health; future prospects for tobacco contemporary challenges such as malpractice, professionalism, control; the obesity epidemic; healthy environments; regulating alcohol; community policing and police powers. and the role of law and policy in responding to new epidemics (with a focus on Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD), and vCJD (the human LAWS6245 form of "mad cow©s disease"). If time permits, the unit will briefly Policing Bodies: Crime, Sex & Reproducti consider future themes in public health law, including the intersection Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Kristin Savell Session: S1 Late between genetics and public health, and future priorities for global Int Classes: block/intensive Assessment: class presentation (10%), 1xtake health governance. home exam or 1x5000wd research essay (60%), 1x1500wd write-up of class presentation (30%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Throughout the unit, candidates will be encouraged to critically Block Mode evaluate the success of the strategies law adopts to protect and promote public health, to explore new strategies that law might adopt, This unit explores intersections between the criminal law, health law and to reflect on the tension between the public interest in protecting and medical practice in the regulation of the body. The unit will begin health, and competing interests. with a critical examination of legal constructions of the individual and branch out to consider specific situations in which the body is subjected Textbooks to regulation or control in the fields of sexual desire, body modification Useful references include: 1) Christopher Reynolds, Public Health Law and Regulation, Federation Press, 2004 [Australia focus] and 2) Lawrence O. Gostin, and reproduction. The unit will consider sex reassignment, Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint, University of California Press, 2000 sado-masochistic sexual practices and HIV transmission, genital [US focus] alterations, limb amputation and anorexia; abortion, sex selection and prenatal genetic diagnosis; drug use and consent to medical treatment LAWS6956 during pregnancy; enforced sterilisation. Each case study will provide Personal Property Securities a concrete context in which to consider the connections between: Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Sheelagh McCracken, Prof John characterisations of autonomy and bodily integrity; understandings of Stumbles Session: S1 Late IntC, S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x3000wd assignment (30%), 1x2hr open book exam (70%) risk and responsibility; and the legal regulation of certain bodies (eg Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode gay/lesbian, transgendered, fetal, maternal, conjoined, disabled).The intersections between race, gender, disability and sexuality will be This unit analyses the proposed Personal Property Securities considered. Throughout the unit, candidates will reflect on the extent legislation, drawing attention to how it will change the existing law to which ©medical© and ©criminal© responses are collaborative.This unit regulating the rights of the secured creditors. will equip students to think critically about the interplay between The unit focuses on the concepts of attachment, perfection and technologies of the body and the law, and to map possible future security. It examines the nature of security interests regulated by the directions for criminal law, health law and public policy. legislation, together with the registration, priority and enforcement regimes. Consideration is also given to the conflict of law rules LAWS6890 contained in the legislation. In discussing the Australian position, the Principles of Defamation Law unit will compare similar legislation in Canada and New Zealand. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr David Rolph Session: S1 Late IntA Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: Candidates who have completed LAWS6950 an undergraduate or postgraduate unit in defamation law Assumed knowledge: Plain English in Legal Writing undergraduate law degree Assessment: 1x2500wd assignment (30%), 1x2hr exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Em Profr Peter Butt Session: S1 Late Int Classes: block/intensive. See Sydney Law School in Europe Defamation law is a complex area of law that has a significant impact www.law.usyd.edu.au/ Assumed knowledge: undergraduate law degree, on everyday communications, especially the mass media. This unit completed legal studies as part of a business or commerce degree or LAWS6252 Assessment: 1x4000 wd research assignment (40%), 1x4000 wd substantial of study is designed for candidates who hold an undergraduate law drafting exercise (40%), class participation, including drafting assignments (20%) degree but have not studied defamation law before. It seeks to Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode introduce candidates to the principles of liability for defamation. It will

154 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study analyse issues of defamatory capacity and meaning; identification; law, and their relationship with municipal (Australian) law. publication; defences to defamation, including truth, absolute and Consideration will also be given to principles of state responsibility, qualified privilege and comment; and remedies for defamation, immunities, and dispute resolution while drawing on illustrations from including damages and interlocutory injunctions. human rights and the environment. This unit also provides a preliminary investigation of the effects of the globalisation of law and LAWS6951 its impact on domestic legal systems. Principles of US Taxation Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Micah Burch Session: Semester LAWS6257 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: Candidates who are not Public Policy working in tax area and have not studied tax in the last 5 years should undertake Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Patricia Apps Session: S2 Late LAWS6825 before or concurrently with this unit Assessment: classwork (30%), IntB Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6139, LAWS6042, 1x2hr open book exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of LAWS6113 Assessment: 1x problem based assignment and class presentation delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day of a case study (10%), 1xresearch essay (90%) Campus: This unit will outline the basic principles of US income taxation.Topics Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode may include: an overview of the US tax system; introduction to tax Note: compulsory for MALP candidates policy; defining the tax base (income and deductions); timing issues; The aim of the unit is to provide an understanding of the role of tax accounting; calculating gain or loss and capital gains and losses; government policy within the analytical framework of welfare the taxpayer; taxation of individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, economics. Questions of central interest include: What are the and other entities; tax controversies and procedure. conditions that justify government intervention? How can policies be The unit does not cover US International Taxation, which is dealt with designed to support basic principles of social justice? What kinds of in a separate unit LAWS6171. reforms promote economic efficiency? Applications will range from taxation and social security to LAWS6948 environmental regulation and protection, and will cover the following Private International Law specific topics: The structure of the Australian tax-benefit system; Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Ross Anderson Session: S1 Late Uncertainty and social insurance; Unemployment, health and IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1xtake home exam (100%) retirement income insurance; Externalities, environmental taxes and Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode tradeable permits; Monopoly and environmental regulation; Utility Private international law (or conflict of laws) is the part of local or pricing and access problems; Cost benefit analysis, intergenerational municipal law which is concerned with legal questions which have a equity and growth. transborder or transnational dimension i.e. a relevant connection with The unit will provide an overview of the main empirical methodologies a foreign legal system. This unit of study is a general course intended used in evaluating policy reforms in these areas. Candidates may to provide a comprehensive survey of the problems, methods and select to specialise in one or more of the policy areas. techniques of private international law. Topics covered include the function and purpose of private international law; personal jurisdiction LAWS6198 and the enforcement of foreign judgments; choice of law, with particular Refugee Law reference to tort, contract, property and marriage; limits to the Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Ben Saul Session: application of foreign law, with particular reference to the distinction Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: class participation (20%), between substance and procedure, proof of foreign law, public policy 1x8000wd research essay (80%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of and other exclusionary doctrines; and the problem of renvoi (which delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day may arise where a foreign legal system©s private international law Refugee Law provides candidates with a practical and theoretical refers a legal question back to the law of the forum or, exceptionally, understanding of the development and operation of international the law of a third country). refugee law, and forced migration more broadly. Forced migration is not a new phenomenon. What has changed over the last century is LAWS6919 the scale and frequency of the conflagrations causing the mass Problems in Contract Formation movement of peoples and the ease with which individuals have Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Michael Furmston Session: become able to move around the world in search of protection. S1 Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: undergraduate law degree Assessment: 1x10,000wd essay (100%) Campus: Although Australia©s experience of direct refugee flows has been Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode limited, it has not escaped the phenomenon of mobile refugees. Non-citizens who come uninvited and thereafter seek protection as Issues surrounding contract formation are the most litigated contract refugees are the source of inordinate public concern and debate.The law matters. This unit, after some introductory classes on contract controversy arises in part from a sense of loss of control of immigration, formation, will concentrate on some of the more problematic aspects and also from the cost of the processes available to asylum seekers of contract formation. Topics covered will include letters of intent, fighting to remain here. Having signed and ratified the key international letters of comfort, conditional contract, tender, electronic contracts, treaties, Australia has assumed certain international legal obligations good faith in contract negotiation, the battle of the forms and with respect to refugees. The most important is the obligation not to pre-contractual liability. return or ©refoule© a refugee to a place where she or he faces persecution on one of five grounds. LAWS6243 Public International Law This unit is designed to give candidates a critical understanding of the international legal regime of refugee protection. It begins with an Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Fleur Johns (S6), Dr Jacqueline Mowbray (S2) Session: S1 Intensive, Semester 2 Classes: block/intensive overview of the evolution of refugee law at the international level, (S6), (1x2hr lec)/wk (S2) Assessment: 1x3000wd essay (40%) and 1x2.5hr considering the various conceptualizations of refugeehood that have exam (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal characterized international agreements from the period of the League (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day of Nations through to the present day. The unit then turns to issues Note: compulsory for MIL and GradDipIntLaw candidates who have not such as the definition of the term ©refugee© under international (and completed any previous study in international law and pre-requisite for other law units regional) law, the express exclusion of certain persons from refugee status, the rights and obligations accorded to refugees, the broadening This unit of study is an introduction to the general problems of public of international protection through principles of human rights and international law designed for students with no prior background in humanitarian law (©complementary protection©), and the impact of this area. Particular attention will be given to the function and scope terrorism on asylum procedures and eligibility. It considers attempts of international law, with particular reference to sources of international by States to restrict access to asylum through mechanisms such as

155 14. Descriptions of postgraduate units of study carrier sanctions, interdiction, transit processing centres, detention, comparative and jurisprudential studies of Chinese environmental law and ©safe third countries© to which asylum seekers may be removed. and policy. Contemporary protection concerns, such as mass influx situations The lectures and field trips are undertaken over a period of two weeks. and temporary protection, flight from generalized violence and civil The unit is taught principally by Chinese academics at Shanghai war, internal displacement, burden-sharing, and the question of Jiaotong University. Candidates are given an introduction to Chinese ©economic migrants© and ©environmental refugees©, are also addressed. law and the Chinese legal system before embarking on a study of These considerations necessarily require an understanding of the role Chinese environmental law. Field trips are included. It is likely that of international organizations such UNHCR, the mechanisms in place there will be a visit to the State Environment Protection Authority and for refugee status determination and appeals in Australia and abroad, to Huangshan, a World Heritage area. and the jurisprudence that has developed internationally and in Australia relating to the qualification and rights of asylum seekers, LAWS6008 refugees and other persons in need of protection. Takeovers and Reconstructions Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed LAWS6957 knowledge: LAWS6810 or background in Australian corporate law Shareholders© Remedies Assessment: 2xclass assignments and 1x2hr open book exam Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Elizabeth Boros Session: S1 Late IntA Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: LAWS6810 or This unit will involve detailed study of the requirements of chapters background in Australian corporate law Assessment: class work (30%), 1x6000wd essay (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: 6A, 6B and 6C of the Corporations Act with respect to the acquisition Block Mode of company shares and takeovers. It will also examine selected aspects of the law concerning corporate reconstruction where a The unit objectives are: Examine the common problems experienced change of control is involved (including schemes of arrangement, by members of various types of company; Understand strategies for selective reductions of capital and other forms of compulsory preventing or remedying those problems without recourse to litigation; acquisition of minority holdings). The unit is taught by lawyers with Understand the litigious remedies available to combat those problems; extensive experience in takeovers and reconstructions. and Explore likely trends for future development of the law. The unit examines shareholders© remedies, exploring both litigious LAWS6945 and non-litigious remedies. Tax and Commercial Laws of the CIS Litigious remedies include: class actions and recent developments in Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Paul Stephan Session: S1 Late derivative litigation, as well as oppression, winding up, alteration of IntC Classes: block/intensive Assessment: class participation (30%), 1xexam the constitution, dilution of equity stakes and compulsory acquisition (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode of minority shareholdings. This unit will acquaint the candidates with the basic elements of the Non-litigious remedies include: the role of advance planning, drafting tax systems that exist in most of the CIS countries. The objective is issues in relation to shareholders© agreements and constitutional not to review the variations among these countries, but rather to focus provisions, and the scope for activism by institutional and retail on the fundamental structural aspects and the practice problems that shareholders in listed public companies. they present to the foreign investor. The challenges of administering taxation in an emerging market, as illustrated by the famous Yukos LAWS6124 case, will be highlighted. Stamp Duties Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Mark Richmond (Coordinator), Mr LAWS6840 Peter Green, Mr Richard Giannone Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr Tax of Business and Investment Income A lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: It is recommended that candidates who are not Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Chloe Burnett, Prof Michael Dirkis working in the tax area and have not taken an undergraduate tax unit in Australia (S1 - Law School), Prof Michael Dirkis (S2 - Taxation Training Program) in the past five years undertake LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in Session: Semester 1, Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Prohibitions: doubt, please consult the Taxation Program Coordinator. Assessment: 1x LAWS6190 Assessment: 1x3000wd class essay (30%) and 1x2hr exam (70%) exam (60%) and 1x class assignment (40%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington or 1x7500wd research paper (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day The object of this unit is to consider in detail the application of the Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions: stamp duties legislation to various commercial transactions. Particular Semester 2. attention will be paid to the ongoing attempts to enact uniform This unit, along with LAWS6841 Taxation of Business and Investment legislation in the Australian states. Upon successful completion of this Income B, is designed to provide an advanced study of the tax unit a candidate should have an advanced understanding of the treatment of various important business transactions. It provides a fundamental principles underlying the operation of the state stamp detailed examination of the income tax and capital gains treatment of duties laws and detailed knowledge of the application of stamp duties selected complex commercial transactions and their impact on the to a variety of common commercial transactions.The unit will examine tax base. the stamp duties legislation and the application of the provisions of The goal of the unit is to develop an understanding of the policies, those acts to various property, contractual and trust situations detailed rules and current practical problems involved in this area of commonly encountered in practice. taxation, through the analysis of a number of specific problems discussed in each seminar. Because of continual change to the LAWS6154 taxation system, recent legislative amendments and judicial decisions Sustainable Development Law in China will be examined in detail where applicable. The unit will cover the Credit points: 12 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Nicola Franklin, Em Prof Ben following topics: Core income and expense rules and operational Boer Session: S1 Late Int Classes: block/intensive classes to be held at Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China Assessment: 1x15000wd research paper concepts underlying the income tax system; Treatment of realised (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode business income and the differentiation of gains liable only to CGT; Note: For further travel information, please visit Treatment of business expenses and the differentiation of expenses www.law.usyd.edu.au/accel/index.shtml or contact [email protected] recoverable under depreciation, CGT regimes or not at all; Issues in This 12 credit point unit comprises an intensive series of lectures and the treatment of trading stock; Issues in the tax treatment of the costs field trips in Shanghai, People©s Republic of China, followed by (and revenues) associated with business equipment. supervised research. The location for lectures is Shanghai Jiaotong This unit can be taken alone or in conjunction with LAWS6841 Taxation University.The unit is designed to: introduce the legal and institutional of Business and Investment Income B. framework of environmental law and policy in China; and encourage

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This unit is designed for candidates who already have a sound grasp before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation Program of the Australian tax system and who wish to deepen their tax skills Coordinator. Assessment: 1xexam or 1xresearch essay (70%), class work (30%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode and expertise by further study. If you are not currently working in tax, or if you have not undertaken undergraduate tax study in Australia This unit is designed to provide an advanced study of Australia©s within the past five years, it is recommended that you undertake international tax treaties against the background of the OECD Model LAWS6825 The Impact of Tax on Business Structures and Operations Tax Convention on Income and on Capital and to examine in-depth before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, consult a member of the several current practical issues of international taxation arising from academic staff in the tax program. tax treaties especially the review of Australia©s treaty policy following the Review of Business Taxation. Upon successful completion of this LAWS6841 unit a candidate should have an advanced understanding of the Tax of Business and Investment Income B policies underlying the Australian tax treaty position in relation to the Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Graeme Cooper Session: S2 taxation of various kinds of income, as well as a detailed knowledge Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6150 Assumed of the law applicable to interpretation of Australia©s treaties. The unit knowledge: It is recommended that candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five includes a study of: principles of double tax treaties; interpretation of years undertake LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please tax treaties; the detailed articles of the OECD Model and Australian consult the Taxation Program Coordinator. Assessment: 1x3000wd class essay tax treaties; impact of tax treaties on investing overseas, including a (30%) and 1x2hr exam (70%) or 1x7500wd research paper (70%) Campus: study of the US international tax systems; entities and tax treaties. Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day

This unit, along with LAWS6840 Taxation of Business and Investment LAWS6946 Income A, is designed to provide an advanced study of the tax Tax Treaties Special Issues treatment of important business transactions. It gives a detailed Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Richard Vann Session: Semester examination of the income tax and capital gains treatment of various 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: classwork (30%), 1xexam or 1xresearch essay (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: complex commercial transactions and their impact on the tax base. Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day The goal of the unit is to develop an understanding of the policies, detailed rules and current practical problems involved in this area of This unit of study considers the increasing number of specialised taxation, through the analysis of a number of specific problems which topics in the area of tax treaties, largely reflecting the work of the will be discussed in each seminar. Because of continual change to OECD on tax treaties currently and in the last decade.Topics covered the taxation system, recent legislative amendments and judicial include: OECD policy development processes, business restructures, decisions will be examined in detail where applicable. The unit will international transport, high value services, education and government, cover the following topics: Issues in business financing;The treatment expatriates, superannuation and pensions, entities (companies, of income and expenses relating to the use and development of land partnerships, trusts and collective investment vehicles), triangular and buildings;Treatment of income and expenses relating to intangible cases, conflicts of qualification, non-discrimination, tax competition, business assets; Tax accounting rules for the recognition of income tax arbitrage, and the relationship between tax treaties and other areas and expenses; Simplified tax system and other small business of international law. measures; and Specific and general anti- tax avoidance rules. The unit can be taken alone or in conjunction with LAWS6840 Taxation LAWS6125 of Business and Investment Income A. This unit is designed for Taxation of Corporate Finance candidates who already have a sound grasp of the Australian tax Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Graeme Cooper Session: S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: It is recommended system and who wish to deepen their tax skills and expertise by further that candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an study. undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation Program LAWS6129 Coordinator. Assessment: 1x exam (70%), classwork (30%) Campus: Tax of CFCs, FIFs and Transferor Trusts Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Note: This unit replaced LAWS6125 Taxation of Financial Transactions Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Michael Dirkis Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: It is recommended that This unit will analyse the current law on taxation of financial candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6128 transactions in Australia. The taxation of banks and other financial or LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation institutions will also be examined in passing. Program Coordinator. Assessment: 1x3000wd assignment (30%) and 1x2hr The unit focuses on the tax consequences of issuing, holding and exam (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day transacting with common financing instruments, including innovative financial instruments such as forwards futures and other derivative Taxation of CFCs, FIFs and Transferor Trusts is a detailed study of instruments. Transactions denominated in Australian and foreign Australia©s anti-deferral rules. The unit examines the taxation of currency are examined as well as forex derivatives. The unit also Australian residents with interests in foreign entities, such as foreign examines various forms of corporate equity-based financing including companies, trusts and partnerships, and the application of the CFC, preference share financing, convertible notes and leasing. These FIF, transferor trust, and deemed present entitlement rules to those transactions are examined applying the both the recently enacted interests. The unit focuses particularly on the design differences taxation of financial arrangements rules, as well as under the default between those rules, and their interactions and reconciliations. The rules which apply apart from TOFA. Domestic and selected withholding unit will critically examine the policy underlying the rules and evaluate tax issues will be examined. whether they effectively achieve their policy objectives, whether they Upon successful completion of this unit a candidate should have an are susceptible to tax planning and what their effects are on advanced understanding of the technical rules underlying the taxation compliance, including compliance costs. There will be consideration of financial institutions and certain specified financial transactions. of the ongoing reform of the rules. Candidates should gain a detailed understanding of the design and application of Australia©s anti-deferral LAWS6244 rules. Taxation of Corporate Groups Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Richard Vann Session: S2 LAWS6177 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: It is recommended Tax Treaties that candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Brian Arnold Session: S1 Late undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6030 IntB Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: It is recommended that before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation Program candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an Coordinator. Assessment: 1xexam (70%) and classwork (30%) Campus: undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6128 Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode

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The object of this unit is to examine the policy and practical issues (30%) and 1x exam or 1xresearch paper (70%) Campus: that arise in the taxation of corporate groups in Australia. The focus Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day is on the tax reforms arising out of the Review of Business Taxation: This unit consists of a detailed examination of the effects of income the consolidation regime and the rules that apply to related taxation on the superannuation and insurance industries with emphasis corporations, even if not consolidated. The unit covers: policy and on recent reforms.The goal of the unit, in general terms, is to develop history of grouping; entry into consolidation; effects of consolidation; an understanding of the Australian taxation regime for taxing the exit from consolidation; losses in corporate groups; value shifting. capital and income of these industries, through the analysis of a number of specific problems which will be discussed in detail in each LAWS6892 seminar. Topics covered include: the Superannuation Industry Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions (Supervision) Act: introduction to the policy and regulatory framework; Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Graeme Cooper Session: S2 taxation of superannuation: overview of policy and legislative Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Corequisites: LAWS6030 Assessment: 1x3000wd assignment (30%), 1x2hr exam (70%) Campus: framework; superannuation contributions: SGC, award, employment, Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode contracting, deductions; taxation of superannuation funds; benefit limits; taxation of eligible termination payments; taxation of pensions The unit will focus on the tax issues arising on the takeover or and annuities; taxation of life insurance as it relates to superannuation; re-organisation of a corporation. Unique and complex tax issues arise taxation of life insurance companies on non-superannuation business; for the corporation, its existing shareholders and, in the case of a and taxation of general insurance business. takeover, its acquirer. These issues will influence the method of effecting the transaction, the method of financing it and indirectly the LAWS6926 price paid. The Business of Tax Administration For takeovers, the unit will examine the impact of a takeover on the Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Carson McNeill Session: S1 Late various tax attributes located in the target company, the computation IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1xtake home exam (100%) of its income in the year of change, the recovery of its losses and the Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode limits on losses available to shareholders because of the In response to Government demand for greater revenues and anti-duplication rules. We also consider how the tax system might administrative effectiveness, tax administrators have adopted a influence the method of financing the takeover. business like approach to the way they manage and lead their The unit will also examine the impact for shareholders and the administrations. Within an environment of increasing complexity, the corporation of undertaking the merger of two or more corporations. need to improve the level of voluntary compliance and to detect and The unit will also examine the impact for shareholders, intermediaries deter taxpayer non compliance whilst reducing administrative overhead and the corporation of the de-merger of a corporation from a group and the cost to business when complying with the tax laws has of corporations. required new thinking by tax administrators as to how to deliver the For reconstructions, the unit will examine the impact for shareholders outcomes sought by their key stakeholders. This unit explores the and the corporation of selected transactions: conversion into corporate changing nature of tax administration as it responds to these demands. form, change of corporate form and the re-capitalisation of a Topics covered include: the use of revenue authorities; strategies and corporation. models used to improve voluntary compliance; administrative policy and legislative developments; the application of the self assessment LAWS6118 concept; the managing of risks to compliance; the measuring of Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts revenue assessment and collection performance; process Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Michael Dirkis, Adj Prof Karen re-engineering; and the developing of new capabilities and the Rooke Session: Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assumed knowledge: managing of change. It is recommended that candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult LAWS6938 the Taxation Program Coordinator. Assessment: 1xexam (70%) and classwork The Currency of Justice (30%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Pat O©Malley Session: S2 Late (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day IntB Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: Knowledge of some socio-legal or criminological theory Assessment: 1xtake home exam (50%), The object of this unit is to examine the policy and practical issues 1x5000wd essay (50%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: that arise in Australia by virtue of the rules for the taxation of income Block Mode derived through unincorporated entities.The focus is on partnerships, corporate limited partnerships, trusts, unit trusts, deceased estates, The unit examines money as the primary sanction both of civil and corporate unit trusts and public trading trusts. The goals of the unit criminal law. Concerns include the historical emergence and are to develop a detailed understanding of the policies, technical rules development of fines and damages, and an understanding of how and practical problems involved in the taxation of these arrangements. these relate to changes in the nature and governance primarily of Upon successful completion of this unit a candidate should have an common law countries. The use of fines in criminal justice and in advanced understanding of the technical rules underlying the taxation regulation will be studied, together with their use in the private sector. of partnerships and trusts in a variety of forms and in a variety of It will examine fines© effectiveness in producing compliance and the commercial situations. The unit covers: problems of taxing entities; impact of the money form of the fine on criminal and regulatory problems of taxing entities, partnerships and trusts contrasted with procedure. The unit raises issues of the ©justice © of money sanctions companies; classification of entities for tax purposes; taxation of such as fining the poor, and the gendered nature of money©s impact partners; taxation of trusts other than unit trusts and their beneficiaries; - as well as the techniques developed to deal with such matters and taxation of unit trusts and their beneficiaries; taxation of limited their roll-on effects. Money damages will be considered in similar partnerships. fashion. Also the unit focuses on the implications of damages as a form of compensation as well as their changing use as a technique LAWS6127 of punishing wrongdoers. A close examination will be made of the Taxation of Superannuation and Insurance nexus between money sanctions and other moneyed institutions, such Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Shayne Carter, Mr Andrew Mills as between tort law and state and private insurance. Also to be studied Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Prohibitions: LAWS6213 is the host of ©fees©, ©costs© and ©surcharges© levied in the justice system, Assumed knowledge: It is recommended that candidates who are not working and their nature and role as sanctions. in the tax area and have not taken an undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation Program Coordinator. Assessment: classwork

