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LAW5081Australian legal process and research

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit is designed to provide international students and students with prior qualifications from overseas, in particular those from civil law countries, with a general understanding of the operation of the Australian legal system and...

Semester 1Semester 2Monash Law Chambers

LAW5000Australian legal reasoning and methods

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

The unit provides students who are new to the study of Australian law with advanced knowledge and understanding of the Australian legal system, its underlying principles and concepts (including international and comparative contexts),...

Monash Law Chambers

LAW4559Australian migration law

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

The central focus of the unit is to equip students to prepare submissions to various bodies/institutions including the Department of Home Affairs, the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) and the Courts. The unit is principally designed...

LAW5496Australian migration law

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

The central focus of the unit is to equip you to prepare submissions to various bodies/institutions including the Department of Home Affairs, the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) and the Courts. The unit is principally designed around...

LAW5479Avoidance, management and resolution of construction disputes

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit focuses on the avoidance, management and resolution of construction disputes, a speciality area of construction law that is commonly referred to as the ‘back end’. It will take a chronological approach, beginning with a critical...

LAW5394Banking law

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit provides an overview of the key relevant legal principles and practice of banking. It primarily addresses the regulation of banks and other deposit-taking institutions and their relationship with their customers. It covers law,...

Monash Law Chambers

LAW4193Biotechnology and the law

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

The unit explores the intersection of biotechnology and law. Possible social, cultural, economic and political concerns about the application of biotechnology techniques and the use of their products in various sectors, medical,...

LAW5345Business and human rights

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit focuses on the impact upon human rights of business activities, particularly those of multinational enterprises, and accountability mechanisms for those impacts in international, transnational and domestic law. This topic is one...

LAW4544Challenging government: Law reform and public advocacy

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This unit examines the law, policy and practice of law reform and public advocacy. How are laws and government policies really developed? What can citizens do if they want laws and government policies to change? And how does the law both...

Semester 1Clayton

LAW4553Child health law

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This unit explores the legal, ethical, and policy frameworks that govern children’s health care in Victoria. You will examine key issues such as consent, adolescent autonomy, mental health, reproductive rights, and end-of-life decisions....

Semester 2Clayton

LAW4563Children, harm and the state

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This unit explores the legal, ethical, and policy frameworks that govern the ways we respond to harm against children. You will examine key issues such as the Australian child law framework, information disclosures and online safety...

Semester 2Clayton

LAW5417Children's rights in international law

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

Securing the rights of children remains a challenge in the 21st century. Children continue to be exploited and abused on a regular basis and the use of child labour and child soldiers continues. In addition, violence against children and...

LAW5437China's legal system

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit aims to provide students with a basic understanding of Chinese legal institutions. There will be focus not just on the law itself, but also on matters of legal culture, politics, economics, institutional design, and other matters...

Monash Law Chambers

LAW4252Chinese legal institutions and laws

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This unit aims to provide you with a basic understanding of Chinese legal institutions. There will be focus not just on the law itself, but also on matters of legal culture, politics, economics, institutional design, and other matters that...

LAW5454Climate change and displacement

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit will provide a state of the art, up to date overview of the links between climate change and citizen justice. It will discuss the phenomena of climate displacement, providing an understanding of the dynamics of climate...

LAW4905Climate litigation

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

This unit will explore the emerging and growing global phenomenon of climate litigation, namely the use of courts to try to achieve climate regulatory outcomes. The unit will critically examine examples of major climate litigation cases...

LAW5666Climate litigation

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit will explore the emerging and growing global phenomenon of climate litigation, namely the use of courts to try to achieve climate regulatory outcomes. The unit will critically examine examples of major climate litigation cases...

LAW4803Clinical placement

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

Students will engage in a legal placement hosted by either an external organisation, or at Monash Law Clinics. Under professional supervision, students will undertake a range of activities involving work for end clients/beneficiaries of...

Clayton

LAW4816Clinical placement: Community engagement

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Law

You will undertake a practical placement at a Monash Law Clinics in partnership with South-East Monash Legal Service, both community legal centres which endeavour to meet the needs of the community. Under supervision by qualified...

LAW5315Commercial alternative dispute resolution

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

Commercial alternative dispute resolution methods and the process of mediation. The uses, benefits and limitations of various ADR processes are critically examined. The impact of ADR on the legal system and the development of law are...