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Jessup Moot

LAWS4010 - 1573

Course Convenor: Kate Ogg

Date of course: Monday 1 November 2021

End Date: Thursday 31 March 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Thursday 31 March 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: TBC

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

Jessup Moot is a summer session elective. It is the Australian round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Members of the Jessup team are all expected to prepare the written memorials and participate in the internal ANU practice moots. The team then participates in the Australian rounds of the Jessup Moot competition and, if the team reaches the Final of the Australian rounds, would compete in the International Rounds.

There is a maximum of 5 team members.

Applications for selection for the Summer Jessup Moot team close in the second semester of the year prior.

Further information will be located on the ANU College of Law Website.

More details of Jessup Moot can be viewed at the Jessup website http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/.

Textbooks:

Students must rely on the approved Class Summary which will be posted to the Programs and Courses site approximately 2 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses.

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Jessup Moot

LAWS6010 - 1574

Course Convenor: Kate Ogg

Date of course: Monday 1 November 2021

End Date: Thursday 31 March 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Thursday 31 March 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: TBC

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

Jessup Moot is a summer session elective. It is the Australian round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

There is a maximum of 5 team members.

Applications for selection for the Summer Jessup Moot team close in the second semester of the year prior.

Further information will be located on the ANU College of Law website.

More details of Jessup Moot can be viewed at the Jessup website http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/.

Textbooks:

Students must rely on the approved Class Summary which will be posted to the Programs and Courses site approximately 2 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses.

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website .

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS4010 Jessup Moot.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Law Internship

LAWS4230 - 1562

Course Convenor: Jonathan Liljeblad

Date of course: Monday 22 November 2021

End Date: Monday 14 February 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Monday 14 February 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: TBC

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

The ANU College of Law's internship course offers students an unparalleled opportunity to put their learning into action and carry out a law-based research project in a legal professional workplace. The course requires and develops both legal knowledge and a lawyer's approach to problem identification, analysis and recommendations.

Internship placements are available within a variety of Commonwealth and Australian Capital Territory government departments, statutory bodies, community legal centres and other non-government organisations. Internships are also available under the supervision of a member of the ANU College of Law. In addition, students may arrange their own internship with a suitable organisation and professional supervisor, opening up the possibility to choose organisations and locations that best suit their future career interests. The professional supervisor of an intern must be a lawyer. Applications to complete self-arranged internships will be approved where they meet the requirements of the course.

Students must apply to undertake this course. Please go to Law Professional Experience for application information.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses.

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Law Internship

LAWS6230 - 1563

Course Convenor: Jonathan Liljeblad

Date of course: Monday 22 November 2021

End Date: Monday 14 February 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Monday 14 February 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: TBC

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

Internships are available during each semester and during summer and winter term, enabling students to complete placements in remote locations in Australia or internationally. To assist in arranging placements, applications for an internship are generally made earlier than for other subjects. Full details about the internship course and the application process are posted to the ANU College of Law current students' website.

Students must apply to undertake this course. Please go to Law Professional Experience for application information.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS4230 Law Internship; or ANIP6503 Australian National Internships Program Internship A (Graduate) unless it is credited to a non-law degree; or ANIP6505 Australian National Internships Program B unless it is credited to a non-law degree.
Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Environmental Law

LAWS4215 - 1578

Course Convenor: Judith Jones

Date of course: Monday 29 November 2021

End Date: Friday 28 January 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Friday 28 January 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: 29 Nov 2021 - 14 Dec 2021 | Live Lecture 10:00am - 12:00pm | Online Tutorials 2:00pm - 3:00pm or 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

This course provides an overview of topics within domestic Australian environmental protection law. Environmental Law is the complex, sometimes connected, and sometimes disparate collection of treaties, conventions, statutes, regulations, and case law which involve questions of the interactions of humans with the natural environment. More modern conceptions of environmental law see its purpose as encouraging long-term ecological sustainability, rather than merely providing rules for orderly exploitation of natural resources.

The course critically examines the institutional arrangements and legal principles that underpin the practice of environmental and planning law.The course examines environmental law from both theoretical and practical perspectives, taking a broad national and thematic approach. Whilst it places particular emphasis on the applicable Commonwealth, NSW and ACT law, the course reviews fundamental concepts, useful tools and insights with which to understand and critically analyse environmental law.

Topics covered include:

introduction defining the 'environment', 'ecologically sustainable development';
the common law and environmental protection;
environmental law in a federal system;
role of local and state governments;
statutory land-use planning and development control law;
evironmental impact assessment law;
bodiversity law;
native vegetation law;
pollution control law;
a brief introduction to climate change and energy law;
environmental litigation;
enforcement of environmental law; and
major projects law.

Textbooks:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Students will be able to access a range of relevant environmental law textbooks (as eBooks) and other electronic materials made available via the ANU Law library, ANU scholarly databases and relevant websites. Readings will be listed on the Wattle site for this course and made available 2 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.

It is not recommended that students purchase a hard copy of an environmental law textbook. However, for convenient and unlimited access to an environmental law textbook students may choose to purchase their own eBook copy of one of the leading environmental law textbooks. Further detailed advice on this will be provided as the Wattle site opens 2 weeks prior to the course commencing.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses, and have completed LAWS2201 Administrative Law; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses, and have completed LAWS2201/LAWS6201 Administrative Law.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS8415 Environmental Law.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law

LAWS4213 - 1571

Course Convenor: Ron Levy

Date of course: Monday 6 December 2021

End Date: Friday 21 January 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Friday 21 January 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: See more information for details

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

Week 1

Sem A: 5 Hrs | Mon 12-3pm | 6 Dec | Online - Zoom
Sem B: 5 Hrs | Tue 12-5pm | 7 Dec | Online – Zoom
Sem C: 5 Hrs | Wed 12-5pm | 8 Dec | Online – Zoom
Sem D: 3 Hrs | Thu 12-5pm | 9 Dec | Online – Zoom

Week 2

Sem A: 5 Hrs | Mon 12-5pm | 13 Dec | Online - Zoom
Sem B: 5 Hrs | Tue 12-5pm | 14 Dec | Online – Zoom
Sem C: 5 Hrs | Wed 12-5pm | 15 Dec | Online – Zoom
Sem D: 3 Hrs | Thu 12-3pm | 16 Dec | Online – Zoom

This course picks up where the introductory courses Australian Public Law and Commonwealth Constitutional Law leave off. We will look at constitutional law in further detail, focusing on how Australia and other democracies use constitutional law – both written and unwritten – to regulate the democratic process (elections, referendums, parliaments, political parties, etc).

We especially consider attempts to use law to improve the practice of democratic politics – for example, to make politics less partisan, more fair and equal, more rational, or more democratic. We also consider whether such legal solutions have met with success or have tended to raise new problems of their own. Looking at international comparisons will help to answer questions about whether alternative constitutional systems for regulating democracy have been effective overseas, and whether or not they could be adopted in Australia.

This is a semi-intensive course running for only half of the semester. The seminar format will be a mixture of discussion and lecture-style presentation, with breaks. Discussions will centre in part around informal student ‘Responses’ to readings (see below). Seminars will be punctuated by hands-on 'demonstrations' giving concrete illustrations of the themes we will discuss. There will usually be at least one demonstration per class. For example, you will try your hand at ‘gerrymandering’ to rort a hypothetical electoral system. We will also have compelling visiting speakers such as leading lawyers and top government officials.

