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Prerequisites and Assumed Knowledge: Prerequisites and assumed knowledge vary by program and course. It's important to check the ANU Programs and Courses website for specific details before enrolling.

Course Changes: While efforts are made to avoid changes, the University may cancel courses or alter course dates as necessary. Regularly check the course search for any updates or changes.

Last Assessment Date: The Last Assessment Date provided is indicative. Final assessments must be submitted on or before this date. For the exact submission time, refer to the class summary, which is published two weeks before the class starts.

Graduation: Students enrolled in 2024 course iterations for the following courses will be considered for the February Graduation ceremony.

  • LAWS8183 Advanced Principles of International Law
  • LAWS8001 Global Law, Justice and Development

The following courses will NOT be considered for the February Graduation ceremony

  • LAWS4266 International Arbitration and Negotiation Moot Competition in Japan
  • LAWS8418 International Commercial Arbitration
  • LAWS8252 International Refugee Law

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International Law Clinic

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - 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.

Prison Legal Literacy Clinic

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - 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.

Juris Doctor Capstone Project

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - 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.

Legislation and Legislative Drafting

Course convenor:  Katy LeRoy
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 29-08-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 27-09-2024
Intended teaching dates: 5pm - 7:30pm | Monday, Tuesday, Thursday | 22 July - 29 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.

Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

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.

Competition Law

Course convenor:  Adrian Coorey
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Prescribed Text 

  • Adrian Coorey, Australian Competition Law – The Comprehensive Guide (Volume 1) (Jurisprudentia, Sydney, 2024).

Required Legislation

  • Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Recommended Reading

  • Student Guide Card, Competition Law I (Jurisprudentia, Sydney 2024)
  • Student Guide Card, Competition Law II (Jurisprudentia, Sydney 2024)
  • Student Guide Card, Competition Law IIII (Jurisprudentia, Sydney 2024)

The Student Guide Cards are available at https://www.jurisprudentia.com.au/. 

 

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.

Environmental and Sustainability Law

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Textbook:

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.

Sentencing

Course convenor:  Taden Kelliher
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - 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.

Health Law and Bioethics

Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

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.

Business and Human Rights

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Required Reading

  •  2011 United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (no prescribed text).

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.

Chinese Law and Society

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Recommended reading 

  • Chen, Jianfu. Chinese Law : Context and Transformation. Revised and Expanded Edition (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Nijhoff, 2016)

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.

Graduate Research Unit

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 24-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - 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.

The Rule of Law and Constitutionalism in Greater China

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 
  • 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.

Media Law

Course convenor: Jelena.Gligorijevic 
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Textbook:

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.

Labour Law

Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Prescribed Texts:

  • Joellen Riley Munton, Labour Law: An Introduction to the Law of Work (Oxford University Press, 2021)
  • A full list of readings/E brick will also be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

Required Legislation:

  • Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). Students should download this statute from the Federal Register of Legislation. There is no need to purchase a copy of the statute.

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.

Law Internship

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - 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.

Consumer Protection

Course convenor:  Adrian Coorey
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Prescribed Text 

  • Adrian Coorey, Australian Consumer Law – The Comprehensive Guide (Jurisprudentia, Sydney, 2021)

Required Legislation

  • Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Sch 2 (Australian Consumer Law)

Recommended Reading

  • Student Guide Card, Consumer Law I (Jurisprudentia, Sydney 2024)
  • Student Guide Card, Consumer Law II (Jurisprudentia, Sydney 2024)
  • Student Guide Card, Consumer Law IIII (Jurisprudentia, Sydney 2024)

The Student Guide Cards are available at https://www.jurisprudentia.com.au/. 

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.

Climate Law

Course convenor:  Keely Boom
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Prescribed Texts:

  • Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée and Lavanya Rajamani, International Climate Change Law (Oxford University Press, 2017). 

A full list of readings/E brick 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.

Law and the Humanities

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 25-10-2024
Session: Semester 2
Last assessment date: 25-10-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

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.

Law and Legal Institutions

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 22-07-2024
Teaching end date: 07-08-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 20-09-2024
Intended teaching dates: 10am - 1pm | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday | 22 July - 7 August
Course type: Compulsory
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.