International Business and Economic Law Specialisation

International Business and Economic Law is the law which governs business transactions across national borders. It encompasses trade and investment law, the ways of structuring and financing transnational transactions, and the rapidly globalising legal and economic context for these transactions.

These subjects are directly relevant to foreign students looking to practice law or pursue a career in business in their own countries after completing their LL.M.. The focus of the courses is on transnational law and their content is designed to be directly applicable in foreign jurisdictions.

The subjects are likewise directly relevant to Australian lawyers working on international transactions. This specialisation will assist Australian lawyers with acquiring the knowledge required to structure and advise upon a range of international trade and business transactions.

Candidate Information

• Candidates for the LLM by Coursework or Graduate Diploma in Law may undertake study incorporating a major sequence in this area of specialisation.
• From time to time the allocation of courses to major sequences may be altered.
• The Coordinator of Postgraduate Education may, when considering it appropriate, authorise the inclusion of a Special Elective within, or the deletion of a Special Elective from among, the courses allocated to a major sequence.
• The Coordinator of Postgraduate Education may, when considering it appropriate, approve as part of an individual student’s major sequence a course or courses taken by that student on a cross-institutional basis.
• Where a special case is made, or where an individual student’s assessment program for the course concerned is tailored specifically to issues relevant to a major sequence, the Coordinator of Postgraduate Education may approve a course not otherwise allocated to a major sequence as part of that student’s major sequence.
• The Research Thesis 6uoc course LAWS8423 may be counted towards the units of credit required for a major sequence where, in the opinion of the Coordinator of Postgraduate Education, the subject matter of the thesis topic concerned is substantially related to the specialist area of the major sequence.