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LAW4679The law of climate change
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Climate change is among the most daunting problems the world faces in the 21st century. This unit deals with the legal dimension of climate change, paying due regard to its social, political and economic context. The unit will examine the...
Semester 2ClaytonPrato
LAW5389The law of climate change
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Climate change is among the most daunting problems the world faces in the 21st century. This unit deals with the legal dimension of climate change, paying due regard to its social, political and economic context. The unit will examine the...
Monash Law ChambersPrato
LAW4219The law of financial transactions
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This unit introduces you to the legal and regulatory issues relating to transactions undertaken by companies and other institutions in order to borrow money or otherwise to raise funds. The unit is in three parts. In the first part, the...
LAW5419The law of financial transactions
No reviews yetUnitLevel 56 credit pointsLaw
This unit introduces students to the legal and regulatory issues relating to transactions undertaken by companies and other institutions in order to borrow money or otherwise to raise funds. The unit is in three parts. In the first part,...
LAW5498The law of politics and corruption
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Democratic governance rests on a foundational premise: that public power is held in trust and must be exercised for the public good. Yet across the globe — in mature democracies and emerging states alike — that trust is routinely tested,...
LAW4316The media and the state
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The purpose of this unit is to identify and evaluate the laws which govern the way in which the media collect and disseminate news and information about the state. Core topics are: the media and the courts (open justice and obtaining...
LAW4140The media, defamation and privacy
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This unit considers why freedom of speech is important to the media and how it is protected in Australia. The unit also covers the three major restraints on freedom of speech; the law of defamation, the action for breach of confidence and...
LAW1113Torts
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The unit commences with an introductory study of the roles and objectives of the law of torts and damages in redressing and compensating civil wrongs. You will then examine some of the ‘intentional’ or trespass torts, private nuisance, and...
Semester 2Clayton
LAW5341Trade mark practice
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Trade mark practice deals with the process by which trade mark applications are made, opposed, and registration maintained. Emphasis is placed on the practices and procedures of the Australian Trade Marks Office (ATMO). Students will...
Monash Law Chambers
LAW5316Trade marks and commercial designations
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This unit studies the statutory protection offered by the registered trade marks system, and the common law accorded through the actions of passing off and related torts. The misleading or deceptive conduct provisions of the Australian...
TNER-PSPECTransnational economic regulation
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The Transnational Economic Regulation specialisation equips you to develop a thorough theoretical and practical grounding, both in the conduct of states in international economic relations and the conduct of private parties involved in...
LAW5398Transnational labour law
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This unit studies international law and some aspects of comparative law in the field of collective and individual labour and employment relations. The unit will examine the major sources of transnational labour law, namely the...
LAW4310Trial practice and advocacy
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The presentation of a court trial requires a broad, complex and diverse range of skills, including the ability to develop and then present a persuasive case theory. This unit focuses on the development of those specialised skills and...
LAW4170Trusts
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The unit introduces students to the nature and function of trusts in the modern Australian legal system. Students learn how trusts are used and learn the rules governing their existence. In particular, the rules governing the creation and...
Semester 1Semester 2Clayton
LAW4807Vis arbitration moot
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Examination of UN Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and cases from around the world. Focus is on oral advocacy, research skills, strategic thinking and...
LAW5055Vis arbitration moot
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Examination of UN Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and cases from around the world. Focus is on oral advocacy, research skills, strategic thinking and...
LAW5432Workplace investigations and misconduct
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This unit explores the legal framework for workplace investigations in the private and public sectors in Australia and the role and significance of such investigations for discipline, job security, worker and workplace safety, compliance...
LAW4526World Trade Organisation (WTO) law
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This unit will examine the main features of WTO law, situated within a broader context of international economic law. The unit will explore the WTO in its historical and legal context, its institutional structure and decision making and...
Semester 1Clayton
LAW4566Young people and criminal law
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This unit examines the distinctive operation of criminal law in relation to children and young people, with a focus on criminal responsibility, procedure, policing, offences, sentencing, detention and non adversarial justice responses. Key...
Semester 1Clayton