The University of Sydney Sydney Law School Handbook 2006 University dates University semester and vacation dates 2006 Last dates for withdrawal or discontinuation 2006 Summer School Semester One units of study Lectures begin Tuesday 3 January Last day to add a unit Friday 17 March Lectures end Friday 3 March Last day for withdrawal Friday 31 March Semester One Last day to discontinue without failure (DNF) Friday 28 April Lectures begin Monday 6 March Last day to discontinue (Discontinued- Fail) Friday 9 June AVCC common weeklnon-teaching Easter Friday 14 April to Semester Two units of study period Friday 2 1 April Last day to add a unit Friday 4 August Last day of lectures Friday 9 June Last day for withdrawal Thursday 31 August Study vacation: one week beginning Monday 12 June to Last day to discontinue without failure (DNF) Friday 8 September Friday 16 June Last day to discontinue (Discontinued - Fail) Friday 27 October Examination period Monday 19 June to Last day to withdraw from a non standard unit By the census date of Saturday 1 July of study the non standard unit of Semester ends Saturday 1 July study which must not be AVCC common weewnon-teaching period Monday 3 July to earlier than 20 per cent Friday 7 July of the way through the Semester Two period of time during Lectures begin Monday 24 July which the unit is AVCC common weewnon-teaching period Monday 25 September undertaken. to Friday 29 September Last day of lectures Friday 27 October Details are in the Study vacation Monday 30 October to session calendar on the Friday 3 November timetabling website Examination period Monday 6 November to http://web.timetable.us Saturday 18 November yd.edu.au. Semester ends Saturday 18 November These dates (and any updates) are also available at: w~'~~~~.usyd.edu.a~fstr~dent~ur~dergrad~a~plv/scm/dares.shtml The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Phone: + 61 2 9351 2222 Web: www.usyd.edu.au Sydney Law School Phone: + 61 2 9351 0351 Fax: + 61 2 9351 0200 Web: ww\<~.law.usvd.cdu.au Email: info(io,law.usvd.edu.au This book (and other handbooks) can also be found at: www.usyd.edu.au/handbooks The University of Sydney, Sydney Law School Handbook 2006. O 2006 The University of Sydney. ISSN 1034-2656. CRICOS Provider Code 00026A. The information in this handbook is subject to approval andlor change by the appropriate faculty of the University. Students should always check the accuracy of the information with faculty staff. Produced by the Publications Office, The University of Sydney. Contents The following information is a printed version of the information available through Handbooks Online, on the University of Sydney website. Please visit www.usvd.edu.awkandbooks Sydney Law School Handbook Child care Welcome from the Dean Client Sewices, Information and Communications Technology 1. Sydney Law School general information The Co-op Bookshop University dates Counselling Service Where to ask for help Disability Sewices About the Sydney Law School Enrolment Staff Environmental Policy Centres Examinations Studying at the Sydney Law School Fees Scholarships and prizes Financial Assistance Office Student societies Freedom of Information Generic graduate attributes Graduations Office Employment (Grievances) Appeals Services for students HECS and Fees Office 2. Sydney Law School undergraduate information International Student Centre Undergraduate programs International Student Services Unit Resolutions of the University of Sydney Senate Koori Centre and Yooroang Garang Resolutions of the Law School relating to the Bachelor of Laws Learning Centre Sydney Law School policies and general information Library Undergraduate units of study table Mathematics Learning Centre Undergraduate units of study listings Multimedia and Educational Technologies in Arts (META) 3. Sydney Law School postgraduate information MyUni Student Portal Postgraduate programs Part-time, full-time Background to the Sydney Law School postgraduate program Privacy Doctorates Scholarships for undergraduates Master's degrees and graduate diplomas Student Centre Units of study offered within the Faculty Student Identity Cards Postgraduate units of study listings Student Services University of Sydney (Coursework) Rule 2000 (as amended) The Sydney Summer School Preliminary Timetabling Unit Rules relating to coursework award courses University Health Service Division 1: Course requirements, credit points and assessment Student organisations Division 2: Enrolment Students' Representative Council Division 3: Credit and cross-institutional study Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association Division 4: Progression Sydney University Sport Division 5: Discontinuation of enrolment University of Sydney Union Division 6: Unsatisfactory progress and exclusion Abbreviations Division 7: Exceptional circumstances Glossary Division 8: ~waidof degrees, diplomas and certificates Index Division 9: Transitional provisions Maps General University information Camperdown/Darlingtoncampus map Accommodation Sewice Admissions Office Applying for a course Assessment Careers Centre Casual Employment Service Centre for