Textbooks:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS2202 Commonwealth Constitutional Law; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses, and have completed LAWS2202/LAWS6202 Commonwealth Constitutional Law.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS8128 Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law

LAWS8128 - 1572

Course Convenor: Ron Levy

Date of course: Monday 6 December 2021

End Date: Friday 21 January 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Friday 21 January 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: See more information for details

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

Week 1

Sem A: 5 Hrs | Mon 12-3pm | 6 Dec | Online - Zoom
Sem B: 5 Hrs | Tue 12-5pm | 7 Dec | Online – Zoom
Sem C: 5 Hrs | Wed 12-5pm | 8 Dec | Online – Zoom
Sem D: 3 Hrs | Thu 12-5pm | 9 Dec | Online – Zoom

Week 2

Sem A: 5 Hrs | Mon 12-5pm | 13 Dec | Online - Zoom
Sem B: 5 Hrs | Tue 12-5pm | 14 Dec | Online – Zoom
Sem C: 5 Hrs | Wed 12-5pm | 15 Dec | Online – Zoom
Sem D: 3 Hrs | Thu 12-3pm | 16 Dec | Online – Zoom

This course is designed to give students an opportunity to explore contemporary issues in Australian constitutional law. Issues will be examined both from a practical and theoretical dimension.

The contemporary topics examined in the course may change each year, to reflect constitutional law developments and the interest of participants.

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Master of Laws (MLLM) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Graduate Certificate of Law (CLAW) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses

Students undertaking any ANU graduate program may apply for this course. Enrolments are accepted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the ANU College of Law for permission code.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Intellectual Property

LAWS4222 - 1561

Course Convenor: Surendra Dayal

Date of course: Tuesday 4 January 2022

End Date: Friday 4 February 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Friday 4 February 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: 4 Jan to 10 Jan | 9am-1pm and 11 Jan to 14 Jan | 9am - 2pm (Maximum Enrolment Limit Reached – No Waitlist)

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

Intellectual property may be thought of as different forms of legal rights over creativity or innovation. Within Australia, the main forms of intellectual property protected, and the focus of this course, are statutory rights relating to Copyright, Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, as well as rights relating to confidentiality and unfair competition. Intellectual Property is also a major global concern, with complex interrelationships between the different forms of intellectual property, treaty law and the process of reform of those rights. In doing so, this course will provide opportunities for students to explore key policy themes: the globalisation of trade; the rise of information technology; the scientific revolutions in agriculture, medicine and biotechnology; the development of personality rights; enrichment of a Creative Commons; and the protection of traditional knowledge and culture. Intellectual Property is an incredibly dynamic and controversial area of law. Being able to sift through the commentary and recent developments to gauge their effect is vital. This course will therefore also attempt to ensure students are equipped to understand and respond to changes in intellectual property and able to contribute to the process of reform.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

There are no prescribed texts. However students may choose to purchase Bowrey et al Oxford University Press 2015 or Stewart et al LexisNexis 2017. This information is correct at the time of publication.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS8422 Intellectual Property.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

The Law of Weaponry and Targeting

LAWS8401 - 1567

Course Convenor: Bill Boothby

Date of course: Tuesday 4 January 2022

End Date: Friday 18 February 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Friday 18 February 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: 4 Jan - 7 Jan 2022, 3:00pm - 10:30pm

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

When normal peacetime relations between States break down and they resort to the use of force, it is the law of armed conflict that determines which acts of hostility are lawful. The idea that law should regulate what is done in war may seem strange, but it is nowadays well accepted. Accordingly, the law determines which targets may be attacked and which classes of person and object must be protected. Some persons and objects are specially protected, and it is vitally important that all involved understand what these rules provide.

The Australian Government is committed to ensuring that hostilities undertaken by members of the Australian Defence Force are conducted in accordance with applicable legal rules. Participants who have completed this course will be able to form an informed view of whether events, involving ADF personnel and otherwise, accord with the relevant law.

The other topic of similar importance comprises the principles and rules that determine which weapons and methods of warfare can lawfully be used during an armed conflict. Weapons law places important obligations on States, and the course will show how these can be complied with. The course will, in connection with targeting and weaponry, unpack and explain the principles on which these two elements of the law are based, and will then show how specific rules of conduct are based on those principles.

The course will consist of a series of lectures that collectively cover the relevant topics. At suitable intervals during the course, the participants will go into workgroups in order to discuss and solve pre-set problems linked to the substance of the preceding lecture. The solutions of each work group are then presented in plenary and are discussed. The purpose of this approach is to reinforce understanding of each topic in turn.

An internationally renowned international humanitarian law and weapons law scholar who has written authoritative monographs on both subjects, Dr Bill Boothby, has kindly agreed to visit Australia to teach this course.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Y Dinstein, The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict, Third Edition (2016) CUP. (Get in contact with Harry Hartog as soon as you have enrolled into this course to obtain the relevant book/s).

W H Boothby, Weapons and the Law of Armed Conflict, Second Edition (2016) OUP.

This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

These texts are available at the Co-op Bookshop on campus. Contact the Co-op Bookshop by telephone (02 6249 6244) or on-line at http://www.coop-bookshop.com.au/.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Master of Laws (MLLM) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Graduate Certificate of Law (CLAW) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Graduate Certificate of New Technologies Law ; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses; or
Master of International Law & Diplomacy (MINLD) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions.

Students undertaking any ANU graduate program may apply for this course. Enrolments are accepted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the ANU College of Law for appropriate permission..

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Selected Topics in Australian-United States Comparative Law

LAWS4257 - 1625

Course Convenor: Donald Rothwell

Date of course: Monday 10 January 2022

End Date: Friday 18 February 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Friday 18 February 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: 9am - 1pm | 10,11,12,13,14,17,18,19,20 and 21 January 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

While the specific subject area of the course will vary from year to year, depending on the particular field of interest of the ANU/UA visitors, it will involve a comparative study of Australian and US approaches to the particular subject matter. Assessment details, teaching methods and type of course materials will vary from year to year depending on the subject matter and personnel involved in each offering of the course, but will be specified prior to student enrolment in the course.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Text:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. This information is correct at the time of publication.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS4248 Selected Topics in Australian-United States Comparative Law (Alabama) and LAWS8457 Selected Topics in Australian-United States Comparative Law (ANU).

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Cyber Warfare Law

LAWS8035 - 1566

Course Convenor: Bill Boothby

Date of course: Monday 10 January 2022

End Date: Thursday 24 February 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Thursday 24 February 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: 10 Jan - 13 Jan 2022, 3:00pm - 10:30pm

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

Although the ideas of cyber warfare and of computer network attack are very new, there is growing awareness of the significant issues they raise in the modern world.

The Australian Government is not alone in acknowledging the threat of cyber attacks and the need to develop cyber security capability. Accordingly, there is a strong interest, particularly among Canberra communities, in anticipating potential legal issues that might arise in cyber warfare and in consolidating knowledge as to the applicability of existing rules of international law in this particular context.

An internationally renowned international humanitarian law and weapons law scholar who has recently participated in a central role in the preparation of the Tallinn Manual on the Law of Cyber Warfare, Dr Bill Boothby has kindly agreed to visit Australia to teach this course.

The course which will identify and assess the extent to which norms of existing law can properly be applied to the peculiarities of cyber operations.

The course will draw on elements of general international law, the international law that governs the recourse to armed force and international humanitarian law, all in the specific context of cyber warfare.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, 2013, Cambridge University Press

Or, in the alternative

Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations, Cambridge University Press in 2017. (Get in contact with Harry Hartog as soon as you have enrolled into this course to obtain the relevant book/s).

This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Master of Laws (MLLM) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Graduate Certificate of Law (CLAW) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Graduate Certificate of New Technologies Law; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses; or
Master of International Law & Diplomacy (MINLD) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions.

Students undertaking any ANU graduate program may apply for this course. Enrolments are accepted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the ANU College of Law for permission code.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Fundamentals of Environmental and Sustainability Law

LAWS8189 - 1579

Course Convenor: Judith Jones

Date of course: Monday 10 January 2022

End Date: Friday 11 March 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Friday 11 March 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Mon to Fri (10 - 21 Jan 2021) | 24 & 25 Jan 2022 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

This course is designed to introduce students to environmental law.