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LAWS6887 LAWS6119 The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth The State and Global Governance Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Peter Gerangelos Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Fleur Johns, Dr Jacqueline Mowbray (Coordinator), Mr Darrell Barnett, Mr Peter Kulevski Session: S1 Late IntB Session: S1 Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x1000-2000wd Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: It is assumed that candidates critique of a selected reading (25%), 1x250wd research essay abstract and have a good working knowledge of the Australian judicial system and Australian 1xpage reading list (10%) and 1x5000-6000wd research essay (65%) Campus: federal constitutional law. Only candidates with a law degree from an Australian Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode institution, or who have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction and have Note: This unit replaced LAWS6119 Theories of International Law studied Australian federal constitutional law will be permitted into the unit. Assessment: 1x2000wd assignment (20%), 1x6000wd take home exam (80%) This unit explores ways in which international affairs are governed on Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal a global scale, the significance of international law in that governance, (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day and the roles and capacities of states within global governance. In Note: The unit replaced LAWS6887 Federal Jurisdiction. doing so, the unit introduces candidates to a range of historical and As the High Court has continually emphasised, Australian legal contemporary approaches to understanding the role of law in practitioners are required to have a proper appreciation of the issues international affairs. Candidates will have an opportunity to consider involved in the exercise of the judicial power of the Commonwealth these issues in relation to current events of global import. For these by the federal and state courts in which they practice. Those issues purposes, both an interest in international affairs and familiarity with can significantly affect the course and outcome of proceedings. This the principles and institutions of public international law are desirable. unit will provide practitioners and those interested in the area with a The sorts of questions with which the unit is concerned may include thorough understanding of the principles involved and the practical the following: Does global governance comprise a system and, if so, issues and difficulties which arise. what are its critical features? What is the role of states in this system? Particular topics covered will include the nature of judicial power, the In what sense is this system lawful? Is global governance democratic? doctrine of separation of powers and associated constitutional What is the role of violence in the contemporary global order? How implications, the scope of the original jurisdiction of the High Court, does/should international law seek to address pressing transnational the conferral of federal jurisdiction on federal courts, the investment issues, such as poverty, environmental degradation, global health of state courts with federal jurisdiction, particular issues associated threats and human rights abuses? with the operation of the Judiciary Act, rights to appeal to the High Court and the exercise by territory courts of federal jurisdiction. LAWS6904 Students will also learn how to identify the appropriate body of The State of the Capital Markets procedural and substantive law that is applied in the Federal Court Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Mr Jan Job de Vries Robbé Session: and other courts exercising federal jurisdiction. S1 Intensive Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: LAWS6810 or background in corporate law or comparable experience in practice Assessment: Textbooks 1x8000wd essay (90%) and class participation (10%) Campus: Zines, Cowen and Zines© Federal Jurisdiction in Australia, (3rd ed, Federation Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Press, 2002) Note: This unit replaced LAWS6904 International Securitisation Law & Practice

LAWS6912 This unit addresses law and practice in the international capital markets The Law of Trusts in the face of the credit crunch. It discusses the workings of the capital Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Patricia Loughlan Session: markets generally, its participants, and key instruments such as in S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x2hr open book exam particular securitisation, but also other types of (structured) bonds. (90%), class participation/presentation (10%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Major developments in credit crunch litigation are addressed, alongside Mode of delivery: Block Mode the impact on documentation. Actual transactions are discussed. Note: This unit replaced LAWS6912 Fundamentals of the Law of Trusts. Experts from both different disciplines will guest lecture. The aim of This unit aims to provide a comprehensive review of the modern law the course is to provide candidates with hands-on tools to further their of trusts, from fundamentals like the creation, constitution, validity and legal career. variation of both private and public trusts, the rights and duties of trustees , trustee and third person liability for breaches of trust, through LAWS6940 to a range of specific issues involving commercial trusts, unit trusts, Theories of Law retention of title and Quistclose trusts and constructive trusts. Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Kevin Walton Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: class participation (20%), 1x8000wd essay (80%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Normal LAWS6207 (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day The Legal System of the European Union Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Panos Koutrakos Session: S1 This unit explores some prominent responses of both philosophers Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: 1x3000wd assignment (30%), and sociologists to a single question: what is law? Among the notions 1x5000wd research paper (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of to which their answers refer (and on which the unit might focus) are delivery: Block Mode the following: power, norms, rules, principles, authority, morality, This unit offers graduates who are, for academic, business or economics, politics, communication, rationality, adjudication, solidarity, professional reasons, interested in the European Union an opportunity patriarchy, class and pluralism. to learn about its business, constitutional and administrative law. Students will examine the process of European integration that has LAWS6123 taken place since the European communities© inception. Particular Transfer Pricing in International Tax emphasis will be placed on the Single European Act, 1986, the Treaty Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Melissa Heath Session: S2 Late on European Union of 1992 (more familiarly referred to as the Treaty IntB Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: It is recommended that candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an of Maastricht), the Treaty of Amsterdam of 1997 and the more recent undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6128 treaties of Nice and Lisbon. The European Convention will also be or LAWS6209 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation the subject of discussion during the unit. The distinction between the Program Coordinator. Assessment: 1x3000wd assignment (30%), 1x2hr exam European Union and the European Communities will be dealt with in (70%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode the course of these considerations. Topics which will be covered in Transfer Pricing in International Taxation examines transfer pricing the course of this unit include the institutional framework of the law and practice in Australia in the area of international taxation. European Union, policy development in the European Union, the Transfer pricing continues to be rated by tax directors as the number Community legal system, general principles of Community law and one international tax issue they face. The release of the OECD administrative law of the Community. Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations in 1995 and the ongoing updates, the rewrite of the

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US Regulations over the period 1988-1994, and the substantial transfer The object of this unit is to provide an overview of the income tax pricing rulings program of the Australian Taxation Office, have together system of the US and a detailed analysis of the most important significantly increased the international and Australian materials legislative and treaty rules of the US in the international income tax available on the law and practice in transfer pricing. Students will gain area, especially in dealings with Australia. Upon successful completion an understanding of the policy, and detailed application of transfer of the unit candidates will have an advanced understanding of the pricing rules within Australia and an understanding of the international policies of the US rules for taxing international transactions as well framework. as a detailed knowledge of the principles of income tax law applicable to inbound and outbound transactions in the US. This unit includes a LAWS6824 study of: overview of the US income tax system; taxation of inbound Transnational Commercial Litigation investment in the US; taxation of outbound investment in the US; Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Adj Prof Andrew Bell, Visiting Prof transfer pricing in the US and US tax treaties. Andrew Dickinson Session: S1 Late Int Classes: block/intensive Prohibitions: LAWS6884 Assumed knowledge: undergraduate law degree Assessment: LAWS6191 class participation (20%) and 1x7000wd essay (80%) or 2x3500wd essays (40% each) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Water Law Note: Department permission required for enrolment. Note: This unit has a Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Assoc Prof Rosemary Lyster Session: restricted class size S2 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assessment: class participation (20%), 1x7000wd essay (80%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: The unit will focus on commercial disputes with a transnational Block Mode dimension. We will work through the steps which characterise This unit examines the ecologically sustainable management of water transnational commercial litigation where the forum is itself a matter resources incorporating legal, scientific and economic perspectives. of dispute with a number of case studies in the field of insurance and The legal analysis incorporates the following: international principles reinsurance and international securities. Modules of the course will of water law; Commonwealth and state responsibilities for water cover: the importance of venue, models for forum determination, management; the Water Management Act 2000 (NSW); the legal and techniques of forum control, pleadings and evidence gathering constitutional implications of the reallocation of rights to use water; including letters of request, the law relating to anti-suit injunctions, the the implications of allocation and use for Indigenous people; the role of jurisdiction and arbitration agreements, international arbitration regulation of water pollution; and the corporatisation and privatisation including a study of the relevant legislation, institutions and practice, of water utilities. Case studies from a number of jurisdictions are used and enforcement considerations. The unit will be taught principally by to explore these themes. Economic perspectives include the impact Dr Andrew Bell, a graduate of the University of Sydney and University of National Competition Policy on water law while the principles of of Oxford, now of the New South Wales Bar, and the author of the sustainable water management are discussed within a scientific recommended text, "Forum Shopping and Venue in Transnational paradigm. Litigation". There may also be contributions by other senior practitioners. LAWS6096 Textbooks Work Safety Recommended Text "Forum Shopping and Venue in Transnational Litigation" Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Ron McCallum Session: S1 Late IntB Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: Completion of LAWS6109 LAWS6252 (GradDipPubHL and MLLR candidates), LAWS6071 (MLLR UK International Taxation candidates only) Assessment: class participation (20%) and 1x8000wd research paper (80%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Malcolm Gammie Session: S1 Block Mode Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: It is recommended that candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an This unit of study is on occupational health and safety law. Its main undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6128 or LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation focus is upon the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 (NSW), Program Coordinator. Assessment: 1xtake home exam or research essay its federal and state counterparts and the relevant case law. An (100%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode examination is also made of the history of safety regulation, the failure This unit covers the domestic provisions of UK income tax and CGT of the common law to reduce accidents, the Robens reforms, the law dealing with international transactions, as well as UK treaties and employee and employer duties and safety management systems. the impact of EU law on the UK tax system. The UK remains one of LAWS6122 Australia©s major trading partners. UK taxation thus has significant Workplace Bargaining effects for inbound and outbound investment between Australia and the UK. This unit will be of interest to tax professionals who have Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Shae McCrystal (Coordinator), Justice Iain Ross Session: S1 Late IntC Classes: block/intensive Assumed dealings with the UK.The objective of the unit is to provide an overview knowledge: Completion of LAWS6252 (candidates who do not hold a law of the income tax system of the UK and a detailed analysis of the most degree from a common law jurisdiction) and LAWS6071 Assessment: class important legislative and treaty rules of the UK in the international participation and presentation (25%), 1x6000wd essay (75%) Campus: income tax area, especially in dealings with Australia. Upon successful Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode completion of the unit, participants will have an advanced This advanced unit examines what may be best described as the understanding of the policies of the UK rules for taxing international collective aspects of labour law. The unit covers unregistered transactions as well as a detailed knowledge of the principles of agreements, the use of the federal labour power, other heads of income tax law applicable to inbound and outbound transactions in constitutional power including the corporations power, enterprise the UK. The unit includes a study of: 1. Overview of the UK income bargaining under federal and New South Wales law, Australian tax system; 2. Taxation of inbound investment in the UK; 3. Taxation Workplace Agreements and the laws concerning industrial disputes of outbound investment in the UK; 4. Transfer pricing in the UK; 5. which include common law torts, industrial statutory provisions and UK tax treaties; 6. Australia UK Tax Treaty. Trade Practices Act remedies.

LAWS6171 LAWS6063 US International Taxation World Trade Organization Law I Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Prof Stafford Smiley Session: S2 Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Brett Williams (S1), Prof Gillian Late IntA Classes: block/intensive Assumed knowledge: It is recommended Triggs (S53) Session: S2 Late IntA, Semester 1 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk (S1), that candidates who are not working in the tax area and have not taken an block/intensive (S53) Assumed knowledge: limited knowledge of law of treaties undergraduate tax unit in Australia in the past five years undertake LAWS6128 Assessment: 1xexam (60%), 1x3000-3500wd essay on a set topic (40%) or LAWS6825 before enrolling in this unit. If in doubt, please consult the Taxation Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode Program Coordinator. Assessment: 1xtake home exam (100%) Campus: Note: This unit replaced International Trade Regulation Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Block Mode

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This unit is an introduction to the law of the World Trade Organization implemented in domestic law, mostly using examples from US law). (WTO) and to the context of economics and politics within which the We extend the consideration of the MFN rule by considering the law operates. Candidates may wish to continue on to take LAWS6249 exception for free trade areas and customs unions (incorporating World Trade Organization Law II which builds upon the knowledge some limited consideration of particular Free Trade Agreements). gained in this unit and considers some additional topics of WTO law. Similarly we extend the introduction to the General Agreement on The introductory unit considers economic and political arguments for Trade in Services (GATS) by considering some specific service and against protection based on some basic economics of trade and sectors, and extend the introduction to the Agreement on of public choice. The unit presents an overview of the history of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) by considering General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the creation of the scope of exceptions under the TRIPS.We extend the consideration the Agreement Establishing the WTO ending with a review of the of the nature of the WTO system by considering its interaction with institutions of the WTO and of the framework of rules applying under law in other areas, time permitting considering interaction with the GATT. There follows a more detailed study of the WTO dispute environmental law, human rights law or competition law. settlement system.The unit then studies the framework of rules under Textbooks the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and presents Please check the Course Outline on WebCT. Some supplementary materials a very brief outline of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of will be issued.You will need to obtain copies of certain treaties from free online Intellectual Property (TRIPS). The unit analyses in more detail some sources. See the Course Information and Outline on WebCT to find out which treaties should be obtained. Alternatively, candidates may wish to purchase: of the fundamental rules of the GATT: rules on tariff bindings & WTO, The Legal Texts - The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade customs duties, national treatment, non-tariff barriers, the MFN rule Negotiations (CUP, 1999)[ISBN# 0521785804 (for Paperback)]. on non-discrimination and an introduction to the rules on subsidies. Part of the assessment requires candidates to think critically about LAWS6192 the object and function of the GATT and its dispute settlement system. Young People, Crime and the Law Textbooks Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Ms Jenny Bargen Session: Semester No textbook is required. Candidates should consult the Course Information and 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Assessment: 1x4500wd essay, 1xtake home exam Outline on WebCT. Materials will be issued on CD Rom. Required Treaties: and class presentation Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of delivery: Candidates will need copies of some of the WTO treaties to bring to class. Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day Candidates may wish to print them from free online sources. See the Course Note: This unit replaced LAWS6069 Juvenile Justice Information and Outline on WebCT to find out which treaties should be obtained. Alternatively, candidates may wish to purchase: WTO, The Legal Texts - The The unit aims to provide a broad overview of the functioning of the Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (CUP, juvenile justice system and its relationship to juvenile offending.There 1999)[ISBN# 0521785804 (for Paperback)]. is a specific emphasis on NSW in terms of understanding the operation of a particular system, however reference is frequently made to the LAWS6249 wider Australian and international context. World Trade Organization Law II The unit analyses the historical development of a separate system of Credit points: 6 Teacher/Coordinator: Dr Brett Williams Session: Semester 2 Classes: (1x2hr lec)/wk Prerequisites: LAWS6063 Assessment: 1xexam juvenile justice and the system of ideas about juvenile delinquency (40%), 1x5000wd essay (60%) Campus: Camperdown/Darlington Mode of as distinct entities separable from broader notions of criminality and delivery: Normal (lecture/lab/tutorial) Day criminal justice. The unit also analyses the contemporary nature of Note: This unit replaced Advanced International Trade Regulation juvenile crime and specific issues in relation to policing, This unit follows on from LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law community-based corrections and detention centres. I and builds on the understanding gained there of the law of the World Social relations which mediate between the juvenile justice system Trade Organization and examining some further topics on the law of and young people will be investigated through a focus on gender, race the WTO with some references to bilateral or regional trade treaties. and class.The broader political determinants surrounding the operation The dominant part of the unit is an extension of the consideration of of the juvenile justice system and moral panics in relation to juvenile the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) by considering offending will also be examined. The unit aims to develop a critical the exceptions for restrictions for health, environmental, technical understanding of the link between theory and juvenile justice policy, regulations and quarantine reasons and considering the escape and to develop an appreciation of the multi-disciplinary nature of clauses providing for Safeguards, Anti-dumping Duties and criminological explanation. Countervailing Duties (including the way these escape clauses are

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162 The Sydney Summer and Winter Schools The Sydney Summer and Winter Schools

2010 Dates ID Session name Classes begin Census date Summer School December 2009 to February 2010 42* Summer December 7 December 2009 4 January 2010 Winter School 28 June to 24 July 2009 43 Summer Main 4 January 2010 11 January 2010 44** Summer Late 18 January 2010 29 January 2010 The Summer School 11 Winter School 28 June 2010 3 July 2010 The Summer School is a full fee-paying, intensive program offering high quality undergraduate and postgraduate subjects from nine * 42 Summer December: Allows for a unit to run for 3 to 9 weeks, faculties. These subjects are the same as those offered in Semesters provided that the 20 per cent criterion is met. One and Two, but are taught as an intensive program over summer. ** 44 Summer Late: Last exam must be held by 1 March. Some classes commence in December; others commence in the first week of January; others in the third week and continue into February Withdrawal and refund policy (including the exam week). Some subjects run for six weeks; others · For Summer School classes starting in December 2010, students are shorter. Students can take a maximum of two subjects. who withdraw from a subject between 28 November 2009 and the relevant census date will receive a refund of tuition fees but The Winter School will be liable for a $500 late withdrawal fee. The Winter School is a smaller, more intensive program that runs for · For Summer School classes starting in January 2010, students four weeks, including the exam week, during July. who withdraw from a subject between 12 December 2009 and the relevant census date will receive a refund of tuition fees but will be liable for a $500 late withdrawal fee. Advantages · For Winter School classes starting on 28 June 2010, students Attending classes at the University of Sydney during the summer and who withdraw from a subject between 21 June 2010 and the winter holidays offers many advantages.You can: relevant census date will receive a refund of their tuition fees but will be liable for a $500 late fee withdrawal. · accelerate your academic career and finish your degree sooner · devote your full attention to a single area of study Students may withdraw from their Summer or Winter School subject(s) · take subjects that are outside your normal degree up until 4pm on the last day of the teaching period for that particular · reduce your workload throughout the rest of the year subject. However, there may be an academic penalty (please refer to · repeat subjects in which you may have been unsuccessful our website).The teaching period for purposes of this policy is defined · combine study with a field trip in Australia or a tour overseas. in hours of published classes from the first day through to the last day High school graduates can sample a university subject, and get an of classes, excluding any final examination or assessment. early start on their degree. Students who withdraw from a subject after 4pm on the relevant How to apply census date will receive no refund of their tuition fee. Applications are only accepted online (at www.summer.usyd.edu.au). Transferring between subjects Most subjects have limited places and fill very quickly. All places are Students on a waiting list can transfer between subjects at any time filled strictly on a first-in, first-served basis so it is recommended that prior to the commencement of class. 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Applying for a course Campus Faculties Camperdown and Darlington Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Domestic applicants for undergraduate courses and campuses Natural Resources programs of study Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning For the purpose of admission and enrolment, ©domestic applicant© Faculty of Arts refers to citizens and permanent residents of Australia and citizens Faculty of Economics and Business of New Zealand. If you are in this group and wish to apply for Faculty of Education and Social Work Faculty of Engineering and Information admission to an undergraduate course, you would generally apply Technologies through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). Faculty of Law (Sydney Law School) Faculty of Medicine () The deadline for applications is the last working day in September in Faculty of Pharmacy the year before enrolment. For more information see www.uac.edu.au Faculty of Science Faculty of Veterinary Science Some faculties have additional application procedures, such as the The Sydney Summer School Conservatorium of Music, Sydney College of the Arts, Pharmacy and Cumberland Campus Faculty of Health Sciences Dentistry (for the Bachelor of Oral Health). St James Campus Faculty of Law (teaching spaces only) Mallett Street Campus Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery Domestic applicants for postgraduate courses and The Centre for English Teaching programs of study The NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre For the purpose of admission and enrolment, ©domestic applicant© Sydney Conservatorium of Music Sydney Conservatorium of Music refers to citizens and permanent residents of Australia and citizens Sydney College of the Arts Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) of New Zealand. Application is direct to the faculty which offers the Camden Campus Faculty of Veterinary Science Faculty of Agriculture, Food and course that you are interested in. Application forms for postgraduate Natural Resources coursework, postgraduate research and the master©s qualifying or Surry Hills Campus Faculty of Dentistry preliminary program, and for non-award postgraduate study can be Burren Street Campus Institute of Transport and Logistics found at www.usyd.edu.au/future_students Studies Note: some faculties use their own specially tailored application forms. Check with the relevant faculty. Careers Centre The University's Careers Centre provides students with career planning International applicants for all course types and employability skills development. (undergraduate and postgraduate) ©International applicants© refers to all applicants other than Australian The Careers Centre services are free and include: citizens, Australian permanent residents and citizens of New Zealand. In the majority of cases international applicants apply for admission · help finding casual, part-time, full-time and graduate employment through the University©s International Office (IO). All the information · an internet job vacancy database · individual careers counselling international applicants need, including application forms, is available · a comprehensive resource centre and online resources from the IO website (www.usyd.edu.au/internationaloffice). · workshops in resume writing, interview skills, job searching and skills development Attendance · careers fairs and employer information sessions. See ©Special Consideration©. Careers Centre Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 Bus service The University of Sydney A free bus service operates to, from and around the Camperdown NSW 2006 Australia and Darlington campuses each weekday that Fisher Library is open (except for public holidays). The service begins at 4.15pm and ends Phone: +61 2 8627 8402 at Fisher Library closing time. Fax: +61 2 8627 8477 Email: [email protected] Two buses operate along the route, starting at Fisher Library and Website: www.careers.usyd.edu.au finishing at Redfern station. The buses leave at approximately 10 minute intervals during semester and in semester breaks. Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) The bus timetable/route guide can be collected from Security The CCE provides the community with the opportunity to engage with Administration or Campus Infrastructure Services reception. the University of Sydney, offering people access to the academic expertise of one of Australia©s finest educational institutions. Floor 2, Services Building, G12 Corner of Codrington and Abercrombie streets The CCE provides lifelong learning opportunities for people at all The University of Sydney stages of life who want to undertake a course in self-enrichment, NSW 2006 Australia engage in active retirement learning, upgrade their professional skills and qualifications, or bridge a gap between previous study and Phone: +61 2 9351 4753 university. CCE offers short courses in all areas of the humanities and Fax: +61 2 9351 5699 social sciences, languages, science and technology, business and Website: www.facilities.usyd.edu.au/security management, and continuing professional development. Campuses 160 Missenden Road Newtown NSW 2042 The University has 10 different teaching campuses, located throughout (Postal address: Locked Bag 2020, Glebe NSW 2037) the Sydney area. For information on each campus, including maps, contact details and parking information, see Phone: +61 2 9036 4789 www.usyd.edu.au/about/campuses Fax: +61 2 9036 4799 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cce.usyd.edu.au