Continuing Education Centre for English Teaching (CET) Sydney Law School Handbook The following information is a printed version of the information available through Handbooks Online, on the University of Sydney website. Please visit "http://www.usyd.edu.au/handbooks/". Welcome from the Dean As the Dean of the Sydney Law School I bid you, one and all, a warm welcome. Your entry into this Faculty puts you amongst a highly gifted cohort of persons who are studying law at The University of Sydney. Law is a challenging intellectual discip- line because its mastery obliges students to comprehend various categories of legal rules. First, there are the legal rules em- bodied in the statutes, which have been enacted by our Commonwealth and State oarliaments. Second. there are rules ahich have bein made by administrators or which can be extracted from the decisions of adjudicative tribunals. Finally, parliamentaq statutes and administrative rulings must be read against the back- ground of the Common Law of Australia. The Common Law com- prises the legal rules and principles which can be extracted through reading the reasons given by judges when deciding matters which come before our superior courts. These rules and principles are often referred to as judge made law. However, it is not enough to know the rules: rather, it is an essential attribute of a lawyer to critically evaluate these rules and their applic- ation to the factual situations which occur in the daily lives of Aus- tralian women, men and children. The evaluation and application of legal rules will require students to debate, to dissect and to evaluate these rules and principles with one another and with the teachers who will guide discussion and evaluation. Our Law School thrives upon discussion between students and teachers on the operation and application of the law within and beyond Australian society. The Faculty of Law at The University of Sydney is one of the oldest seats of legal learning in our nation. The undergraduate curriculum is comprehensive and covers an extremely broad array of subjects within the discipline of law from corporate law, to criminal law, to jurisprudence, to law and gender, to equity, to evidence and real property. This Faculty also operates a broad postgraduate program of diplomas and master's degrees, and in fact is the largest postgradu- ate program in law in Australia. The academic and administrative staff are a dedicated group and they and I are here to assist you in your studies as law students. I have been totally blind since shortly after my birth and in order to read written material I use computer-based adaptive technology whereby words on my computer screen are read out to me by syn- thetic speech produced by an electronic speech synthesiser. As a disabled Australian, I welcome students from all backgrounds and from all walks of life to our Law School where our common objective is to comprehend and evaluate the laws of Australia. I have been an academic and a practising lawyer for more than 30 years and my work in the law has given me a challenging and reward- ing career. I wish you well in your undergraduate and postgraduate studies in law, and I wish you success and happiness in your future lives whether within areas of the legal profession or in other profes- sions and walks of life in our nation. Professor Ron McCallum Dean, Sydney Law School 1. Sydney Law School general information The following information is a printed version of the information available through Handbooks Online, on the University of Sydney website. Please visit "http://www.usyd.edu.au/handbooks/". University dates Please see the University dates (http://www.usyd.edu.au/fstudentlun- Associate Dean (Postgraduate research) dergrad/apply/scm/dates-2006.shtml)page for a listing of all current Associate Professor Mary Crock semester, holiday and examination dates within the University of Ph: +61 2 9351 0289 Sydney. Email: maryc @law.usyd.edu.au Postgraduate and CLE Team Leader Sue Ng Where to ask for help Ph: +61 2 9351 0265 Email: [email protected] General enquiries Sydney Law School Students are welcome to make an appointment with the Postgraduate University of Sydney Team Leader to discuss specific problems in the first instance. Information Desk Level 12 International Students 173-175 Phillip Street Associate Dean (International) Sydney NSW Australia 2000 Professor Patrick Parkinson DX 983 Sydney Ph: (02) 9351 0309 Email: [email protected] Ph: +612 9351 0351 Fax: +612 9351 0200 International Student Liaison Ojicer (Undergraduate) Email: [email protected] Donna Wilson Website: www.law.usyd.edu.au Ph:+61293510346 The Sydney Law School Information Desk on Level 12 has the fol- Email: donnaw @law.usyd.edu.au lowing opening hours: International Student Liaison Ojicer (Postgraduate) During semester: Chitra Bonnano Monday to Thursday, 9am to 6pm Ph:+61293510314 Friday, 9am to 5pm Email: chitrab @law.usyd.edu.au During semester break: Students are welcome to make an appointment with the relevant in- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm formation officer to discuss their problem in the first instance.