In doing so, the course not only provides students with an understanding of general legal principles, methods and institutions but also provides them with a framework for understanding and analysing environmental law. This will enable them to go on and study the specialised courses offered in the environmental law stream.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Students will be able to access a range of relevant environmental law textbooks (as eBooks) and other electronic materials made available via the ANU Law library, ANU scholarly databases and relevant websites. Readings will be listed on the Wattle site for this course and made available 2 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.

It is not recommended that students purchase a hard copy of an environmental law textbook. However, for convenient and unlimited access to an environmental law textbook students may choose to purchase their own eBook copy of one of the leading environmental law textbooks. Further detailed advice on this will be provided as the Wattle site opens 2 weeks prior to the course commencing.

Assumed Knowledge

Students who have completed an Environmental Law elective course within an LLB or JD degree from an Australian University should not take this course.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Master of Laws (MLLM) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Graduate Certificate of Law (CLAW) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses.

Students undertaking any ANU graduate program may apply for this course. Enrolments are accepted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the ANU College of Law for permission code.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the End of Year ceremony.

Jessup Moot

LAWS6010 - 1569

Course Convenor:

Date of course: Wednesday 12 January 2022

End Date:

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date:

Intensive/Teaching Dates:

Course Type:

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Course Intro: Requisites:

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the End of Year ceremony.

Law & Development Clinic

LAWS4301 - 1580

Course Convenor: Jonathan Liljeblad

Date of course: Thursday 13 January 2022

End Date: Monday 14 March 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Monday 14 March 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: 7:00pm - 10:00pm | 13,18, 20, 25 & 27 Jan 2022 and 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11 Feb 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This course involves students & supervising academic staff from the College of Law (CoL) collaborating with students & supervising academic staff at a law school in a developing country. The choice of developing country and the choice of partner law school will be at the discretion of the CoL, and will be a function of CoL partnerships with developing country law schools, ANU international strategy, relevance to unit learning outcomes and assessments, and safety.

The collaboration will involve research of topics in the chosen developing country, with the topics adopted in coordination with the academic staff of the partner law school. Collaboration will occur in English. Topics will relate to Law & Development, with potential issues including, but not limited to, rule-of-law, justice, access to justice, professional ethics, human rights, gender rights, LGBTQI+ rights, indigenous rights, environmental law, and social justice.

The course aims to

give students a clinical experience in a developing country, so as to see first hand the legal and social justice issues arising in a developing country.
guide and support students in identifying, developing and applying practical legal skills in Law & Development.
develop students' critical understanding of the role of lawyers in providing access to justice in a developing country.
contextualise the study of law and student learning in the wide range of other law courses.
encourage, promote and validate student aspirations to promote access to justice and equality before the law specifically in relation to disadvantaged people and communities.
encourage students to critically consider the effect of the law and its ability to deliver and or facilitate justice in a developing country.

Applications Open: 1 November 2021

Applications Close: 30 November 2021

To be eligible to apply you must have completed/or be completing five LAWS1000/6100 courses.

LAW AND DEVELOPMENT CLINIC APPLY HERE

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses.

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website .
You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS6301 Law and Development Clinic or LAWS6301 Myanmar Law Clinic

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Law & Development Clinic

LAWS6301 - 1581

Course Convenor: Jonathan Liljeblad

Date of course: Thursday 13 January 2022

End Date: Monday 14 March 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Monday 14 March 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: 7:00pm - 10:00pm | 13,18, 20, 25 & 27 Jan 2022 and 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11 Feb 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

The course aims to

give students a clinical experience in a developing country, so as to see first hand the legal and social justice issues arising in a developing country.
guide and support students in identifying, developing and applying practical legal skills in Law & Development.
develop students' critical understanding of the role of lawyers in providing access to justice in a developing country.
contextualise the study of law and student learning in the wide range of other law courses.
encourage, promote and validate student aspirations to promote access to justice and equality before the law specifically in relation to disadvantaged people and communities.
encourage students to critically consider the effect of the law and its ability to deliver and or facilitate justice in a developing country.

Applications Open: 1 November 2021

Applications Close: 30 November 2021

To be eligible to apply you must have completed/or be completing five LAWS1000/6100 courses.

LAW AND DEVELOPMENT CLINIC APPLY HERE

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS4301 Myanmar Law Clinic.

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Strategic Issues in the Law of Armed Conflict

LAWS8409 - 1568

Course Convenor: Bill Boothby

Date of course: Monday 17 January 2022

End Date: Thursday 3 March 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Thursday 3 March 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: 17 Jan - 20 Jan 2022, 3:00pm - 10:30pm

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

Anyone who thought that the end of the Cold War would bring about a period of global peace and stability has suffered a series of rude awakenings throughout the intervening period. There have been, and continue to be, wars between states, civil wars within states and terrorist outrages that have shaken the very foundations of the nation state. Modern conflict is characterised by new weapons, new technologies, new environments in which to fight and new kinds of participants in the hostilities. The emerging, increasingly fragmented and rapidly changing notion of conflict challenges, and is challenged by, a body of international law that seems to have difficulty in adapting to these new developments.

This course will tackle the most pressing and controversial contemporary issues by looking at the problems that are posed, by considering the legal arrangements that are currently in place and by assessing whether these arrangements are adequate. The topics have been selected to enable students to grapple with important matters of international concern that are currently challenging policy makers, jurists, academics and others at the highest levels. The aim is to introduce students to strategic level decision-making with all its complexities and ambiguities.

The course is structured into ten lectures, taking a distinct topic within each lecture. In the associated seminars, course members will work through practical problems in sub-groups thereafter presenting and discussing their proposed solutions in the plenary setting. Some background understanding of international law as it affects conflict would be a desirable advantage, but the course can and will be taught on the basis of no prior knowledge.

The intended learning outcomes include the ability to think, discuss and formulate solutions at the strategic level, an understanding of the challenges posed by conflict in all its forms, an appreciation of the interaction of not always consistent regimes of international law and a recognition of the issues that arise from emerging technologies and ways of pursuing conflict goals.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

W H Boothby, Conflict Law, 2014, TMC Asser Press ISBN 978-94-6265-001-5; 978-94-6265-002-2 (eBook).

This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Master of Laws (MLLM) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Graduate Certificate of Law (CLAW) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Graduate Certificate of New Technologies Law; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses; or
Master of International Law and Diplomacy (MINLD) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions.

Students undertaking any ANU graduate program may apply for this course. Enrolments are accepted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the ANU College of Law for appropriate permission.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Nuclear Weapons Law

LAWS8013 - 1565

Course Convenor: Bill Boothby

Date of course: Monday 24 January 2022

End Date: Friday 11 March 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Friday 11 March 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: 24, 25, 27 and 28 Jan 2022, 3:00pm - 10:30pm

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

The horrors that a nuclear conflict could unleash upon the world were made plain in 1945 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The intervening 76 years have seen a significant increase in the number of states known or believed to possess such weapons, and a continuing reliance, pivotal during the Cold War but no less important in the post-Cold War era, on nuclear deterrence as a factor in maintaining peace among the global powers. Given the proliferation of nuclear weapons that has taken place, there is a recognizable need for mutual assurance among States, both nuclear and otherwise. A key contributing element in that required mutual assurance is nuclear command, control and communications (NC3). Put simply, the global community needs to be assured that all nuclear weapon-armed States have effective and robust NC3 arrangements in place. But what are the rules that regulate this most terrifying of weapons?

This course will take students logically through the diverse elements of the applicable law showing how that law can make sense in the extreme circumstances of nuclear war. After examining ideas of sovereignty and jurisdiction, we will consider the law as it applies respectively to the resort to the use of nuclear force and to the conduct of nuclear operations during an armed conflict. International crimes, neutrality and national doctrine will be addressed and the continued relevance, or otherwise, of a pivotal opinion of the International Court of Justice, dating from the mid-1990s, will be assessed. We will review the significance of a treaty, adopted a few years ago, that would ban nuclear weapons and in a concluding session, we will try to draw conclusions for the future of NC3.

