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LAW5310Sentencing
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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...
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LAW5438Sports law
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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
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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...
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LAW5311Takeovers
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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...
TCIV-PSPECTechnology and innovation
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New technologies are now affecting many areas of legal practice, providing new opportunities for innovation and leading to widespread digital disruption. The Technology and Innovation specialisation equips you to develop a thorough...
LAW5365Terrorism and human rights
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There has been an intense preoccupation with the need to combat global terrorism since the attacks on the United States in 2001 and the subsequent 'war on terror'. This campaign is multi-faceted and includes police actions, military...
LAW5476The death penalty: Law, politics, and advocacy
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The overall aim of this unit is to provide students with a good understanding of the scope and practice of the death penalty as well as the movement—backed by international organisations, human rights treaties and the domestic courts—to...
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...
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LAW5419The law of financial transactions
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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,...
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...
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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...
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...