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International Law Clinic

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start 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.

Prison Legal Clinic

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start 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 Capstone Project

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start 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.

Blockchain Legal Innovation I

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start 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.

Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings will be made available on Wattle.

Recommended Resources:

Statutes:

  • The Constitution
  • Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)

Books:

  • Cheryl Saunders and Adrienne Stone, The Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2018)
  • Ron Levy, Hoi Kong, Graeme Orr and Jeff King (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
  • Ron Levy, Ian O'Flynn and Hoi Kong, Deliberative Peace Referendums (Oxford University Press, 2021)

Key Journals:

  • I-CON (International Journal of Constitutional Law)
  • Federal Law Review
  • Public Law
  • Public Law Review
  • Comparative Constitutional Studies

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.

Tort Liability and Public Authorities

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

TBC

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.

Conflict of Laws

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings will be made available on Wattle.

Recommended Resources:

Students seeking additional guidance may consult the two leading textbooks:

  • Martin Davies et al, Nygh’s Conflict of Laws In Australia (LexisNexis, 10th ed, 2019)
  • Reid Mortensen, Richard Garnett and Mary Keyes, Private International Law in Australia (LexisNexis, 5th ed, 2023)

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.

International Humanitarian Law

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. A 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.

International Humanitarian Law

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. A 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.

Chinese Law and Society

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Required Text:

Jianfu Chen, Chinese Law: Context and Transformation. Revised and Expanded Edition (Nijhoff: Brill, 2016). E-copy available at ANU Law Library.

Recommended Resources: Albert HY Chen, An Introduction to the Chinese Legal System, Fifth Edition (Hong Kong: LexiNexis, 2019).

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.

Postgraduate Law Dissertation

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start 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 Internship

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: This course does not have standard teaching dates and times. Hours in the workplace will be negotiated with the host.
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

Students must apply to enrol in this course. Please refer to this website for application dates and eligibility: https://law.anu.edu.au/law-internships

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.

Information Technology Law

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Required Text:

Ian Lloyd Information Technology Law (9th Ed, Oxford University Press).

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.

Information Technology Law

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Required Text:

Ian Lloyd Information Technology Law (9th Ed, Oxford University Press).

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 Religion in Australia

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 17-04-2025
Session: Summer
Last assessment date: 12-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: 2pm - 4pm | Thursday | 20 February - 10 April
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course.   

Recommended reading: Renae Barker, State and Religion the Australian Story (Routledge 2018). 
Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start 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.

Advanced Legal Methods and Legal Writing

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There are no textbooks or required reading 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.

Advanced Legal Methods and Legal Writing

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. A full list of readings will be made available on Canvas 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.

Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2025
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings will be made available on Wattle.

Recommended Resources:

Statutes:

  • The Constitution
  • Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)

Books:

  • Cheryl Saunders and Adrienne Stone, The Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2018)
  • Ron Levy, Hoi Kong, Graeme Orr and Jeff King (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
  • Ron Levy, Ian O'Flynn and Hoi Kong, Deliberative Peace Referendums (Oxford University Press, 2021)

Key Journals:

  • I-CON (International Journal of Constitutional Law)
  • Federal Law Review
  • Public Law
  • Public Law Review
  • Comparative Constitutional Studies

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.

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

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 20-02-2025
Teaching end date: 17-04-2025
Session: Summer
Last assessment date: 15-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: 2pm - 5pm | Thursday, 20 February. 4pm - 7pm | Tuesday 4 March, 25 March, 15 April & 15 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start 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 of The Sea

Course convenor:  
Teaching start date: 11-03-2025
Teaching end date: 14-03-2025
Session: Summer
Last assessment date: 31-03-2025
Intended teaching dates: 9am - 5pm | Tuesday - Friday | 11 March - 14 March
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Prescribed text:
Donald R. Rothwell and Tim Stephens The International Law of the Sea: 3rd edition (Hart: 2023)

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.