PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN AUSTRALIA
LAW3PVL
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject students are introduced to the basic principles of private international law and their operation within the Australian legal system. Private International Law (also referred to as Conflict of Laws) is a body of rules applied to legal disputes where one or more of the elements are connected with a foreign jurisdiction. The rules are applied to ascertain the applicable law (choice of law), the forum for the resolution (jurisdiction), and enforcement mechanisms and rules (recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments). Private International Law principles are applied to private disputes including family, contract, property and tort.
School: La Trobe Law School (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Lola Akin Ojelabi
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: Attendance and lectures/listening to lecture and doing required reading; participation in tutorials.
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: LAW2CTA & B - Contract Law A&B; LAW2TOT-Principles of Tort Law
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A