The intended learning outcomes include the ability to think, discuss and formulate solutions at the strategic level, an understanding of the challenges posed by the peculiar characteristics of nuclear weapons, an appreciation of the legal and political realities that influence national nuclear policies and a recognition of the global issues that arise when addressing a weapon the very existence of which arouses such widespread concern.

Students undertaking this course can expect to see the challenges posed by nuclear weapons in a sharper light than hitherto.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

W H Boothby and W Heintschel von Heinegg, Nuclear Weapons Law, (CUP) (2021).

Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Master of Laws (MLLM) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses; or
Graduate Certificate of Law (CLAW) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Graduate Certificate of New Technologies Law (CNTL);

Students undertaking any ANU graduate program may apply for this course. Enrolments are accepted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the ANU College of Law for permission code.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

International and Comparative Human Rights Law

LAWS8234 - 1575

Course Convenor: Ryan Goss

Date of course: Wednesday 2 February 2022

End Date: Wednesday 23 March 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Wednesday 23 March 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Seminar Online Live: 2, 3, 4, 9 Feb | 0930-1600

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

This is a course on international and comparative human rights law. It is a course that aspires to consider ways in which we can all ‘do human rights law better’.

In this course students will be encouraged to think about international and comparative human rights law from first principles. The course classes and reading materials will encourage you to consider and reconsider many assumptions commonly made about human rights law, but also to answer this question: to what extent is human rights law consistent, predictable, internally coherent, and capable of acting as a guide to states, citizens, lawyers, officials, and judges?

In considering these questions, emphasis will be on examining examples of international human rights reasoning in fine detail, especially at the regional level. Students will be encouraged to read case extracts, and full cases, closely and critically. The extremely influential jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights will receive particular attention.

Criticism of the quality of legal reasoning in human rights documents/judgments will be encouraged, and it will not be assumed that broader, more expansive, legal protection of human rights is always a good thing.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Master of Laws (MLLM) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions and LAWS8182 Principles of International Law; or
Graduate Certificate of Law (CLAW) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions and LAWS8182 Principles of International Law; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS2250 /LAWS6250 International Law ; or
Master of International Law & Diplomacy (MINLD) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions and LAWS8182 Principles of International Law

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS4225 International Law of Human Rights.

Students undertaking any ANU graduate program may apply for this course. Enrolments are accepted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the ANU College of Law for permission code.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Mediation Skills Clinic

LAWS4343 - 1570

Course Convenor: Bradley Chenoweth

Date of course: Monday 7 February 2022

End Date: Monday 7 March 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Monday 7 March 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: 8:30am - 5:30pm, 7 - 11 February 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus

Course Intro:

The purpose of the Mediation Skills Clinic is to introduce participants to the unique role of a mediator and the process of mediation, through a practical skills clinic.

The overall objective is to give participants experience with the process of facilitating a mediation, in the role of mediator.

This will include practice with some of the fundamental skills that support the role and an opportunity to develop those skills further by critical reflection on their own practice, with reference to the theory of mediation as a method of dispute resolution.

The skills clinic is conducted using lectures and experiential exercises to give participants an understanding of the underpinning theory of interest-based negotiation in mediation and an opportunity to learn and practise the skills required for conduct of the process of mediation.

Applications Open: 1 November 2021

Applications Close: 30 November 2021

To be eligible to apply you must have completed/or be completing five LAWS1000/6100 courses.

MEDIATION SKILLS CLINIC APPLY HERE

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Introduction to Law, Governance and Development

LAWS8001 - 1564

Course Convenor: Moeen Cheema

Date of course: Monday 7 February 2022

End Date: Wednesday 30 March 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Wednesday 30 March 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 & 16 February 2022, 9:00am - 1:00pm

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - Online

Course Intro:

Studies in law, governance and development consider the role of law in a development context. The field has national and international legal perspectives.

At a national level, law, governance and development considers inter alia relationships among law, social order and institutional change in development contexts. Examples include:

law and justice in fragile or post-conflict states;
the role of land and natural resources law in state-building contexts;
legal pluralism and the relationship between the state and private systems of governance.
International issues include:
the 'right to development' in international law;
the role of multilateral development organisations- including UN agencies, the WTO and the World Bank - in the international legal order; and
the transplantation and harmonisation of law in developing countries through investment treaties and international or regional legal frameworks.
The course will provide an introduction to key theories and sources of literature, and will draw on expert guest lecturers, on these disparate topics. Common threads will include:
exploration of potential correlations and causative effects involving law and social change in a development context
exploration of analytical frameworks to enable adaptation of legal models to a development context.

Textbooks:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Master of Laws (MLLM) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Graduate Certificate of Law (CLAW) and have completed or be completing LAWS8586 Law and Legal Institutions; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses.

Students undertaking any ANU graduate program may apply for this course. Enrolments are accepted on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the ANU College of Law for permission code.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Foundations of Australian Law

LAWS1201 - 2258

Course Convenor: Judith Jones

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

Foundations of Australian Law is designed to lay the groundwork for the remainder of students' legal studies. In particular, the course aims to assist students to develop a range of legal skills that are crucial for successful legal studies and for professional practice. Students learn the essential skills that enable them to engage with and use our principal sources of law - case law and legislation. In addition to teaching students how to analyse case law and legislation and to formulate legal arguments, the course also covers the key legal principles of statutory interpretation and the role of the courts in interpreting statutes.

To set the context for these sources of Australian law, the course also seeks to familiarise students with

some of the fundamental features of the legal institutions that generate laws (the courts and the Parliament);
sources of Australian law in addition to case law and legislation (including the Australian Constitution, customary law and international law); and
the historical and social forces that have shaped and continue to shape the law-making process and the legal system.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Creyke et al (2021) Laying Down the Law (LexisNexis, 11th edition). This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Students are strongly encouraged to log-on to the University’s online learning platform and the course Wattle site at the earliest opportunity. Two weeks prior to the start of semester, the LAWS1201/LAWS6101 FOUNDATIONS OF AUSTRALIAN LAW Wattle site will be available and it will contain detailed information about seminar times, seminar enrolment and other important communications.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB)

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Torts

LAWS1203 - 2259

Course Convenor: Jelena Gligorijevic

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

When a person has been harmed by the conduct of another it is the law of torts which determines who has to bear the loss. This is an important aspect of the civil law (in contrast to criminal law). Historically, it derived largely from judicial decisions, and hence was largely what we call common law but in more recent times legislation has become increasingly important. The law of torts protects people against, and compensates them for, unreasonable interferences with a wide range of interests, including their bodily integrity, property, reputation, and financial interests. It does this through a range of different torts, including trespass, negligence, nuisance and defamation. In this basic and introductory course we will focus on the use of the torts of trespass and negligence in contexts where people suffer personal injuries. We will also look at the tort of trespass to land.

As this is generally the first substantive law course that students encounter in their law program, we will also begin to teach students some of the basic skills which you will need - in particular, to read, understand and apply case law and legislation. We will also explore in a basic way the interaction between case law and legislation.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Luntz et al Luntz & Hambly’s Torts: Cases, Legislation and Commentary (LexisNexis, 9th ed, 2021).