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Centre for English Teaching (CET) international, undergraduate and postgraduate students. There are specific workshops to help first-year students successfully adapt to The CET offers English language and academic study skills programs university study. to international students who need to develop their English language For more information visit the student services page at skills in order to meet academic entry requirements. www.usyd.edu.au/current_students Wentworth Building, G01 Camperdown and Darlington campuses The University of Sydney Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 NSW 2006 Australia The University of Sydney Phone: +61 2 9036 7900 NSW 2006 Australia Fax: +61 2 9036 7910 Phone: +61 2 8627 8433 Email: [email protected] Fax: +61 2 8627 8482 Website: www.usyd.edu.au/cet Email: [email protected] Child Care Information Office Website: www.usyd.edu.au/counselling Five child care centres operate on or near the Camperdown, Darlington Cumberland Campus and Cumberland campuses, catering for over 220 children aged from Ground Floor, A Block, C42 six weeks to five years. The centres are managed by qualified staff The University of Sydney and provide programs that are developmentally appropriate and East Street, Lidcombe responsive to the needs of the individual child. The Child Care NSW 2141 Australia Information Office is the first point of contact for students and staff looking for information about child care services such as long day Phone: +61 2 9351 9638 care, occasional care, vacation care and family day care. Fax: +61 2 9351 9635 Email: [email protected] For more information visit the student services page at www.usyd.edu.au/current_students Disability Services Child Care Information Office Disability Services is the principal point of contact providing advice Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 for students with disabilities. Disability Services staff work closely with The University of Sydney academic and administrative staff to ensure that students receive NSW 2006 Australia reasonable adjustments in their study. The unit produces a number of publications explaining the disability support services available Phone: +61 2 8627 8419 within the University. Fax: +61 2 8627 8480 Email: [email protected] Students are encouraged to make contact with Disability Services Website: www.usyd.edu.au/child_care prior to commencement or as early in their studies as possible. Available help includes assistive technology, note-taking, interpreters, The Co-op Bookshop and advocacy with academic staff to negotiate assessment and course requirement modifications where appropriate. Students must register The Co-op Bookshop is a one-stop store for: with Disability Services to receive assistance. · text and reference books For more information visit www.usyd.edu.au/current_students · general books · University of Sydney clothing and memorabilia Camperdown and Darlington campuses · DVDs · flash drives Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 · software at academic prices. The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia Take advantage of a lifetime of membership benefits. For a one-time fee of $20, you are entitled to great member pricing, promotional offers Phone: +61 2 8627 8422 and much more. Fax: +61 2 8627 8482 Email: [email protected] The Co-op Bookshop Website: www.usyd.edu.au/disability Sports and Aquatic Centre Building, G09 The University of Sydney Cumberland Campus NSW 2006 Australia Ground Floor, A Block, C42 The University of Sydney Phone: +61 2 9351 3705 East Street, Lidcombe Fax: +61 2 9660 5256 NSW 2141 Australia Email: [email protected] Website: www.coop-bookshop.com.au Phone: +61 2 9351 9638 Fax: +61 2 9351 9635 Counselling Service Email:[email protected] Counsellors are qualified professionals who aim to help people fulfill their academic, individual and social goals. The Counselling Service helps students develop effective and realistic coping strategies and master essential study and life management skills.

Students can make appointments for 50-minute sessions. Walk-in (25-minute) sessions are available for urgent problems every day from 11am to 3pm during semesters, and after-hours appointments are also available. In addition, the service offers workshops each semester on a wide range of student concerns. These are open to local and

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Employment opportunities for students Financial Assistance Office See ©Careers Centre©, ©SydneyTalent©. The University has a number of loan funds and bursaries to help students who experience financial difficulties. Assistance is not Enrolment intended to provide the principal means of support but to help in emergencies and supplement other income. Financial assistance is Domestic and international students entering their first available for undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled at year via UAC the University of Sydney in degree and diploma programs. It is for Details of enrolment procedures will be sent to students with their essential living and study expenses. UAC offer of enrolment. Enrolment takes place during the last week of January or in February for the later offer rounds. Financial assistance consists of loans, which are usually repayable within one year, and bursaries, which may be awarded as part of a Domestic and international students entering their first financial assistance package, depending on financial need and year via a direct offer from the University academic merit (average marks at credit level or higher). Advertised Details of the enrolment procedures will be sent to students with their bursaries are also available and must be applied for separately by 30 University offer of enrolment. Enrolment takes place during the first April (see website for details). Bursaries are generally only available two weeks of February. to local full-time undergraduate students.

All continuing domestic and international students For more information visit www.usyd.edu.au/current_students A pre-enrolment package is sent to all enrolled students in late Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 September and contains instructions on the procedure for web-based The University of Sydney pre-enrolment. NSW 2006 Australia

Environmental Policy Phone: +61 2 9351 2416 The University of Sydney©s Environmental Policy promotes sustainable Fax: +61 2 8627 8480 resource and product use and encourages the practice of Email: [email protected] environmental stewardship by staff and students. The policy is Website: www.usyd.edu.au/financial_assistance supported by the University-wide Sustainable Campus Program. Enquiries can be directed to: Freedom of information The University of Sydney falls within the jurisdiction of the NSW Manager, Campus Sustainability Freedom of Information Act 1989. The Act: Phone: +61 2 9036 5441 Email: [email protected] · requires information concerning documents held by the University to be made available to the public Visit the website www.usyd.edu.au/sustainable to find out what the · enables a member of the public to obtain access to documents University is doing, and learn how you can get involved or make held by the University suggestions. · enables a member of the public to ensure that records held by the University concerning his or her personal affairs are not Equity Support Services incomplete, incorrect, out of date or misleading. Equity Support Services brings together a number of student support A ©member of the public© includes staff and students of the University. services that provide practical assistance and information to help students meet their academic and personal goals while at University. It is a requirement of the Act that applications be processed and a determination made within a specified time period, generally 21 days. Services include the Accommodation Service, Child Care Information Determinations are made by the University©s Deputy Registrar. Office, Disability Services and the Financial Assistance Office. For more information visit www.usyd.edu.au/current_students While an application may be made to access University documents, some may not be released in accordance with particular exemptions Examinations provided by the Act. There are review and appeal mechanisms which apply when access has been refused. The Examinations Office arranges the end-of-semester examination periods in June and November each year and provides assistance The University is required to report to the public on its freedom of for faculty staff with examinations held at other times. Staff and information activities on a regular basis and to produce two documents: students can find information about examinations at a Statement of Affairs (annually) and a Summary of Affairs (every six www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/student_administration/examinations months). or contact the Examinations Office directly. The Statement of Affairs contains information about the University, Student Centre its structure, function and the kinds of documents held.The Summary Level 3, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 of Affairs identifies the University©s policy documents and provides The University of Sydney information on how to make an application for access to University NSW 2006 Australia documents. More information and copies of the reports can be found at www.usyd.edu.au/arms/info_freedom Phone: +61 2 8627 8200 or +61 2 8627 8217 Fax: +61 2 8627 8279 Email: [email protected] Website: www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/student_administration/examinations Fees See ©Revenue Services Office©.

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Graduations Office International Office The Graduations Office is responsible for organising graduation The International Office helps international students with application, ceremonies and informing students of their graduation arrangements. admission and enrolment procedures. It has units responsible for international marketing, government and student relations, international Student Centre scholarships (including AusAID scholarships and administrative support Level 3, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 for international financial aid programs), and compliance with The University of Sydney government regulations relating to international students. The Study NSW 2006 Australia Abroad and Student Exchange units help domestic and international Phone: +61 2 8627 8223 or +61 2 8627 8224 students who wish to enrol for overseas study or exchange programs. Protocol enquiries: +61 2 8627 8221 International Office Fax: +61 2 8627 8281 Level 4, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 Email: [email protected] The University of Sydney Grievances and appeals NSW 2006 Australia You may consider that a decision affecting your candidature for a Phone: +61 2 8627 8300 degree or other activities at the University has not taken into account Fax: +61 2 8627 8387 all relevant matters. In some cases the by-laws or resolutions of the Email: [email protected] Senate provide for a right of appeal against particular decisions. For Website: www.usyd.edu.au/internationaloffice example, there is provision for appeal against academic decisions, Study Abroad disciplinary decisions and exclusion after failure. Phone: +61 2 8627 8322 A document outlining the current procedures for appeals against Fax: +61 2 8627 8390 academic decisions is available at the Student Centre, the Student Email: [email protected] Representative Council, and on the Policy Online website Website: www.usyd.edu.au/studyabroad (www.usyd.edu.au/policy click on ©Study at the University©, then ©Appeals© ± see the Academic Board and Senate resolutions). Student Exchange Phone: +61 2 8627 8322 For assistance or advice regarding an appeal contact: Fax: +61 2 8627 8482 Email: [email protected] Undergraduates Website: www.usyd.edu.au/studentexchange Students© Representative Council Level 1, Wentworth Building, G01 International Student Support Unit (ISSU) The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia The International Student Support Unit (ISSU) aims to help Phone: +61 2 9660 5222 international students develop successful strategies for coping with www.src.usyd.edu.au the challenges of living and studying in an unfamiliar culture, to achieve success in their studies, and to make the experience of being an Postgraduates international student rewarding and enjoyable. Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association (SUPRA) ISSU's student counsellors are qualified professionals with extensive Corner of Raglan and Abercrombie experience in cross-cultural counselling. They provide an integrated The University of Sydney service to international students and their families, which includes free NSW 2006 Australia and confidential counselling, welfare advice, information, and Phone: +61 2 9351 3115 assistance with accessing other support services and resources on www.supra.usyd.edu.au campus and in the community.

HECS and Domestic Fees Office Other ISSU services include pre-departure information, on-arrival The HECS and Domestic Fees Office assists domestic students with information sessions and an orientation program for new international queries relating to their entitlements for Commonwealth Support, students.There is also a program of social and cultural activities which HELP-Loans, domestic full fees and the Research Training Scheme runs throughout the year. International students also have access to (RTS). Students© entitlements are also assessed based on their all University student support services. citizenship or residency status. Camperdown and Darlington campuses Student Centre Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 Level 3, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 The University of Sydney The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia NSW 2006 Australia Phone: +61 2 8627 8437 Phone: +61 2 8627 8239 Fax: +61 2 8627 8482 Fax: +61 2 8627 8285 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.usyd.edu.au/issu Information and Communications Cumberland Campus Technology (ICT) Ground Floor, A Block, Cumberland Campus, C42 The University of Sydney See ©Service Management, Information and Communications East Street, Lidcombe Technology©. NSW 2141 Australia

Phone: +61 2 9351 9638 Fax: +61 2 9351 9635 Email: [email protected] Website: www.usyd.edu.au/issu

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Koori Centre and Yooroang Garang Phone: +61 2 9351 3853 Fax: +61 2 9351 4865 The Koori Centre and Yooroang Garang support Aboriginal and Torres Email: [email protected] Strait Islander people in all aspects of tertiary education at the Website: www.usyd.edu.au/lc University of Sydney. The Cadigal Special Entry Program helps Indigenous Australians enter undergraduate study across all areas of Cumberland Campus the University. Ground Floor, A Block, C42 The University of Sydney As well as delivering block-mode courses for Indigenous Australian East Street, Lidcombe students, the Koori Centre teaches Indigenous Australian Studies in NSW 2141 Australia various faculties across mainstream courses. The Koori Centre also provides tutorial assistance, and student facilities including a computer Phone: +61 2 9351 9638 lab, Indigenous research library and study rooms for the University©s Fax: +61 2 9351 9635 Indigenous Australian students. Email: [email protected] Website: www.usyd.edu.au/stuserv/learning_centre/cumberl.shtml In particular, the Koori Centre aims to increase the successful participation of Indigenous Australians in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, develop the teaching of Aboriginal studies, Library conduct research in the field of Aboriginal education, and establish The University of Sydney Library provides services via a network of working ties with schools and communities. libraries on eight campuses, and online at www.library.usyd.edu.au

The Koori Centre works in close collaboration with Yooroang Garang, The location, opening hours and specific subject focus of each library Indigenous Student Support Unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences at is listed on the website. Over 5.5 million items are available via the the Cumberland Campus. Yooroang Garang provides assistance, library catalogue, including more than 67,000 online journals and advice and academic support for Indigenous students in the faculty, 325,000 online books. as well as preparatory undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Enrolled students are entitled to borrow from any of the University Koori Centre libraries. Reading list books and articles are available via the reserve Ground Floor, Old Teachers College, A22 service either online or in print. Past examination papers are also The University of Sydney available online. NSW 2006 Australia Library facilities include individual and group study spaces, computers, Phone: +61 2 9351 2046 (general enquiries) printers, multimedia equipment, photocopiers and adaptive Toll-free within Australia: 1800 622 742 technologies. Refer to the ©Libraries© link on the University website to Community Liaison Officer: +61 2 9351 7003 find out about services and facilities in specific libraries. Fax: +61 2 9351 6923 Library staff are available in every library to support students with their Email: [email protected] study and research. Faculty liaison librarians help students find great Website: www.koori.usyd.edu.au information on any topic and provide training in using a wide range of Yooroang Garang resources. For contact details of faculty liaison librarians, see T Block, Level 4, Cumberland Campus, C42 www.library.usyd.edu.au/contacts/subjectcontacts.html The University of Sydney It is also possible to learn research and information skills online; see NSW 2006 Australia www.library.usyd.edu.au/skills

Phone: +61 2 9351 9066 Phone: +61 2 9351 2993 Toll free: 1800 000 418 Website: www.library.usyd.edu.au Fax: +61 2 9351 9400 Email: [email protected] Mathematics Learning Centre Website: www.fhs.usyd.edu.au/yooroang_garang The Mathematics Learning Centre helps undergraduate students to Learning Centre develop the mathematical knowledge, skills and confidence that are needed for studying first-level mathematics or statistics units at The Learning Centre helps students develop the generic learning and university. The centre runs bridging courses in mathematics at the communication skills that are necessary for university study and beginning of the academic year (fees apply).The centre also provides beyond. The centre is committed to helping students achieve their ongoing support to eligible students during the year through individual academic potential during their undergraduate and postgraduate assistance and small group tutorials. studies. For details of activities and online resources provided by the centre Learning Centre staff can be found at the Camperdown and see the centre©s website. Cumberland campuses. The centre©s program includes a wide range of workshops on study skills, academic reading and writing, oral Level 4, Carslaw Building, F07 communication skills and postgraduate writing and research skills. The University of Sydney Other services include an individual learning program, a faculty-based NSW 2006 Australia program and access to online and print-based learning resources. Phone: +61 2 9351 4061 For details of programs, activities and online resources available from Fax: +61 2 9351 5797 the Learning Centre, see its website. Email: [email protected] Website: www.usyd.edu.au/mlc Camperdown and Darlington campuses Level 7, Education Building, A35 The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia

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Museums and galleries MyUni Student Portal The University of Sydney has one of the largest and finest university The MyUni student portal (http://myuni.usyd.edu.au) is the starting collections of antiquities, art, ethnography and natural history in point and ©one-stop© environment for students to access all their Australia. While these collections are used for teaching, they also web-based University information and services. provide an opportunity for the University to contribute to the cultural life of the country. MyUni automatically tailors what a student sees based on their login and offers personalisation options. University Art Gallery MyUni enables students to access: Founded in the 1860s, the University of Sydney Art Collection now holds more than 7000 paintings, sculptures and works on paper by · student administration systems for obtaining examination results, Australian, Asian and European artists, as well as more than 700 enrolment and variations, timetabling, email services and links works from the University Union Art Collection. One of the most to courses and unit of study information significant collections derives from the John Wardell Power Bequest. · the University©s e-learning tools The gallery showcases changing exhibitions of works from the · library services collection as well as high-quality exhibitions of both contemporary and · important messages and student alerts · information and communications technology and support services historical works. · campus maps, with descriptions of cultural, sporting and campus War Memorial Arch facilities. The Quadrangle, A14 Camperdown Campus Orientation and O-Week

Phone: +61 2 9351 6883 Orientation Fax: +61 2 9351 7785 Starting university study brings both opportunities and challenges. A Website: www.usyd.edu.au/museums successful transition is important in developing a sense of belonging and better academic adjustment and success. The University of Sydney seeks to facilitate students' successful transition through a The Macleay Museum originated with the 18th century collection of wide range of programs and activities. insects owned by Alexander Macleay. The oldest of its kind in Australia, the museum today holds significant collections of Orientation activities for both undergraduate and postgraduate students ethnographic artefacts, scientific instruments, biological specimens are scheduled at the beginning of each semester. Transition support and historic photographs. Changing exhibitions engage with the continues throughout the academic year within faculties, while student diversity of the collection. support services are available to help students throughout their study.

Macleay Building, A12 For more information visit Gosper Lane (off Science Road) www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/orientation Camperdown Campus Undergraduate students Phone: +61 2 9036 5253 In the week before Semester One, the Sydney Welcome Orientation Fax: +61 2 9351 5646 and Transition (SWOT) program offers all commencing undergraduate Email: [email protected] students an opportunity to learn more about the University of Sydney. Website: www.usyd.edu.au/museums During this week you can get to know the University, develop key skills for success, discover other key resources for getting the most The Nicholson Museum contains the largest and most prestigious out of university life and develop a sense of belonging. All students collection of antiquities in Australia. It is also the country©s oldest are welcome to attend activities, which are based at the Camperdown university museum, and features works of ancient art and objects of and Darlington campuses. Faculties based on other campuses also daily life from Greece, Italy, Egypt, Cyprus, the Near and Middle East, provide orientation activities and programs. as well as Northern Europe. A regular changing schedule of exhibitions highlights various parts of the collection. SWOT 2010 will run from 24 to 26 February 2010. For more information, see www.swot.usyd.edu.au The Quadrangle, A14 Camperdown Campus Postgraduate students Postgraduate students are supported by their faculties in transitioning Phone: +61 2 9351 2812 to postgraduate study at the University of Sydney. Fax: +61 2 9351 7305 Email: [email protected] For more information visit Website: www.usyd.edu.au/museums www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/orientation The Tin Sheds Gallery O-Week The Tin Sheds Gallery is part of the Art Workshop complex within the O-Week is the orientation event at the beginning of Semester One. University of Sydney©s Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning. Organised by the University of Sydney Union (USU) and other student The gallery hosts exhibitions across a wide variety of contemporary organisations, it runs in parallel with the SWOT program. O-Week visual arts practices from individuals and groups, as well as community 2010 will run from 24 to 26 February 2010. projects and curated exhibitions. For more information visit www.usuonline.com Tin Sheds Gallery and Art Workshops Faculty of Architecture Wilkinson Building, G04

Phone: +61 2 9351 3115 Fax: +61 2 9351 4184 Email: [email protected] Website: www.arch.usyd.edu.au/art_workshop.shtml

