Students with a specialist interest in a particular area of Japanese law may, in conjunction with the course coordinator, develop their own specialist course. For example, students may elect to complete the subjects Japanese Law and Politics, Japanese Law and Society or Japanese Law and the Economy in a self-paced tutorial format if the relevant subject is not offered in that year. Alternatively, students may wish to co-develop a program in Japanese Labour Law, Gender and Japanese Law, Japanese Constitutionalism, Japanese Corporate Law and so on. This might be an especially effective way for students to investigate an area of law prior to completing a LLM, SJD or PhD thesis in the field. Enrolment is subject to School approval.

Asian Law

You must complete successfully any one of the four LLM courses in Japanese law prior to enrolling in this course: LAWS4127 Japanese Law in Context, LAWS4128 Japanese Law and Politics, LAWS4129 Japanese Law and Society and/or LAWS4130 Japanese Law and the Economy.

You have great flexibility in determining the assessment scheme in this course. The only assessment that all students must undertake is online participation (20%). Your chosen assessment scheme must suit the learning outcomes you have articulated. There is some variation in the available assessment options and their weighting, but the following is indicative of the range of assessment options you may select: