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Business Law - 9231

Program Summary

Faculty: Faculty of Law

Contact: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Postgraduate

Typical Duration: 1 Years

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 6

Max UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC For Award: 48

Award(s):

Master of Business Law

Master of Business Law (Specialisation)

Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions

Program Description

The Master of Business Law (MBL) is a coursework degree for graduates with non-law or quasi-legal backgrounds wishing to attain postgraduate qualifications and knowledge of the law relevant to business. The degree is of relevance to those involved in the private, commercial, government or international sectors where business law issues are relevant to their employment such as finance, accounting, compliance, human resources and marketing professionals. It is also a valuable qualification for students seeking careers in those fields where knowledge of legal requirements is an advantage.

The MBL may be undertaken full-time over 1 academic year or on a part-time basis. The MBL is comprised of 8 courses. All students are required to undertake three compulsory courses and five electives.

The MBL provides graduates with access to a range of business law subjects that allows for a program that can be tailored to the graduates needs. Graduates may complete a generalist degree or specialise in one of the following areas:

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

The Program Objectives for the Master of Business Law are:

To provide non-lawyers with a core understanding of legal issues relevant to business
To combine the course offerings from UNSW Law and the School of Taxation and Business Law to provide a range of electives and majors that allow students to tailor the degree to their own needs and interests
To facilitate understanding of the inter-relationship between law and business including the effects of globalisation, international law, technological developments and regulation
To facilitate the acquisition of skills in the areas of legal research, writing, regulatory compliance and dispute resolution

Program Structure

Candidates must complete 48 uoc for the Master of Business Law and each course is worth 6UOC.

The MBL has three compulsory courses:

LEGT5511 Legal Foundations of Business (6 UOC)
LEGT5541 Corporations and Business Associations Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8072 Legal Concepts, Research and Writing for Business Law (6 UOC)

Note: students who have previously undertaken University legal studies, including LEGT1710 Business and the Law and LEGT2741 Business Entities at UNSW (or equivalents at other institutions) may apply to undertake elective courses in place of the courses in items 1 and 2.

ENROLMENT
The Enrolment Guide for the Master of Business Law (MBL) can be found on the Enrolment UNSW Law website.

The following electives are available for credit towards the Master of Business Law.

Not all electives are available every year or each semester. Other courses may be added as new courses are developed and changed.

