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Postgraduate Units

The Faculty is introducing the following new postgraduate units in 2011:

LAW7467 Advanced torts
LAW7468 Corporate environmental responsibility
LAW7465 Drafting patent specifications
LAW7464 Genocide in international law
LAW7453E Innovation: labour, competition and intellectual property law perspectives (unit delivered in Prato, Italy)
LAW7451 International trade mark law
LAW7466 Interpretation and validity of patent specifications
LAW7452 Patent practice
LAW7450 Personal property securities
LAW7469 Remedies in commercial disputes
LAW7463 The international covenant on civil and political rights
LAW7472 Principles of family law
LAW7473 European Union law: Commerce, law and politics

	Highlighted units - units for 2011 academic year.

Note:	The 'Masters, Graduate Diplomas and single units' timetable can be accessed via the 2011 timetables.
	The Faculty reserves the right to modify the list of units below.
	To search for a unit, the 'find' function can be used by pressing CTRL+'F'.

A

Unit name	Unit code
Advanced Mediation:Skills and theory A	LAW7475	√	√
Advanced Mediation:Skills and theory B	LAW7476	√	√
Advanced negotiation and mediation skills	LAW7312	√	√	√						√
Advanced torts (2011 unit) NO PLACES AVAILABLE	LAW7467	√		√	√					√
Advocacy: Theory and practice (2011 unit)	LAW7303	√	√
Anti-money laundering	LAW7220	√		√
Arbitration of domestic commercial disputes	LAW7443	√		√
Arbitration of international commercial disputes	LAW7339	√	√	√			√
Australian legal system (2011 unit)	LAW7212	√		√	√	√	√	√	√	√

C

Unit name	Unit code
Children's rights in international and domestic law	LAW7319	√			√		√
Collaborative practice	LAW7474	√	√
Commercial alternative dispute resolution (2011 unit)	LAW7071	√	√	√		√			√
Commercial tenancy law (2011 unit)	LAW7009	√		√
Communications law and regulation	LAW7322	√						√
Comparative bills of rights (2011 unit)	LAW7333	√			√		√
Comparative competition law (2011 unit)	LAW7278	√	√	√			√	√
Comparative corporate governance (2011 unit)	LAW7344	√		√			√
Comparative international tax law	LAW7349	√		√			√
Competition law (2011 unit)	LAW7056	√		√		√		√
Competition law: Regulating access	LAW7471	√		√
Consumer protection: Regulation and compliance	LAW7258	√		√				√
Contemporary issues in administrative law	LAW7307	√		√
Contemporary problems in the administration of criminal justice	LAW7208	√
Copyright (2011 unit)	LAW7011	√		√		√
Corporate and white collar crime (2011 unit)	LAW7304	√		√					√
Corporate finance law	LAW7430	√		√			√
Corporate governance and directors' duties (2011 unit)	LAW7306	√		√				√
Corporate insolvency (2011 unit)	LAW7031	√		√
Corporate environmental responsibility (2011 unit)	LAW7468	√		√			√
Current issues in electronic commerce law	LAW7245	√	√	√
Current issues in evidence	LAW7040	√	√
Current issues in human rights law	LAW7419	√			√		√
Current issues in intellectual property	LAW7309	√		√		√
Current issues in workplace law (2011 unit)	LAW7310	√		√					√
Current problems in family law (2011 unit)	LAW7060	√	√		√
Current problems in taxation	LAW7015	√		√
Cybercrime	LAW7280	√		√

D

Unit name	Unit code
Defamation law (2011 unit)	LAW7140	√
Design law and practice (2011 unit)	LAW7254	√	√		√
Discrimination law, theory and policy (2011 unit)	LAW7129	√		√
Discrimination law and human rights at work	LAW7327	√	√			√
Drafting patent specifications (2011 unit)	LAW7465	√			√

E

Unit name	Unit code
Economics of regulation (2011 unit)	LAW7444	√					√
Electronic workplace law (2011 unit)	LAW7279	√	√	√		√		√
Energy law, regulation and policy	LAW7324	√		√	√		√
Equity capital markets law in Australia (2011 unit)	LAW7437	√		√
European Union law and policy (2011 unit)	LAW7019	√		√	√
European Union law: Commerce, law and politics (2011 unit)	LAW7473	√		√	√
Evaluating what works in regulation (2011 unit)	LAW7317	√					√
Expert evidence	LAW7308	√	√	√

F

Unit name	Unit code
Film and media production law	LAW7348	√		√
Forced migration and human rights (2011 unit)	LAW7066	√			√	√
Forensic family law	LAW7022	√	√
Forward with fairness: New labour law (2011 unit)	LAW7338	√		√			√

G

Unit name	Unit code
Genocide in international law (2011 unit)	LAW7464	√			√		√
Globalization and international economic law (2011 unit)	LAW7438	√		√			√
Goods and services tax	LAW7262	√		√
Graduate research paper (2011 unit)	LAW7078	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√

H

Unit name	Unit code
Health law and human rights (2011 unit)	LAW7431	√	√		√
Human rights advocacy: Australian law and practice	LAW7418	√			√
Human rights and intellectual property	LAW7439	√		√	√	√	√
Human rights in the global economy	LAW7253	√			√		√