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Part-time, full-time attendance Privacy Undergraduate students The University is subject to the NSW Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the NSW Health Records and Information Undergraduate students are usually considered full time if they have Privacy Act 2002. Central to both pieces of legislation are the sets of a student load of at least 0.375 each semester. Anything under this information protection principles (IPPs) and health privacy principles amount is considered a part-time study load. which regulate the collection, management, use and disclosure of Note that some faculties have minimum study load requirements for personal and health information. satisfactory progress. In compliance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Postgraduate students (coursework) Act the University developed a Privacy Management Plan which includes the University Privacy Policy.The Privacy Management Plan Part-time or full-time status for postgraduate coursework students is sets out the IPPs and how they apply to functions and activities carried determined by credit-point load. Enrolment in units of study which out by the University. Both the plan and the University Privacy Policy total at least 18 credit points in a semester is classed as full time. were endorsed by the Vice-Chancellor on 28 June 2000. Anything under this amount is a part-time study load. Further information and a copy of the plan may be found at Please note that classes for some coursework programs are held in www.usyd.edu.au/arms/privacy the evenings (usually 6pm to 9pm). Any questions regarding the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Postgraduate students (research) and Personal Information Protection Act, the Health Records and Full-time candidates for research degrees do not keep to the normal Information Privacy Act or the Privacy Management Plan should be semester schedule. Instead they work continuously throughout the directed to Archives and Records Management Services. See year with a period of four weeks recreation leave. www.usyd.edu.au/arms for contact details. There is no strict definition of what constitutes full-time candidature but if you have employment or other commitments that would prevent Research Office you from devoting at least the equivalent of a 35-hour working week The Research Office administers the major government-funded to your candidature (including attendance at the University for lectures, research scholarships to postgraduate research students. Details of seminars, practical work and consultation with your supervisor) you these scholarships and many others may be obtained from should enrol as a part-time candidate. If in doubt, consult your faculty www.usyd.edu.au/ro/training or supervisor. The closing date for applications for Australian Postgraduate Awards International students (APA) and University of Sydney Postgraduate Awards (UPA) is Student visa regulations require international students to undertake October every year. full-time study. International students on visas other than student visas Applications for National Health and Medical Research Council may be permitted to study part-time. (NHMRC) Postgraduate Research Scholarships usually close in Policy Online mid-July. It is wise to check in advance the exact closing date. In addition to the resolutions covering specific courses, there are a Research Office number of University policies that apply to students. These include: Level 6, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 Phone: +61 2 8627 8112 · Code of Conduct for students Email: [email protected] · Academic Honesty in Coursework Website: www.usyd.edu.au/ro/training · Student Plagiarism: Coursework Assessment and Examination of Coursework · Identifying and Supporting Students at Risk. Revenue Services Revenue Services provides information on HECS/fee payment All of these policies can be accessed at the University©s Policy website methods and can confirm the receipt of payments.The office can also (www.usyd.edu.au/policy). provide information on the steps necessary to obtain a refund. More details are available on its website (listed below). Printing service Revenue Services (domestic students) The University Printing Service (UPS) provides printing and binding Margaret Telfer Building, K07 services including high-volume printing and copying, short The University of Sydney run/low-volume printing, and four-colour process printing. It also offers NSW 2006 Australia finished artwork and design, including website design, document scanning, file conversion and CD burning. Phone: +61 2 9351 5222 Fax: +61 2 9114 0556 UPS products range from stationery, books, brochures, handbooks, Email: [email protected] graduation certificates and examination papers through to invitations, Website: www.finance.usyd.edu.au/revenue_income/fees.shtml flyers and banners. Cashier©s Office (domestic and international student payments) UPS also offers a variety of finishing options plus collating, addressing Level 3, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 and filling of envelopes, mail merge options and print-broking services. The University of Sydney University Printing Service NSW 2006 Australia Room 314, Level 3 Office hours: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday Services Building, G12 Codrington Street

Phone: +61 2 9351 2004 Fax: +61 2 9351 7757 Email: [email protected] Website: www.usyd.edu.au/ups

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Scholarships for undergraduates See www.usyd.edu.au/ict/switch for more information on these services. The Scholarships and Prizes Office administers scholarships and prizes for undergraduate and postgraduate coursework degrees at Service Management, Helpdesk the University of Sydney. To learn more, see the website. University Computer Centre, H08 Camperdown Campus Scholarships and Prizes Office Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 Phone: +61 2 9351 6000 The University of Sydney Fax: +61 2 9351 6004 NSW 2006 Australia Email: [email protected] Website: www.usyd.edu.au/ict/switch Phone: +61 2 8627 8450 Fax: +61 2 8627 8485 Special Consideration Email: [email protected] Website: www.usyd.edu.au/scholarships In cases of illness or misadventure, students should complete an Application for Special Consideration form, accompanied by relevant Security Service documentation, such as medical certificates, and submit it to the relevant faculty office. The forms are available at faculty offices, the Security staff patrol the University©s Camperdown and Darlington Student Centre, and online at campuses 24 hours a day, seven days a week and are easily identified www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/student_administration/forms by their blue uniforms and distinguishing badges. Exemption from re-attendance Security Escort Service Although you may have attended certain lectures or practical classes The University©s Security Escort Service may be booked by phoning before, exemption from re-attendance is granted only in exceptional 9351 3487. This service provides transportation around the circumstances. In any case, you are required to enrol in all units of Camperdown and Darlington campuses as well as to the nearest study in which you propose to take examinations, whether or not you transport point at its edge (it generally operates after the security bus have been granted leave of absence (or exemption) from has ceased).The service is for security situations and is not designed re-attendance at lectures and/or practical work. To obtain exemption for convenience use. Requests for this service will be prioritised against from re-attendance, apply at your faculty office. other security demands. Emergency contact Staff and Student Equal Opportunity Unit Phone: +61 2 9351 3333 (13333 from an internal phone) (SSEOU) The Staff and Student Equal Opportunity Unit works with the University Enquiries community to promote equal opportunity in education and employment, Phone: +61 2 9351 3487 or (toll-free within Australia) 1800 063 487 to create opportunities for staff and students who have traditionally Fax: +61 2 9351 4555 been disadvantaged by mainstream practices and policies, and to Email: [email protected] create an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment. Website: www.facilities.usyd.edu.au/security The Staff and Student Equal Opportunity Unit is responsible for: Traffic Phone: +61 2 9351 3336 · providing policy advice to staff on harassment and discrimination · providing equal opportunity policy development, promotion and Lost property training for staff and students · coordinating and monitoring equity programs and initiatives Phone: +61 2 9351 5325 · providing information and advice to staff and students on equal opportunity matters Service Management, Information and · resolving individual staff and student concerns about harassment Communications Technology (ICT) and discrimination · overseeing the University©s Harassment and Discrimination ICT is responsible for the delivery of many of the computing services Resolution procedure provided to students. Students can contact ICT by phoning the · monitoring and reporting to external bodies on the University©s helpdesk on (02) 9351 6000, through the IT Assist website progress in the equal opportunity area. (www.usyd.edu.au/ict/switch) or by visiting the staff at one of the University Access Labs. The location details of Access Labs can be Every student and staff member at the University of Sydney has the found at www.usyd.edu.au/ict/switch/locations right to expect that their fellow students and colleagues behave in a way that reflects these key values, irrespective of background, beliefs The labs provide students free access to computers, including office or culture. productivity and desktop publishing software. Some services are available on a fee-for-service basis, such as internet access, printing In addition, every student and employee has a right to expect from facilities, and the opportunity for students to host their own the University equitable practices that preserve and promote equal non-commercial website. opportunity to access, participate, and excel in their chosen field.

Each student is supplied with an account, called a ©UniKey© account, Rooms 228 to 235 which allows access to a number of services including: The Demountables, H11 Codrington Street · free email Darlington Campus · WebCT/elearning online resources The University of Sydney · access to the Internet from home or residential colleges NSW 2006 Australia · facilities, such as exam results, enrolment variations and timetabling Phone: +61 2 9351 2212 · free courses in basic computing (such as MS Office, basic html Fax: +61 2 9351 3195 and Excel), run by Access Lab staff in the week following Email: [email protected] orientation week. To register contact the Access Lab Supervisor on +61 2 9351 6870. Website: www.usyd.edu.au/eeo

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Student administration and support Three sessions are offered during the semester break (commencing in mid-December, the first week of January, and the third week of The University provides personal, welfare, administrative and academic January) and normally run for up to six weeks (followed by an support services to facilitate your success. Many factors can have an examination week). Details of the available subjects are on the impact on your wellbeing while studying, and student services can Summer School website. help you to manage these more effectively. A smaller Winter School is also offered. It will commence on 28 June For details of services and online resources provided, visit 2010 and run for three weeks (followed by an examination week).The www.usyd.edu.au/current_students Winter School offers both postgraduate and undergraduate subjects.

Student Centre To find out information about subjects offered and to enrol, see the The Student Centre is responsible for the central functions of UAC Summer School website: www.summer.usyd.edu.au admissions, enrolments, HECS, class timetabling, student records, examinations and graduations. In addition to the above matters, SydneyTalent general information and academic transcripts can be obtained at the SydneyTalent is a University initiative that offers course-related counter of the Student Centre. employment at market leading rates and with flexible hours. It connects students with meaningful roles in their chosen field of study, allowing Level 3, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 them to develop vital professional skills and graduate with marketable The University of Sydney career experience. With SydneyTalent, students are able to NSW 2006 Australia successfully manage the work-study balance while building for future General enquiries: +61 2 8627 8200 success. Academic records: +61 2 8627 8200 Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building G02 Handbooks: +61 2 8627 8200 The University of Sydney Fax: +61 2 8627 8279 or +61 2 8627 8284 (academic records) NSW 2006 Australia Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 2 8627 8000 Website: www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/student_administration Fax: +61 2 8627 8630 Email: [email protected] Student course material (online stores) Website: www.sydneytalent.com.au Students in several faculties can purchase course collateral through an online eStore (available on their faculty website). Course collateral Sydney Welcome Orientation and includes laboratory coats, uniforms, safety boots and other equipment Transition Program (SWOT) required for units of study. All items have been selected and approved The Sydney Welcome Orientation and Transition program (SWOT) by the faculty concerned to ensure they meet course requirements. offers a head start to commencing undergraduate students at the University, helping you to become familiar with the University and its Student identity cards student support services. The library and central student support The student identity card functions as a library borrowing card, a services work together with faculties to provide the SWOT program. transport concession card (when suitably endorsed) and a general identity card. The card must be carried at all times on the grounds of SWOT 2010 runs from 24 to 26 February 2010. the University and must be shown on demand and taken to all For more information, see www.swot.usyd.edu.au or visit examinations. www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/orientation University Card Services The University of Sydney Foundation Level 2, Fisher Library, F03 Program (USFP) The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia The University of Sydney provides a foundation program to international students as a preparation for undergraduate degrees at Phone: +61 2 9351 2423 several Australian universities. Email: [email protected] website: www.usyd.edu.au/card_centre The program is conducted by Taylors College on behalf of Study Group Australia and the University of Sydney. It allows both first and Sydney Summer School second semester entry to undergraduate courses at the University of Sydney and other universities within Australia. Nine faculties at the University offer subjects from undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs during a Summer School program. Contact details As the University uses its entire quota of Commonwealth-supported Phone: +61 2 8263 1888 places in Semesters One and Two, these units are full fee-paying for Fax: +61 2 9267 0531 both local and international students and enrolment is entirely Email: [email protected] voluntary. Website: www.usyd.edu.au/foundationprogram

Summer School enables students to accelerate their degree progress, College address make up for a failed subject or fit in a subject which otherwise would The University of Sydney Foundation Program not suit their timetables. New students may also gain an early start Taylors College by completing subjects before they commence their degrees. 965 Bourke St Waterloo NSW 2017 Phone: +61 2 8303 9700 Fax: +61 2 8303 9777

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Timetabling Unit University Health Service (Wentworth) Level 3, Wentworth Building, G01 The Timetabling Unit in the Student Centre is responsible for producing The University of Sydney personalised student timetables which are available through MyUni. NSW 2006 Australia Semester One timetables are available 10 days before that semester begins. Semester Two timetables are available from the beginning of Opening hours: 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday Semester One examinations. Phone: +61 2 9351 3484 Fax: +61 2 9351 4110 Website: www.usyd.edu.au/current_students/student_administration/timetables University Health Service (Holme) Holme Building, A09 University Health Service (UHS) Entry Level, Science Road The University Health Service provides a full experienced general The University of Sydney practitioner service and emergency medical care to all members of NSW 2006 Australia the University community. You can consult a doctor either by appointment or on a walk-in basis (for more urgent matters only). The Opening hours: 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday UHS bills Medicare or your overseas student health care provider Phone: +61 2 9351 4095 (Worldcare or Medibank Private) directly for the full cost of most Fax: +61 2 9351 4338 consultations.

Email: [email protected] Website: www.unihealth.usyd.edu.au Phone: +61 2 9351 3484 Fax: +61 2 9351 4110

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176 Student organisations Student organisations

Students© Representative Council (SRC) SUPRA Council, committees and networks The Students' Representative Council represents, campaigns and The SUPRA Council is elected annually by and from the postgraduate advocates for undergraduate students throughout the University. student community. Council meetings are held monthly and postgraduate students are encouraged to attend. SUPRA committees SRC caseworkers advise students on a range of issues, including and networks help to coordinate activities and run campaigns, and academic appeals, Centrelink and Austudy, tenancy, harassment and are a great way to get involved. All postgraduates can stand for the discrimination. The solicitor (from Redfern Legal Centre) provides council or attend any SUPRA events provided they are a SUPRA legal assistance and court representation. These services are free subscriber (see below). and confidential. The SRC also offers financial support in the form of emergency loans of up to $50. Advice and advocacy SUPRA employs professional student advice and advocacy officers In addition, the SRC runs a second-hand bookshop that specialises (SAAOs) to help postgraduate students with any academic or personal in the purchase and sale of coursework textbooks. Among the problems that may affect their study, such as: publications produced by the SRC are the weekly student newspaper , the Counter-Course Handbook and the O-Week Handbook. · fee payment and administrative issues · academic appeals and exclusions The SRC, which recently celebrated its 80th anniversary, is one of · supervision problems the oldest student organisations in Australia, and is run by and for · tenancy issues students. It©s a great way to get involved in student life. Officers elected · Centrelink and financial assistance concerns to the student council campaign on issues that directly affect students, · harassment and discrimination. such as course cuts and assessments, fee increases, discrimination and welfare rights. They also advocate on social justice matters both This is a free and confidential service for all postgraduates at the within the University and throughout the wider community. University of Sydney. To access the SAAO service, you must be a SUPRA subscriber. It©s free to subscribe and you can do it online, in SRC main office the office, or when you see an SAAO. To find out more about the Level 1, Wentworth Building (G01), City Road SAAO service, email [email protected] Phone: +61 2 9660 5222 Fax: +61 2 9660 4260 Publications Email: [email protected] SUPRA places the highest priority upon communication, being Email (Honi Soit editors): [email protected] responsive to postgraduates and encouraging maximum participation Website: www.src.usyd.edu.au in SUPRA through the following publications:

Contact the main office for details of other campuses. · eGrad, a regular email bulletin · The Postgraduate Survival Manual The SRC Secondhand Bookshop · Thesis Guide Level 3, Wentworth Building (G01), City Road · our weekly double-page spread in Honi Soit, the student Phone: +61 2 9660 4756 newspaper Fax: +61 2 9660 4260 · a range of handbooks, fact sheets and brochures. Email: [email protected] Electronic versions are available at www.supra.usyd.edu.au Website: www.src.usyd.edu.au All of SUPRA©s services, activities and publications are free to SUPRA Sydney University Postgraduate subscribers. By subscribing, you also show your support for all the Representative Association (SUPRA) work that SUPRA does on your behalf. It©s free to subscribe and you can sign up online or drop into the SUPRA offices and fill out a form. SUPRA is an independent association which provides advice, advocacy and support services to postgraduate students. SUPRA is SUPRA Office both the voice and safety net of these students, and represents their Raglan Street Building, G10 interests by: Corner Raglan Street and Abercrombie Street Phone: +61 2 9351 3715 (local) or · ensuring the representation of postgraduate views within the Phone: 1800 249 950 (toll free within Australia) University and wider community · providing free, confidential assistance and advocacy for Fax: +61 2 9351 6400 postgraduates through the employment of Student Advice and Email: [email protected] Advocacy Officers (SAAOs) Website: www.supra.usyd.edu.au · providing free legal advice for postgraduate students, in association with the Redfern Legal Centre University of Sydney Union (USU) · representing postgraduates on University policymaking bodies such as the Academic Board, its committees and working parties As the largest university union in Australia, the USU is a major provider · meeting with members of the Senate on the Senate/Student of exciting cultural, social, political, and charitable activities, as well Organisations Liaison Committee as quality on-campus food and retail services, entertainment, events · regularly consulting with the Vice-Chancellor, Registrar and other and programs that service the entire university community. senior University officers · drawing postgraduates together at all levels of University life. The USU offers an array of programs to its members to promote cultural life on campus, including awards, grants and prizes in leadership, literature, debating, photography, film, drama, philanthropy,

To view the latest update, download, purchase or search a handbook 177 visit Handbooks online: www.usyd.edu.au/handbooks Student organisations music and art.The USU Debating Team is a formidable force, currently Check out the historic and panoramic sporting ovals, rowing sheds ranked first in the world, and the USU also funds the oldest continuing and a multipurpose facility at Tempe, and don©t forget the on-campus theatre group in Australia, the Sydney University Dramatic Society. Grandstand sports bar and restaurant.

The USU keeps the campus alive with big-name gigs and exhilarating Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness events held throughout the year at its bars Manning and Hermann's. University Sports & Aquatic Centre Each year the USU holds major festivals and events such as O-Week, Corner Codrington Street and Darlington Road Beachball and the Verge Arts Festival. Phone: +61 2 9351 4960 Fax: +61 2 9351 4962 For more information on USU, see www.usuonline.com Email: [email protected] Access Card Benefits Program Website: www.susf.com.au The USU offers membership to its award-winning Access Benefits Facilities Program, your gateway to benefits and discounts at more than 55 Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness has three main fitness centres. selected food, retail and entertainment partners on and off campus, as well as access to USU©s programs including internships, student University Sports & Aquatic Centre positions and volunteering opportunities. Corner Codrington Street and Darlington Road Darlington Campus For more information, see www.accessbenefits.com.au Phone: +61 2 9351 4978 Clubs and societies Email: [email protected] The USU funds, accommodates, trains and supports more than 200 Facilities at the centre include: clubs and societies ± groups that USU members can join and operate to meet others with shared interests. Clubs and societies organise · 50-metre heated Olympic swimming pool · modern fitness centre their own activities and events with funding from the USU. Being part · group fitness studio of a club or society is the best way to connect, socialise, network and · RPM studio gain valuable skills, training and experience. · six synthetic tennis courts · four squash courts There are clubs and societies focused on politics, culture, the arts, · multifunction sports hall the environment, religion, volunteering, faculties, games, hobbies and · health assessments and fitness testing passions. If there isn©t a club or society that suits your interests, the · personal training USU will help you start your own. · Sports Bistro & Mint Cafe. For more information, see the clubs and societies section of the USU Arena Sports Centre and the Ledge Climbing Centre website www.usuonline.com Western Avenue Camperdown Campus C&S Office Phone: +61 2 9351 8111 University of Sydney Union Email: [email protected] Level 1, Manning House, Manning Road Phone: +61 2 9563 6161 Facilities at the Arena Sports Centre and the Ledge Climbing Centre Email: [email protected] include: The USU Student Leadership Program · extensive weights training room · yoga classes The USU offers a range of development opportunities for its student · 8-metre-tall rock climbing walls members, ranging from board director positions, club and society · bouldering facilities executives, festival directors, debate directors, editors, volunteers, · personal training and community portfolio convenors. · multipurpose sports hall · two squash courts The USU's programs not only entertain, but teach and prepare · sports clinic participants for life beyond graduation. USU programs include · Ralph's Café. mentoring, personal development, and leadership training, providing the opportunity to add a different dimension to your tertiary education. HK Ward Gymnasium Between Ovals 1 and 2 For more details, see the ©Get Involved© section of www.usuonline.com Camperdown Campus Phone: +61 2 9351 4988 Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness Email: [email protected] Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness invites you to enjoy a healthier University Facilities at the gymnasium include: experience. · martial arts facility Get access to three world-class, on-campus facilities, over 40 different · sports hall sports clubs, more than 30 dance, recreation and sport short courses, · boxing ring and gymnasium plus get involved in popular social sporting activities through our range · group fitness studio of maximum value membership options. · boxercise and kickboxing classes · ergometer training The vast array of sports clubs for men and women ranges from AFL · sports equipment hire. to water polo, with competitions ranging from local social competitions to nationwide leagues, all giving you the chance to improve your performance under the guidance of some of Australia©s most accomplished coaches and sportspeople.

Purpose-built venues offer tennis and squash courts, rock-climbing, fitness equipment, a martial arts room and an Olympic-size heated swimming pool.

178 International students International students

The following information is for international students studying onshore on an Australian student visa.

Completion within the expected duration Sponsored students Education providers are required to ensure that international students Sponsored students need permission from their sponsors before complete their studies within the duration specified on the electronic transferring courses, suspending their studies or varying their study Confirmation of Enrolment (eCoE). Extensions to a student's course load. Students sponsored by the Australian Government (AusAID, duration are allowed only in limited circumstances (for example, for Endeavour), or Asia Development Bank (ADB) should contact the compassionate or compelling reasons, where an intervention strategy International Office in the early stages of considering a change to their has been implemented or where there has been an approved leave program. of absence or suspension). Suspension/discontinuation It is important students ensure they are on track to complete their studies within the expected duration, or that they have permission The University is required to report to DIAC any international students from their faculty to extend their duration. who discontinue or suspend their studies. Students who suspend their studies for medical or compassionate reasons should contact the Satisfactory academic progress international student advisers in the International Office urgently. Maintaining satisfactory course progress is a mandatory student visa Health cover condition. Education providers are required to monitor course progress, intervene where students are at risk of failing to achieve satisfactory The Australian Government requires that all international students course progress, notify students who fail to achieve satisfactory course and their families pay for health insurance in Australia through the progress, and report students who fail to achieve satisfactory course Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) scheme. The progress to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC). University-preferred provider is OSHC Worldcare. The International Office will, on receipt of the student©s first payment of tuition fees and It is important that every student is aware of the progress rules for the OSHC premium, pay the compulsory amount to OSHC Worldcare their course and participates in the intervention strategies implemented on their behalf. by their faculty. Exclusion from a course due to unsatisfactory progress can have serious implications for student visa holders including visa OSHC provides free access to the University health service and public cancellation and restrictions on returning to Australia. hospitals. Higher-level coverage (eg access to private hospitals coverage for spouse and family) is the student©s responsibility. The University provides many avenues of support for students who Alternatively, international students may arrange their own OSHC are struggling academically. International students who experience through an approved provider. You can find a list of approved OSHC any difficulties with their academic progress should consult their faculty, providers by searching for ©OSHC© on the federal government©s the international student advisers in the International Office or the Department of Health and Ageing website: counsellors in the International Student Support Unit (ISSU). www.health.gov.au Distance/web-based study The University of Sydney Foundation International students may undertake no more than 25 per cent of Program (USFP) their total course by distance and/or online learning. Students must The University of Sydney offers its foundation program to international not enrol in exclusively distance or online study in any compulsory students as a preparation for undergraduate degrees at several study period. Australian universities.

Students who are supported by United States Financial Aid are not The Foundation Program is conducted by Taylors College on behalf permitted to undertake distance and/or online learning at any time of Study Group Australia and the University of Sydney. It allows both during their course of study. first and second semester entry to undergraduate courses at the Work permits University of Sydney and other Australian universities. International students with a work permit are permitted to work for up The University of Sydney Foundation Program to 20 hours per week during semester and full-time during the Taylors College University's official holiday periods. Contact the international student 965 Bourke Street advisers in the International Office for more information. Waterloo NSW 2017 Phone: +61 2 8303 9700 Change of address Fax: +61 2 8303 9777 International students must notify the University of their residential Email: [email protected] address within seven days of arrival and notify any subsequent change Website: www.usyd.edu.au/foundationprogram of address within seven days. This should be done online via the University's MyUni student portal (http://myuni.usyd.edu.au).

