Postgraduate Units

The Monash postgraduate program offers a large number of units across many areas of specialisations and practice areas. These units may be undertaken as part of the masters or graduates diploma programs, as single unit enrolments or as elective units in the Monash JD program.  Most postgraduate units are taught at the city-based Monash University Law Chambers located on Bourke Street Melbourne, however some may be studied online or at the Clayton campus. Most units are scheduled at convenient times to suit the needs of busy professionals.  Please refer to the current timetable  for starting dates and location of those units currently offered.

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A

Unit name	Unit code
Administrative justice issues in tribunal adjudication	LAW7250	√	√
Advanced negotiation and mediation skills (2010 unit)	LAW7312	√	√	√						√
Advocacy: theory and practice (2010 unit)	LAW7303	√	√
Anti-Money laundering (2010 unit)	LAW7020	√		√
Arbitration of domestic commercial disputes	LAW7443	√		√
Arbitration of international commercial disputes	LAW7339	√	√	√			√
Australian legal system (2010 unit)	LAW7212	√		√	√	√	√	√	√	√

C

Unit name	Unit code
Capital gains tax	LAW7051	√		√
Case studies in regulation	LAW7328	√							√
Children's rights in international and domestic law (2010 unit)	LAW7319	√			√		√
Commercial alternative dispute resolution (2010 unit)	LAW7071	√	√	√		√				√
Commercial equity	LAW7004	√	√	√
Commercial tenancy law (2010 unit)	LAW7009	√		√
Communications law and regulation	LAW7322	√							√
Comparative bills of rights (2010 unit)	LAW7333	√			√		√
Comparative competition law (2010 unit)	LAW7278	√	√	√			√		√
Comparative corporate governance (2010 unit)	LAW7344	√		√			√
Comparative family law 700	LAW7007	√
Comparative international tax law (2010 unit)	LAW7349	√		√			√
Competition law (2010 unit)	LAW7056	√		√		√			√
Confiscation of the proceeds of crime	LAW7082	√
Consumer credit	LAW7109	√		√
Consumer protection: regulation and compliance	LAW7258	√		√					√
Contemporary issues in administrative law	LAW7307	√		√
Contemporary legal thought	LAW7010	√
Contemporary problems in the administration of criminal justice	LAW7208	√
Copyright (2010 unit)	LAW7011	√		√		√
Corporate and white collar crime	LAW7304	√		√						√
Corporate finance law	LAW7430	√		√			√
Corporate governance and directors' duties (2010 unit)	LAW7306	√		√					√
Corporate groups and governance	LAW7261	√		√
Corporate insolvency	LAW7031	√		√
Current issues in administrative law	LAW7217	√
Current issues in civil procedure	LAW7013	√	√
Current issues in electronic commerce law	LAW7245	√	√	√
Current issues in evidence (2010 unit)	LAW7040	√	√
Current issues in human rights law	LAW7419	√			√		√
Current issues in intellectual property (2010 unit)	LAW7309	√		√		√
Current issues in workplace law	LAW7310	√		√						√
Current problems in family law	LAW7060	√	√		√
Current problems in taxation	LAW7015	√		√
Cybercrime (2010 unit)	LAW7280	√		√

D

Unit name	Unit code
Decision making for tribunal members	LAW7248	√	√
Defamation law	LAW7140	√
Design law and practice (2010 unit)	LAW7254	√		√		√
Discrimination law and human rights at work (2010 unit)	LAW7327	√		√						√

E

Unit name	Unit code
Economic torts	LAW7018	√		√		√				√
Economics of regulation (2010 unit)	LAW7444	√							√
Electronic workplace law	LAW7279	√	√	√				√		√
Employee share ownership plans	LAW7205	√		√						√
Energy law, regulation and policy	LAW7324	√		√			√		√
Equity capital markets law in australia	LAW7437	√		√
European union law and policy (2010 unit)	LAW7019	√		√			√
Evaluating what works in regulation (2010 unit)	LAW7317	√							√
Expert evidence (2010 unit)	LAW7308	√	√	√

F

Unit name	Unit code
Fact finding in administrative proceedings	LAW7249	√	√
Family property	LAW7021	√
Film and media production law	LAW7348	√		√
Forced migration and human rights	LAW7066	√			√		√
Forensic family law	LAW7022	√	√
Forward with fairness: new labour law (2010 unit)	LAW7338	√		√						√

G

Unit name	Unit code
Globalization and international economic law (2010 unit)	LAW7438	√		√			√
Goods and services tax	LAW7262	√		√
Graduate research paper (2010 unit)	LAW7078	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√

H

Unit name	Unit code
Health law and human rights (2010 unit)	LAW7431	√	√		√
Human rights advocacy: Australian law and practice (2010 unit)	LAW7418	√			√
Human rights and intellectual property	LAW7439	√		√	√	√	√
Human rights in the global economy (2010 unit)	LAW7253	√			√		√

