The Faculty of Law & Justice have recently added courses that still have availability for Term 1 2025.
1. LAWS8151 European Union Law
Understanding European Union (EU) law is essential for anyone interested in global business, public law, or international cooperation. The EU serves as a model for regional integration and impacts policies worldwide.
2. LAWS8190 International Refugee Law
This course provides an overview of international refugee law and related international human rights law. It explores the concept of 'international protection' through the lens of the 1951 Refugee Convention, asking ‘who is a refugee?’, ‘what status does a refugee obtain?’, ‘who is expressly excluded from protection?’, and whether this instrument is still adequate for refugee movements in the 21st century?
3. LAWS8017 Intellectual Property Law
This course is designed to give postgraduates a comprehensive overview and working understanding of intellectual property law. Assuming no prior knowledge of intellectual property, the course is suitable for students who wish to study intellectual property law for the first time, those who have studied intellectual property abroad and want to learn how it operates in Australia, and those who studied it some time ago and are seeking to update their knowledge of this fast-changing area of law.
4. LAWS8076 Current Issues in Criminal Justice
This course examines shifting notions of crime policy and justice. It considers multiple meanings of crime and justice such as governing through crime, Indigenous innovations, creation of criminality, discretionary powers, and securitisation.
5. LAWS8175 Foundations of Contract Law
This course provides an introduction to the principles of contract law that apply in Australian and Common Law legal systems. It focuses on understanding how legal agreements operate in a range of contexts, from corporate and commercial to family, employment and consumer law.
6. LAWS8028 Corporate Governance
Corporate governance has become increasingly important in the control of corporations and their behaviour. This course is about the governance of corporations and the inter-section of governance techniques with regulation and corporate law.
Masters of Law Enrolment Information
If you are preparing for your first term at UNSW in the Master of Laws, please enrol into the following foundation courses in Term 1, 2025 to give yourself a proper start:
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LAWS8213 Legal Concepts, Research and Writing
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LAWS8214 Global Common Law Systems
Taking a third course is optional in your first term, as it is not needed to complete your program on time. If you wish to do a third course in your first term, then we suggest you select from one of the cross disciplinary courses, or one of the following Law electives that still have availability:
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LAWS8017 Intellectual Property Law
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LAWS8076 Current Issues in Criminal Justice
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LAWS8175 Foundations of Contract Law