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International Office International Student Support Unit The International Office provides advice and assistance with The International Student Support Unit (ISSU) provides support to application, admission and enrolment procedures for international international students through the provision of information, orientation students. The International Office also includes units responsible for programs, welfare advice and counselling. international marketing, government and student relations, international scholarships, including AusAID scholarships and administrative support The ISSU provides advice to international students on: for international financial aid programs, and compliance with · preparations before leaving their home country government regulations related to international students. · what to expect upon arrival in Sydney · emotional changes that can take place when moving to a different The International Office also coordinates student exchange and study country abroad programs, and other inter-institutional links.The Study Abroad · academic concerns, including understanding the University system and Exchange unit helps domestic and international students who and liaising with staff members wish to enrol in such programs. · organising letters for family visits · preparing to return to their home country. International Admissions and Customer Services Level 4, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 The ISSU has two offices: The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia Darlington Campus Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building, G02 Phone: +61 2 8627 8300 University of Sydney Future student enquiries: 1800 899 376 (domestic free call) NSW 2006 Australia Fax: +61 2 8627 8387 Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 2 8627 8437 Website: www.usyd.edu.au/internationaloffice Fax: +61 2 8627 8482 Email: [email protected] Study Abroad Website: www.usyd.edu.au/stuserv/issu Phone: +61 2 8627 8322 Fax: +61 2 8627 8390 Cumberland Campus Email: [email protected] Ground Floor, A Block, C42 Website: www.usyd.edu.au/studyabroad 75 East St, Lidcombe NSW 2141 Australia Student Exchange Phone: +61 2 8627 8322 Phone: +61 2 9351 9638 Fax: +61 2 8627 8390 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.usyd.edu.au/stuserv/issu Website: www.usyd.edu.au/studentexchange

180 Essential information for students Essential information for students

Calendar The PhD Rule can be found in the following locations: The annual University of Sydney Calendar and its online updates are · The University of Sydney Calendar (print or online version): the University of Sydney©s central source of official information. www.usyd.edu.au/calendar · Policy Online: www.usyd.edu.au/policy The Calendar provides general and historical information about the · Handbooks Online: University of Sydney, the statutes and regulations under which it www.usyd.edu.au/handbooks/postgrad_hb/ap04_phd_rule.shtml operates and the resolutions of the Senate relating to constitutions of and courses in each faculty. The statutes and regulations, as well as Plagiarism some resolutions of the Senate, are also available on Policy Online The University of Sydney is opposed to and will not tolerate plagiarism. (www.usyd.edu.au/policy). It is the responsibility of all students to:

Along with the University of Sydney handbooks, the Calendar forms · ensure that they do not commit or collude with another person to the official legal source of information relating to study at the University commit plagiarism of Sydney. · report possible instances of plagiarism · comply with the University's policy and procedure on plagiarism. The latest Calendar is available in hard copy from the Student Centre. It is also available online (at www.usyd.edu.au/calendar). The PDF The policy and procedure on plagiarism can be found at the Policy and Word document files can be downloaded and printed if required. Online website (www.usyd.edu.au/policy). Coursework Rule The Policy Online website also lists related policies and procedures, including: It is very important that students are aware of the University of Sydney (Coursework) Rule 2000, which governs all coursework award courses · Academic Honesty in Coursework (plagiarism) policy in the University. · Code of Conduct for Responsible Research Practice and Guidelines for Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct. The Coursework Rule relates to: The University will treat all identified cases of student plagiarism · award course requirements seriously, in accordance with this policy and procedure, and with · credit points and assessment Chapter 8 of the University of Sydney By-Law 1999 (as amended), · enrolment which deals with student discipline. · credit · cross-institutional study and its upper limits · progression Students at Risk Policy · discontinuation of enrolment and suspension of candidature The Students at Risk Policy enables early detection of students who · unsatisfactory progress and exclusion are making poor or unsatisfactory progress and are therefore at risk · exceptional circumstances of exclusion from their degree. · award of degrees · diplomas and certificates The policy outlines procedures and processes to support students in · transitional provisions. their ongoing studies, including:

It should be read in conjunction with two other documents: · timely intervention and the provision of advice and assistance · regularly and effectively advising students of progress · The University of Sydney (Amendment Act) Rule 1999 requirements · Senate resolutions and faculty resolutions relating to each award · identifying students at risk course (found in the relevant faculty handbook). · alerting students that they are at risk · providing assistance to address the risk The Coursework Rule can be found in the following places: · tracking the progress of students after they are identified as being · The University of Sydney Calendar (print or online version): at risk. www.usyd.edu.au/calendar · Policy Online: www.usyd.edu.au/policy For more information on this policy, please see the Secretariat website · Handbooks Online: (www.usyd.edu.au/secretariat/students/riskstudents). www.usyd.edu.au/handbooks/university_information/ 01_uni_coursework_rule Grievance Procedure The University's policy and procedures document on student PhD Rule grievances, appeals and applications for review is available on the The University of Sydney (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)) Rule 2004 Policy Online website (www.usyd.edu.au/policy). deals with matters relating to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, including admission, probation, supervision and submission of theses. The Grievance Procedure document is a statement of the University's processes for handling student grievances, appeals and applications It should be read in conjunction with two other documents: for review regarding academic and non-academic matters.

· The University of Sydney (Amendment Act) Rule 1999 Study at the University presents opportunities for interacting with other · Senate and faculty resolutions relating to each award course members of the University community.The University recognises and (found in the relevant faculty handbook). values the diversity of student experiences and expectations, and is committed to treating students, both academically and administratively, in a fair and transparent manner.

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182 Abbreviations Abbreviations

Listed below are commonly used acronyms that appear in University documents and publications. (See also the Glossary.)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

C A CRICOS Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas AARNet Australian Academic Research Network Students AAM Australian Awards for University Teaching CRRI Centre for Rural and Regional Innovation AAUT Annual Average Mark CSG Cumberland Student Guild ABC Activity-based costing CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ABSTUDY Aboriginal Study Assistance Scheme CSP Commonwealth Supported Place AC21 Academic Consortium 21 CULT Combined Universities Language Test ACER Australian Council for Educational Research CUTSD Committee for University Teaching and Staff Development ALTC Australian Learning and Teaching Council ANZAAS Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement D of Science D Distinction (grade) APA Australian Postgraduate Awards DAC Data Audit Committee APAC Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing DEEWR Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and APAI Australian Postgraduate Awards (Industry) Workplace Relations APA-IT Australian Postgraduate Awards in Information Technology DEST Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training APDI Australian Postdoctoral Fellowships Industry (now known as DEEWR) APD Australian Postdoctoral FellowshipAsia-Pacific Economic DET NSW Department of Education and Training Cooperation DIAC Department of Immigration and Citizenship APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation D-IRD Discovery-Indigenous Researchers Development Program APF Australian Professorial Fellowship DOGS Director of Graduate Studies APRU Association of Pacific Rim Universities DVC Deputy Vice-Chancellor AQF Australian Qualifications Framework ARC Australian Research Council E ARTS Automated Results Transfer System EB Enterprise bargaining ASDOT Assessment Fee Subsidy for Disadvantaged Overseas Students EFTSL Equivalent full-time student load ATAR Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank EFTSU Equivalent full-time student unit (replaced by EFSTL) ATN Australian Technology Network EIP Evaluations and Investigations Program ATP Australian Technology Park ELICOS English Language Intensive Course of Study AUQA Australian Universities Quality Agency EMU Electron Microscope Unit AusAID Australian Agency for International Development ESOS Act Education Services for Overseas Student Act AUTC Australian Universities Teaching Committee AWA Australian Workplace Agreements F F Fail B FEE-HELP Fee - Higher Education Loan Program BAA Backing Australia©s Ability FlexSIS Flexible Student Information System BITLab Business Intelligence Lab FFT Fractional full-time (equivalent staff) FHS Faculty of Health Sciences C FOS Field of study CAF Cost adjustment factor FTE Full-time equivalent (staff) CCE Centre for Continuing Education CDP Capital Development Program G CEP Country Education Profile GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services CEQ Course Experience Questionnaire GCCA Graduate Careers Council of Australia CFO Chief Financial Officer GDS Graduate destination survey CHESSN Commonwealth Higher Education System Student Number Go8 Group of Eight CIO Chief Information Officer GPOF General Purpose Operating Funds CIS Campus Infrastructure Services GSA Graduate Skills Assessment COE Confirmation of Enrolment GSG Graduate School of Government CPSU Community and Public Sector Union GWSLN Greater Western Sydney Learning Network CR Credit (grade) CRC Cooperative Research Centre CREO Centre for Regional Education, Orange

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H O HD High distinction OS-HELP Overseas Student - Higher Education Loan Program HDR Higher degree research HECS Higher Education Contribution Scheme (replaced by HECS-HELP) P HECS-HELP Higher Education Contribution Scheme - Higher Education Loan P Pass Program PCON Pass (Concessional) HEEP Higher Education Equity Program PELS Postgraduate Education Loans Scheme HEIMS Higher Education Information Management System PSO Planning Support Office HEIP Higher Education Innovation Program (DEEWR) PVC Pro-Vice-Chancellor HELP Higher Education Loan Program HEO Higher education officer Q HEP Higher education provider QA Quality assurance HERDC Higher Education Research Data Collection QACG Quality Advisory and Coordination Group HESA Higher Education Support Act HOA Head of administrative unit R HOD Head of department R&D Research and development HOS Head of school R&R Restructuring and Rationalisation Program I RC Responsibility Centre REG Research and earmarked grants IAF Institutional Assessment Framework REP Research Education Program IAS Institute of Advanced Studies RFM Relative Funding Model ICT Information and communication technology RIAP Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific IELTS International English Language Testing Scheme RIBG Research Infrastructure Block Grant (DEEWR) IGS Institutional Grants Scheme (DEEWR) RIEF Research Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Scheme IO International Office RIMS Research Information Management System IP Intellectual property RISF Restructuring Initiatives Support Fund IPRS International Postgraduate Research Scholarships RMO Risk Management Office IREX International Researcher Exchange Scheme ROA Record of Achievement ISFP Indigenous Support Funding Program RQ Research Quantum ISIG Innovation Summit Implementation Group RQF Research Quality Framework ISSU International Student Services Unit RQU Recognition Quality Unit (Higher Education Division, DEEWR) ITL Institute for Teaching and Learning RRTMR Research and Research Training Management Reports J RSL Recent school leaver RTS Research Training Scheme (DEEWR) JASON Joint Academic Scholarships Online Network S L SASCA Student Association of Sydney College of the Arts LBOTE Language background other than English SCA Sydney College of the Arts M SCEQ Sydney Course Experience Questionnaire SCM Sydney Conservatorium of Music MISG Management Information Steering Group SCR Science Capability Review MNRF Major National Research Facilities Scheme SDF Strategic Development Fund MOU Memorandum of understanding SEG Senior Executive Group MRB Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship Scheme SES Socioeconomic status SI Scholarship Index N SLE Student Learning Entitlement NBCOTP National Bridging Courses for Overseas Trained Program SNA Safety net adjustment NCG National Competitive Grant SPR Student Progress Rate NESB Non-English-speaking background SRC Students© Representative Council NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council SSP Special Studies Program NOIE National Office for the Information Economy SSR Student±staff ratio NOOSR National Office for Overseas Skill Recognition STABEX Study Abroad Exchange (database) NRSL Non-recent school leaver SUPRA Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association NSW VCC New South Wales Vice-Chancellors© Conference SUSF Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness NTEU National Tertiary Education Industry Union NUS National Union of Students T TAFE Technical and Further Education O TOEFL Test of English as a foreign language OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development TPI Teaching performance indicator OLA Open Learning Australia OPRS Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarships

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U UAC Universities Admissions Centre UAI Universities Admission Index (replaced by ATAR) UMAP University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNSW University of New South Wales UPA University Postgraduate Awards USU University of Sydney Union UTS University of Technology, Sydney

V VCAC Vice-Chancellor©s Advisory Committee VET Vocational Education and Training VSU Voluntary Student Unionism

W WAM Weighted Average Mark WRP Workplace Reform Program WTO World Trade Organization

Y YFE Year of first enrolment

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For a table of commonly used acronyms and abbreviations that appear Ad eundem gradum in University documents and publications, see Abbreviations. Long-standing full-time members of the University's academic and general staff who are not graduates of the University may be This glossary describes terminology in use at the University of Sydney. considered by Senate, upon their retirement, for admission Ad eundem A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z gradum (©to the same degree©) to an appropriate degree of the University.

A Admission Governed by the University's admission policy, this is the process for Academic Board identifying applicants eligible to receive an initial offer of enrolment in The senior academic body within the University.The Academic Board a course at the University. Admission to most undergraduate courses has, as principal responsibility, to maintain the highest standards in is based on performance in the HSC, with applicants ranked on the teaching, scholarship and research at the University and advises basis of their Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR). Senate and the Vice-Chancellor in that regard. In conjunction with faculties, the Academic Board has responsibility for approving new Other criteria such as a portfolio, interview, audition, or results in or amended courses and endorsing faculty development of units of standard tests may also be taken into account for certain courses. study. The Board is also responsible for the formulation and review Admission to postgraduate courses is normally on the basis of of policies, guidelines and procedures in relation to academic matters. performance in a prior undergraduate degree and other criteria as For further information, see the University of Sydney (Academic specified in the relevant degree resolutions. Governance) Rule 2003 (as amended). Admission basis Academic Consortium 21 (AC21) The main criterion used by a faculty in assessing an application for An international network, of which the University is a member, which admission to a course. The criteria used include, among other things, comprises educational, research and industrial organisations previous secondary, TAFE or tertiary studies, work experience, special throughout the world with the objective of encouraging the further admission, and the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR). advancement of global cooperation to the benefit of higher education and to contribute to world and regional society. Admission (Deferment) An applicant who receives an offer of admission to a course may apply Academic cycle to defer enrolment in that course for one semester or one academic The program of teaching sessions offered over a year. Currently the cycle. (Note: this policy is currently under review.) cycle runs from the enrolment period for Semester One to the completion of the processing of results at the end of Semester Two. Admission mode See also ©Academic year©, ©Stage©. A classification based on how a student was admitted to a course, for example ©UAC© or ©direct©. Academic dishonesty Academic dishonesty occurs when one person presents another Admission period person©s ideas, findings or written work as his or her own by copying The period during which applications for admission to courses are or reproducing them without due acknowledgement of the source and considered. with intent to deceive. Academic dishonesty also covers recycling, Admission year fabrication of data, engaging another person to complete an The year the student expects to begin the course. See also assessment or cheating in exams. See also ©Plagiarism©. ©Commencement date©.

Academic record Advanced diplomas The complete academic history of a student at the University. It See ©Course©. includes, among other things: personal details; all units of study and courses taken; assessment results (marks and grades); awards and Advanced standing prizes obtained; infringements of progression rules; approvals for See ©Credit©. variation in course requirements and course leave; thesis and supervision details. Aegrotat In exceptional circumstances involving serious illness or death of a Access to a student©s academic record is restricted to authorised student prior to completion of their course, the award of an aegrotat, University staff and is not released to a third party without the written or posthumous degree or diploma, may be conferred. authorisation of the student. See also ©Academic transcript©. Alumni Academic transcript See ©Graduate©. A printed statement setting out a student©s academic record at the University. There are two forms of academic transcript: external and Alumni sidneiensis internal. See also ©Academic record©, ©External transcript©, ©Internal A searchable database of graduates of the University from 1857 to transcript©. approximately 30 years prior to the current year.

Academic year The current calendar year in which a student is enrolled. See also ©Academic cycle©, ©Stage©.

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Annual average mark (AAM) Associate supervisor The average mark over all units of study attempted in a given A person who is appointed in addition to the supervisor of a research academic year (equivalent to the calendar year). The formula for this student to provide particular expertise or additional experience in calculation is: supervision. See also ©Instrumental supervisor/teacher©, ©Research supervisor©, ©Supervision©.

Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) A consortium of leading research universities in the Pacific Rim, of which the University is a member. APRU aims to foster education, (Sums over all units of study completed in the selected period.) research and enterprise, thereby contributing to economic, scientific and cultural advancement in the Pacific Rim. The mark is the actual mark obtained by the student for the unit of study, or in the case of a failing grade with no mark ± 0. Pass/fail Assumed knowledge assessed subjects and credit transfer subjects (from another institution) For some units of study, a student is assumed to have passed a are excluded from these calculations. However, the marks from all relevant subject in the HSC ± this is called assumed knowledge.While attempts at a unit of study are included. students are generally advised against taking a unit of study for which they do not have the assumed knowledge, they are not prevented Annual progress report from enrolling in that unit of study. See also ©Prerequisite©. A form used to monitor a research student©s progress each year. The form provides for comments by the student, the supervisor, the head Attendance mode or attendance pattern of the department and the dean (or their nominee). The completed The attendance pattern for a course is full-time, part-time or external, form is attached to the student's official file. depending on the student attendance requirements and student load.

Annual Report Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) The University's yearly financial and audit report, submitted to the The framework for recognition and endorsement of qualifications NSW Parliament. It also includes a broad range of the University©s established by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, activities and the strength of their performance in relation to the Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA). University©s stated roles, values and goals. Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) Appeals A measure of overall academic achievement in the HSC that helps Students may lodge an appeal against academic or disciplinary universities rank applicants for university selection. The ATAR is a decisions. See also ©Student Appeals Body©, ©Student Disciplinary rank of any student©s performance relative to other students. It is Appeals Committee©. calculated from the aggregate of scaled marks in 10 units of the HSC (two best English units plus eight other units, including only two Appeals against an academic decision category B units) and is presented as a number between 0.00 and A student may appeal to the Student Appeals Body against a decision 99.95 with increments of 0.05. The ATAR replaced the Universities by the University that affects the academic assessment or progress Admissions Index (UAI) in June 2009. of a student within his or her award course, including a decision: Austudy (a) to exclude a student in accordance with the University of Sydney Provides financial help to students who are 25 years old or over who (Coursework) Rule 2000 (as amended) meet the required criteria, and are undertaking an approved full-time (b) not to readmit or re-enrol a student following exclusion in course at an approved institution. See also ©Youth allowance©. accordance with the University of Sydney (Coursework) Rule 2000 (as amended) Automated Results Transfer System (ARTS) (c) to terminate a student©s candidature for a postgraduate award. This system was developed by the Australasian Conference of Tertiary Admissions Centres (ACTAC) to allow access to a student©s electronic Appeal against a disciplinary decision academic record, via an admission centre or tertiary institution. A student may appeal to the Student Disciplinary Appeals Committee against a determination being: B (a) a finding by the Vice-Chancellor or the Student Proctorial Board Bachelor©s degree that the student is guilty of misconduct The highest undergraduate award offered at the University. A (b) the imposition of a penalty upon the student by the Vice-Chancellor bachelor©s degree course normally requires three or four years of or the Student Proctorial Board full-time study or the part-time equivalent. See also ©Course©. (c) an order made by the Vice-Chancellor or the Student Proctorial Board. Board of studies An academic body that supervises a course or courses, and is similar Assessment to a faculty except that it is headed by a chair rather than a dean. The process of measuring the performance of students in units of study and courses. Performance may be assessed by examinations, Bursaries essays, laboratory projects, assignments, theses, treatises or Financial award made to a student, based primarily on need. See also dissertations. See also ©Result processing©. ©Scholarships©.

Formative assessment Used principally to provide students with feedback on their progress in learning. It reinforces successful learning, and is an opportunity for students to expose the limits in their knowledge and understanding.

Summative assessment Summative assessment is used to certify competence, or to rank students by order of merit. It certifies the attainment of a standard, and is used as the basis for progression to the next part of a program, or to graduation.

