Course Content
The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) requires completion of 192 units, of which:
A maximum of 60 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
The 192 units must include:
96 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
- LAWS1201 Foundations of Australian Law
- LAWS1202 Lawyers, Justice and Ethics
- LAWS1203 Torts
- LAWS1204 Contracts
- LAWS1205 Australian Public Law
- LAWS1206 Criminal Law and Procedure
- LAWS2201 Administrative Law
- LAWS2202 Commonwealth Constitutional Law
- LAWS2203 Corporations Law
- LAWS2204 Property
- LAWS2205 Equity and Trusts
- LAWS2207 Evidence
- LAWS2244 Litigation and Dispute Management
- LAWS2248 Legal Research and Writing
- LAWS2249 Legal Theory
- LAWS2250 International Law
48 units from completion of 4000-level LAWS-coded courses including at least 6 units from completion of research courses on the following list:
- LAWS4010 Jessup Moot
- LAWS4213 Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law
- LAWS4218 Feminist and Critical Legal Theory
- LAWS4220 Human Rights Law in Australia
- LAWS4230 Law Internship (Capstone)
- LAWS4256 Law, Gender Identities and Sexualities
- LAWS4258 International Organisations (Geneva)
- LAWS4262 Advanced Administrative Law
- LAWS4300 Supervised Research Paper
- LAWS4302 International Law Clinic
- LAWS4315 Law and Development in the Contemporary South Pacific
- LAWS4700 Law Research Capstone Project
48 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
Specialisations
Corporate and Commercial Law
24 units from completion of the following course(s):
- LAWS4202 Media Law
- LAWS4210 Commercial Law
- LAWS4221 Income Tax
- LAWS4222 Intellectual Property
- LAWS4226 International Trade Law
- LAWS4228 Labour Law
- LAWS4233 Advanced Issues in Torts
- LAWS4237 Financial Markets and Takeovers
- LAWS4254 Restitution
- LAWS4255 Competition Law
- LAWS4259 Consumer Protection and Product Liability Law
- LAWS4282 Corporate Insolvency
- LAWS4306 International Investment Treaty Law and Arbitration
- LAWS4312 The Law of Money
- LAWS4341 Law, Markets and Justice
- LAWS4350 Law, Work and Technology
International and Comparative Law
24 units from completion of the following course(s):
- LAWS4010 Jessup Moot
- LAWS4171 Kyoto Seminar: Japanese Law and Society
- LAWS4223 International Dispute Resolution
- LAWS4224 International Law of the Sea
- LAWS4225 International Law of Human Rights
- LAWS4226 International Trade Law
- LAWS4227 Japanese Law and Society
- LAWS4229 Law and Society in South East Asia
- LAWS4239 Law and Armed Conflict
- LAWS4247 Survey of United States Law
- LAWS4248 Selected Topics in Australian-United States Comparative Law (Alabama)
- LAWS4257 Selected Topics in Australian-United States Comparative Law (ANU)
- LAWS4258 International Organisations (Geneva)
- LAWS4264 Advanced International Law
- LAWS4266 International Arbitration and Negotiation Moot Competition in Japan
- LAWS4271 Refugee Law
- LAWS4276 Chinese Law and Society
- LAWS4279 Law and Politics of European Integration
- LAWS4301 Law and Development Clinic
- LAWS4302 International Law Clinic
- LAWS4306 International Investment Treaty Law and Arbitration
- LAWS4315 Law and Development in the Contemporary South Pacific
- LAWS4340 Space Law & Governance
- LAWS4341 Law, Markets and Justice
Law Reform, Environmental and Social Justice
24 units from completion of the following course(s):
- LAWS4215 Environmental Law
- LAWS4218 Feminist and Critical Legal Theory
- LAWS4219 Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights
- LAWS4220 Human Rights Law in Australia
- LAWS4222 Intellectual Property
- LAWS4225 International Law of Human Rights
- LAWS4238 Indigenous Peoples and the Law
- LAWS4245 Information Technology Law
- LAWS4251 AI and Law
- LAWS4256 Law, Gender Identities and Sexualities
- LAWS4267 Youth Law Clinic
- LAWS4268 Community Law Clinic
- LAWS4271 Refugee Law
- LAWS4274 Climate Law
- LAWS4278 Indigenous Community Legal Clinic
- LAWS4281 Environmental Law Clinic
- LAWS4283 Open Government
- LAWS4284 Public Interest Law Clinic
- LAWS4286 Literature, Law & Human Rights
- LAWS4301 Law and Development Clinic
- LAWS4302 International Law Clinic
- LAWS4304 Prison Legal Literacy Clinic
- LAWS4307 Legal Education for True Justice: Indigenous Perspectives and Deep Listening on Country
- LAWS4309 Colonialism and the rule of law
- LAWS4313 Kimberley Aboriginal Justice Clinic
- LAWS4314 Sentencing
- LAWS4315 Law and Development in the Contemporary South Pacific
- LAWS4350 Law, Work and Technology
- LAWS4351 Judicial Reasoning
Public Law
24 units from completion of the following course(s):
- LAWS4212 Conflict of Laws
- LAWS4213 Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law
- LAWS4215 Environmental Law
- LAWS4219 Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights
- LAWS4220 Human Rights Law in Australia
- LAWS4233 Advanced Issues in Torts
- LAWS4238 Indigenous Australians and the Law
- LAWS4262 Advanced Administrative Law
- LAWS4274 Climate Law
- LAWS4275 Federal Judicial System
- LAWS4283 Open Government
- LAWS4285 Australian National Security Law
- LAWS4312 The Law of Money
- LAWS4314 Sentencing
- LAWS4340 Space Law & Governance
- LAWS4341 Law, Markets and Justice
- LAWS4351 Judicial Reasoning
Elective units
48 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
Once you have met the program requirements of your degree, you may have enough electives to complete an additional elective major, minor or specialisation.