I

Unit name	Unit code
Indigenous rights and international law (2010 unit)	LAW7260	√			√		√
Intangible asset valuation: law and practice	LAW7440	√		√		√
Intellectual property and the internet	LAW7244	√		√		√
International aspects of foreign investment	LAW7427	√		√			√
International aspects of intellectual property (2010 unit)	LAW7077	√		√		√	√
International banking and finance: law and practice (2010 unit)	LAW7323	√		√			√
International copyright law	LAW7426	√		√		√	√
International criminal justice	LAW7286	√			√		√
International criminal law: procedural and practical aspects (2010 unit)	LAW7341	√			√		√
International environmental law (2010 unit)	LAW7068	√		√			√
International human rights law and development	LAW7416	√			√		√
International human rights law and women	LAW7311	√			√		√
International humanitarian law (2010 unit)	LAW7218	√			√		√
International law and economic, cultural and social rights	LAW7318	√			√		√
International refugee law and human rights  (2010 unit)	LAW7425	√			√		√
International taxation	LAW7027	√		√			√
International trade finance: law and practice (2010 unit)	LAW7025	√		√			√
International trade law (2010 unit)	LAW7028	√		√		√	√
Introduction to australian legal process (2010 unit)	LAW7436	√		√	√	√	√			√

J

Unit name	Unit code
Judicial law making and legal theory	LAW7093	√

L

Unit name	Unit code
Labour law for corporate lawyers	LAW7215	√	√	√						√
Labour organisations	LAW7298	√								√
Law and discrimination	LAW7129	√		√
Law of employee relations (2010 unit)	LAW7083	√	√	√				√		√
Law of the internet (2010 unit)	LAW7213	√	√			√	√
Law of virtual worlds	LAW7417	√		√		√
Law of workforce management	LAW7441	√								√
Legal aspects of the Israel/Palestine dispute (2010 unit)	LAW7342	√			√		√
Legal research and communication (2010 unit)	LAW7285	√
Legislative and judicial refinement of the income tax base	LAW7061	√		√
Local government contracts and procurement	LAW7424	√						√
Local government law (2010 unit)	LAW7087	√						√

M

Unit name	Unit code
Managing urban growth: legal and planning issues (2010 unit)	LAW7345	√						√

N

Unit name	Unit code
Native title: courts, tribunals and communities	LAW7206	√			√
Negotiation and mediation skills (2010 unit) Class full - to be placed on a waiting list, please email graduate@law.monash.edu.au	LAW7251	√	√	√						√
Non-adversarial family law	LAW7432	√	√

O

Unit name	Unit code
Occupational health and safety (2010 unit)	LAW7037	√		√					√	√
Overview of comparative banking law	LAW7442	√		√
Overview of corporate law (2010 unit)	LAW7263	√		√
Overview of intellectual property (2010 unit)	LAW7223	√	√	√		√
Overview of International Human Rights Law (2010 unit)	LAW7026	√			√		√			√

P

Unit name	Unit code
Patenting for commercialisation (2010 unit) [for (Master of Business (Science and Technology) students only]	LAW7433	√		√		√
Patents for inventions (2010 unit)	LAW7119	√		√		√
Payment systems and banking law	LAW7092	√		√			√
Planning and environmental law practice	LAW7414	√
Planning law (2010 unit)	LAW7059	√						√
Plant breeders' rights (2010 unit)	LAW7346	√		√		√
Practical perspectives on private international law	LAW7001	√	√	√			√
Principles of construction law (2010 unit)	LAW7332	√	√	√				√
Principles of environmental law (2010 unit)	LAW7420	√						√
Principles of privacy and freedom of information (2010 unit)	LAW7076	√		√	√			√
Principles of taxation (2010 unit)	LAW7276	√		√
Privacy and information security law in cyberspace	LAW7246	√		√			√
Procurement law (2010 unit)	LAW7347	√		√
Protecting the rights of minorities, marginalised and vulnerable people	LAW7330	√			√
Psychiatry, psychology and law	LAW7207	√
Public sector employment law	LAW7041	√								√

R

Unit name	Unit code
Regulating in a globalising world	LAW7316	√							√
Regulating the professions	LAW7335	√							√
Regulation of Australian water resources (2010 unit)	LAW7325	√							√
Regulatory fundamentals: concepts, constructs and context (2010 unit)	LAW7313	√						√	√
Regulatory methods (2010 unit)	LAW7315	√						√	√

S

Unit name	Unit code
Selected topics in public international law	LAW7247	√					√
Sentencing	LAW7043	√
Shareholders’ remedies	LAW7243	√		√
Stamp duties and other state revenue	LAW7044	√		√
Superannuation law and practice	LAW7122	√		√						√
Superannuation, venture capital and managed investment schemes	LAW7256	√		√

T

Unit name	Unit code
Takeovers	LAW7045	√		√
Tax avoidance: judicial and legislative responses	LAW7046	√		√
Tax disputes and written advocacy	LAW7337	√		√
Taxation audits and litigation	LAW7048	√		√
Taxation in the European community	LAW7049	√		√			√
Taxation law as an instrument for social and economic policy	LAW7050	√		√
Taxation of corporations and shareholders	LAW7052	√		√
Taxation of financial arrangements	LAW7336	√		√
Taxation of trusts and partnerships	LAW7053	√		√
Technology contracts and licensing law (2010 unit)	LAW7221	√		√		√
Terrorism and human rights	LAW7320	√			√		√
The law of climate change (2010 unit)	LAW7434	√		√			√		√
The privatising state: reform, regulation and reinvention (2010 unit)	LAW7329	√							√
The use of force in international law (2010 unit)	LAW7343	√			√		√
Torts liability and public authorities	LAW7226	√
Trade mark practice (2010 unit)	LAW7224	√		√		√
Trade marks and commercial designations (2010 unit)	LAW7075	√		√		√

U

Unit name	Unit code
Utility regulation: law and policy	LAW7214	√		√					√

W

Unit name	Unit code
Workplace bargaining and agreements law (2010 unit)	LAW7435	√								√
World Trade Organization (WTO) law (2010 unit)	LAW7326	√		√			√