Master of Laws (coursework) (20500)
The University of Western Australia
About
UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation.
In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020.
Contact Future Students for more information.This specialist degree is designed for Law graduates to consolidate honours research and for professionals to familiarise themselves with recent developments in law or to enhance intellectual and research skills.
Structure
| KEY TO AVAILABILITY OF UNITS: |
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| S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; N/A = not available in 2020; NS = non-standard teaching period |
All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.
Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2021 or 2022.
Take unit(s) to the value of 48 points:
Group A
| AVAILABILITY | UNITCODE | UNITNAME | UNIT REQUIREMENTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S2 | LAWS5105 | Remedies | Prerequisites: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, and LAWS5103 Equity and Trusts | |
| NS | LAWS5111 | Corporate Governance for Resources Companies | ||
| N/A | LAWS5114 | International Environmental Law | Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics | |
| NS | LAWS5117 | Advanced Evidence and Proof | Prerequisites: For Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics); for all other students: LAWS3310 Evidence Incompatibility: LAWS3327 Advanced Evidence and Proof | |
| S2 | LAWS5118 | Family Law | Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics); for all other postgraduate students: approval must be given by the unit coordinator to take this unit Incompatibility: LAWS3376 Introduction to Family Law, LAWS3377 Advanced Family Law (or equivalents) | |
| N/A | LAWS5128 | Consumer Law | Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics) Incompatibility: LAWS3370 Consumer Law | |
| S2 | LAWS5132 | Income Taxation Law | Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics) Incompatibility: LAWS3362 Income Taxation Law | |
| N/A | LAWS5135 | Select Topics in Insurance Law | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics Graduate Diploma in Insurance law students: LAWS5890 Insurance Claims and Dispute Resolution and LAWS5891 Principles and Practice of General Insurance Law or LAWS5892 Principles and Practice of Life Insurance Law OR a completed Law degree Incompatibility: LAWS3383 Insurance Law | |
| S1 | LAWS5144 | Mining and Energy Law | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics for all other postgraduate students: students from a non-law background must seek permission from the unit coordinator Incompatibility: LAWS3371 Mining and Energy Law, LAWS5517 Mining Law | |
| S1 | LAWS5150 | Intellectual Property Law | Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering, LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, and LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics Incompatibility: LAWS3338 Introduction to Intellectual Property | |
| NS | LAWS5152 | Media Law | Prerequisites: For JD Students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics) | |
| S1, S2 | LAWS5160 | Law Review Part 1 (0 points) | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics | |
| S1, S2 | LAWS5161 | Law Review Part 2 | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics | |
| S2 | LAWS5165 | Public International Law | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics Incompatibility: LAWS3354 Public International Law | |
| S1 | LAWS5167 | Comparative Law | Incompatibility: LAWS3331 Comparative Law | |
| N/A | LAWS5175 | Heritage Governance: from Global to Local | ||
| S1 | LAWS5176 | Australian Financial Transactions Law and Regulation | Prerequisites: for Master of Commercial and Resources Law and Master of Taxation Law students: nil; for Master of Applied Finance students: FINA5520 Risk Management and Financial Instruments and FINA5521 Quantitative Methods in Finance and FINA5524 Trading and Markets and ECON5506 The Economics of Financial Markets | |
| NS | LAWS5179 | Law of the Sea | ||
| N/A | LAWS5181 | Health Law and Policy | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics) for all other students: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law Incompatibility: LAWS3324 Medicine and the Law | |
| N/A | LAWS5182 | Indigenous Peoples in International and Comparative Law | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics Incompatibility: LAWS5534 Indigenous Peoples and the Law, LAWS3358 Indigenous Peoples and the Law | |
| NS | LAWS5210 | Working with China: Business in a Socio-legal Context | Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics); | |
| NS | LAWS5219 | International Criminal Law | Co-requisites: for Master of International Law (coursework) (21520) and Graduate Diploma in International Law (21320) students: LAWS5224 Foundations of Public International Law or equivalent; for students in other courses: none | |
| NS | LAWS5220 | International Humanitarian Law | ||
| NS | LAWS5223 | Theories of Justice and Punishment | Prerequisites: For Master of Public Policy or Graduate Certificate of Public Policy students without a recognised Law degree: LAWS4227 Foundations of Law and Legal Institutions. | |
| N/A | LAWS5226 | International Human Rights Law | Co-requisites: for Master of International Law (coursework) (21520) and Graduate Diploma in International Law (21320) students: LAWS5224 Foundations of Public International Law or equivalent; for students in other courses: none | |
