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your guide to POSTGRADUATE STUDY At sydney lAw School 2011 cOntenTS 02 Message from the dean 04 the Sydney Advantage 05 New for 2011: Banking & Finance Law 06 New for 2011: Climate Law 08 offshore opportunities 10 Centres & institutes 12 Staff 15 international Visitors 20 Scholarships & Prizes 22 State-of-the-Art Facilities 23 research Programs 26 Master of Laws (LLM) by Coursework 31 Specialist Coursework Programs 55 Course rules 59 2011 units of Study 119 2011 Postgradute Lecture timetable 135 Application information – domestic Students 137 Fees 2011 – domestic Students 138 Application information – international Students 140 Fees 2011 – international Students 2 ABout SydNey LAW schooL WelcOmE from ThE Dean i would like to extend a warm welcome Professor Joanna Bird – Professor Jonathan Verschuuren, to each of you as you embark on – introduction to Australian Business tax university of tilburg, the Netherlands postgraduate studies in law. the Sydney with Professor graeme Cooper – Professor Laura e. Little, temple Law School provides one of the largest – islamic trade & Finance Law with university, Philadelphia, uSA range and number of subjects at the dr Salim Farrar – Professor James Cox, duke university, postgraduate level in Law in Australia, – international & Australian Climate Law North Carolina, uSA reflecting a high demand for specialist with Professor rosemary Lyster – Professor Bernhard Schlink, humboldt skills in a globalised legal environment. – disability and human rights in university, Berlin, germany this guide sets out the details of the international & domestic Law with We will continue to offer subjects subjects we are offering in 2011, along Professor ron McCallum & that are in high demand such as with the many options that are available dr Belinda Smith international Business Law with for specialisation. i am pleased to say We also have many distinguished Associate Professor Vivienne Bath; tax that my colleagues will be offering up international visitors teaching in our treaties with Professor richard Vann; to 30 new subjects this coming year, program, including, for example, the expert evidence with Professor Peter including: following: Cashman; international environmental Law with emeritus Professor Ben Boer; – Forensic Psychology with dr helen – dato’ dr Nik Nozrul thani, Zaid ibrahim & Co Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and health Care & Professional Liability Paterson with dr Kristin Savell. – regulation & regulators with – Professor August reinsch, university of Vienna, Austria our off-shore program continues to i very much look forward to meeting expand. in 2011 we will deliver the you in 2011. Please do come to see me inaugural himalayan Field School in with your ideas and suggestions. Nepal alongside our other offerings Best wishes, in China and Japan. our Sydney Law School in europe Program is set to Professor Gillian Triggs continue, including a new offshore dean of Sydney Law School unit in EU Law taught by Professor Wojciech Sadurski. 80 per cent of our subjects will be taught intensively with the majority delivered at our state-of-the-art building on the university’s main campus. We will also continue to teach both semester length and intensive subjects at our City premises in Phillip Street, Sydney. Please check our website for the details of dates, times and location. 4 ABout SydNey LAW schooL ThE Sydney ADvAntage SPeCial FeAtureS A PiOneer in Coursework matched bY Diversity a year. it provides you with a comprehensive introduction to in Research legal theory and methodology and is specifically designed Sydney Law School offers you one of Australia’s largest for non-lawyers and international students with a civil law and most specialised coursework and research programs background. international students can also attend a two- in Law. in 2010, Sydney Law School offered over 150 day Bridging Program for both Law and Non-Law graduates, coursework units of study, with 70 per cent delivered in which serves as an effective academic and social orientation intensive format. in 2011, Sydney Law School is scheduled to the Sydney Law School. to deliver 160 units of study, with 80 per cent in intensive Legal ProfessiOnAl DEvElopmEnT (lPD) format. it has one of the largest enrolments of postgraduate law research students in the country, with 80 per cent of the Sydney Law School offers Professional development currently enrolled research students undertaking a doctor of seminars, courses and units of study in a range of subjects Philosophy (Phd) in law. Whether you are a legal professional and modes, including intensive programs, seminar series seeking to upgrade your existing LLB or Jd with an LLM or and individual evening presentations. Seminars, courses and a non-lawyer intending to acquire legal knowledge within a postgraduate units of study are available to anyone with an specialist sphere such as environmental Law or health Law, interest in the area of study. Continuing Legal education the Sydney Law School aims to deliver a postgraduate legal is a requirement of the Law Society of New South