I

Unit name	Unit code
Indigenous rights and international law	LAW7260	√		√		√
Innovation: Labour, competition and intellectual property law perspectives (2011 unit)	LAW7453E Prato,Italy	√	√		√			√
Intellectual property and the internet (2011 unit)	LAW7244	√	√		√
International aspects of intellectual property (2011 unit)	LAW7077	√	√		√	√
International banking and finance: Law and practice (2011 unit)	LAW7323	√	√			√
International copyright law (2011 unit)	LAW7426	√	√		√	√
International criminal justice (2011 unit)	LAW7286	√		√		√
International criminal law: Procedural and practical aspects	LAW7341	√		√		√
International environmental law (2011 unit)	LAW7068	√	√			√
International human rights law and development (2011 unit)	LAW7416	√		√		√
International human rights law and women (2011 unit)	LAW7311	√		√		√
International humanitarian law (2011 unit)	LAW7218	√		√		√
International investment law (2011 unit)	LAW7427	√	√			√
International labour law	LAW7449	√						√
International law and economic, cultural and social rights	LAW7318	√		√		√
International refugee law and human rights	LAW7425	√		√		√
International trade finance: Law and practice	LAW7025	√	√			√
International trade law (2011 unit)	LAW7028	√	√		√	√
International trade mark law	LAW7451	√	√		√	√
Interpretation and validity of patent specifications (2011 unit)	LAW7466	√			√
Introduction to Australian legal process (2011 unit)	LAW7436	√	√	√	√	√		√
Issues in consumer policy (2011 unit)	LAW7445	√					√

L

Unit name	Unit code
Labour law for corporate lawyers (2011 unit)	LAW7215	√	√	√						√
Law of employee relations (2011 unit)	LAW7083	√	√	√				√	√	√
Law of the internet	LAW7213	√	√			√	√
Law of workforce management (2011 unit)	LAW7441	√								√
Legal aspects of the Israel/Palestine dispute	LAW7342	√			√		√
Legal research and communication (2011 unit)	LAW7285	√
Local government law (2011 unit)	LAW7087	√						√

M

Unit name	Unit code
Minor thesis (25,000 - 30, 000 words) (2011 unit)	LAW7000	√	√	√	√	√	√			√
Minor thesis (12,000 - 15, 000 words) (2011 unit)	LAW7456	√	√	√	√	√	√			√

N

Unit name	Unit code
Negotiation and mediation skills (2011 unit) NO PLACES AVAILABLE	LAW7251	√	√	√						√
Non-adversarial family law	LAW7432	√	√

O

Unit name	Unit code
Occupational health and safety (2011 unit)	LAW7037	√		√				√	√
Overseas study and research Malaysia (2011 units)	LAW7422	√
Overseas study and research Prato (2011 unit)	LAW7421	√
Overview of comparative banking law	LAW7442	√		√
Overview of corporate law (2011 unit)	LAW7263	√		√
Overview of intellectual property (2011 unit) NO PLACES AVAILABLE - Semester 1	LAW7223	√	√	√		√
Overview of International Human Rights Law (2011 unit) NO PLACES AVAILABLE - Semester 1	LAW7026	√			√		√		√

P

Unit name	Unit code
Patenting for commercialisation (2011 unit) NO PLACES AVAILABLE	LAW7433	√		√		√
Patents for inventions (2011 unit)	LAW7119	√		√		√
Patent practice (2011 unit)	LAW7452	√		√		√
Personal property securities (2011 unit)	LAW7450	√		√
Planning law (2011 unit)	LAW7059	√						√
Principles of construction law (2011 unit)	LAW7332	√	√	√				√
Principles of environmental law (2011 unit)	LAW7420	√						√
Principles of family law (2011 unit)	LAW7472	√			√
Principles of privacy and freedom of information	LAW7076	√		√	√			√
Principles of taxation (2011 unit) NO PLACES AVAILABLE	LAW7276	√		√
Privacy and information security law in cyberspace (2011 unit)	LAW7246	√		√			√
Procurement law	LAW7347	√		√
Protecting the rights of minorities, marginalised and vulnerable people (2011 unit)	LAW7330	√			√		√
Psychiatry, psychology and law (2011 unit)	LAW7207	√
Public sector employment law	LAW7041	√							√

R

Unit name	Unit code
Regulating the professions (2011 unit)	LAW7335	√			√
Regulation of Australian water resources	LAW7325	√			√
Regulatory fundamentals: Concepts, constructs and context (2011 unit)	LAW7313	√		√	√
Regulatory methods (2011 unit)	LAW7315	√		√	√
Remedies in commercial disputes (2011 unit)	LAW7469	√	√

S

Unit name	Unit code
Sentencing	LAW7043	√
Shareholders’ remedies	LAW7243	√	√
Superannuation law and practice	LAW7122	√	√	√

T

Unit name	Unit code
Takeovers (2011 unit)	LAW7045	√	√
Tax disputes and written advocacy	LAW7337	√	√
Technology contracts and licensing law	LAW7221	√	√		√
Terrorism and human rights (2011 unit) NO PLACES AVAILABLE	LAW7320	√		√		√
The international covenant on civil and political rights (2011 unit)	LAW7463	√		√		√
The law of climate change	LAW7434	√	√			√	√
The privatising state: Reform, regulation and reinvention	LAW7329	√					√
The use of force in international law	LAW7343	√		√		√
Trade mark practice (2011 unit)	LAW7224	√	√		√
Trade marks and commercial designations (2011 unit)	LAW7075	√	√		√

W

Unit name	Unit code
Workplace bargaining and agreements law (2011 unit)	LAW7435	√								√
World Trade Organization (WTO) law	LAW7326	√		√			√

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