• Director of Studies: Professor Ian Ramsay

Overview

Melbourne Law School’s extensive subject offerings in commercial law allow students to tailor a program to complement their professional expertise and career pathway. Lawyers and other professionals will gain an understanding of many aspects of commercial law from both a domestic and international perspective, and subjects are available in areas as diverse as finance, competition law, dispute resolution, tax and intellectual property, as well as construction law, environment and resources law, private law, communications and sports law, enabling you to launch or expand your career across diverse legal areas.

Objectives and Skills

The Master of Commercial Law focuses on:

• Relevant aspects of commercial law
• An analysis of commercial law problems and the advanced application of commercial law principles
• Effective communication, both written and oral, in the commercial law context
• The theoretical framework of commercial law and related contemporary theoretical issues.

Requirements

Students must complete eight subjects in total.

Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete Fundamentals of the Common Law, as well as seven subjects from the prescribed list.

Students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete at least seven subjects from the prescribed list and may choose an eighth subject from those available in the Melbourne Law Masters (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law).

Director of Studies

Ian Ramsay






Lecturers - 2012

• Associate Professor Paul Ali
• Mr Leon Allen
• Professor Owen Anderson
• Ms Carol Andrades
• Professor Douglas Arner
• Professor Brian Arnold
• Professor Graeme Austin
• Mr John Baartz
• Professor Ian Bailey SC
• Associate Professor Elise Bant
• Professor Mark Bauer
• Mr Trevor Beadle
• Mr Matthew Bell
• Mr David Bennett QC
• Professor Rick Bigwood
• Professor Yariv Brauner
• Associate Professor David Brennan
• Mr Richard Bridgart
• Professor Philip Britton
• Professor Michael Bryan
• Associate Professor Ruth Buchanan
• Mr Godwin Busuttil
• Mr David Campbell-Williams
• Mr Michael Carrick
• Professor David Caudill
• Mr Gary Cazalet
• Mr Michael Chaaya
• Ms Anna Chapman
• Mr Michael Charles
• Professor Andrew Christie
• Ms Karin Clark
• Dr Matt Collins SC
• Associate Professor Sean Cooney
• Professor Breen Creighton
• Professor Michael Crommelin
• Mr Braham Dabscheck
• Professor Terence Daintith
• The Hon. Justice Jennifer Davies
• Professor Martin Davies
• Mr Jan Job de Vries Robbé
• Mr Aldrin De Zilva
• Mr John Digby QC
• Associate Professor Colin Duffield
• Professor Tony Duggan
• Mr Arlen Duke
• Mr Michael Earwaker
• Mr Michael Evans
• Professor Belinda Fehlberg
• Justice Ray Finkelstein QC
• Ms Kate Fischer
• Mr Ben Fitzpatrick
• Mr Michael Flynn
• Dr Anita Foerster
• Mr James Forrest
• Mr Peter Fox
• Mr Lloyd Freeburn
• Mr Martin Fry
• Associate Professor Jeremy Gans
• Professor Richard Garnett
• Associate Professor Beth Gaze
• Mr Jonathan Gill
• Mr Peter Gillies
• Professor Lee Godden
• Mr Andrew Godwin
• The Hon. Justice Michelle Gordon
• Professor Ros Grady
• Professor Stuart Green
• Mr Stewart Grieve
• Ms Erica Grundell
• Mr Peter Hallett
• Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan
• Dr Peter Harris
• Ms Raelene Harrison
• The Hon. Justice Kenneth Hayne AC
• Dr Ian Heath
• Ms Michelle Herring
• Mr Ray Hind
• Mr Paul Hockridge
• The Hon. Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth
• Mr Nick Hopkins
• Mr Tony Horan
• Associate Professor John Howe
• Professor Dan Hunter
• Mr Peter Janetzki
• Mr Sam Johnston
• Professor Doug Jones AM
• Ms Claire Kaylock
• Professor Andrew Kenyon
• Professor David Kershaw
• Associate Professor Michael Kobetsky
• Associate Professor Jürgen Kurtz
• Mr Rodd Levy
• Professor John Lowe
• Ms Janice Luck
• Mr Robert Macdonald
• Mr Mark Macrae
• Mr Des Maloney
• Mr Geoff Mansfield
• The Honourable Keith Mason AC QC
• Professor David McLauchlan
• Professor Bryan Mercurio
• Dr Alexandra Merrett
• Professor Andrew Mitchell
• Mr Carl Moller
• Professor Vince Morabito
• Professor Guy Mundlak
• Justice Bernard Murphy
• Mr Terry Murphy SC
• Mr Tim Neilson
• Mr Jamie Nettleton
• Dr Tania Obranovich
• Professor Ann O'Connell
• Ms Nadia Odorico
• Mr Ceda Ogada
• Mr Paul O'Grady
• Mr Frank O'Loughlin
• Mr Hayden Opie
• Mr Adrian O'Shannessy
• The Hon. Justice Tony Pagone
• Professor Sundhya Pahuja
• Ms Alice Palmer
• Associate Professor Andrew Palmer
• Mr James Paterson
• Dr Jeannie Paterson
• Associate Professor Jacqueline Peel
• Professor Lisa Philipps
• Professor Ian Ramsay
• Professor Megan Richardson
• Professor Sam Ricketson
• Mr Cameron Rider
• Professor Nelson Rose
• Mr Peter Rozen
• Dr Michael Rush
• Dr Robert Sanders
• Mr John Sharkey AM
• Ms Karen Sinclair
• Ms Shannon Smit
• Dr Rhonda Smith
• Professor Allen Snyder
• Mr Malcolm Speed
• Mr Richard Spurio
• Mr Andrew Stephenson
• Mr Trevor Stevens
• Mr Simon Steward SC
• Professor Miranda Stewart
• Mr John Stonier
• Professor Maurice Stucke
• Mr William Swadling
• Associate Professor Benny Tabalujan
• Mr David Tadgell
• Mr Antony Taubman
• Associate Professor Joo-Cheong Tham
• Professor Michael Tilbury
• Mr Michael Tuckfield
• Mr Simon Uthmeyer
• Professor Stefan Vogenauer
• Associate Professor Tania Voon
• Professor Reinout Vriesendorp
• Ms Jayashree Watal
• Ms Kimberlee Weatherall
• Mr David Webber
• Associate Professor Peter Williams
• Professor Philip Williams
• Mr Peter Wood
• Professor Roderick Wood
• Professor Sarah Worthington
• Mr Steven Wright
• Mr Richard York
• Associate Professor Margaret Young