Wales. education that is as flexible as it is comprehensive. Practising solicitors are required to obtain 10 units of MCLe annually in order to maintain registration as a legal intenSivE Study practitioner. Continuing Professional development is also At Sydney, each postgraduate coursework unit of study a requirement of the New South Wales Bar Association. in law comprises 24 to 26 contact hours. there are two Barristers are required to accrue 10 points each practising methods of delivery: Semester Length and intensive. A certificate year. Seminars, courses and units of study semester length unit is taught once a week on a weekday offered under Sydney Law School’s LPd Program meet the evening for two hours over 13 weeks. in comparison, necessary requirements of both the Law Society of New intensive units are taught over four or five days, permitting a South Wales and the New South Wales Bar Association in flexible and convenient method of coursework study for busy relation to their individual members. professionals. An intensive unit may be taught in block mode Cross-institutiOnAl Study – four or five days straight – or consecutive mode – where the unit is delivered over a consecutive period such as two you may undertake units in postgraduate programs in other days in one week and two days in a fortnight. faculties at the university of Sydney or at other universities subject to approval by the Associate dean (Postgraduate the intensive mode of study enables you to: Coursework). A formal application, detailing the academic – organise your study around your work commitments in a content, attendance and assessment requirements of the more flexible manner unit(s) proposed to be completed should be made to the – undertake a Sydney Law School postgraduate coursework Law School first before applying to the other faculty or qualification even if based interstate or overseas as you can institution. if you are from another institution, you can also complete assignment tasks through online submission apply to study units at Sydney Law School upon approval – Complete your degree in a shorter timeframe from your home institution and the Law School. Non-Lawyer EnrolmEnT Sydney Law School is committed to the delivery of specialist postgraduate coursework programs in law for non-lawyers. With the exception of the Sydney LLM, graduate diploma in Law and the graduate diploma in Commercial Law, all our postgraduate coursework degrees are open to non-lawyers with a relevant bachelors degree at an appropriate level. the Sydney Law School was one of the first institutions in Australia to develop and implement an introductory postgraduate coursework unit of study for non-lawyers – Legal reasoning & the Common Law System – taught in both semester-length and intensive formats up to four times NeW FOR 2011 bAnkinG & finAncE Law Are you interested in specialising in the Financial Services industry which – Professor Sheelagh McCracken Banking and Finance law or in selecting examines how legal and regulatory – Professor John Stumbles some Banking and Finance law units requirements can be addressed via – Associate Professor Joanna Bird as part of your study in corporate or compliance systems. in addition, retail you can specialise in Banking and commercial law? Financial Services and Products and Finance Law as part of your Master of We offer a range of units, starting regulation & regulators will be offered. Laws (LLM) or Master of Business Law with Key Legal Concepts in Finance We continue to add new units where (MBL), or add these units alongside the Law for those wishing to familiarise possible. these include the highly Sydney Law School’s existing programs themselves with the general concepts. topical Personal Property Securities in Commercial Law and Corporate, the business of raising finance is examining the proposed new legislative Securities and Finance Law. analysed through several units. debt regime for taking security, which the program is open to Lawyers and Financing and equity Financing explore will significantly impact the rights Non-Lawyers alike. general legal aspects of debt and equity of secured creditors; and the State finance, while Advanced Financing of the Capital Markets; international units are available to study through the techniques considers actual structures Structured Finance, Law and Practice. following Sydney Law School degree programs: and techniques for substantial these units can usefully be studied financings, both domestic and in combination with other corporate – Master of Laws (LLM) or graduate international. Corporate Fundraising and commercial law units in our post- diploma in Law (graddipLaw) focuses specifically on public offers of graduate program, including in particular – Master of Business Law (MBL) shares and listed managed investment Corporate insolvency Law. Further units – Master of global Law (MglobL) schemes. Law of derivatives Markets may be offered from time to time by – graduate diploma in Commercial Law studies the development and regulation visiting legal specialists. however, not (graddipCommLaw) of derivatives products and markets. all units of study are offered each year.