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C student-contribution weights. Until all fees are paid, it is issued Cadigal program provisionally. A new confirmation of enrolment notice is produced A program, named in recognition of the Aboriginal people of the land every time a student's enrolment is varied. on which the University is located, designed to increase the successful Conjoint ventures participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in degree This is when two or more institutions cooperate to provide a unit or courses in all faculties at the University of Sydney. course of study to postgraduate coursework students. In these Calendar arrangements, students enrolled for a degree at one institution See ©University Calendar©. complete one or more units of study at the other institution to count towards the award program at their ©home© institution. Campus The grounds on which the University is situated. There are 10 Continuing professional education campuses of the University of Sydney: A process which provides a number of programs of continuing education courses for professionals as they move through their career. · Burren Street (Institute for International Health, Institute of These programs are currently administered by the Centre for Transport and Logistics Studies) Continuing Education (CCE) and a number of departments and · Camperdown and Darlington (formerly known as Main Campus) foundations across the University. This process supports the whole · Camden (Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; and of life learning concept and involves the maintenance of a long-term Veterinary Science) relationship between the student and the University. · Conservatorium (Sydney Conservatorium of Music) · Cumberland (Health Sciences) Convocation · Mallett Street (Nursing and Midwifery) A body that comprises: the Fellows and former Fellows of the Senate · Rozelle (Sydney College of the Arts) of the University of Sydney; members of the former governing bodies · St James (Law teaching spaces) · Surry Hills (Dentistry). of the institutions with which the University has amalgamated or their predecessors; the graduates of the University of Sydney, including Cancellation of enrolment graduates of the institutions with which the University has The University may cancel a student's enrolment for non-payment of amalgamated or their predecessors; professors and other full-time fees. members of the academic staff of the University; and principals of the incorporated colleges. Candidature A person is ©admitted to candidature© on the date on which he or she Core unit of study accepts the University's offer of admission to an award course, in A unit of study that is compulsory for a particular course or subject accordance with University and government requirements as amended area. See also ©Unit of study©. from time to time. There are maximum periods and in some cases minimum periods of candidature depending on the award course and Corequisite whether the candidate is a full-time or part-time student. A unit of study that must be taken in the same semester or year as a given unit of study (unless it has already been completed). These are Census date determined by the faculty or board of studies concerned, published The date at which a student©s enrolment, load and HECS liability are in the faculty handbook and shown in FlexSIS. See also ©Prerequisite©, finalised before this information is reported to DEEWR. See also ©Waiver©. ©Commonwealth Supported Place©, ©HECS-HELP©. Cotutelle Scheme Ceremony Agreement between the University and any overseas university for See ©Graduation ceremony©. joint supervision and examination of a PhD student as part of an ongoing cooperative research collaboration. If successful, the student Chancellor receives a doctorate from both universities with each testamur The non-executive head of the University. An honorary position, the acknowledging the circumstances under which the award was made. Chancellor presides over meetings of the University©s governing body, the Senate, and important ceremonial occasions such as graduations. Course A program of study at the University of Sydney. The main types of Clinical experience course are: Students undertake clinical placements in a professional environment as part of their course requirements. Many require University-approved Award course supervision. In order to undertake clinical placements a student may A formal course of study that will see attainment of a recognised be required to fulfil additional requirements. award. Award courses are approved by Academic Board and endorsed by Senate.The University broadly classifies courses as undergraduate, Combined degree postgraduate coursework or postgraduate research. See also A single program with a single set of course resolutions leading to the ©Bachelor©s degree©, ©Course rules©, ©Diploma©, ©Doctorate©, ©Major©, award of two degrees (unless otherwise specified in the resolutions). ©Master©s degree©, ©Minor©, PhD, ©Stream©. See also ©Double degree©. Non-award course Commencement date Studies undertaken by students that do not lead to an award from the The date a student commences their candidature. University. Non-award courses include professional development programs. See also ©Cross-institutional enrolment©. Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) (Previously known as a HECS Place.) A student in a Commonwealth Coursework Supported Place makes a contribution towards the cost of their An award course not designated as a research award course. While education (known as the student contribution) while the Australian the program of study in a coursework award course may include a Government contributes the majority of the cost. component of original work, other forms of instruction and learning will normally be dominant. Confirmation of Enrolment notice (COE) This notice is issued to each student after enrolment, showing the course and the units of study in which the student is enrolled, together with the credit point value of the units of study and the

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Research D A course in which at least 66 per cent of the overall course Data Audit Committee (DAC) requirements involve students undertaking supervised research over The Data Audit Committee©s role is to oversee the integrity and a prescribed period of time, leading to the production of a thesis or accuracy of the course and unit of study data as strategic University other piece of written or creative work. data. It also advises the Academic Board on suggested policy changes Course alias related to course and unit of study data. A subcommittee of the VCAC A unique five character alpha-numeric code which identifies a Enrolment Working Party, it is chaired by the Registrar, with University course. membership including the deans, the Student Centre, FlexSIS and Planning and Statistics. Course code See ©Course alias©. Deadlines (Enrolment variations) See ©Enrolment variation©. Course leave Students are permitted to apply for a period away from their course Deadlines (Fees) without losing their place. Course leave is formally approved by the The University has deadlines for the payment of course and other supervising faculty for a minimum of one semester. Students on leave fees. Students who do not pay fees by these deadlines may have their are regarded as having an active candidature, but they are not entitled enrolment cancelled or they may have a barrier placed on the release to a student card. At undergraduate level, leave is not counted towards of their record. See also ©Cancellation of enrolment©. the total length of the course. Students who are absent from study Dean without approved leave may be discontinued and may be required to The head of a faculty, or the principal/director of a college, such as formally reapply for admission. See also ©Progression©. the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, or Sydney College of the Arts.

Course rules Dean©s Certificate Rules that govern the allowable enrolment of a student in a course. A statement from a faculty dean certifying that all requirements, Course rules may be expressed in terms of types of units of study including fieldwork and practical work, have been met and that the taken, length of study, and credit points accumulated. For example, student is eligible to graduate. Not all faculties use Dean's Certificates. a candidate may not enrol in units of study that have a total value of In faculties that do, qualified students have `Dean's Certificate' noted more than 32 credit points per semester. on their academic record.

Course rules also govern the requirements for the award of the course. Deferment (Deferral) For example, in many cases a candidate must complete a minimum See also ©Admission (Deferment)©, ©Course leave©. of 144 credit points. See also ©Course©, ©Corequisite©, ©Prerequisite©. Degree Course transfer See also ©Bachelor©s degree©, ©Course©. Applies to students transferring between courses, either within the University of Sydney or between institutions. In some circumstances Delivery mode a student may be eligible to transfer to a course directly, ie without Indicates how students receive the instruction for a unit of study. The reapplying for admission. delivery mode must be recorded for each unit as distinct from the attendance mode of the student. For example, an internal student Credit may take one or more units by distance mode and an external student The recognition of previous studies successfully completed at the may attend campus for one or more units. University of Sydney (or another university or tertiary institution recognised by the University of Sydney), as contributing to the Distance education requirements of the course to which the applicant requesting such Where subject matter is delivered in a more flexible manner, such as recognition has been admitted. It may be granted as specified credit correspondence notes, a student may only attend campus if required. or non-specified credit. See also ©Distance education©, ©Extended semester©, ©International student (Offshore studies)©. Specified credit The recognition of previously completed studies as directly equivalent Intensive on-campus to units of study. Core content is delivered with support learning in an intensive (one or more days) format on campus. Participation is usually compulsory. Non-specified credit Previously this may have been called residential, block mode, or A ©block credit© for a specified number of credit points at a particular weekend workshop. level. These credit points may be in a particular subject area but are not linked to a specific unit of study. See also ©Annual average mark On-campus (normal) (AAM)©, ©Waiver©, ©Weighted average mark (WAM)©. Attendance of scheduled lectures, tutorials etc at a campus of the University. Credit points The value of the contribution each unit of study provides towards Department meeting course completion requirements. Each unit of study normally A department is the academic unit responsible for teaching and has a six credit point value assigned to it. The total number of credit examining a unit of study. It may be called a school, a department, a points required for completion of award courses will be specified in centre or a unit within the University. See ©School©. the Senate resolutions relevant to the award course. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Cross-institutional enrolment (DEEWR) Enrolment in units of study to count towards an award course at The federal government department responsible for higher education. another university. See also ©Course (Non-award course)©. Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) Previous name of the federal government department now known as DEEWR.

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Diploma E The award granted following successful completion of diploma course Elective requirements. A diploma course usually requires less study than a A unit of study within a degree, usually an option within a course. degree course. See also ©Course©. Electives allow more detailed study of a particular subject.

Direct admissions Embedded courses For some courses, applications may be made directly to the University. Award courses in the graduate certificate, graduate diploma and Applications are received by faculties or the International Office, and master©s degree by coursework sequence which allow unit of study considered by the relevant department or faculty body. Decisions are credit points to count in more than one of the awards, for example the recorded and letters are forwarded to applicants advising them of the Graduate Certificate in Information Technology, Graduate Diploma in outcome. See also ©Admission©, ©Universities Admissions Centre©. Information Technology, and Master of Information Technology.

Disability information Enrolled student Students may inform the University of any temporary or permanent A person enrolled in an award course of the University. disability which affects their life as a student. Disability information is recorded but is only available to authorised users because of its Enrolment sensitive nature. Students will be informed about how it is used. Refers to a period of time in a student©s candidature. This period:

Disciplinary action (a) commences at the time the student has complied with all Undertaken as the result of academic or other misconduct, for example government and University requirements for enrolment plagiarism, cheating, security infringement, criminal activity. (b) unless the student re-enrols, ceases at the date on which: i. the University cancels, or the student withdraws from or Discipline discontinues enrolment; or A defined area of study, such as chemistry, physics or economics. ii. the next new enrolment period commences.

Discipline group A student enrols in a course by registering with the supervising faculty A DEEWR code used to classify units of study in terms of the subject in the units of study or program of research to be taken in the coming matter being taught or being researched. year, semester or session.

Discontinuation (course) Commencing See ©Enrolment variation©. An enrolment is classified as commencing if a student has enrolled Discontinuation (unit of study) in a particular degree or diploma for the first time. See ©Enrolment variation©. Continuing Dissertation Students already in a course at the University re-enrol each year or A written exposition of a topic which may include original argument semester. Most continuing students are required to pre-enrol. See substantiated by reference to acknowledged authorities. It is a required also ©Pre-enrolment©. unit of study for some postgraduate award courses in the faculties of Enrolment list Law, and Architecture, Design and Planning. A list of all currently enrolled students in a particular unit of study. See Distance education also ©Unit of study©. Where a student does not attend campus on a daily basis for a given Enrolment variation course or unit of study. See also ©Delivery mode©, ©Extended semester©. Students may vary their enrolment at the start of each semester. Each Doctorate faculty determines its deadlines for variations, but student-contribution A high-level postgraduate award. A doctorate course may involve liability depends on the Commonwealth census date. See also research only or a mixture of research and coursework; the candidate ©Commonwealth Supported Place©. submits a thesis that is an original contribution to the field of study. Equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL) See also ©Course©, ©PhD©. The equivalent full-time student load for a year. It represents the Domestic student annual study load of a student undertaking a particular course of study A student who is not an international student. See also ©Local student©. on a full-time basis.

Double degree Equivalent full-time student unit (EFTSU) A double degree is a program where students are permitted by See ©Equivalent full-time student load© participating faculties (and/or by specific resolutions within a single Examination award) to transfer between courses in order to complete two awards. A set of questions or exercises evaluating on a given subject given Downgrade by a department or faculty. See also ©Assessment©, ©Examination In some circumstances a student enrolled in a PhD may transfer to a period©. master's by research, either on the recommendation of the University Examination period on the basis that the research they are undertaking is not at an The time set each semester for the conduct of formal examinations. appropriate level for a PhD, or at the student's own request for personal or academic reasons. Examiner (Coursework) The person assessing a student or group of students, for example through oral or written examinations, coursework assignments, and presentations.

Exchange student Either a University of Sydney student participating in a formally agreed program involving study at an overseas university, or an overseas student studying here on the same basis. The International Office provides administrative support for some exchanges.

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Exclusion Fellows of Senate A faculty may ask a student whose academic progress is considered Members of the governing body of the University who are either to be unsatisfactory to ©show good cause© why the student should be elected, appointed or ex-officio. allowed to re-enrol. If the faculty deems the student's explanation unsatisfactory, or if the student does not provide an explanation, the Flexible learning student may be excluded either from a unit of study or from a course See ©Delivery mode©, ©Distance education©. or faculty. Flexible start date An excluded student may apply to the faculty for permission to re-enrol. Full fee-paying distance students are not restricted to the same Normally, at least two years must have elapsed before such an enrolment time frames as campus-based or Commonwealth-supported application would be considered. University policy relating to exclusions students. is set out in the Calendar. See also ©Appeals©, ©Progression©. Flexible Student Information System (FlexSIS) Exemption The computer-based Flexible Student Information System at the A decision made at a sub-unit of study level to allow a student to University of Sydney. FlexSIS holds details of courses and units of complete a unit of study without also completing all the prescribed study being offered by the University and the complete academic components of coursework and/or assessment. See also ©Credit©, records of all students enrolled at the University. ©Waiver©. Formative assessment Expulsion See also ©Assessment©. The ultimate penalty of disciplinary action is to expel the student from Full-time student the University. The effect of expulsion is: See ©Attendance mode©, ©Equivalent full-time student load©. · the student is not allowed to be admitted or to re-enrol in any course at the University · the student does not receive their results G · the student is not allowed to graduate Grade · the student does not receive a transcript or testamur. The outcome for a unit of study linked with a mark range. For example, a mark in the range 85 to 100 attracts the grade ©high distinction© (HD). Extended semester See also ©Mark©. A distance-learning student may be allowed more time to complete a module or program if circumstances beyond the student's control, Graduand such as illness, affect the student's ability to complete the module or A student who has completed all the requirements for an award course program in the specified time. See also ©Distance education©. but has not yet graduated. See also ©Graduation©, ©Potential graduand©.

External Graduate See ©Attendance mode or attendance pattern©, ©Distance education©. A person who holds an award from a recognised tertiary institution. See also ©Graduand©, ©Graduation©. External transcript A certified statement of a student's academic record printed on official Graduate certificate/graduate diploma University security paper. It includes the student's name, any credit See ©Course©. granted, all courses the student was enrolled in, the final course result, and all units of study attempted within each course. It also Graduate-entry degree acknowledges prizes the student has received. Marks can be included A bachelor's degree (or other undergraduate degree), that requires or omitted, as required. See also ©Academic transcript©, ©Internal another undergraduate degree as a prerequisite of entry. Examples transcript©. of graduate-entry degrees at the University of Sydney include the Medical Program, Graduate Law and the Bachelor of Dentistry. F Graduation The formal conferring of awards either at a ceremony or in absentia. Faculty See also ©In absentia©, ©Potential graduand©. A formal part of the University's academic governance structure, consisting mainly of academic staff members and headed by a dean, Graduation ceremony which is responsible for all matters concerning the award courses that A ceremony where the Chancellor confers awards upon graduands. it supervises. Usually, a faculty office administers the faculty and student or staff enquiries related to its courses. The University Group of Eight (Go8) Calendar sets out the constitution of each of the University's faculties. The Group of Eight represents Australia©s major research-intensive See also ©Board of studies©, ©Supervising faculty©. universities. Its membership comprises the vice-chancellors (presidents) of the Australian National University, Monash University, Faculty handbook the University of Adelaide, the University of Melbourne, the University An annual University publication for each faculty, that provides detailed of New South Wales, the University of Queensland, the University of information about the faculty, its courses and resolutions. Sydney and the University of Western Australia. The Go8 works to ensure a consistent and sustainable policy environment which FEE-HELP maximises the wide-ranging economic, social and cultural benefits to An interest-free loan facility available to fee-paying postgraduate the Australian community of higher education and ensures Australian students who are undertaking coursework programs. universities are recognised as among the best in the world. Fee-paying students Group work Students who pay tuition fees to the University and are not liable for A formally established project to be carried out by a number of students student contributions to a Commonwealth Supported Place. The working together, resulting in a single piece (or assorted pieces) of Commonwealth does not contribute towards the cost of the education assessment. See also ©Legitimate cooperation©. of fee-paying students. Annual fees vary between the faculties. Students pay a per-semester fee.

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H student's University of Sydney award, and students remain enrolled Handbook in their University of Sydney course during the period of exchange. See ©Faculty handbook©. International ± non-award or cross-institutional Head of department/Head of school (HOD/HOS) An international fee-paying student undertaking non-award study at The head of the academic unit that has responsibility for the relevant the University on a cross-institutional basis. They are liable to pay unit of study, or equivalent program leader. fees for the study they undertake at the University, but there is no compliance reporting requirement ± this rests with their ©home© Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) institution. See ©HECS-HELP©. International ± sponsored HECS-HELP A private international student who is fully sponsored for their tuition. An eligible student in a Commonwealth Supported Place can apply Their sponsorship may also include overseas health cover and for assistance in paying their student contribution. This may take the compulsory subscriptions. form of a HECS-HELP loan to pay for all or some of the student©s contribution, or a HECS-HELP discount if all (or at least $500) of the Offshore studies student©s contribution is paid by the census date. International offshore students undertake their program of study at one of the University's offshore campuses and do not enter Australia. Honorary degrees Therefore they do not require a visa. They are distinct from A degree honoris causa is conferred on a person whom the University international students who are on outbound exchange programs as wishes to honour. It derives from the Latin translation of ©for the they never enter Australia during their program of study. purpose of honouring©. Short course Honours An international fee-paying student undertaking a short course with Some degrees may be completed ©with honours©. This may involve the University of Sydney such as international development programs, the completion of a separate honours year or additional work in the executive training or study visits. The study undertaken by these later years of the course. Honours are awarded in a class (Class I, students is non-award and generally a student visa is not required. Class II, which may have two divisions, or Class III). Sponsored award NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC) An international student sponsored by the Australian Government, The NSW Higher School Certificate (HSC), which is normally undertaking a program of study at the University. Currently, holders completed at the end of year 12 of secondary school. The Australian of Australian Development Scholarships funded by AusAID are the Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) is computed from a student's only students in this category.These students are fully sponsored for performance in the HSC and gives a maximum rank of 99.95. their tuition and other costs such as travel and health cover, and are paid a stipend. I Study Abroad An international student who is undertaking short-term study at the In absentia University under the Study Abroad scheme. Study Abroad students Latin for ©in the absence of©. Awards are conferred in absentia when must have completed at least one year of study towards a degree at graduands do not, or cannot, attend the graduation ceremony a recognised institution in their home country and must be continuing scheduled for them. Those who have graduated in absentia may later towards the degree of their home institution. See also ©Local student©, request that they be presented to the Chancellor at a graduation ©Student type©. ceremony. See also ©Graduation©.

Instrumental supervisor/teacher All students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music have an L instrumental teacher appointed. See also ©Associate supervisor©, Learning entitlement ©Research supervisor©, ©Supervision©. See ©Student learning entitlement©.

Internal mode Leave See ©Attendance mode or attendance pattern©. See ©Course leave©.

Internal transcript Legitimate cooperation A record of a student's academic record for the University's own Any constructive educational and intellectual practice that aims to internal use. It includes the student's name, student identifier (SID), facilitate optimal learning outcomes through student interaction. See address, all courses in which the student was enrolled and the final also ©Group work©. course result, and all units of study attempted within each course, together with the unit of study result. See also ©Academic transcript©, Load ©External transcript©. The sum of the weights of all the units of study in which a student is enrolled. The weight is determined by the proportion of a full year's International student work represented by the unit of study in the degree or diploma for Any student who is not an Australian or New Zealand citizen or a which the student is a candidate. Student load is measured in terms permanent resident of Australia. An international student is required of Equivalent Full-Time Student Load (EFTSL). See also ©Equivalent to hold a visa that allows study in Australia and may be liable for full-time student load©. international tuition fees. Local student Fee-paying Local students are defined as an Australian or New Zealand citizen A private international student who is liable to pay tuition fees for their or an Australian permanent resident. See also ©Commonwealth studies with the University. Supported Place©, ©Domestic student©, ©International student©.

Fee-paying ± outgoing exchange An international fee-paying student undertaking short-term study at a recognised overseas institution with which the University has a student exchange agreement. Exchange study counts towards the

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M O Major Orientation Week A field of study, chosen by a student to represent their principal Orientation Week, or ©O Week©, takes place in the week before lectures interest.This is comprised of specified units of study from later stages begin in Semester One. During O Week students can join various of the award course. Students select and transfer between majors by clubs, societies and organisations, register for courses with virtue of their selection of units of study. One or more majors may be departments and take part in activities provided by the University of awarded upon the graduand©s assessment of study. See also ©Course©, Sydney Union. ©Minor©, ©Stream©. Major timetable clash P The term used when a student attempts to enrol in units of study that Part-time student have so much overlap in the teaching times that it is decided they See also ©Attendance mode or attendance pattern©, ©Equivalent full-time may not enrol in the units simultaneously. student load©.

Mark Permanent home address An integer (rounded if necessary) from 0 to 100 indicating a student's The address used for all official University correspondence with a performance in a unit of study. See also ©Grade©. student, both inside and outside of semester time (eg during semester Master©s degree breaks), unless the student provides a different address for use during A postgraduate award. Master's degree courses may be offered by the semester. See also ©Semester address©. coursework, research only or a combination of coursework and PhD research. Entry to the course often requires completion of an honours The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and other doctorate awards are the year at an undergraduate level. See also ©Course©. highest awards available at the University. A PhD course is normally Mature-age student purely research-based; the candidate submits a thesis that is an A student who is 21 years or older on 1 March of the year in which original contribution to the field of study. See also ©Course©, ©Doctorate©. they commence studies, and who has not completed the high school Plagiarism qualifications normally needed to gain entry. Presenting another person©s ideas, findings or work as one©s own by Method of candidature copying or reproducing them without acknowledging the source. See A course is either a research course or a coursework course and so also ©Academic dishonesty©. the methods of candidature are ©research© and ©coursework©. See also Policy Online ©Course (Coursework)©, ©Course (Research)©. The website which provides access to the University's current policies, Mid-year intake procedures and guidelines. Admission to degree programs for Semester Two. Postgraduate Minor A term used to describe a course leading to an award such as a Studies undertaken to support a major. Minor studies require smaller graduate diploma, a master's degree or a PhD, which usually requires number of credit points than a major. Students select and transfer prior completion of a relevant undergraduate degree (or diploma) between minors (and majors) by virtue of their selection of units of course. A ©postgraduate© is a student enrolled in such a course. See study. One or more minors may be awarded upon the graduand's also ©Course (Coursework)©, ©Course (Research)©. assessment of study. See also ©Course©, ©Major©, ©Stream©. Postgraduate Education Loans Scheme (PELS) Mixed mode See ©FEE-HELP©. See ©Attendance mode or attendance pattern©. Potential graduand MPhil A student who has been identified as being eligible to graduate on The Master of Philosophy (MPhil) is a master©s by research degree the satisfactory completion of their current studies. See also offered by some (but not all) of the University's faculties. See also ©Graduand©, ©Graduation©. ©Course©, ©Master's degree©. Pre-enrolment Mutually exclusive units of study Pre-enrolment ± also known as provisional re-enrolment ± takes place See ©Prohibited combinations of units of study©. in October, when students indicate their choice of unit of study enrolment for the following year. After results are approved, MyUni pre-enrolment students are regarded as enrolled in those units of The University of Sydney's student portal system. It provides access study for which they are qualified.Their status is ©enrolled© and remains to email, library services, student self-administration, support services, so provided they pay any money owing and comply with other e-learning software such as Blackboard and WebCT, as well as requirements by the due date. information about the University and its courses. Students who do not successfully pre-enrol in their units of study for the next regular session are required to attend the University on set N dates during the January/February enrolment period. See also ©Enrolment©. Non-award course See ©Course©. Prerequisite A unit of study that is required to be successfully completed before Non-standard session another unit of study can be attempted. Prerequisites can be A teaching session other than the standard Semester One and mandatory (compulsory) or advisory. See also ©Assumed knowledge©, Semester Two sessions ± such as Sydney Summer School or Winter ©Corequisite©, ©Qualifier©, ©Waiver©. School, in which units of study are delivered and assessed in an intensive mode during January or July respectively. See also Prizes ©Semester©, ©Session©. Awarded in recognition of outstanding performance, academic achievement or service to the community or University.