This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Assumed Knowledge

Teachers in this course do NOT assume that you have done a Legal Studies course at school, and you will NOT be at a disadvantage if you have not done such a course. As with all your law courses, it will be important that you have good written communication skills in English. Students who have not done language-rich courses in English in years 11 and 12, must expect to do some extra work to bring their skills up to the required standard. The ANU's Academic Skills and Learning Centre provides courses to help you.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be currently completing LAWS1201 Foundations of Australian Law.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Australian Public Law

LAWS1205 - 2194

Course Convenor: Matthew Zagor

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This course examines the structure and themes of Australian public law, providing a bridge to all other public law study in the curriculum. In essence, the course examines how public power is structured, distributed, and controlled in Australia. The distinctive roles played by the legislature, the executive and the judiciary receive special attention. Subsidiary themes in the course are protection of individual rights in the Australian legal system, and constitutional change and evolution in Australia. The following topics will be covered:

the constitutional and legislative framework for Australian public law
major concepts and themes in Australian public law, including federalism, separation of powers, constitutionalism, representative democracy, rule of law, and liberalism
the Legislature, including the structure of Australian legislatures, parliamentary supremacy, and express and implied constitutional limitations on legislative power
the Executive, including the structure of Executive government, executive power, and liability of the Crown
the Judiciary, including the constitutional separation of judicial power, and the administrative law implications of judicial separation
constitutional change and evolution, including constitutional amendment.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Anthony J. Connolly, The Foundations of Australian Public Law (CUP, 2018). This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be currently completing LAWS1201 Foundations of Australian Law.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Criminal Law and Procedure

LAWS1206 - 2195

Course Convenor: Faith Gordon

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This course introduces students to the sources of law which define general principles of criminal responsibility, and to a selection of substantive criminal offences and criminal defences as well as to criminal procedure. The substantive offences include assault, sexual assault, murder, manslaughter, and property offences, and the criminal defences include provocation and self-defence. Students will be exposed to common law sources as well as legislation and criminal codes where relevant. Basic legal theories of the criminal law will also be introduced. The lecture program will be supported by problem-solving tutorials aimed at enabling students to give legal advice as to criminal liability and the resolution of procedural problems.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Arlie Loughnan, Thalia Anthony, Alex Steel, David Brown, David Farrier, Julia Quilter, Luke McNamara, Melanie Schwartz, Michael Grewcock (2020), Criminal Laws: Materials and Commentary on Criminal Law and Process of New South Wales, 7th Edition, paperback, Federation Press, Australia, ISBN
9781760021795.

This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be currently completing LAWS1201 Foundations of Australian Law.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Administrative Law

LAWS2201 - 2370

Course Convenor: Greg Weeks Stephen Thomson

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

Administrative Law examines the legal framework for controlling decision-making by Commonwealth, State and local government decision-makers in Australia. It focuses on the legal restraints upon government, and the role those restraints play in maintaining government accountability. The role played by courts, tribunals and Ombudsman and the opportunities available to the public to question government activity is examined. The course covers the core administrative law material required for admission purposes and for work in the area of law and government. The following topics will be covered:

what accountability means in the context of the administrative state';
changing patterns of 'governance' in contemporary Australia;
the historical and constitutional context of Australian administrative law;
the administrative law framework for review of government decision-making;
concepts and principles of merits and judicial review;
jurisdiction and remedies available from courts and tribunals, and the principles of standing;
other administrative law avenues including information access rights and ombudsmen; and
the impact of human rights legislation on Australian administrative law.

Textbooks:

Precribed Texts:

R Creyke et al, Control of Government Action: Text, Cases and Commentary (6th ed, LexisNexis, 2022)

This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB); and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses; and have completed LAWS1205 Australian Public Law.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Corporations Law

LAWS2203 - 2196

Course Convenor: Michelle Worthington

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This course provides an understanding of Australian corporate law. The course is structured to meet the admission requirements for practice as a legal practitioner in the Australian states and territories. The following topics will be covered:

forms of business association, including partnership;
incorporation and the concept of separate legal personality;
the corporate constitution;
membership of the corporation and share capital;
corporate contracting;
duties and liabilities of directors and officers;
basic features of the management of companies;
shareholders' remedies;
company credit and security arrangements; and
winding up.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Bottomley, Hall, Spender and Nosworthy, Contemporary Australian Corporate Law (Cambridge Uni Press, 2021, 2nd edition). This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Required Legislation:

Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Cases and case extracts will be uploaded onto Wattle at various points in the semester as part of your weekly class preparation.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS1204 Contracts.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Property

LAWS2204 - 2197

Course Convenor: Wayne Morgan

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This course provides an overview of the law governing personal and real property, emphasising the concepts of possession and title, the fragmentation of proprietary interests, and the various ways in which common law and legislation resolve disputes between competing interests. The greater part of the course is devoted to the creation, acquisition, attributes and remedies for the protection of interests in real property (land). The course covers legal and equitable interests in land, the acquisition and transfer of such interests by purchase and adverse possession, priority rules, leases, mortgages, easements, and concurrent ownership. Particular attention is paid to the Torrens system of registration of title.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Edgeworth et al, Sackville and Neave Australian Property Law (11^th edition, LexisNexis Butterworths 2020). (Students may also use the 10^th edition although some cases will be missing).

Required Legislation:

Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), Real Property Act 1900 (NSW).

Litigation and Dispute Management

LAWS2244 - 4070

Course Convenor: Anne Macduff

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This course is an introduction to dispute resolution focussing upon mediation and civil litigation. The course will examine dispute resolution within and outside the legal system and will explore litigation via the principles of civil procedure. The interlocutory steps in civil litigation will be analysed alongside the strategies adopted by lawyers in the conduct of litigation. The course is structured to meet the requirements for admission as a legal practitioner in the Australian States and Territories but also provides opportunities for critical appraisal of litigation policy and practice.

Topics to be covered include:

access to justice
the importance of process
mediation procedures
confidentiality and power imbalances in dispute resolution
when and how to commence proceedings in court
class actions
urgent applications
gathering evidence.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

R Douglas, S Colbran, P Spender, S Jackson, Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials, (7th ed, LexisNexis, 2019).

Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS1203 Torts and have completed LAWS1204 Contracts.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Beyond Chaos

LAWS4005 - 1639

Course Convenor: Desmond Manderson

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 13 May 2022

Session: Summer

Last Assessment Date: Friday 13 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus

Course Intro:

This is the LAWS version of a Special Topics course which challenges and supports later-year students to explore and respond to contemporary topics and to tackle pressing issues through interdisciplinary inquiry. This is co-badged and will be co-taught with students from across the university. By moving Beyond the Chaos of issues, we learn to appreciate multiple perspectives, competing interests, historical factors and the dynamics of the given topic. Each offering of the course will focus on a different contemporary topic of critical importance, and will be convened by experts across ANU.

Students should come to this course with an open mind and a thirst for knowledge. There is no assumed knowledge about the topic required for enrolment in this course. The only requirements are that students be willing to step outside their comfort zone, explore previously unfamiliar materials and work collaboratively with students from other

disciplines. Law students will be expected to consider legal issues and themes within the particular topics chosen for analysis and will be assessed on that basis.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts

Please see the VC's Course Website for details of any prescribed texts for each class.

Preliminary Reading

Students should rely on Readings as specified on the WATTLE site for the individual Topic.

Assumed Knowledge

There is no assumed knowledge necessary to study this course.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed 72 units of LAWS courses; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed 72 units of LAWS courses.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed VCUG3005/VCPG6005 Beyond Chaos.

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. For further information on the application process, please see the VC Course offerings.