This course does not have an advisory board..

Course Subjects for 2012

• Advanced Civil Litigation (Formerly Advanced Litigation)
• Advanced Construction Law (Formerly Advanced Construction Claims)
• Advanced International Tax: Offshore Entities (Formerly Taxation of Overseas Entities)
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Australian Consumer Law
• Banking and Finance in Asia (Formerly Banking and Debt Recovery in Asia)
• Banking and Finance Law: Principles and Transactions (Formerly Law of Secured Finance)
• Bargaining at Work (Formerly Bargaining at Work and Industrial Action)
• Behavioural Law and Economics
• Capital Gains Tax: Problems in Practice
• Class Actions
• Climate Change Law
• Commercial Law in Asia (Formerly Commercial Deals in Asia)
• Commercial Law: Principles and Policies
• Commercial Unconscionability
• Company Takeovers
• Comparative Companies Law in Asia
• Comparative Corporate Governance
• Comparative Corporate Tax (Formerly Comparative Business Tax)
• Comparative Tort Law: The United States and Australia
• Competition Law and Intellectual Property
• Construction Contract Analysis and Drafting (Formerly Advanced Construction Contracts)
• Construction Dispute Resolution
• Construction Law (Formerly Construction Contracts)
• Construction Risk: Allocation and Insurance
• Construction: Principles into Practice
• Contract Interpretation (Formerly Commercial Contracts)
• Copyright Law
• Corporate and White Collar Criminal Law
• Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties
• Corporate Insolvency and Reconstruction
• Corporate Tax A (Shareholders, Debt and Equity)
• Corporate Tax B (Consolidation and Losses) Formerly Corporate Tax B (Companies and
• Current Issues in Family Law (Formerly Family Law)
• Debt Capital Markets (Formerly Securitisation)
• Defamation Law
• Designs Law and Practice
• Developing Countries and the WTO
• Economics for Competition Lawyers
• Employment Contract Law (Formerly Employment Law)
• Energy Regulation and the Law (Formerly Regulation and the Law)
• Environmental Rights
• Equality and Discrimination at Work (Formerly Anti-Discrimination Law at Work)
• Equity and Commerce
• Event Management Law
• Expert Evidence
• Film and Television Law: Production, Financing and Distribution
• Financial Services Law
• Fiscal Reform and Development
• Foundations of Tax Law (Formerly Australian Income Tax System)
• Fundamentals of Patent Drafting
• Fundamentals of the Common Law
• Gambling, Policy and the Law
• Global Commercial Contract Law
• Global Financial Order: IMF and World Bank
• Goods and Services Tax Principles
• Information Technology Contracting Law
• Infrastructure Delivery Law (Formerly Infrastructure Delivery A: Principles and Practice)
• Intangible Asset Valuation: Law and Practice
• International and Comparative Competition Law
• International Business Transactions
• International Commercial Arbitration
• International Construction Law
• International Corporate Insolvency
• International Economic Law
• International Employment Law (Formerly International and Comparative Labour Law)
• International Environmental Law
• International Financial System: Law and Practice
• International Financial Transactions: Law and Practice
• International Investment Law and Arbitration
• International Issues in Intellectual Property
• International Maritime Law
• International Petroleum Transactions
• International Sports Employment Law (Formerly International Sports Labour Law)
• International Tax: Principles and Structure
• International Trade Law
• International Trade, Intellectual Property and Public Health (Formerly Trade, Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health)
• Internet Law
• Interpretation and Validity of Patent Specifications
• Labour Standards under the Fair Work Act (Cth) (Formerly Regulating Working Conditions)
• Law and Economics of Access Regulation
• Licensing Law and Technology Transfer
• Market Power and Competition Law
• Mineral and Petroleum Tax
• Mineral Law
• Not-for-Profit Organisations: Current Regulatory and Governance Issues
• Patent Law
• Patent Practice
• Payment Matters in Construction Projects
• Principles of Construction Law
• Principles of Employment Law
• Privacy Law (Formerly Privacy and Data Protection)
• Project Finance
• Proof in Litigation
• Public Private Partnerships Law (Formerly Infrastructure Delivery B: Public Private Partnerships)
• Regulation of Securities Markets
• Remedies in Commercial Law
• Remedies in the Construction Context (Formerly Current Application of Legal Remedies)
• Residential Construction Law
• Resources Joint Ventures
• Secured Transactions: The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (Formerly Secured Transactions)
• Sport, Commerce and the Law
• Sports Law: Entities and Governance
• Statutes in the 21st Century
• Superannuation Law
• Tax Avoidance and Planning (Formerly Current Issues in Tax Avoidance)
• Tax Litigation
• Tax Treaties
• Taxation of Business and Investment Income (Formerly Taxation of Business and Investment Income A)
• Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions
• Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises
• Taxation of Superannuation
• Taxation of Trusts
• The Law of Restitution (Formerly Restitution Law in Commercial Practice)
• Trade Mark Practice
• Trade Marks and Unfair Competition
• Trade, Human Rights and Development
• Transfer Pricing: Practice and Problems
• US Corporate and International Tax
• US Intellectual Property Law
• Water Law and Natural Resources Management (Formerly Water Law)
• Workplace Health and Safety
• WTO Law and Dispute Settlement