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Probationary candidature Result A student who is enrolled in a postgraduate course on probation for The official statement of a student's performance in each unit of study a period of time up to one year. The head of department/school is attempted as recorded on the academic transcript, usually expressed required to consider the candidate's progress during the period of as a mark and grade. See also ©Grade©, ©Mark©. probation and make a recommendation for normal candidature or otherwise to the faculty. Result processing Refers to the processing of assessment results for units of study. For Professional practice each unit of study, departments/schools tabulate results for all Some students undertake placement in a professional practice as part assessment activities and assign preliminary results. See also of their course requirements. This may require University-approved ©Assessment©, ©Examination period©, ©Formative assessment©. supervision. Professional placements are located in a wide range of professional practice environments, and may not require additional Result processing schedule criteria to be fulfilled. The result processing schedule will be determined for each academic cycle. All schools and faculties are expected to comply with this Program schedule. See also ©Assessment©, ©Examination period©. Each degree is composed of various units of study.The way the units are put together for a degree is referred to as a student©s ©program©. S Progression Scholarships Satisfactory progression is satisfying all course and faculty rules Financial or other form of support made available to enable students (normally assessed on an annual basis) to enable the completion of to further their studies. See also ©Bursaries©. the chosen award within the (maximum) completion time allowed. See also ©Exclusion©. School A school or academic unit that encourages and facilitates teaching, Prohibited combinations of units of study scholarship and research, and coordinates the teaching and examining When two or more units of study contain a sufficient overlap of content, duties of members of staff in their subjects or courses of study. enrolment in any one such unit prohibits enrolment in any other identified unit. See also ©Unit of study©. Semester A half-yearly teaching session, the dates for which are determined by Provisional re-enrolment the Academic Board. Normally all undergraduate sessions will conform See ©Pre-enrolment©. to the semesters approved by the Academic Board. Any offering of an undergraduate unit not conforming to the semester dates Q (non-standard session) must be given special permission by the Academic Board. See also ©Non-standard session©, ©Session©. Qualification An academic attainment recognised by the University. Semester address The address to which all official University correspondence is sent Qualifier during semester time, if different to the permanent address. A mandatory (compulsory) prerequisite unit of study which must have a grade of pass or better. See also ©Assumed knowledge©, ©Corequisite©, Senate ©Prerequisite©, ©Waiver©. The governing body of the University. See the University Calendar (www.usyd.edu.au/calendar) for more details of its charter and powers. R Session Recycling Any period of time during which a unit of study is taught. A session The submission for assessment of one's own work, or of work which differs from a semester in that it need not be a six-month teaching is substantially the same, that has previously been counted towards period, but it cannot be longer than six months. Each session maps the satisfactory completion of another unit of study, and credited to either Semester One or Two for DEEWR reporting purposes. towards a university degree, and where the examiner has not been Session offerings are approved by the relevant dean, taking into informed that the student has already received credit for that work. account all the necessary resources, including teaching space and staffing. The Academic Board must approve variation to the normal Registration session pattern. See also ©Non-standard session©, ©Semester©. In addition to enrolling with the faculty in units of study, students must register with the department responsible for teaching each unit. This Session address is normally done during Orientation Week. Note that unlike enrolment, See ©Semester address©. registration is not a formal record of units attempted by the student. Short course Research course A fee-paying student undertaking a short course with the University See ©Course (Research)©. of Sydney such as professional development or executive training. The study undertaken by these students is a non-award course. Research supervisor A supervisor is appointed to each student undertaking a research Show cause postgraduate degree.The supervisor will be a full-time member of the See ©Exclusion©, ©Progression©. academic staff or a person external to the University recognised for Special consideration their association with the clinical teaching or the research work of the Candidates who suffer serious illness or misadventure which may University. See also ©Associate supervisor©, ©Instrumental supervisor/ affect performance in any assessment may request that they be given teacher©, ©Supervision©. special consideration in relation to the determination of their results.

Research Training Scheme (RTS) Special Studies Program (SSP) The RTS provides Commonwealth-funded higher degree by research A period of release from normal duties to allow academic staff to (HDR) students with an ©entitlement© to a HECS exemption for the undertake a planned program of academic activity and development. duration of an accredited HDR course, up to a maximum period of four years full-time equivalent study for a doctorate by research and Sponsorship two years full-time equivalent study for a master©s by research. Financial support of a student by a company or government body.

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Stage Study Abroad program A normal full-time course of study taken in a year. See also ©Course A scheme administered by the International Office that allows rules©, ©Equivalent full-time student load©, ©Progression©. international students who are not part of an exchange program to take units of study at the University of Sydney, but not towards an Strategic Directions award program. In most cases the units of study taken here are See also ©University Strategic Directions©. credited towards an award at the student©s home institution. See also Stream ©Exchange student©. A defined award course, which requires the completion of set units of Subject area study as specified by the course rules for the particular stream, in A unit of study may be associated with one or more subject areas. addition to the core program specified by the course rules. A stream The subject area can be used to define prerequisite and course rules, will appear with the award course name on testamurs, eg Bachelor for example the unit of study ©History of Momoyama and Edo Art© may of Engineering in Civil Engineering (Construction Management). See count towards the requirements for the subject areas ©Art History and also ©Course©, ©Major©, ©Minor©. Theory© and ©Asian Studies©.

Student Summative assessment A person enrolled as a candidate for an award course or unit of study. See ©Assessment©.

Student Appeals Body Summer School Any student may appeal to the Student Appeals Body against an See ©Sydney Summer School©. academic decision on the ground that due academic process has not been observed by the relevant faculty in relation to the academic Supervising faculty decision. Refer to the University of Sydney (Student Appeals against The faculty which has the responsibility for managing the academic Academic Decisions) Rule 2006 for more details. See also ©Appeals©. administration of a particular course, such as the interpretation and administration of course rules, approving students' enrolments and Student Disciplinary Appeals Committee variations to enrolments. Any student may appeal to the Student Disciplinary Appeals Committee against a misconduct determination by the Vice-Chancellor Normally the supervising faculty is the faculty offering the course. or a Student Proctorial Board. See also ©Appeals©. However, in the case of combined courses, one of the two faculties involved will usually be designated the supervising faculty. In the case Student identifier (SID) where one course is jointly offered by two or more faculties (eg the A nine-digit number that uniquely identifies a student at the University. Liberal Studies course), a joint committee may make academic Student ID Card decisions about candidature and the student may be assigned a All full-time or part-time students who successfully enrol at the supervising faculty for administration. University of Sydney will receive a Student Card. New students will Supervision have their card issued in person at the time of enrolment. Successful Refers to a one-to-one relationship between a student and a nominated re-enrolling students will receive their card by mail. member of the academic staff or a person specifically appointed to The Student Card includes the student's name, student identification the role. See also ©Associate supervisor©, ©Instrumental supervisor/ number (SID), a digitised photo and the library borrower's number teacher©, ©Research supervisor©. and barcode.Where applicable, it will also display a travel concession Suspension of candidature logo from the Ministry of Transport (if student eligibility requirements See also ©Course leave©. are met). Suppression of results The card has a number of interoperable uses, such as the ability to Results for a particular student can be suppressed by the University purchase printing and photocopying services at the University's when the student has an outstanding debt to the University (this libraries and gain access to certain secure buildings.The card identifies particularly applies to international students who have not paid their the student as eligible to attend classes and must be displayed at tuition fees), or when the student is facing disciplinary action. A student formal examinations. It must also be presented to secure student may also request a suppression for personal reasons. concessions and to borrow books from all sections of the University Library. Sydney Summer School A program of accelerated, intensive study running for approximately For more information about Student ID Cards please visit the Card six weeks during January and February each year. Both undergraduate Centre (or see the website: www.usyd.edu.au/card_centre). and postgraduate units are offered. Sydney Summer School provides Student learning entitlement an opportunity for students at Sydney and other universities to catch All Australian citizens, New Zealand citizens and holders of a up on required units of study, to accelerate completion of a course or permanent visa are allocated a Student Learning Entitlement (SLE) to undertake a unit that is outside their award course. All units attract of up to seven years equivalent full-time study. This is measured in full fees, but some scholarships are available. equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL), which is the proportion of Sydney Winter School a full-time load that a unit of study represents. The University sets an An intensive session offered by the University in July during the EFTSL value for each unit of study it offers. To be Commonwealth- mid-year break. See ©Sydney Summer School©. supported for a unit, a student must have enough SLE to cover the EFTSL value of that unit.

Student progress rate (SPR) A calculation that measures the rate at which the load undertaken is passed annually in each award program.

Student type Student type identifies whether a student is local or international and the type of study the student is undertaking. See also ©Domestic student©, ©Exchange student©, ©International student©.

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T Undergraduate Teaching department A term used to describe both a course leading to a diploma or See ©School©. bachelor's degree and a student enrolled in such a course.

Teaching end date Unit of study Official finish date of formal timetabled classes. Unit of study or unit means a stand-alone component of an award course. Each unit of study is the responsibility of a department. See Teaching start date also ©Prohibited combinations of unit of study©. Official commencement date of formal timetabled classes. Unit of study enrolment status Terminated This indicates whether the student is still actively attending the unit Term used when a student's candidature has been officially closed of study (currently enrolled) or is no longer enrolled. See also because they are not able to complete the course requirements. See ©Cancellation of enrolment©, ©Discontinuation©. also ©Candidature©. Unit of study level Testamur Units of study are divided into junior, intermediate, senior, honours, A certificate of award provided to a graduand, usually at a graduation Year 5, and Year 6. Most majors consist of 32 senior credit points in ceremony. The University award conferred is displayed along with a subject area (either 3000 level units of study or a mix of 2000 and other appropriate details. 3000 level units of study).

Thesis University A major work that is the product of an extended period of supervised Unless otherwise indicated, the term ©University© in this document independent research. See also ©Course (Research)©. refers to the University of Sydney.

Timetable University Calendar The schedule of lectures, tutorials, laboratories and other academic The annual University publication available in print and online that activities that a student must attend. provides general and historical information about the University of Sydney, the statutes and regulations under which it operates and the Transcript Senate resolutions relating to constitutions and courses in each faculty. See ©Academic transcript©. University Medal Transfer A faculty may recommend the award of a University Medal to a student See ©Course transfer©. qualified for the award of an undergraduate honours degree whose academic performance is judged to be outstanding. Tuition fees Tuition fees may be charged to students in designated tuition University Strategic Directions fee-paying courses. Students who pay fees are not liable for HECS. This refers to the University of Sydney Strategic Plan 2007±2010. A new plan is currently in development.

U Upgrade Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) Where a student enrolled in a master©s by research course is The UAC receives and processes applications for admission to undertaking research at such a standard that either the University undergraduate courses at recognised universities in NSW and the recommends that the student upgrade their degree to a PhD, or the ACT. Most local undergraduate students at the University of Sydney student seeks to upgrade to a PhD and this is supported by the apply through the UAC. University.

Universities Admission Index (UAI) A measure of overall academic achievement in the HSC that helps V universities rank applicants for university selection. The UAI is a rank Variation of enrolment of any student©s performance relative to other students. It is calculated See ©Enrolment variation©. from the aggregate of scaled marks in 10 units of the HSC (two best English units plus eight other units, including only two category B Vice-Chancellor and Principal units) and is presented as a number between 0.00 and 99.95 with The chief executive officer of the University, responsible for its increments of 0.05. leadership and management. The Vice-Chancellor and Principal is head of both academic and administrative divisions. In June 2009 the UAI was replaced by the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR). See ©Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank©. W Under examination Waiver Indicates that a research student has submitted their written work In a prescribed course, a faculty may waive the prerequisite or (thesis) for assessment, and is awaiting the finalisation of the corequisite requirement for a unit of study or the course rules for a examiners© outcome and recommendation. particular student. Unlike credit, waivers do not involve a reduction in the number of credit points required for a course. See also ©Credit©, ©Exemption©.

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WAM weight Y A weight assigned to each unit of study to assist in the calculation of Year of first enrolment (YFE) WAMs. The year in which a student first enrols at the University. See also Weighted average mark (WAM) ©Commencement date©. This mark uses the unit of study credit point value in conjunction with Youth allowance an agreed ©weight©. The formula for this calculation is: Youth allowance is payable to a full-time student or trainee aged 16 to 24 years of age who is enrolled at an approved institution such as a school, college, TAFE or university, and who is undertaking at least 15 hours a week face-to-face contact.

(Sums over all units of study completed in the selected period.)

The mark is the actual mark obtained by the student for the unit of study, or in the case of a failing grade with no mark ± 0. Pass/Fail assessed subjects and credit transfer subjects (from another institution) are excluded from these calculations. However, the marks from all attempts at a unit of study are included. (Effective from 1 January 2004.)

In addition, faculties may adopt other average mark formulae for specific progression or entry requirements. If such a formula is not specified in the faculty resolutions, the formula outlined above is used. See also ©WAM weight©.

Winter School See ©Sydney Winter School©.

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J LAWS3402 Advanced Contracts, 53, 65 LAWS3403 Advanced Corporate Law, 53, 65 JURS6018 Constitutional Theory, 137 LAWS3404 Advanced Criminal Law, 53, 65 JURS6034 Jurisprudence Research Project A, 150 LAWS3405 Advanced Environmental Law, 53, 65 JURS6035 Jurisprudence Research Project B, 150 LAWS3406 Advanced Evidence, 53, 66 L LAWS3407 Advanced Family Law, 53, 66 LAWS1002 Contracts, 51, 59 LAWS3408 Advanced Public International Law, 53, 66 LAWS1003 Criminal Law, 59 LAWS3409 Advanced Taxation Law, 53, 66 LAWS1006 Foundations of Law, 51, 52, 57, 60, 63 LAWS3410 Animal Law, 53, 66 LAWS1012 Torts, 51, 52, 57, 61 LAWS3411 Anti-Discrimination Law, 53, 66 LAWS1013 Legal Research I, 51, 57 LAWS3412 Australian Income Tax, 53, 66 LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure, 51, 52, 58, 61, LAWS3413 Banking and Financial Instruments, 53, 67 63 LAWS3417 Commercial Land Law, 53, 67 LAWS1015 Contracts, 51, 52, 57, 61 LAWS3418 Comparative Constitutional Law: Aus & US, LAWS1016 Criminal Law, 51, 52, 58, 62 53, 67 LAWS1017 Torts and Contracts II, 51, 52, 58, 61 LAWS3419 Competition Law, 53, 67 LAWS1018 International Law, 51, 52, 58, 62 LAWS3423 Copyright, Design and Patents, 53, 67 LAWS1019 Legal Research II, 51, 59 LAWS3424 Corporate and Securities Regulation, 53, 68 LAWS1021 Public Law, 51, 52, 58, 62 LAWS3426 Criminology, 53, 68 LAWS1022 Legal Research I & II, 52, 61 LAWS3427 Death and Inheritance Law, 53, 68 LAWS2002 Administrative Law, 52, 62, 64 LAWS3428 Defamation and Privacy, 53, 68 LAWS2003 Corporate Law, 52, 63, 64 LAWS3430 Environmental Law, 53, 68 LAWS2004 Equity, 52, 63, 64 LAWS3431 External Placement Program, 53, 69 LAWS2005 International Law, 52, 64 LAWS3432 Family Law, 53, 69 LAWS2006 Litigation, 52, 64 LAWS3434 International Human Rights Law, 54, 71 LAWS2007 Real Property, 52, 63, 64 LAWS3435 Indigenous People and the Law, 54, 70 LAWS2008 Contracts, 51, 59 LAWS3436 International/Comparative Jurisprudence, LAWS2009 Criminal Law, 51, 59 54, 70 LAWS2010 Administrative Law, 52 LAWS3437 International Commercial Arbitration, 54, 70 LAWS2011 Federal Constitutional Law, 52, 62 LAWS3438 International Commercial Transactions, 54, 70 LAWS2012 Intro to Property and Commercial Law, 52, 63 LAWS3439 International Economic Law, 54, 70 LAWS2013 The Legal Profession, 51, 52, 60, 63 LAWS3440 International Law of War, Crime & Terror, 54, 71 LAWS2014 Corporations Law, 52 LAWS3441 Introduction to Islamic Law, 54, 71 LAWS2015 Equity, 52 LAWS3443 Interpretation, 54, 71 LAWS2016 Evidence, 52, 63 LAWS3445 Insolvency Law, 54, 70 LAWS2017 Real Property, 52 LAWS3446 Labour Law, 54, 72 LAWS3000 Federal Constitutional Law, 51, 60 LAWS3447 Law and Economics, 54, 72 LAWS3002 Law, Lawyers and Justice, 51, 60 LAWS3452 Medical Law, 54, 72 LAWS3003 Federal Constitutional Law, 51, 60 LAWS3453 Migration Law, 54, 73 LAWS3004 Law, Lawyers and Justice, 52, 60 LAWS3455 Policing, Crime and Society, 54, 73 LAWS3014 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems, 53 LAWS3457 Private International Law, 54, 73 LAWS3030 Independent Research Project, 53, 69 LAWS3459 Rights, Morality and Law, 54, 74 LAWS3044 Law International Exchange Electives, 54, LAWS3460 Roman Law, 54, 74 72 LAWS3461 Social Justice Clinical Course, 54, 74 LAWS3068 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems, LAWS3462 Sociological Theories of Law, 54, 74 53, 67 LAWS3463 Sports Law, 54, 74 LAWS3093 Jessup International Law Moot, 54, 72 LAWS3465 Sydney Law Review, 55, 75 LAWS3114 Law as Communication (Seminar), 54, 72 LAWS3468 Theories of Justice, 55, 75 LAWS3115 Independent Research Project, 54, 69 LAWS3469 Theories of Law, 55, 75 LAWS3260 Independent Research Project, 54, 69 LAWS3470 Theories of Legal Reasoning, 55, 75 LAWS3400 Advanced Commercial Law, 53, 64 LAWS3472 Trade Marks and Passing Off, 55, 75 LAWS3401 Advanced Constitutional Law, 53, 65

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LAWS3473 Critical Legal Theory, 53, 68 LAWS6130 Dispute Resolution in Australia, 140 LAWS3474 Equity and Financial Risk Allocation, 53, 69 LAWS6135 Law and Society in Indonesia, 151 LAWS3475 Philosophy of International Law, 54, 73 LAWS6147 Independent Research Project, 145 LAWS6001 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems, LAWS6151 Netherlands International Tax, 153 135 LAWS6153 Comparative Corporate Taxation, 136 LAWS6008 Takeovers and Reconstructions, 156 LAWS6154 Sustainable Development Law in China, 156 LAWS6011 Administrative Law, 133 LAWS6159 Corporate Insolvency Law, 1994 LAWS6013 Advanced Employment Law, 133 LAWS6159 Insolvency Law, 1994 LAWS6014 Advanced Financing Techniques, 133 LAWS6161 International Human Rights, 147 LAWS6022 Internatl & Comparative Labour Law, 149 LAWS6163 Energy and Climate Law, 140 LAWS6030 Corporate Taxation, 139 LAWS6167 International Law and Aust Institutions, 148 LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy, 139 LAWS6169 Capital Gains Tax, 135 LAWS6034 Criminal Liability, 139 LAWS6170 Comparative Income Taxation, 136 LAWS6035 Criminal Procedures, 139 LAWS6171 US International Taxation, 160 LAWS6037 Customs Law, 147 LAWS6177 Tax Treaties, 157 LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws, 147 LAWS6182 Independent Research Project A, 145, 146 LAWS6038 Debt Financing, 139 LAWS6183 Independent Research Project B, 146 LAWS6039 Discrimination in the Workplace, 140 LAWS6184 International Law Research Project A, 148, LAWS6040 Drugs, Drug Policy and the Law, 140 149 LAWS6041 Environmental Dispute Resolution, 141 LAWS6185 International Law Research Project B, 148 LAWS6041 Environmental Litigation, 141 LAWS6187 Aspects of Law and Social Control, 134 LAWS6043 Environmental Impact Assessment Law, 141 LAWS6191 Water Law, 160 LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy, 141 LAWS6192 Young People, Crime and the Law, 161 LAWS6045 Environmental Planning Law, 141 LAWS6194 Explaining Punishment, 142 LAWS6046 Equity Financing, 141 LAWS6197 Policing Australian Society, 154 LAWS6047 Law of the Sea, 152 LAWS6198 Refugee Law, 155 LAWS6048 Explaining Crime, 142 LAWS6206 International Mergers and Acquisitions, 149 LAWS6052 Govt Regulation, Health Policy & Ethics, 143 LAWS6207 The Legal System of the European Union, LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability, 144 159 LAWS6055 Heritage Law, 144 LAWS6209 Australian International Taxation, 134 LAWS6058 Information Rights in Health Care, 146 LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles, 143 LAWS6059 International Business Law, 146 LAWS6218 International Humanitarian Law, 147 LAWS6060 International Commercial Arbitration, 146 LAWS6222 Comparative Corporate Governance, 136 LAWS6227 Consumer Contracts and Product Defects, LAWS6061 International Environmental Law, 147 1994 LAWS6062 International Law-the Use of Armed Force, 149 LAWS6230 Expert Evidence, 142 LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I, 54, 70, 160, LAWS6233 Criminology Research Project A, 139 161 LAWS6234 Criminology Research Project B, 139 LAWS6068 Judicial Review-P©ciple, Pol & Procedure, LAWS6243 Public International Law, 155 150 LAWS6244 Taxation of Corporate Groups, 157 LAWS6071 Labour Law, 133, 151 LAWS6245 Policing Bodies: Crime, Sex & Reproducti, LAWS6077 Legal Research 1, 152 154 LAWS6091 Chinese International Taxation, 135 LAWS6247 Australian Financial Services Regulation, LAWS6096 Work Safety, 160 134 LAWS6100 Corporate Fundraising, 1994, 142 LAWS6249 World Trade Organization Law II, 161 LAWS6109 UK International Taxation, 160 LAWS6250 Controlling Liability by Contract, 1994 LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning & the Common Law LAWS6112 Law of Tax Administration, 152 System, 152 LAWS6112 Tax Administration, 152 LAWS6257 Public Policy, 155 LAWS6118 Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts, 158 LAWS6264 Compliance: Financial Services Industry, LAWS6119 The State and Global Governance, 159 137 LAWS6119 Theories of International Law, 159 LAWS6809 Breach of Contract, 134 LAWS6122 Workplace Bargaining, 160 LAWS6810 Introductory Corporate Law, 1994, 149 LAWS6123 Transfer Pricing in International Tax, 159 LAWS6814 Comparative Value Added Tax, 137 LAWS6124 Stamp Duties, 156 LAWS6817 Interaction of Tort and Contracts, 146 LAWS6125 Taxation of Corporate Finance, 157 LAWS6821 Mediation - Skills and Theory, 153 LAWS6125 Taxation of Financial Transactions, 157 LAWS6824 Transnational Commercial Litigation, 160 LAWS6127 Taxation of Superannuation and Insurance, LAWS6825 Impact of Tax on Business Struct & Ops, 144 158 LAWS6827 Legal Responsibility & Philosoph of Mind, LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation, 136 153 LAWS6129 Tax of CFCs, FIFs and Transferor Trusts, LAWS6838 Competition Law, 137 157

