Business Law - 9231
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Contact: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
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)
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Program Description
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:
- Corporate and Commercial Law
- Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law
- Taxation Law
- International Business and Economic Law
- Innovation Law
- Media and Technology Law
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
- 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
The MBL has three compulsory courses:
- TABL5511 Legal Foundations of Business (6 UOC)
- TABL5541 Corporations and Business Associations Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8072 Legal Concepts, Research (6 UOC).
- A minimum of 2 of the 8 courses must be taken from an approved list of courses that contain a substantial research-based assessment component from the Research -Course Based List. The requirement to take two courses from the Research-Based Course List can, in the alternative, be satisfied if the student takes LAWS8423 Research Thesis: 6 uoc.
ENROLMENT
The Enrolment Guide for the Master of Business Law (MBL) can be found on the UNSW Law Enrolment 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.
- 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 SurveillanceSecurityDemocracy (6 UOC)
- LAWS8040 Online Content Regulation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8042 Comm Transactions Involving IP (6 UOC)
- LAWS8044 Electronic Commerce Law (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)
- LAWS8066 Climate Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8071 Development and Planning Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8077 Effective Facilitation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8078 Mediation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8079 International Investment Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8083 Sports Sponsorship & Marketing (6 UOC)
- LAWS8085 International Organisations (6 UOC)
- LAWS8094 Int Finan Inst: Law and Prac (6 UOC)
- LAWS8114 Minority Shareholders' Rights (6 UOC)
- LAWS8118 Global Legal Systems (6 UOC)
- LAWS8135 Chinese Legal System (PG) (6 UOC)
- LAWS8140 Finance for Lawyers (6 UOC)
- LAWS8144 Trade Mark Law (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)
- LAWS8173 Law PG Internship (6 UOC)
- LAWS8180 Principles of Intl Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8183 International Com. Arbitration (6 UOC)
- LAWS8185 Law, Society in the New Econ. (6 UOC)
- LAWS8189 Business and Human 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 International Financial Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8239 Workplace Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8241 Pacific Islands Legal Systems (6 UOC)
- LAWS8314 Dispute Resolution Principles (6 UOC)
- LAWS8319 Internationl Environmental Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8391 International Law of Equality (6 UOC)
- LAWS8423 Research Thesis: 6 uoc (6 UOC)
- LAWS8972 Law of the World Trade Org (6 UOC)
- LAWS8980 Principled Negotiation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8989 World Trade Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8993 International Business Trans. (6 UOC)
- LAWS8994 White Collar Crime (6 UOC)
- TABL5503 Taxation of Corporations (6 UOC)
- TABL5504 Asia Pacific Tax Regimes (6 UOC)
- TABL5505 Taxation of Trusts (6 UOC)
- TABL5506 Tax Administration Process (6 UOC)
- TABL5507 Taxation of Corporate Finance (6 UOC)
- TABL5508 Int Tax: Anti-Avoidance (6 UOC)
- TABL5510 Taxation of Superannuation (6 UOC)
- TABL5515 Taxation of Capital Gains (6 UOC)
- TABL5517 Intellectual Property for Bus (6 UOC)
- TABL5518 Consolidat'ns&GroupStructures (6 UOC)
- TABL5520 Principles of Aust Intern'l Tx (6 UOC)
- TABL5521 E-Business and the Law (6 UOC)
- TABL5522 GST: Design and Structure (6 UOC)
- TABL5523 Principles of GST Law (6 UOC)
- TABL5524 Legal Environment of Asian Bus (6 UOC)
- TABL5525 Tax of Employee Remuneration (6 UOC)
- TABL5526 Tax & Invest Reg in China (6 UOC)
- TABL5527 Tax Strategies in Fin Planning (6 UOC)
- TABL5528 Int Tax: Design and Structure (6 UOC)
- TABL5531 Principles of Revenue Administ (6 UOC)
- TABL5533 Comp. Bus. & Legal Strategies (6 UOC)
- TABL5537 Double Tax Agreements (6 UOC)
- TABL5538 Tax Risk Management (6 UOC)
- TABL5540 SMSF Law (6 UOC)
- TABL5544 Comparative Tax Systems (6 UOC)
- TABL5550 PrinciplesTax Transfer Pricing (6 UOC)
- TABL5551 Taxation Law (6 UOC)
- TABL5555 Tax of Property Transactions (6 UOC)
- TABL5557 Corporate Law, Tax & Strategy (6 UOC)
- TABL5562 Business Law in a Global Econ. (6 UOC)
- TABL5575 Tax Policy (6 UOC)
- TABL5580 Current Research Probs in Tax (6 UOC)
- LAWS8011 Anti-Money Laundering (6 UOC)
- LAWS8014 Defamation and the Media (6 UOC)
- LAWS8016 International & Comparative IP (6 UOC)
- LAWS8021 Advanced Topics in IP (6 UOC)
- LAWS8037 SurveillanceSecurityDemocracy (6 UOC)
- LAWS8040 Online Content Regulation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8044 Electronic Commerce Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8050 Globalisation and IP Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8058 Workplace Change & Conflict (6 UOC)
- LAWS8064 Regulatory Litigation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8066 Climate Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8071 Development and Planning Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8077 Effective Facilitation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8078 Mediation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8079 International Investment Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8083 Sports Sponsorship & Marketing (6 UOC)
- LAWS8085 International Organisations (6 UOC)
- LAWS8094 Int Finan Inst: Law and Prac (6 UOC)
- LAWS8118 Global Legal Systems (6 UOC)
- LAWS8135 Chinese Legal System (PG) (6 UOC)
- LAWS8144 Trade Mark Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8145 Int Econ Law in Asian Region (6 UOC)
- LAWS8151 European Union:Inst & Leg Sys (6 UOC)
- LAWS8152 EU: Economic & Trade Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8183 International Com. Arbitration (6 UOC)
- LAWS8189 Business and Human Rights (6 UOC)
- LAWS8210 Globalisation & Commercial Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8212 Native Title Law, Policy & Pra (6 UOC)
- LAWS8219 Competition Law and Policy (6 UOC)
- LAWS8220 International Financial Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8241 Pacific Islands Legal Systems (6 UOC)
- LAWS8314 Dispute Resolution Principles (6 UOC)
- LAWS8319 Internationl Environmental Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8391 International Law of Equality (6 UOC)
- LAWS8423 Research Thesis: 6 uoc (6 UOC)
- LAWS8972 Law of the World Trade Org (6 UOC)
- LAWS8989 World Trade Law (6 UOC)
- LAWS8993 International Business Trans. (6 UOC)
- LAWS8994 White Collar Crime (6 UOC)
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
Qualifications
(2) A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded an appropriate non-law Bachelor degree from UNSW Australia or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution with a minimum of two years' relevant professional experience.
For information regarding Advanced Standing for Program 9231, please refer to the ‘Credit Transfer Rules and Regulations (PG)’ on Law website.
Enrolment and Progression
- An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be lodged online on the UNSW website, 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.
Fees
Related Program(s)
5231 Business Law
Area(s) of Specialisation