Successful applicants will be provided with the appropriate permission after the application process has concluded.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Conflict of Laws

LAWS4212 - 4071

Course Convenor: James Stellios

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

Conflict of Laws, also sometimes called Private International Law, is concerned with what happens in cases where not all of the facts are tied to one jurisdiction. In the federal system of Australia, this can occur both within a domestic intra-Australia context and in an international context. While this course deals with a number of specific theoretical frameworks, it is taught largely from a practical standpoint aimed at preparing lawyers for handling cases with trans-jurisdictional issues. The three core components of the course investigate:

Jurisdiction: When domestic courts can hear cases that involve parties and property from outside the territory of the court.
Choice of Law: Which law is applicable when a case has connections with a number of different jurisdictions. In particular, this course considers contract, family and tort disputes that involve a variety of jurisdictions.
Enforcement of Judgements: How to enforce a court judgement or arbitral award from another jurisdiction in local courts.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS8144 Conflict of Laws.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Law and Society in South East Asia

LAWS4229 - 4072

Course Convenor: Joshua Neoh

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This course introduces students to the legal systems and legal traditions of South East Asia in the context of their plural societies, and considers the relationship between law, governance and development in the region over the span of modern history. Among the topics covered in the course include:

• pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial law, including customary and religious law;

• the influence of legal transplants, state-building, and development initiatives;

• critical consideration of theoretical frameworks used to make sense of the diversity in the region;

• key issues relating to constitutionalism and nation-building;

• domestic challenges such as ethnic and sectarian conflict;

• the role of law in socio-economic change in the region.

Textbooks:

Prescibed Texts:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS8594 Law and Society in South East Asia.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Law Internship

LAWS4230 - 4073

Course Convenor: Jonathan Liljeblad

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

Students must apply to undertake this course. Please go to Law Professional Experience for application information.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed ANIP3003 Australian National Internships Program Internship A or ANIP3005 Australian National Internship B, unless it is credited to a non-law degree.

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Information Technology Law

LAWS4245 - 4075

Course Convenor: Surendra Dayal

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - Online

Course Intro:

The course looks at the intersection of Information Technology with law. Five broad subject areas have been identified within which this intersection is explored: from the impact of digital content, through the challenges and opportunities of a vastly more interconnected, perhaps "borderless" society. Anyone who was intrigued by the movie "The Social Network" will be interested in this course.

The 5 areas of study are:

information technology and intellectual property;
censorship;
privacy;
computer crime and evidence; and
e-commerce and IT contracts.

An important component of the course is the cultivation of an understanding of the technology underlying information technology.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Competition Law

LAWS4255 - 4082

Course Convenor: Neha Mishra

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - Online

Course Intro:

This course will consider the role and function of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (“the CCA”) in contributing to Australia's National Competition Policy. On 1 January 2011, the former Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) was replaced by the CCA as part of the most significant review of the TPA was enacted in 1974.

While the amendments introduced by the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) (No 2) Act 2010 (Cth) introduced the Australian Consumer Law, they did not change the anti-competitive provisions of the former TPA and these provisions continue to operate in Part IV of the CCA.

The CCA aims to preserve competition by prohibiting conduct that prevents or eliminates competition. The course principally involves a consideration of the various anti-competitive trading practices that are prohibited by Part IV of the CCA and cartel conduct in particular. The CCA is enforced by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (‘the ACCC') and significant civil penalties, criminal fines and even jail terms can be imposed for contraventions of the CCA. In addition, private parties may seek a variety of remedies for loss or damage suffered as a result of a contravention of Part IV of the CCA.

Textbooks:

Prescribed text:

Alex Bruce, Australian Competition Law, 4^th edn: https://store.lexisnexis.com.au/products/australian-competition-law-4th-edition-skuaustralian_competition_law_4th_edition

Arlen Duke, Corones' Competition Law in Australia Seventh Edition: https://legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/corones-competition-law-in-australia-seventh-edition/productdetail/126776

Additional text:

Miller's Australian Competition and Consumer Law Annotated 43rd Edition 2021: https://legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/millers-australian-competition-and-consumer-law-annotated-43rd-edition-2021/productdetail/128956.

Required Legislation:

Competition and Consumer Act 2010: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021C00528

Advanced International Law

LAWS4264 - 4077

Course Convenor: Donald Rothwell

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This course is a follow-up to the compulsory International Law course LAWS2250 (LLB(Hons)) and LAWS6250 (JD).

Having reviewed the structure and principles of international law, this course is intended to round out the coverage of ‘general’ public international law by focusing on areas only partially dealt with in the compulsory course and which warrant further consideration in light of their importance. Coverage may consequently vary from year to year and include, for instance, the following topics: aspects of territory in international law; State responsibility, international organizations; aspects of treaty law (notably treaty interpretation); and jurisdiction. Occasionally parts of the course will consist of focused case studies of a current situation or event which raises important issues of international law.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. This information is correct at the time of publication.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB)and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS2250 International Law; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS2250/LAWS6250 International Law.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS8183 Advanced Principles of International Law.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Youth Law Clinic

LAWS4267 - 4105

Course Convenor: Michael Sassella

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus

Course Intro:

The Clinical Youth Law Program is an elective course. Students who have completed 48 units of LAWS courses are eligible to enrol and places are allocated by quality of application and if necessary ballot.

This is a clinical program based in a community legal practice environment. Students participate in the Youth Law Centre, a non-profit legal service for ACT youth aged 12-25 years. While analysing the various roles that lawyers can play, students will focus on extending legal assistance, social justice and reform - particularly in relation to youth legal needs in the ACT.

The course objectives are to:

contextualise the study of law and student learning in a wide range of other law courses;
guide and support students in identifying, developing and applying ethical legal practice skills;
develop students' critical understanding of legal practice approaches, the roles of lawyers in relation to individual clients and social justice issues; and
encourage, promote and validate student aspirations to promote access to justice and equality before the law.

The course also explores issues such as:

the concept of ‘reflective practice';
the links between the legal framework of legal practice and operating routines that apply to provision of all legal services (duties to client, confidentiality, conflict of interest);
legal and non-legal problems - implications for practice/service provision of an appreciation of the relevant services and the meshing of non-legal issues;
interviewing routine - difference between legal information and legal advice;
legal practice approaches - ‘reactive', ‘proactive', ‘preventative', ‘activist'; and
tailoring service models to client needs.

Students must apply to undertake this course. Please go to Law Professional Experience for application information.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses.

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Community Law Clinic

LAWS4268 - 4080

Course Convenor:

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus

Course Intro:

The Community Law Clinical Program is a 6 unit elective course.

This is a clinical program based in a community legal practice environment. During the course students work for one full day a week at Canberra community Law where they provide legal information and undertake casework under the supervision of solicitors.

The course objectives are to:

contextualise the study of law and student learning in a wide range of other law courses;
guide and support students in identifying, developing and applying ethical legal practice skills;
develop students' critical understanding of legal practice approaches, the roles of lawyers in relation to individual clients and social justice issues; and
encourage, promote and validate student aspirations to promote access to justice and equality before the law.

Course topics include:

introduction to public interest law;
professional responsibilities;
legal practice skills - legal writing, interviewing, casework skills, advising;
substantive law in relation to tenancy, Social Security and Disability Discrimination; and
law Reform.

Students must apply to undertake this course. Please go to Law Professional Experience for application information.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses.

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Refugee Law

LAWS4271 - 4099

Course Convenor: Matthew Zagor

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

A participant who has successfully completed this course should have a clear understanding of:

the conventional and customary law obligations of States in respect of refugees and other asylum-seekers and of the rights of applicants
the protection mechanisms, both national and international, that operate for the immediate and long-term protection of refuge-seekers and the policy considerations that affect contemporary State attitudes to such groups
the legal problems affecting national interpretations and application of refugee concepts, with particular emphasis on definitional problems, status determination procedures and non-refoulement.

The course will focus mainly on the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol, supplemented by additional materials that assist in the interpretation, construction and critique of these instruments. Particular attention will be paid to national implementation of refugee protection and status determination procedures in Australia, comparing and contrasting the approach taken, where appropriate, with that of other nations.

