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LAW4548Queer law

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This unit will provide you with in-depth knowledge of the laws regulating sexuality, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics. You will learn not only what the law is, but also what it should be. Using international human...

Summer AClayton

LAW5486Queer law

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit will provide you with in-depth knowledge of the laws regulating sexuality, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics. You will learn not only what the law is, but also what it should be. Using international human...

Semester 1Monash Law Chambers

LAW5481Regulating artificial intelligence, technology and cyberspace

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit explores an area of the law where far-reaching effects of globalisation have produced considerable consequences: technology regulation. These legal developments are driven at global level by institutions that make policy and...

Monash Law Chambers

LAW5472Regulating shareholder activism

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

Shareholder activism involving public companies is an important corporate governance phenomenon. This unit explores the regulatory implications of shareholder activism. By the conclusion of this unit, students will acquire an understanding...

LAW5484Regulation and regulators

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit examines regulatory theory and practice. It covers how we regulate ( that is, what instruments and techniques are used to regulate economic and social activity in Australia), as well as the conduct and activities of regulators.

LAW4522Remedies

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

The Remedies unit will explore the remedial goals of equity, including analysis of some key statutes that they have influenced. It will also examine the legal rules and principles that both underpin these goals and make them a necessary...

Semester 1Clayton

LAW4801Research project

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This unit, typically undertaken in the penultimate semester of the course, requires you to plan and execute a research project or piece of scholarship with some independence. You will learn and apply advanced research methods and skills,...

Semester 1Semester 2Clayton

LAW4173Research unit

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This is a program of individual and independent research and writing on a legal topic which has been approved by the Chief Examiner after consultation with the proposed supervisor. You will develop skills in legal research methods to...

Summer ASemester 1Semester 2Summer BClayton

LAW4308Restitution

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

The unit incorporates the study of case law and theory where the law recognises the underlying principle of unjust enrichment. The unit will cover: the elements of the unjust enrichment principle the scenarios in which it is recognised,...

LAW5606Restitution

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

The unit studies Canadian, Australian, English and US case law and theory on the principle of unjust enrichment. The unit will cover: 1. the elements of the unjust enrichment principle, 2. the substantive areas for which it appears to be...

LAW4562Roman law: Foundations of private law in Australia

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This unit introduces you to Justinian and the ius commune tradition, and examines how those sources of law shaped English legal thought. It provides you with a historical understanding of the role of civilian lawyers in the English legal...

LAW5470Royal commissions and public inquiries

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

Royal Commissions and public inquiries play a significant role in exposing corruption, governance failures and wrongdoing. This unit is designed to equip students to understand the functioning of royal commissions and public inquiries and...

Monash Law Chambers

LAW4570Sale of land

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

The unit introduces you to the law and practice of the sale of land in Victoria. You will develop an understanding of the legal principles governing the creation, structure and finalisation of contracts of sale of land and the transfer of...

Semester 2Clayton

LAW5310Sentencing

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

Sources of sentencing law. The distribution of sentencing authority between the legislature, judiciary and executive arms of government. Sentencing principles and procedures. The control of sentencing discretion including guideline...

Semester 2Monash Law Chambers

LAW4306Sentencing and sanctions

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This course deals with the legal framework within which offenders are sentenced locally and nationally. It will examine sentencing principles applicable under state and federal law in Victoria. The course will examine the sources of...

Semester 1Clayton

LAW4340Sport and the law

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This unit explores the intersection of sport and law and in so doing: 1. equips students to apply the body of knowledge known as "sports law"; and 2. consolidates, reinforces and extends students' knowledge and understanding of core legal...

Semester 1Clayton

LAW5438Sports law

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This Unit examines the governance of sport through multiple lenses: public policy, regulatory and legal, and at both a national and transnational level. The Unit begins by examining the place of sport in society, and how sports' social,...

LAW5478Strategic and public interest litigation

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

The Unit will first of all instruct students in the core concepts of strategic and public interest litigation (SPIL). This includes: trias politica, and the difference in views on the role of courts versus government and statute in...

Monash Law Chambers

LAW4311Succession law

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This unit deals with the administration and distribution of property of deceased persons. It covers rules of intestacy, testamentary capacity and intention; the formal element for making, altering and revoking a will; the professional...

Semester 2Clayton

LAW5311Takeovers

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit focuses on regulation of the principal means of acquiring control of Australian listed companies. The content will have a practical focus which assumes some general background knowledge of corporate law and the regulation of...