International and Comparative Law 2017

This course will focus on selected topics in the law of war (or international humanitarian law). This body of law centres on the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977.

This course offers a comparative and critical investigation into criminal law and criminal justice as it is conceptualised and also how it operates within the main legal traditions of the world.

This course explores the nature of constitutional government by studying how the constitutional arrangements of different states – especially Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States – frame and discipline the exercise of public power.

This course critically examines international and regional laws (treaties and case-law), and domestic laws (legislation and case-law) and politics, relating to forced migration.

After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the prevention and prosecution of terrorism emerged as a key priority for governments.

This course will introduce the international legal rules, principles and institutions of the World Trade Organization.

This course critically examines the phenomenon of globalisation, and the related changes currently underway in contemporary international economic law.

Cultural Heritage Law explores the interface between law and cultural heritage.

With the scope of legal regulation no longer limited to national territories, there is a need for a framework that recognises law as a global phenomenon with fluid boundaries.

This course deals in depth with the process of international commercial arbitration, which is one of the major growth areas of legal practice and the most widely used dispute resolution method in international business.