Addressed will be the origins of the international system of protection, its limitations and deficiencies; the role and relevance of UNHCR; definitional problems; exclusion and cessation of refugee status; core concepts of protection (including complementary protection), asylum, non-refoulement, penalization and refugee rights; asylum, temporary refuge, temporary protection and burden-sharing; durable solutions; protracted refugee situations; status determination procedures; detention; ‘deflection' techniques; other categories such as ‘environmental' refugees and internally displaced persons; and a consideration of possible future directions for refugee law.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. This information is correct at the time of publication.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS2201 Administrative Law and LAWS2250 International Law; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS2201/LAWS6201 Administrative Law and LAWS2250/LAWS6250 International Law

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS8471 Refugee Law or LAWS8252 International Refugee Law.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Law and the Humanities

LAWS4280 - 4093

Course Convenor: Joshua Neoh

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

The course aims to introduce students to a cultural study of law, by exposing students to the humanistic intellectual tradition within the liberal arts. The course will be interdisciplinary. The topics and readings will be centred on the theme of the ‘Foundations of Law’. The theme bears an allusion to the first-year compulsory course that all law students at the ANU have to take: the ‘Foundations of Australian Law’. However, in this elective course, we are interested in a different kind of foundation. We will interrogate not the foundations of any particular legal system, but the foundations of law itself. Whereas the ‘Foundations of Australian Law’ equips students with the foundational skills of legal reasoning, this elective course invites students to take a step back to consider and interrogate the foundational mythologies of law. We will explore the ‘Foundations of Law’ through the humanistic disciplines of classics, literature, philosophy and theology, which present different modes and means of inquiring into the assumptions and aspirations that we ascribe to law.

Textbooks:

Precribed Texts:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses; or
Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS8480 Law and the Humanities.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Environmental Law Clinic

LAWS4281 - 4087

Course Convenor:

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus

Course Intro:

The course aims include to:

Guide and support students in identifying, developing and applying practical legal skills in environmental and planning law.
Develop students’ critical understanding of legal practice approaches, the role of lawyers in relation to individual clients and environmental law issues.
Contextualise the study of law, particularly environmental law and student learning in the wide range of other law courses.
Encourage, promote and validate student aspirations to promote access to justice and equality before the law specifically in relation to community needs to exercise their rights pursuant to environmental law both at local and Federal levels.

Encourage students to critically consider the effect of the law and its ability:

to deliver improved environmental outcomes and
to provide adequate recourse for the community to be heard on public interest environmental issues.

The course provides clinical placement at the EDO ACT for between 8-10 students each semester. Attendance requirements include an orientation workshop, onsite participation at the EDO office one day a week, participation in weekly tutorials (reviewing relevant substantive areas of law and legal and social issues relating to the environmental law (ACT and Federal) and marked assessment pieces.

Assessment requirements: onsite assessment, tutorial participation and preparation & presentation of a written project or seminar/forum.

Students must apply to undertake this course. Please go to Law Professional Experience for application information.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses.

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Supervised Research Paper

LAWS4300 - 4104

Course Convenor: Cameron Roles

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

Students enrolled in Bachelor of Laws (Honours) programs from 1 January 2015 have the option to compete for places in Supervised Research Paper. This course will enable a student to complete, over one semester, a 12 unit course where students write a 13000 word supervised research paper that will take the place of two standard one semester electives in the LLBHons program. Students will organise supervisors according to any supervised allocation process that is required in the semester before the commencement of Supervised Research Paper.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses.

This course must be taken in a student's ultimate or penultimate semester of study. To be eligible to enrol in this course, a student must have an average mark of 70% or more achieved in all law courses.

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website .

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

International Law Clinic

LAWS4302 - 4090

Course Convenor: Jonathan Liljeblad

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus

Course Intro:

The International Law Clinical Program gives students interested in International Law an experience of the practical application of International Law.

The International Law Clinical Program applies students' knowledge of international law and drafting and research skills to contemporary international law projects.

The main focus of the Clinical Program is responding to projects initiated by the Convenor and students working collaboratively.

The Clinical Program aims to project the knowledge and skills of the ANU College of Law generally and in International Law in particular, and to enhance appreciation of International Law among influential Australian Government and NGO communities.

Students must apply to undertake this course. Please go to Law Professional Experience for application.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS2250 International Law.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS6302 International Law Clinic

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website .

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Prison Legal Literacy Clinic

LAWS4304 - 4097

Course Convenor: Sarouche Razi

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus

Course Intro:

he Prison Legal Literacy Clinic offers students a unique opportunity to work with detainees in a prison setting at the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC). The AMC is the Australian Capital Territory's only adult prison, accommodating all persons who have been sentenced to full-time imprisonment or remanded in custody by ACT Courts.

The Prison Legal Literacy Clinic was developed from the highly successful ANU College of Law, Law Reform and Social Justice Prison Legal Literacy Program which commenced in 2010.

Students in the Prison Legal Literacy Clinic will attend the AMC to deliver six legal literacy sessions for a cohort of detainees chosen by AMC management. These sessions provide legal information only, rather than legal advice. The first session focuses on establishing mutually agreed rules and boundaries, developing respectful relationships and identifying areas of legal interest to detainees that will become the topics for the remaining five sessions. These topics are as diverse as detainees interests but may involve laws and legal process relating to criminal law, evidence, sentencing, appeals, parole, administrative law, human rights law and tort law. Many topics require students to convey an understanding of the democratic process of law making, the federal system of law as well as the hierarchy and jurisdiction of courts and tribunals. The emphasis is on students working as a team to develop informative, engaging and interactive sessions. Student are required to undertake significant research in each week of the session delivery phase of the course, often in areas of law that are unfamiliar to them. Detainees who complete the program are presented with a certificate in the final session acknowledge their efforts.

Students will be provided with Security Awareness Training by the AMC and supported before and during the delivery stage of the program by the course convenor who will be present at, and guide the delivery of, each of the Legal Literacy Sessions at the AMC.

Following the delivery of six sessions (in the first 6 weeks of the semester) students are required to submit a reflective assessment. Students will then use the remaining six weeks of the semester to write a research paper on a legal topic they have identified from their experience with detainees within the AMC. Students will be supported to develop and hone their research papers in workshops that will be held in the second half of the semester.

Students must apply to undertake this course. Please go to Law Professional Experience for application information.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS1206 Criminal Law and Procedure.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS6304 Prison Legal Literacy Clinic

Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website .

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Legal Education for True Justice: Indigenous Perspectives and Deep Listening on Country

LAWS4307 - 4371

Course Convenor: Anthony Hopkins

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus

Course Intro:

This on country intensive course, delivered through a collaboration between the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency and the ANU College of Law, aims to equip students with knowledge to critically assess law’s history, characteristics and impacts from the perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Central to the course is the examination of the adequacy of the current state of Australian legal education, legal practice, law and justice in relation to First Nations peoples, with a view to possibilities for reform.

The course acknowledges the multidimensional roles of law and explores connections between law, culture and identity and between law, legitimacy and resources. Additional issues include the roles of legal education, legal practice and the legal system concerning how lawfulness and justice are constructed and performed. The course incorporates consideration of substantive areas of law such as legal ethics, property, criminal and civil law.

The course presents principles and tools to support reappraisal and future leadership to better address legal and societal dimensions of justice, rights and empowerment for First Nations peoples.

The course covers issues relating to Indigenous world views, historical and contemporary Indigenous experiences of settler-colonialism, the phenomena of legacy relationships and legacy systems, and concepts of cultural safety and decolonisation. Students will critically assess the implications of issues for themselves, relating to Indigenous peoples, and relating to the future of law and justice in Australia. As such, the course builds on concepts introduced in Lawyers, Justice and Ethics, Australian Public Law, International Law and Property Law.

Students will complete orientation workshops (max 6 hours) prior to departure, complete the on country intensive (5 days), and submit reflective assessments. Students will have six weeks after completing the intensive to write a research paper on an aspect of decolonising legal education, legal practice, law and justice in Australia and present their findings.

