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Law and Legal Institutions

Course convenor: Cameron Roles 
Teaching start date: 19-02-2024
Teaching end date: 06-03-2024
Session: Summer
Last assessment date: 05-04-2024
Intended teaching dates:  10am-1pm | Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday |19 February - 6 March
Course type: Compulsory
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 
 
There is no prescribed textbook for this course. A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.
 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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 and Technology

Course convenor: Akshaya Kamalnath 
Teaching start date: 19-02-2024
Teaching end date: 24-05-2024
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 24-05-2023
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course.

A full list of readings will also be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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.

Advanced Legal Methods and Legal Writing

Course convenor: Ryan Goss 
Teaching start date: 19-02-2024
Teaching end date: 24-05-2024
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 24-05-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. 

A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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.

Advanced Legal Methods and Legal Writing

Course convenor: Ryan Goss 
Teaching start date: 19-02-2024
Teaching end date: 24-05-2024
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. 

A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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 of the Environment

Course convenor: Jonathan Liljeblad 
Teaching start date: 20-02-2024
Teaching end date: 26-04-2024
Session: Summer
Last assessment date: 26-04-2024
Intended teaching dates: 5pm - 8pm | Tuesday & Thursday | 20 February - 28 March
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 
 
Prescribed Text:
  • Sands, Philippe and Jacqueline Peel, Principles of International Environmental Law (Cambridge University Press, 4th ed, 2018)
A full list of readings will also be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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

Course convenor: Anthony Hopkins 
Teaching start date: 04-03-2024
Teaching end date: 07-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 10-05-2024
Intended teaching dates: 5pm - 8pm | Tuesday | 5 March, 26 March, 23 April, 7 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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

Course convenor: Anthony Hopkins 
Teaching start date: 04-03-2024
Teaching end date: 07-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 10-05-2024
Intended teaching dates: 5pm - 8pm | Tuesday | 5 March, 26 March, 23 April, 7 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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.

Artificial Intelligence, Law and Society

Course convenor: Clement Yongxi Chen 
Teaching start date: 11-03-2024
Teaching end date: 24-05-2024
Session: Summer
Last assessment date: 24-05-2024
Intended teaching dates: 2pm - 5pm | Wednesday | 13 March - 22 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 
 
There is no prescribed textbook for this course. A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.
 
Recommended Reading:
  • Guihot, Michael and Lyria Moses, Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the Law (LexisNexis, 2020) 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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 and Australian Government

Course convenor: Richard Rowe 
Teaching start date: 12-03-2024
Teaching end date: 04-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 17-05-2024
Intended teaching dates: 9am - 4pm | Friday and Saturday | 15 & 16 March, 3 & 4 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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 Law

Course convenor:  Philippa Ryan
Teaching start date: 08-04-2024
Teaching end date: 16-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 14-06-2024
Intended teaching dates: 5pm - 8pm | Wednesday and Thursday | 10 April - 16 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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 of the Sea

Course convenor: Donald Rothwell 
Teaching start date: 01-05-2024
Teaching end date: 04-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 14-06-2024
Intended teaching dates: 9am - 5pm | Wednesday - Saturday | 1 May - 4 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Prescribed Text:

  • Rothwell, Donald R and Tim Stephens, The International Law of the Sea (Bloomsbury Publishing, 3rd, 2023)

A full list of readings will also be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date. 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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.

Statutory Interpretation

Course convenor:  Patricia Lane
Teaching start date: 02-05-2024
Teaching end date: 19-06-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 19-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: 4pm - 6pm | Monday & Wednesday | 6 May - 19 June
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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.

Post Conflict Situations

Course convenor: Jeremy Farrall 
Teaching start date: 09-05-2024
Teaching end date: 14-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 20-06-2024
Intended teaching dates: 9am - 5:30pm | Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, | 9, 10, 13, 14 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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 Internship (Capstone)

Course convenor: Jonathan Liljeblad 
Teaching start date: 03-06-2024
Teaching end date: 19-07-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 19-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: N/A
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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 Internship

Course convenor: Jonathan Liljeblad 
Teaching start date: 03-06-2024
Teaching end date: 19-07-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 19-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: N/A
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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 Internship (Capstone)

Course convenor: Jonathan Liljeblad 
Teaching start date: 03-06-2024
Teaching end date: 19-07-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 19-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: N/A
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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 Internship

Course convenor: Jonathan Liljeblad 
Teaching start date: 03-06-2024
Teaching end date: 19-07-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 19-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: N/A
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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.

Space Law and Governance

Course convenor:  Steven Freeland
Teaching start date: 10-06-2024
Teaching end date: 14-06-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 12-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: 10am - 3pm | Monday - Friday | 10 June - 14 June
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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.

Government Contracts

Teaching start date: 01-07-2024
Teaching end date: 09-08-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 06-09-2024
Intended teaching dates: 4:30pm - 6:30pm | Wednesday, Thursday | 3 July - 8 August
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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.

International Nuclear Energy Law

Course convenor:  Dan Joyner
Teaching start date: 01-07-2024
Teaching end date: 09-08-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 06-09-2024
Intended teaching dates: 10am - 12pm | Wednesday & Friday | 3 July - 9 August
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

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.