# Offered in 2012

All Subjects

• Accounting for Commercial Lawyers
• Advanced Civil Litigation (Formerly Advanced Litigation) #
• Advanced Construction Law (Formerly Advanced Construction Claims) #
• Advanced Evidence
• Advanced International Tax: Offshore Entities (Formerly Taxation of Overseas Entities) #
• Alternative Dispute Resolution #
• Australian Consumer Law #
• Avoiding and Managing Construction Disputes
• Banking and Finance in Asia (Formerly Banking and Debt Recovery in Asia) #
• Banking and Finance Law: Principles and Transactions (Formerly Law of Secured Finance) #
• Bargaining at Work (Formerly Bargaining at Work and Industrial Action) #
• Behavioural Law and Economics #
• Capital Gains Tax: Problems in Practice #
• Cartels and Competition Law
• Chinese Tax and Investment Law
• Class Actions #
• Climate Change Law #
• Commercial Law in Asia (Formerly Commercial Deals in Asia) #
• Commercial Law: Principles and Policies #
• Commercial Unconscionability #
• Communications Law
• Company Takeovers #
• Comparative Companies Law in Asia #
• Comparative Corporate Governance #
• Comparative Corporate Tax (Formerly Comparative Business Tax) #
• Comparative International Tax
• Comparative Tort Law: The United States and Australia #
• Competition and New Technologies
• Competition Law and Intellectual Property #
• Construction Contract Analysis and Drafting (Formerly Advanced Construction Contracts) #
• Construction Dispute Resolution #
• Construction Law (Formerly Construction Contracts) #
• Construction Risk: Allocation and Insurance #
• Construction: Principles into Practice #
• Consumer Credit: Recent Developments and Emerging Issues (formerly Consumer Banking)
• Contract Interpretation (Formerly Commercial Contracts) #
• Copyright Law #
• Corporate and White Collar Criminal Law #
• Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties #
• Corporate Insolvency and Reconstruction #
• Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law
• Corporate Tax A (Shareholders, Debt and Equity) #
• Corporate Tax B (Consolidation and Losses) Formerly Corporate Tax B (Companies and #
• Current Issues in Family Law (Formerly Family Law) #
• Debt Capital Markets (Formerly Securitisation) #
• Defamation Law #
• Derivatives Law and Practice
• Design and Construct: Specialised Construction Contracts
• Designs Law and Practice #
• Developing Countries and the WTO #
• Dispute System Design
• Economics for Competition Lawyers #
• Employment Contract Law (Formerly Employment Law) #
• Energy Regulation and the Law (Formerly Regulation and the Law) #
• Enforcing Competition and Consumer Law (formerly Enforcing Competition Law)
• Entertainment Law
• Environmental Law (formerly Environmental Law: Science and Regulation)
• Environmental Rights #
• Equality and Discrimination at Work (Formerly Anti-Discrimination Law at Work) #
• Equity and Commerce #
• European Tax Law
• Event Management Law #
• Expert Evidence #
• Film and Television Law: Production, Financing and Distribution #
• Financial Services Law #
• Fiscal Reform and Development #
• Foundations of Tax Law (Formerly Australian Income Tax System) #
• Fundamentals of Patent Drafting #
• Fundamentals of the Common Law #
• Gambling, Policy and the Law #
• Global Commercial Contract Law #
• Global Financial Order: IMF and World Bank #
• Goods and Services Tax Principles #
• Information Security Law
• Information Technology Contracting Law #
• Infrastructure Delivery Law (Formerly Infrastructure Delivery A: Principles and Practice) #
• Insurance Law
• Intangible Asset Valuation: Law and Practice #
• Intellectual Property Litigation Practice
• International and Comparative Competition Law #
• International and Comparative Copyright Law
• International and Comparative Trade Mark Law
• International Arbitration Workshop
