C04149v3 Master of International Trade Law

Overview

The International Trade Law program allows legal practitioners and other professionals to extend their knowledge in the area of international trade law.

With the rapid globalisation of markets and economies over the past decade, legal practitioners and other professionals have a strong imperative to extend their expertise in this expanding area. This course identifies a range of topics which underpin current and ongoing areas of study in international trade law, namely:

• multilateral liberalisation of trade in goods and services: GATT 1994, GATS and WTO
• the role of regional trading blocs: NAFTA, ASEAN, EU, CER, MERCOUSOR
• exceptions to liberalisation: agriculture, textiles and clothing, sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures, and music and film
• anti-dumping and countervailing duties in a global economy
• foreign investment and the multilateral investment agreement
• regulation of financial markets: the Asian experience
• international commercial arbitration
• dispute resolution and the WTO, and
• intellectual property and trade: TRIPS.

Career options

Career options include legal practitioner, or adviser to government or business, specialising in international trade issues.

Articulation

Additional admission requirements

Applicants require a Bachelor's degree.

Note that completion of a Bachelor's degree alone does not guarantee entry into this course. Admission is at the discretion of the Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning.

Course duration and attendance

The course can be completed in a minimum of one year of full-time study or two years of part-time study.

Course structure

Two streams are available within the International Trade Law program.

• Students who hold an undergraduate legal qualification commence with one core introductory subject (6 credit points) followed by an additional seven subjects (42 credit points).
• Students who hold an undergraduate degree in a discipline other than law commence with two core introductory subjects (12 credit points) followed by an additional six subjects (36 credit points).

Course completion requirements

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Course program

Subjects are regularly timetabled but not all subjects listed are offered in any one semester. Timetabled subjects are offered subject to sufficient student interest. The current timetable can be found at:

Levels of award

To qualify for Honours in the Master's program candidates must complete the two-semester Research Project, and attain a minimum average mark of 75 per cent across all subjects attempted.

Other information

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