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LAWS6840 Tax of Business and Investment Income A, LAWS6942 Internatl Structured Finance, Law & Prac, 156 149 LAWS6841 Tax of Business and Investment Income B, LAWS6943 Food Prod Law & Policy: Aust in Internat, 157 143 LAWS6846 Human Rights and the Global Economy, 144 LAWS6944 Manipulation & Abuse: Global Secur Mkts, LAWS6848 New Directions in Public Health Law, 154 153 LAWS6849 Commercial Maritime Law, 135 LAWS6945 Tax and Commercial Laws of the CIS, 156 LAWS6851 Construction Law, 1994 LAWS6946 Tax Treaties Special Issues, 157 LAWS6852 Doing Business in China, 140 LAWS6947 Advanced Obligations and Remedies, 133 LAWS6856 Anti-Terrorism Law, 134 LAWS6948 Private International Law, 155 LAWS6860 Intellectual Property: Marketing Rights, 146 LAWS6950 Plain English in Legal Writing, 154 LAWS6864 GMOs and Environmental Law, 143 LAWS6951 Principles of US Taxation, 155 LAWS6865 IDR: Principles, 144 LAWS6952 European Private International Law, 142 LAWS6866 IDR: Practice and Procedure, 144 LAWS6953 Law of Asset Protection, 151 LAWS6870 Australian Import/Export Laws, 134 LAWS6954 Financial Risk Allocation in Equity, 142 LAWS6872 Contract Negotiation, 1994 LAWS6955 Key Legal Concepts in Finance Law, 151 LAWS6873 Intellectual Property:Principles/Context, 146 LAWS6956 Personal Property Securities, 154 LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy, 153 LAWS6957 Shareholders© Remedies, 156 LAWS6879 Japanese Law, 150 LAWS6958 Comparative Commercial Contracts, 135 LAWS6881 Intro to Law for Health Professionals, 149 LAWS7001 Legal Research 2, 152 LAWS6887 Federal Jurisdiction, 159 LAWS7002 Legal Research 3, 152 LAWS6887 The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth, 159 LAWS6890 Principles of Defamation Law, 154 LAWS6892 Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions, 158 LAWS6894 International Human Rights Advocacy, 147 LAWS6895 Gender, Race and Crime, 143 LAWS6896 Internatl & Comparative Criminal Justice, 149 LAWS6898 Integrated Natural Resource Management, 146 LAWS6899 Corporate Environmental Responsibility, 141 LAWS6899 Environmentally Sustainable Business, 141 LAWS6900 Comparative Admiralty and Maritime Law, 135 LAWS6901 Japanese Law and the Economy, 150 LAWS6904 International Securitisation Law & Prac, 159 LAWS6904 The State of the Capital Markets, 159 LAWS6905 Aspects of European Union Commercial Law, 134 LAWS6906 Comparative Tax of Financial Transaction, 137 LAWS6907 Comparative Law of Evidence, 136 LAWS6912 Fundamentals of the Law of Trusts, 159 LAWS6912 The Law of Trusts, 159 LAWS6916 International Investment Law, 148 LAWS6917 European Human Rights Law, 142 LAWS6918 Advanced Constitutional Law, 133 LAWS6919 Problems in Contract Formation, 155 LAWS6926 The Business of Tax Administration, 158 LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia, 151 LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues, 143 LAWS6933 International Petroleum Transactions, 143 LAWS6934 Judging, 150 LAWS6935 Mediation of Commercial Disputes, 153 LAWS6936 Carbon Trading, Derivatives and Taxation, 135 LAWS6937 Employment Law Advocacy, 140 LAWS6938 The Currency of Justice, 158 LAWS6939 International Insolvency Law, 148 LAWS6940 Theories of Law, 159

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A Comparative Corporate Taxation LAWS6153, 136 Comparative Income Taxation LAWS6170, 136 Administrative Law LAWS2002, 52, 62, 64 Comparative International Taxation LAWS6128, 136 Administrative Law LAWS2010, 52 Comparative Law of Evidence LAWS6907, 136 Administrative Law LAWS6011, 133 Comparative Tax of Financial Transaction LAWS6906, Advanced Commercial Law LAWS3400, 53, 64 137 Advanced Constitutional Law LAWS3401, 53, 65 Comparative Value Added Tax LAWS6814, 137 Advanced Constitutional Law LAWS6918, 133 Competition Law LAWS3419, 53, 67 Advanced Contracts LAWS3402, 53, 65 Competition Law LAWS6838, 137 Advanced Corporate Law LAWS3403, 53, 65 Compliance: Financial Services Industry LAWS6264, Advanced Criminal Law LAWS3404, 53, 65 137 Advanced Employment Law LAWS6013, 133 Constitutional Theory JURS6018, 137 Advanced Environmental Law LAWS3405, 53, 65 Construction Law LAWS6851, 1994 Advanced Evidence LAWS3406, 53, 66 Consumer Contracts and Product Defects LAWS6227, 1994 Advanced Family Law LAWS3407, 53, 66 Contract Negotiation LAWS6872, 1994 Advanced Financing Techniques LAWS6014, 133 Contracts LAWS1002, 51, 59 Advanced Obligations and Remedies LAWS6947, 133 Contracts LAWS1015, 51, 52, 57, 61 Advanced Public International Law LAWS3408, 53, 66 Contracts LAWS2008, 51, 59 Advanced Taxation Law LAWS3409, 53, 66 Controlling Liability by Contract LAWS6250, 1994 Animal Law LAWS3410, 53, 66 Copyright, Design and Patents LAWS3423, 53, 67 Anti-Discrimination Law LAWS3411, 53, 66 Corporate and Securities Regulation LAWS3424, 53, 68 Anti-Terrorism Law LAWS6856, 134 Corporate Environmental Responsibility LAWS6899, 141 Aspects of European Union Commercial Law LAWS6905, 134 Corporate Fundraising LAWS6100, 1994, 142 Aspects of Law and Social Control LAWS6187, 134 Corporate Insolvency Law LAWS6159, 1994 Australian Financial Services Regulation LAWS6247, Corporate Law LAWS2003, 52, 63, 64 134 Corporate Taxation LAWS6030, 139 Australian Import/Export Laws LAWS6870, 134 Corporations Law LAWS2014, 52 Australian Income Tax LAWS3412, 53, 66 Crime Research and Policy LAWS6032, 139 Australian International Taxation LAWS6209, 134 Criminal Law LAWS1003, 59 B Criminal Law LAWS1016, 51, 52, 58, 62 Banking and Financial Instruments LAWS3413, 53, 67 Criminal Law LAWS2009, 51, 59 Breach of Contract LAWS6809, 134 Criminal Liability LAWS6034, 139 Criminal Procedures LAWS6035, 139 C Criminology LAWS3426, 53, 68 Capital Gains Tax LAWS6169, 135 Criminology Research Project A LAWS6233, 139 Carbon Trading, Derivatives and Taxation LAWS6936, 135 Criminology Research Project B LAWS6234, 139 Chinese International Taxation LAWS6091, 135 Critical Legal Theory LAWS3473, 53, 68 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems LAWS3014, Customs Law LAWS6037, 147 53 D Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems LAWS3068, 53, 67 Death and Inheritance Law LAWS3427, 53, 68 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems LAWS6001, Debt Financing LAWS6038, 139 135 Defamation and Privacy LAWS3428, 53, 68 Civil and Criminal Procedure LAWS1014, 51, 52, 58, 61, Discrimination in the Workplace LAWS6039, 140 63 Dispute Resolution in Australia LAWS6130, 140 Commercial Land Law LAWS3417, 53, 67 Doing Business in China LAWS6852, 140 Commercial Maritime Law LAWS6849, 135 Drugs, Drug Policy and the Law LAWS6040, 140 Comparative Admiralty and Maritime Law LAWS6900, 135 E Comparative Commercial Contracts LAWS6958, 135 Employment Law Advocacy LAWS6937, 140 Comparative Constitutional Law: Aus & US LAWS3418, Energy and Climate Law LAWS6163, 140 53, 67 Environmental Dispute Resolution LAWS6041, 141 Comparative Corporate Governance LAWS6222, 136 Environmental Impact Assessment Law LAWS6043, 141

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Environmental Law and Policy LAWS6044, 141 International/Comparative Jurisprudence LAWS3436, Environmental Law LAWS3430, 53, 68 54, 70 Environmental Litigation LAWS6041, 141 International Business Law LAWS6059, 146 Environmentally Sustainable Business LAWS6899, 141 International Commercial Arbitration LAWS3437, 54, 70 Environmental Planning Law LAWS6045, 141 International Commercial Arbitration LAWS6060, 146 Equity and Financial Risk Allocation LAWS3474, 53, 69 International Commercial Transactions LAWS3438, 54, 70 Equity Financing LAWS6046, 141 International Economic Law LAWS3439, 54, 70 Equity LAWS2004, 52, 63, 64 International Environmental Law LAWS6061, 147 Equity LAWS2015, 52 International Humanitarian Law LAWS6218, 147 European Human Rights Law LAWS6917, 142 International Human Rights Advocacy LAWS6894, 147 European Private International Law LAWS6952, 142 International Human Rights Law LAWS3434, 54, 71 Evidence LAWS2016, 52, 63 International Human Rights LAWS6161, 147 Expert Evidence LAWS6230, 142 International Import/Export Laws LAWS6037, 147 Explaining Crime LAWS6048, 142 International Insolvency Law LAWS6939, 148 Explaining Punishment LAWS6194, 142 International Investment Law LAWS6916, 148 External Placement Program LAWS3431, 53, 69 International Law-the Use of Armed Force LAWS6062, F 149 International Law and Aust Institutions LAWS6167, 148 Family Law LAWS3432, 53, 69 International Law LAWS1018, 51, 52, 58, 62 Federal Constitutional Law LAWS2011, 52, 62 International Law LAWS2005, 52, 64 Federal Constitutional Law LAWS3000, 51, 60 International Law of War, Crime & Terror LAWS3440, Federal Constitutional Law LAWS3003, 51, 60 54, 71 Federal Jurisdiction LAWS6887, 159 International Law Research Project A LAWS6184, 148, Financial Risk Allocation in Equity LAWS6954, 142 149 Food Prod Law & Policy: Aust in Internat LAWS6943, International Law Research Project B LAWS6185, 148 143 International Mergers and Acquisitions LAWS6206, 149 Foundations of Law LAWS1006, 51, 52, 57, 60, 63 International Petroleum Transactions LAWS6933, 143 Fundamentals of the Law of Trusts LAWS6912, 159 International Securitisation Law & Prac LAWS6904, 159 G Internatl & Comparative Criminal Justice LAWS6896, 149 Gender, Race and Crime LAWS6895, 143 Internatl & Comparative Labour Law LAWS6022, 149 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues LAWS6933, 143 Internatl Structured Finance, Law & Prac LAWS6942, 149 GMOs and Environmental Law LAWS6864, 143 Interpretation LAWS3443, 54, 71 Goods and Services Tax Principles LAWS6214, 143 Introduction to Islamic Law LAWS3441, 54, 71 Govt Regulation, Health Policy & Ethics LAWS6052, 143 Introductory Corporate Law LAWS6810, 1994, 149 H Intro to Law for Health Professionals LAWS6881, 149 Health Care and Professional Liability LAWS6054, 144 Intro to Property and Commercial Law LAWS2012, 52, Heritage Law LAWS6055, 144 63 Human Rights and the Global Economy LAWS6846, 144 J I Japanese Law and the Economy LAWS6901, 150 IDR: Practice and Procedure LAWS6866, 144 Japanese Law LAWS6879, 150 IDR: Principles LAWS6865, 144 Jessup International Law Moot LAWS3093, 54, 72 Impact of Tax on Business Struct & Ops LAWS6825, 144 Judging LAWS6934, 150 Independent Research Project A LAWS6182, 145, 146 Judicial Review-P©ciple, Pol & Procedure LAWS6068, 150 Independent Research Project B LAWS6183, 146 Jurisprudence Research Project A JURS6034, 150 Independent Research Project LAWS3030, 53, 69 Jurisprudence Research Project B JURS6035, 150 Independent Research Project LAWS3115, 54, 69 Independent Research Project LAWS3260, 54, 69 K Independent Research Project LAWS6147, 145 Key Legal Concepts in Finance Law LAWS6955, 151 Indigenous People and the Law LAWS3435, 54, 70 L Information Rights in Health Care LAWS6058, 146 Labour Law LAWS3446, 54, 72 Insolvency Law LAWS3445, 54, 70 Labour Law LAWS6071, 133, 151 Insolvency Law LAWS6159, 1994 Law, Lawyers and Justice LAWS3002, 51, 60 Integrated Natural Resource Management LAWS6898, Law, Lawyers and Justice LAWS3004, 52, 60 146 Law and Economics LAWS3447, 54, 72 Intellectual Property: Marketing Rights LAWS6860, 146 Law and Investment in Asia LAWS6932, 151 Intellectual Property:Principles/Context LAWS6873, 146 Law and Society in Indonesia LAWS6135, 151 Interaction of Tort and Contracts LAWS6817, 146 Law as Communication (Seminar) LAWS3114, 54, 72

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Law International Exchange Electives LAWS3044, 54, Takeovers and Reconstructions LAWS6008, 156 72 Tax Administration LAWS6112, 152 Law of Asset Protection LAWS6953, 151 Tax and Commercial Laws of the CIS LAWS6945, 156 Law of Tax Administration LAWS6112, 152 Taxation of Corporate Finance LAWS6125, 157 Law of the Sea LAWS6047, 152 Taxation of Corporate Groups LAWS6244, 157 Legal Reasoning & the Common Law System LAWS6252, 152 Taxation of Financial Transactions LAWS6125, 157 Legal Research 1 LAWS6077, 152 Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions LAWS6892, 158 Legal Research 2 LAWS7001, 152 Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts LAWS6118, 158 Legal Research 3 LAWS7002, 152 Taxation of Superannuation and Insurance LAWS6127, 158 Legal Research I & II LAWS1022, 52, 61 Tax of Business and Investment Income A LAWS6840, Legal Research II LAWS1019, 51, 59 156 Legal Research I LAWS1013, 51, 57 Tax of Business and Investment Income B LAWS6841, Legal Responsibility & Philosoph of Mind LAWS6827, 157 153 Tax of CFCs, FIFs and Transferor Trusts LAWS6129, Litigation LAWS2006, 52, 64 157 Tax Treaties LAWS6177, 157 M Tax Treaties Special Issues LAWS6946, 157 Manipulation & Abuse: Global Secur Mkts LAWS6944, The Business of Tax Administration LAWS6926, 158 153 The Currency of Justice LAWS6938, 158 Mediation - Skills and Theory LAWS6821, 153 The Judicial Power of the Commonwealth LAWS6887, Mediation of Commercial Disputes LAWS6935, 153 159 Medical Law LAWS3452, 54, 72 The Law of Trusts LAWS6912, 159 Mental Illness: Law and Policy LAWS6877, 153 The Legal Profession LAWS2013, 51, 52, 60, 63 Migration Law LAWS3453, 54, 73 The Legal System of the European Union LAWS6207, N 159 Theories of International Law LAWS6119, 159 Netherlands International Tax LAWS6151, 153 Theories of Justice LAWS3468, 55, 75 New Directions in Public Health Law LAWS6848, 154 Theories of Law LAWS3469, 55, 75 P Theories of Law LAWS6940, 159 Personal Property Securities LAWS6956, 154 Theories of Legal Reasoning LAWS3470, 55, 75 Philosophy of International Law LAWS3475, 54, 73 The State and Global Governance LAWS6119, 159 Plain English in Legal Writing LAWS6950, 154 The State of the Capital Markets LAWS6904, 159 Policing, Crime and Society LAWS3455, 54, 73 Torts and Contracts II LAWS1017, 51, 52, 58, 61 Policing Australian Society LAWS6197, 154 Torts LAWS1012, 51, 52, 57, 61 Policing Bodies: Crime, Sex & Reproducti LAWS6245, Trade Marks and Passing Off LAWS3472, 55, 75 154 Transfer Pricing in International Tax LAWS6123, 159 Principles of Defamation Law LAWS6890, 154 Transnational Commercial Litigation LAWS6824, 160 Principles of US Taxation LAWS6951, 155 Private International Law LAWS3457, 54, 73 U Private International Law LAWS6948, 155 UK International Taxation LAWS6109, 160 Problems in Contract Formation LAWS6919, 155 US International Taxation LAWS6171, 160 Public International Law LAWS6243, 155 W Public Law LAWS1021, 51, 52, 58, 62 Water Law LAWS6191, 160 Public Policy LAWS6257, 155 Workplace Bargaining LAWS6122, 160 R Work Safety LAWS6096, 160 Real Property LAWS2007, 52, 63, 64 World Trade Organization Law II LAWS6249, 161 Real Property LAWS2017, 52 World Trade Organization Law I LAWS6063, 54, 70, 160, 161 Refugee Law LAWS6198, 155 Rights, Morality and Law LAWS3459, 54, 74 Y Roman Law LAWS3460, 54, 74 Young People, Crime and the Law LAWS6192, 161 S Shareholders© Remedies LAWS6957, 156 Social Justice Clinical Course LAWS3461, 54, 74 Sociological Theories of Law LAWS3462, 54, 74 Sports Law LAWS3463, 54, 74 Stamp Duties LAWS6124, 156 Sustainable Development Law in China LAWS6154, 156 Sydney Law Review LAWS3465, 55, 75 T

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Mechanical Engineering Building N5 International House H3 Alumni Relations Office A2 Medical Foundation Building L10 Mandelbaum House H3 Australia Post Office L6 Carslaw Building K8 Merewether Building A4 Sancta Sophia College J9 Darlington Centre L7 Careers Centre F4 Chaplaincy C8 St Andrew’s College G2 Holme Building L7 Cashier M8 Chemical Engineering Building L4 New Law Building B5 St John’s College L7 Jane Foss Russell Building D10 Centre for Continuing Education J5 Chemistry Building E1 No. 1-3 Ross Street L6 St Michael’s College H4 Manning House K7 Centre for English Teaching N8 Civil Engineering Building G7 St Paul’s College F5 The Arena Sports Centre H3 Chancellor N9 Civil Engineering Workshop M7 Old School Building E1 Selle House M9 University Copy Centre L7 Counselling Service K10 Clark Building F4 Old Teachers’ College D10 Sydney University Village K7 University Health Service F7 Wesley College M9 University Sports & Aquatic Centre L7 Disability Services J9 Darlington Centre H3 Pharmacy Building G8 Women’s College M9 University Co-op Bookshop J10 Darlington House H6 Physics Annexe C3 Valentine Charlton Cat Centre L7 Equity Support Services K9 Darlington Road Terraces G5 Physics Building C3 Veterinary Hospital & Clinic H2 Executive Offices L10 Demountable Village N8 PNR Building Computer Access Centres K7 Wentworth Building L7 Financial Assistance Office K5 Eastern Avenue Auditorium & E6 Queen Elizabeth II Research Institute H3 Brennan G1 Financial Services Lecture Theatre Complex G4 Education Security L9 Economics and Business Building H5 RC Mills Building K3 Fisher J3 Information Centre H2 Edgeworth David Geology Building F2 RD Watt Building N7 Link M10 Emergency Services L10 Information and Communications G4 Education Building D4 RMC Gunn Building L6 McGrath (Carslaw) M10 Lost Property Technology Services G4 Education Building Annexe M9 Raglan Street Building H3 Pharmacy M10 Traffic & Parking L7 International Office H5 Edward Ford Building N7 Rose Street Building L7 International Student Support Unit N7 Electrical Engineering Building E2 Ross Street Building N7 Engineering Link Building Cultural venues Sports & recreational venues G4 Learning Centre C3 Evelyn Williams Building G2 Science Road Cottage E1 Selle House H2 Macleay Museum K2 Fisher Tennis Courts L6 Mathematics Learning Centre K3 Fisher Library M10 Services Building J3 Nicholson Museum D4 HK Ward Gymnasium H2 Media Office K4 Fisher Library Stack N6 N6 Seymour Centre H5 Lawn Tennis Courts G2 Footbridge Theatre K10 Shepherd Centre K7 Sir Hermann Black Gallery H4 Manning Squash Courts G1 Office of General Counsel O6 Shepherd Street Carpark M6 Tin Sheds Gallery F5 The Arena Sports Centre C3 Gatekeeper’s Lodge K9 Storie Dixson Wing J2 University Art Gallery G5 The Square L7 Research Office J7 Gatekeeper’s Lodge (City Road) L4 Sydney Law School E5 University Oval No. 1 M8 Gordon Yu-Hoi Chui Building E3 University Oval No. 2 L7 Scholarships and Prizes Office J2 Great Hall K5 Teaching Building Faculties (offices) M9 University Sports & Aquatic Centre L7 Student Centre G3 Griffith Taylor Building F5 The Arena Sports Centre L7 Student Support Services J3 The Quadrangle K8 Summer School F2 Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources D4 HK Ward Gymnasium J5 Transient Building K8 Support Sydney M6 Architecture F2 Heydon-Laurence Building M10 SydneyPeople – HR Service Centre H3 Arts G2 Holme Building L10 University Computing Centre D9 SydneyPeople – Learning Solutions K8 Economics & Business M9 University Sports & Aquatic Centre E1 SydneyPeople – Unistaff G4 Education and Social Work N5 Information Technologies L7 Sydney Talent N7 Engineering K8 Institute Building D3 Veterinary Science Conference Centre O5 Sydnovate N5 International House E6 Victor Coppleson Building L4 Law H5 Medicine J10 IXL Building F3 United States Studies Centre H3 Pharmacy F3 Wallace Theatre G2 University of Sydney Venue Collection D3 JD Stewart Building K7 Wentworth Building L6 Science D3 Veterinary Science F2 JRA McMillan Building E7 Western Avenue Carpark C3 Veterinary Hospital & Clinic L7 Jane Foss Russell Building M6 WH Maze Building H2 Vice-Chancellor F3 John Woolley Building M6 Wilkinson Building

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MAP CODE: 07_MAIN ST. JAMES CAMPUS JAMES ST. 100 50 JUNE 2007  Carpark Telephone STA Bus Stop STA Train Station Train Information Eateries ATM Metres 0 CAMPUS PROPERTY AND SERVICES AND SERVICES CAMPUS PROPERTY Getting there By train: The closest stations are Martin Place and St James in the city. By bus: Catch any bus going into the city. PARKING No University parking available. Privately run parking stations are within walking distance of the Law School Course planner

Total Unit of study 1 & Unit of study 2 & Unit of study 3 & Unit of study 4 & Year Semester credit credit points credit points credit points credit points points

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2

summer

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winter

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2

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