• International Business Transactions #
• International Commercial Arbitration #
• International Construction Law #
• International Corporate Insolvency #
• International Economic Law #
• International Employment Law (Formerly International and Comparative Labour Law) #
• International Environmental Law #
• International Financial System: Law and Practice #
• International Financial Transactions: Law and Practice #
• International Investment Law and Arbitration #
• International Issues in Intellectual Property #
• International Lending Transactions: Negotiation and Documentation
• International Maritime Law #
• International Petroleum Transactions #
• International Sale of Goods
• International Sports Employment Law (Formerly International Sports Labour Law) #
• International Tax: Principles and Structure #
• International Trade Law #
• International Trade, Intellectual Property and Public Health (Formerly Trade, Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health) #
• Internet Law #
• Interpretation and Validity of Patent Specifications #
• Labour Standards under the Fair Work Act (Cth) (Formerly Regulating Working Conditions) #
• Law and Economics of Access Regulation #
• Licensing Law and Technology Transfer #
• Managed Investments Law
• Market Power and Competition Law #
• Merger Regulation under Competition Law
• Mineral and Petroleum Tax #
• Mineral Law #
• Not-for-Profit Organisations: Current Regulatory and Governance Issues #
• OTC Derivatives: US and International Practice, Regulation and Policy Issues
• Patent Law #
• Patent Practice #
• Payment Matters in Construction Projects #
• Petroleum Law
• Planning Law
• Principles of Construction Law #
• Principles of Corporate Law
• Principles of Employment Law #
• Privacy Law (Formerly Privacy and Data Protection) #
• Professional Services Management
• Project Finance #
• Proof in Litigation #
• Public Private Partnerships Law (Formerly Infrastructure Delivery B: Public Private Partnerships) #
• Racing Industry Law and Regulation
• Regulation of Securities Markets #
• Regulation of Securities Offerings
• Remedies in Commercial Law #
• Remedies in the Construction Context (Formerly Current Application of Legal Remedies) #
• Residential Construction Law #
• Resource and Environment Taxes
• Resources Joint Ventures #
• Schemes of Arrangement
• Secured Transactions: The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (Formerly Secured Transactions) #
• Shareholders’ Rights and Remedies (formerly Shareholders’ Remedies)
• Sport, Commerce and the Law #
• Sports Law: Entities and Governance #
• Sports Marketing Law
• State Taxes and Duties
• Statutes in the 21st Century #
• Superannuation Law #
• Sustainability Law and Governance
• Tax Avoidance and Planning (Formerly Current Issues in Tax Avoidance) #
• Tax Effective Writing: Written Advocacy
• Tax Litigation #
• Tax Policy
• Tax Treaties #
• Taxation of Business and Investment Income (Formerly Taxation of Business and Investment Income A) #
• Taxation of Financial Instruments
• Taxation of Intellectual Property
• Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions #
• Taxation of Remuneration
• Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises #
• Taxation of Sport
• Taxation of Superannuation #
• Taxation of Trusts #
• The Law of Restitution (Formerly Restitution Law in Commercial Practice) #
• Trade Mark Practice #
• Trade Marks and Unfair Competition #
• Trade, Human Rights and Development #
• Transfer Pricing: Practice and Problems #
• Trusts in Commerce
• UK Tax: Principles and New Developments
• US Corporate and International Tax #
• US Intellectual Property Law #
• US Sports Law (formerly Introduction to United States Sports Law)
• Water Law and Natural Resources Management (Formerly Water Law) #
• Workplace Health and Safety #
• WTO Law and Dispute Settlement #