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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2010

Courses and programs offered

Bachelor of Legal Studies (School of Law)

Law electives available within Bachelor of Legal Studies (School of Law) and Graduate Diploma in Law

Subject to prerequisites, students currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Legal Studies offered by the School of Law (currently being phased out) are permitted to enrol in the following core subjects and law electives listed below.

Students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Law may be permitted to enrol in into any core or elective law subjects but only with the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.

Semester 1

Subject title Subject code
Human Rights Law LAW2HRL/LAW3HRL
Legal Change, Legislation and Law Reform LAW2LCL/LAW3LCL
Public International Law LAW2PIL/LAW3PIL

Semester 2

Subject title Subject code
Banking and Finance Law LAW2BFL/LAW3BFL
Competition Policy and Law LAW2CPL/LAW3CPL
Criminal Justice1 LAW2CJU/LAW3CJU
Employment and Labour Relations Law LAW2ELR/LAW3ELR
Jurisprudence LAW2JUR/LAW3JUR

Key: 1 Not offered in 2010.

All these subjects are worth 15 credit points.

Law electives available to Faculty of Law and Management students

Students currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Economics or Bachelor of Finance are permitted to enrol in the following law electives subject to prerequisites.

Subject title Subject code
Human Rights Law LAW2HRL/LAW3HRL
Banking and Finance Law LAW2BFL/LAW3BFL
Competition Policy and Law1 LAW2CPL/LAW3CPL
Employment and Labour Relations LAW2ELR/LAW3ELR
International Business Law1 LAW2IBL/LAW3IBL
Introduction to Chinese Law [January 2011] LAW2ICL/LAW3ICL

Key: 1.Not offered in 2010.

These subjects are worth 15 credit points each and are to count as legal studies credit points. Students wishing to major in business law are also permitted to enrol in LST2SLA, LST2THL and LST2MAL/LST3MAL.

Law electives available to students outside the Faculty of Law and Management

Students currently taking legal studies in degrees outside the Faculty of Law and Management such as the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Legal Studies (Humanities and Social Sciences), Bachelor of International Relations, Bachelor of Behavioural Science, Bachelor of Health Sciences and Bachelor of Science are permitted to enrol in the following law electives subject to prerequisites.

Teaching period Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Disability Rights and the Law LAW3DRL
TE-SEM-1 Human Rights Law LAW2HRL/LAW3HRL
TE-SEM-1 Mental Disorder and Criminal Responsibility LAW2MDC/LAW3MDC
TE-SEM-1 Public International Law LAW2PIL/LAW3PIL
TE-SEM-2 Legal Rights Poverty and Legal Services LAW2RPS/LAW3RPS
TE-SEM-2 Organised and International Crime LAW2OIC/LAW3OIC

These subjects are worth 15 credit points each.