ATAX0401 Tax Policy (6 UOC)
ATAX0403 Taxation of Corporations (6 UOC)
ATAX0404 Asia Pacific Tax Regimes (6 UOC)
ATAX0405 Taxation of Trusts (6 UOC)
ATAX0407 Taxation of Corporate Finance (6 UOC)
ATAX0408 Int Tax: Anti-Avoidance (6 UOC)
ATAX0410 Taxation of Superannuation (6 UOC)
ATAX0411 Taxation of Capital Gains (6 UOC)
ATAX0416 Current Research Probs in Tax (6 UOC)
ATAX0418 Consolidat'ns&GroupStructures (6 UOC)
ATAX0420 Principles of Aust Intern'l Tx (6 UOC)
ATAX0423 Principles of GST Law (6 UOC)
ATAX0425 Tax of Employee Remuneration (6 UOC)
ATAX0426 Tax & Invest Reg in China (6 UOC)
ATAX0427 Tax Strategies in Fin Planning (6 UOC)
ATAX0428 Int Tax: Design and Structure (6 UOC)
ATAX0431 Principles of Revenue Administ (6 UOC)
ATAX0437 Double Tax Agreements (6 UOC)
ATAX0438 Tax Risk Management (6 UOC)
ATAX0440 SMSF Law (6 UOC)
ATAX0441 Comparative Tax Systems (6 UOC)
ATAX0450 PrinciplesTax Transfer Pricing (6 UOC)
ATAX0455 Tax of Property Transactions (6 UOC)
FINS5561 Introduction to Fin Planning (6 UOC)
LAWS8011 Anti-Money Laundering (6 UOC)
LAWS8014 Defamation and the Media (6 UOC)
LAWS8016 International & Comparative IP (6 UOC)
LAWS8017 Intellectual Property Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8021 Advanced Topics in IP (6 UOC)
LAWS8037 Surv Security and Democracy (6 UOC)
LAWS8040 Online Content Regulation (6 UOC)
LAWS8042 Comm Transactions Involving IP (6 UOC)
LAWS8044 Electronic Comm Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8046 IP Law and Innovation (6 UOC)
LAWS8047 IP Licensing Commercialisation (6 UOC)
LAWS8050 Globalisation and IP Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8054 Media & Comm. Industry Reg. (6 UOC)
LAWS8058 Workplace Change & Conflict (6 UOC)
LAWS8064 Regulatory Litigation (6 UOC)
LAWS8077 Foundation of Facilitation (6 UOC)
LAWS8078 Mediation (6 UOC)
LAWS8079 International Investment Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8083 Sports Sponsorship & Marketing (6 UOC)
LAWS8085 International Organisations (6 UOC)
LAWS8111 Prudential Regulation as Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8114 Minority Shareholders' Rights (6 UOC)
LAWS8116 Dispute Resolution Family Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8118 Legal Systems in Comp Persp (6 UOC)
LAWS8121 Reg Corp Global Capitalism (6 UOC)
LAWS8126 Principles of Public Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8135 Chinese Legal System (PG) (6 UOC)
LAWS8138 Property and Contract Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8140 Finance for Lawyers (6 UOC)
LAWS8142 Vietnamese Legal System (6 UOC)
LAWS8145 Int Econ Law in Asian Region (6 UOC)
LAWS8148 IP Strategy and Management (6 UOC)
LAWS8151 European Union:Inst & Leg Sys (6 UOC)
LAWS8152 EU: Economic & Trade Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8158 EU Business Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8180 Principles of Intl Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8183 Int. Commercial Arbitration (6 UOC)
LAWS8189 Transnt'l Bus & Hum Rights (6 UOC)
LAWS8203 Global Issues in Comp Policy (6 UOC)
LAWS8210 Globalisation & Commercial Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8212 Native Title Law, Policy & Pra (6 UOC)
LAWS8219 Competition Law and Policy (6 UOC)
LAWS8220 Inter. Financial System (6 UOC)
LAWS8235 WaterRights&ContemporaryPolicy (6 UOC)
LAWS8239 Workplace Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8241 Pacific Islands Legal Systems (6 UOC)
LAWS8314 Dispute Resolution (6 UOC)
LAWS8319 Internat Env Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8391 Int'l Discrimination Law (6 UOC)
LAWS8423 Research Thesis: 6 uoc (6 UOC)
LAWS8972 Law World Trade Organization (6 UOC)
LAWS8980 Principled Negotiation (6 UOC)
LAWS8981 Mastering Facilitation (6 UOC)
LAWS8989 World Trade Law Contemp Issues (6 UOC)
LAWS8993 International Business Trans. (6 UOC)
LAWS8994 Fraud, Forgery and Dishonesty (6 UOC)
LEGT5411 Intellectual Property for Bus (6 UOC)
LEGT5421 E-Business and the Law (6 UOC)
LEGT5531 Comp. Bus. & Legal Strategies (6 UOC)
LEGT5551 Taxation Law (6 UOC)
LEGT5561 Legal Aspects of Finance (6 UOC)
LEGT5562 Business Law in a Global Econ. (6 UOC)
LEGT5586 Corporate Law, Tax & Strategy (6 UOC)

Individual postgraduate courses from other faculties to be added to the list by the Program Convenor, after consultation with the appropriate Faculty.

A student may seek authorisation from the program Director/s or the Coordinator of Postgraduate Education to undertake a Postgraduate course not listed above.

Academic Rules

The degree of Master of Business Law by formal coursework may be awarded by the Council to a candidate who has satisfactorily completed a program of advanced study.

Qualifications

A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded a degree of Bachelor from the University of New South Wales or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Faculty Education Committee of the Faculty of Law (the Committee).
In exceptional cases, an applicant who submits evidence of such other academic and professional qualifications as may be approved by an admissions committee established by the Faculty of Law, may be permitted to enrol for the degree.
If the Committee is not satisfied with the qualifications submitted by the applicant, it may require the applicant to undergo such assessment or carry out such work as the Committee may prescribe, before permitting enrolment.

Advanced standing

At the discretion of the Faculty of Law advanced standing may be granted for approved postgraduate courses up to an amount of 12 units of credit.

Enrolment and Progression

An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be made on the prescribed form and shall be lodged with the Registrar by the advertised due date.
A candidate for the degree shall be required to undertake a program of formal study as set out in the program requirements for the Master of Business Law degree.
No candidate shall be awarded the degree until the lapse of two academic semesters from the date of enrolment in the case of a full-time candidate or three semesters in the case of a part-time candidate. The maximum period of candidature shall be four academic semesters from the date of enrolment for a full-time candidate and eight semesters for a part-time candidate. In special cases an extension of these times may be granted by the Committee. The progress of a candidate shall be reviewed at least once annually by the Committee and as a result of the review the Committee may cancel enrolment or take such other action, as it considers appropriate.