Master of Business Law (MBL)
A flexible qualification in business law and regulation, this program offers candidates the opportunity to select from the entire range of units offered through the Sydney Law School’s commercial law, corporate, securities and finance law, international business law, international taxation and taxation programs. Candidates can choose from up to 70 units of study in any given year, the largest choice of any coursework master's at the Law School besides the Master of Laws (LLM).
Program Co-ordinator
Associate Professor Roger Magnusson
Admission requirements
Candidates must hold an undergraduate degree at an appropriate level in accountancy, business, commerce or another suitable discipline. Candidates enrolling in the Master of Taxation (M Tax) units must complete New Income Tax system and/or any other pre-requisites. Candidates may also have to complete Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System if they do not have a degree in accountancy or if they have not completed legal studies in a business or commerce degree within a common law jurisdiction.
Program structure
The Master of Business Law (MBL) requires the completion of 48 credit points, equivalent to eight units of study. Most of the units on offer carry a value of six credit points each. Students choose from the entire range of relevant units on offer, a guide of which is listed below.
Attendance Pattern
Each unit of study entails 26 contact hours. Units are offered on a semester length basis or intensive basis. Semester length units are taught once a week over 13 weeks on either a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evening between 6pm and 8pm. Intensive units of study condense the 26 hours over a period of four to five days. The units are then taught between 9am and 5pm over a block period. For example, an intensive unit may be taught two consecutive days one week and then two consecutive days in a fortnight's time. All classes are held in the Law School or another Sydney CBD location.
Duration
|
Mode |
Timeframe |
|---|---|
| Full-time | 1-3 years |
| Part-time | 2-6 years |
Units of study
| Units of study |
|---|
| Advanced Customs Law |
| Advanced Financing Techniques |
| Advanced Goods & Services Tax |
| Advanced International Trade Regulation |
| Aspects of European Union Commercial Law |
| Australian Financial Services Regulation |
| Australian International Taxation |
| Breach of Contract |
| Chinese Legal System & Foreign Investment Law |
| Class Actions & Complex Litigation |
| Commercial Equity |
| Commercial Maritime Law |
| Comparative Admiralty & Maritime Law |
| Comparative Competition Law |
| Comparative Constitutional Law |
| Comparative Contracts |
| Comparative Corporate Governance |
| Comparative Corporate Tax |
| Comparative Income Tax |
| Comparative International Taxation |
| Comparative Product Liability |
| Comparative Taxation of Financial Transactions |
| Comparative Value Added Tax |
| Competition Law |
| Competition Law in the Global Context |
| Compliance: Theory & Practice in the Financial Services Industry |
| Construction Law |
| Consumer Protection Law: Regulation of Unfair Marketing Practices |
| Consumer Protection Law: Liability of Suppliers to Consumers |
| Contract Negotiation |
| Contractual Damages |
| Controlling Liability by Contract |
| Corporate Fundraising |
| Corporate Taxation |
| Current Issues in Defamation Law |
| Current Issues in Directors' Duties |
| Current Issues in the Law of Trade Mark & Unfair Competition |
| Customs Law |
| Debt Financing |
| Doing Business in China |
| Enforcement of US Securities Laws |
| Equity Financing |
| Executive Remuneration |
| Fundamentals of Corporate Insolvency |
| Goods and Services Tax Principles |
| GST - International Issues |
| Human Rights & the Global Economy |
| Insolvency Law |
| Insurance Law |
| Intellectual Property & the Internet |
| Intellectual Property: Issues in Creative Rights |
| Intellectual Property: Issues in Marketing Rights |
| International & Comparative Law of Trusts |
| International Business Law |
| International Commercial Arbitration |
| International Dispute Resolution: Practice & Procedure |
| International Protection of Intellectual Property |
| International Sale of Goods |
| International Securitisation Law & Practice |
| International Trade & Environment |
| International Trade Regulation |
| Interpreting Commercial Contracts |
| Introduction to Chinese Law |
| Introductory Corporate Law |
| Issues in Electronic Commerce |
| Issues in the Law of Copyright |
| Japanese Law |
| Japanese Law & the Economy |
| Joint & Proportionate Liability |
| Jurisprudence of Tax |
| Labour Law in the New Economy |
| Law & Society in Indonesia |
| Legal Reasoning & the Common Law System |
| Legal Regulation of Economic Activity |
| Martime Law |
| Modern Corporate Governance |
| Netherlands International Tax |
| New Zealand International Taxation |
| Practical Legal Effects of the Interaction of Tort and Contract |
| Principles of Defamation Law |
| Principles of Intellectual Property |
| Privacy, Surveillance & Fair Information Practices |
| Public Policy |
| Public International Law |
| Recent Developments in Contract Remedies |
| Recent Developments in EC Income Tax Law |
| Regulation of Collective Investments |
| Regulation of Derivatives, Products & Markets |
| Restitution for Unjust Enrichment |
| Sports Law |
| Stamp Duties |
| Takeovers & Reconstructions |
| Tax Administration |
| Tax & Economic Development |
| Tax of Financial Institutions & Transactions |
| Tax Incentives |
| Tax Law in Asia and the Pacific |
| Tax of Business and Investment Income A |
| Tax of Business and Investment Income B |
| Tax of CFCs, FIFs and Transferor Trusts |
| Tax Litigation |
| Tax Treaties |
| Taxation of Controlled Foreign Companies, Foreign Investment Funds & Transferor Trusts |
| Taxation of Corporate Groups |
| Taxation of Mergers & Acquisitions |
| Taxation of Partnerships and Trusts |
| Taxation of Remuneration |
| Taxation of Superannuation & Insurance |
| Telecommunications Law |
| The Impact of Tax on Business Structures & Operations |
| The Law of Agency |
| The Legal System of the European Union |
| Trade & Commerce in European Law |
| Transfer Pricing in International Taxation |
| Transnational Commercial Litigation |
| US Corporate Law |
| US Government Contract Law |
| US Media Law |
| UK International Taxation |
| US International Taxation |
Staff
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