Students must apply to undertake this course. Please go to Law Professional Experience for application information.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS2204 Property.

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LAWS6304 Prison Legal Literacy Clinic
Enrolment is limited with selection based on a competitive process. Application information can be located on the ANU College of Law Website .

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Law, Markets and Justice

LAWS4341 - 4096

Course Convenor: Ntina Tzouvala

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Elective

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This Class has been capped at 110 students.

Legal education generally relies upon two unsustainable demarcations: first, it separates law from politics and economics and, secondly, it treats legal fields (contracts, constitutional law, property etc) separately from each other. Generally speaking, private law is equated with ‘economics’ and public law with ‘politics’. These demarcations are neither intellectually rigorous nor practically useful. For that reason, the proposed course aims to bridge these gaps. It will offer our students an opportunity to bring together different strands of their studies, including public and private as well as domestic and international law. In so doing, the course will invite students to think about how law creates the concepts and institutions that sustain economic production and circulation in Australia and globally. Additionally, it will give students the tools to understand the changing ideas about the relationship between law and political economy that have underpinned common law legal systems for the past 150 years.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings/E brick will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a:

Bachelor of Laws (ALLB) and have completed or be completing five 1000 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS1204 Contracts, LAWS1205 Australian Public Law, LAWS2201 Administrative law, LAWS2204 Property, LAWS2250 International Law; or
Juris Doctor (MJD)and have completed or be completing five 1000 or 6100 level LAWS courses and have completed LAWS1204/6104 Contracts, LAWS1205/6105 Australian Public Law, LAWS2201/6201 Administrative law, LAWS2204/6204 Property, LAWS2250/6250 International Law;

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Foundations of Australian Law

LAWS6101 - 2627

Course Convenor: Judith Jones

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This course must be taken in the commencing semester of a student's LLB or JD enrolment. Students commencing their legal studies in Semester One are expected to undertake Foundations of Australian Law with LAWS6103 Torts. Students commencing their legal studies in Semester Two are expected to undertake Foundations of Australian Law with LAWS6104 Contracts. This is because the content in the relevant companion course is utilised in various ways in Foundations of Australian Law.
Foundations of Australian Law is designed to lay the groundwork for the remainder of students' legal studies. In particular, the course aims to assist students to develop a range of legal skills that are crucial for successful legal studies and for professional practice. Students learn the essential skills that enable them to engage with and utilise our principal sources of law - case law and legislation. In addition to teaching students how to analyse case law and legislation in order to formulate legal arguments the course also covers the key legal principles of statutory interpretation and the role of the courts in interpreting statutes.
To set the context for these sources of Australian law, the course also seeks to familiarise students with (1) some of the fundamental features of the legal institutions that generate laws (the courts and the Parliament); (2) sources of Australian law in addition to case law and legislation (including the Australian Constitution, customary law and international law); and (3) the historical and social forces that have shaped and continue to shape the law-making process and the legal system.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Juris Doctor (MJD)

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Torts

LAWS6103 - 2628

Course Convenor: Jelena Gligorijevic

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

The aim of this course is to study at an introductory level one of the basic disciplines of the common law. When a person has been harmed by the conduct of another - whether he or she incurs injury to their person, property or reputation; or financial loss; or interference with their use of land or goods - and decides to seek a legal remedy for that harm, the law of torts may provide them with a means of receiving compensation for their loss. This course will focus on personal injuries and examine the torts of trespass to the person and negligence. The course will also consider ways in which interests in property can be protected, namely through the tort of trespass to land. Historically the law of torts was largely based on common law (developed through judicial decisions), but legislative reforms in the last decade have made significant changes to the common law.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Luntz et al Luntz & Hambly’s Torts: Cases, Legislation and Commentary (LexisNexis, 9th ed, 2021).

This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be currently completing LAWS1201/LAWS6101 Foundations of Australian Law.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Contracts

LAWS6104 - 4085

Course Convenor: Anne McNaughton

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

The Contracts course is one of the foundation subjects in the JD programs. It examines a central aspect of the law of obligations. In this course we look at the evolution of contract, its central role in a market economy and the criteria for making legally enforceable promissory obligations. The requirements for the formation of a binding contract are examined together with the content of agreements. This involves an examination of the associated rules and doctrines used to ascertain the meaning and scope of the obligations expressly or impliedly undertaken by the parties to a contract.

We will also be looking at breach of contract and its consequences, including a consideration of the remedies available at common law and in equity. The law of contract is affected and influenced by a range of other legal doctrines and statutory measures, notably the doctrines of estoppel, duress, undue influence and unconscionable conduct and the statutory prohibition on misleading or deceptive conduct. Throughout the course we consider the foundational rules and doctrines of contract law and the effect on contract law of these other areas of law.

Contract law is an important foundation for other compulsory and elective courses taken later in the degree including Property and Commercial Law.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Andrew Robertson, Jeannie Paterson, Contract: Cases and Materials, (14^th ed), Thomson Reuters, Sydney 2020. This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Required Legislation:

Australian Consumer Law

Australian Public Law

LAWS6105 - 2629

Course Convenor: Matthew Zagor

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This course in Australian Public Law reflects the distinctive vision of the ANU JD program in which the study of Australian Public Law is a compulsory part. It also reflects the particular emphasis that the ANU College of Law gives to the study and research of Australian Public Law, which ultimately is reflected in the research of the ANU College of Law and in organisations such as the Centre for International and Public Law. The study of Australian Public Law at a relatively early stage in JD studies will open a pathway into a range of additional law courses and opportunities, and to thinking about opportunities beyond the JD too. To that end, LAWS 6105 has a strong focus on foundational aspects of the discipline of Australian Public Law.

Australian Public Law deals with many aspects of the functioning of the key constitutional institutions of government at the national, state, and territory levels, and how those institutions interact with one another and with the Australian people. The wide-ranging impact of Australian Public Law on the Australian legal system and on Australian governmental, judicial and social activities means that a basic knowledge of the terminology, institutions, and substance of Australian Public Law is not only worthwhile acquiring in its own right, but is also a necessary part of the knowledge and skills of any law graduate, and of any citizen of a democratic society. This makes Australian Public Law of considerable interest, whether you choose to go into the private practice of law, to work as a government or public lawyer, or are undertaking a law degree because you consider it will be useful in another career. This JD course in Australian Public Law is designed to provide you with an understanding of the core essentials of this area of law, and to provide you with the foundations for further reflection on, and study of, topics in this area.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be currently completing LAWS1201/LAWS6101 Foundations of Australian Law.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

Criminal Law and Procedure

LAWS6106 - 2630

Course Convenor: Faith Gordon

Date of course: Monday 21 February 2022

End Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Session: Semester 1

Last Assessment Date: Friday 27 May 2022

Intensive/Teaching Dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2022

Course Type: Compulsory

Study Mode: Semester - On Campus and/or Online

Course Intro:

This course introduces students to the sources of law which define general principles of criminal responsibility, and to a selection of substantive criminal offences and criminal defences as well as to criminal procedure. The substantive offences include assault, sexual assault, murder, manslaughter, and property offences, and the criminal defences include provocation and self-defence. Students will be exposed to common law sources as well as legislation and criminal codes where relevant. Key legal theories of the criminal law will also be introduced. The lecture program is supported by interactive seminars that enable students both to engage with the application of legal principles to set fact scenarios and to consider issues of policy and law reform related to the substantive and procedural law that they are studying.

Textbooks:

Prescribed Texts:

This information is correct at the time of publication and although we endeavour to pre-empt any planned new editions; the class summary will provide the final textbook edition confirmation.

Requisites:

To enrol in this course you must be studying a;

Juris Doctor (MJD) and have completed or be currently completing LAWS1201/LAWS6101 Foundations of Australian Law.

Note: If you successfully complete this course and are in your final semester/term, you will be eligible to graduate in the Mid-Year ceremony.

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