| N/A | LAWS5230 | Aviation Law | ||
| N/A | LAWS5231 | Advanced Capital Gains Tax | ||
| N/A | LAWS5232 | Double Tax Agreements and International Tax Law | ||
| NS | LAWS5233 | Base Erosion, Profit Shifting and Transfer Pricing | ||
| NS | LAWS5234 | Taxation of Trusts | ||
| NS | LAWS5235 | Taxation Law of a Foreign State | ||
| NS | LAWS5236 | Advanced Australian Corporate Taxation | ||
| NS | LAWS5237 | Advanced Australian International Taxation | ||
| NS | LAWS5238 | Goods and Services Taxation | ||
| NS | LAWS5239 | Resource Taxation | ||
| N/A | LAWS5240 | Tax Dispute Resolution | ||
| NS | LAWS5251 | International Sales Law | Prerequisites: for students from a non-law background: LAWS5250 Foundations of International Commercial Law | |
| S2 | LAWS5254 | International Trade Law | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics Incompatibility: LAWS5511 International Trade Law, LAWS6719 International Trade Law, LAWS6254 WTO Law, LAWS3319 International Trade Law | |
| N/A | LAWS5305 | Mediation: Practice and Skills | ||
| N/A | LAWS5360 | Employment Law | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics | |
| NS | LAWS5378 | Government Accountability—Law and Practice | ||
| NS | LAWS5398 | Construction Law | Co-requisites: enrolment in Master of Mining and Energy Laws (20550), Master of International Commercial Law (21510), Graduate Diploma in Mining and Energy Law (20370), Graduate Diploma in Law (20320), Master of Commercial and Resources Law (20360) or Master of Laws (20500) Incompatibility: LAWS5208 Oil and Gas Project Development Law | |
| N/A | LAWS5503 | Conflict of Laws | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics | |
| N/A | LAWS5507 | International Oil and Gas Law | ||
| NS | LAWS5517 | Mining Law | Incompatibility: LAWS3371 Mining and Energy Law (formerly 200.371 Mining and Energy Law 371), LAWS5144 Mining and Energy Law | |
| NS | LAWS5521 | Climate Change Law and Emissions Trading | Prerequisites: For Master of Public Policy or Graduate Certificate of Public Policy students without a recognised Law degree: LAWS4227 Foundations of Law and Legal Institutions. | |
| NS | LAWS5528 | Unjust Enrichment and Restitution | Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor students: LAWS4101 Legal Process, LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics Incompatibility: LAWS3392 Unjust Enrichment and Restitution | |
| NS | LAWS5532 | Oil and Gas Agreements | ||
| NS | LAWS5540 | Environmental Protection Law | ||
| N/A | LAWS5541 | Equity Capital Markets & Securities Regulation | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students only: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics) | |
| NS | LAWS5576 | International Commercial Arbitration | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics Incompatibility: LAWS3307 International Commercial Arbitration, LAWS6576 International Commercial Arbitration | |
| NS | LAWS5577 | Space Law, Satellites and Drones | Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics | |
| NS | LAWS5589 | Australian Oil and Gas Law | ||
| N/A | LAWS5590 | Water Resources Law | ||
| N/A | LAWS5591 | Personal Property | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics | |
| S1, S2 | LAWS5694 | Research Paper I | Prerequisites: For Master of Public Policy or Graduate Certificate of Public Policy students without a recognised Law degree: LAWS4227 Foundations of Law and Legal Institutions. | |
| S1, S2 | LAWS5695 | Research Paper II (12 points) | Incompatibility: LAWS5696 Research Paper III Part 1, and LAWS5697 Research Paper III Part 2 | |
| S1, S2 | LAWS5696 | Research Paper III Part 1 | Prerequisites: Approval of unit coordinator Co-requisites: Students taking Part 1 in Semester 1 must take Part 2 in the following Semester 2; students taking Part 1 in Semester 2 must take Part 2 in the following Semester 1. Incompatibility: LAWS5695 Research Paper II | |
| S1, S2 | LAWS5697 | Research Paper III Part 2 | Prerequisites: Students may only take this unit if they have completed LAWS5696 Research Paper III Part 1 in the previous semster. | |
| N/A | LAWS5813 | Legal Issues for Not-for-Profit Entities | Prerequisites: for Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics); for all other students: LAWS4103 Contract (formerly LAWS5103 Contract) or equivalent Bachelor of Law unit | |
| S1 | LAWS5820 | Legislation in Practice | Prerequisites: Juris Doctor (JD) students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering and 30 points from: LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4107 Land Law, LAWS4108 Foundations of Public Law, LAWS5106 Legal Theory and Ethics or LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics Incompatibility: LAWS3320 Legislation in Practice | |
| NS, S1, S2 | SVLG5001 | McCusker Centre for Citizenship Internship | Prerequisites: For Juris Doctor students: LAWS4101 Foundations of Law and Lawyering, LAWS4102 Criminal Law, LAWS4103 Contract, LAWS4104 Property, LAWS4106 Torts, LAWS4109 Legal Theory and Ethics; for other students, none. Permission/approval is required to enrol. Incompatibility: for Juris Doctor students: LAWS5174 Legal Internship |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Entry requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—1(a) a Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA
Institution
