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Graduate Diploma in Asian Law 726

Overview

The Asian law program is ideal for lawyers and other professionals dealing with Asian legal systems in commercial, legal, development assistance, security or policy capacities, or for researchers and scholars interested in Asia. International students will also benefit from the program’s diverse choice of subjects, exposure to teaching staff who speak Asian languages and access to the Asian Law Centre – Australia’s first and largest centre devoted to developing understandings of Asian laws and legal systems. Covering a range of Asian legal systems and societies, the program offers insights into laws and institutions that will determine how the ‘Asian century’ unfolds.

Objectives and Skills

The Graduate Diploma in Asian Law focuses on:

  • The legal systems of East and South East Asia in their social, political and economic context
  • How Asian lawyers, business people and legislators may respond to particular legal issues
  • The relevance of different Asian legal experiences in Australia
  • The articulation of knowledge and understanding in oral and written presentations
  • The design, conduct and reporting of original research.

 

Requirements

Students must complete four subjects from the prescribed list.

Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subjectAustralian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.


Graduate Diploma in Asian Law 726

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Graduate Diploma in Asian Law 726