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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