Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Business, Economics & Law

School

Law School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

Lecture 2 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 1 Hour/ Week

Incompatible

LAWS7153

Prerequisite

(LAWS1700 + 1701 + 1702 + 2702 + 2703 + ((2704 + 2705) or 2709) + 2706 + 2707); or (LAWS1113 + 1114 + 2111 + 2112 + 3111 + 3112 + 3113 + 3114 + 4112)

Restricted

LLB(Hons)(#64), LLB(Hons)(#48), LLB (Graduate Entry), LLB(Hons) duals and LLB dual programs.

Course enquiries

Prof C. Forrest

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable

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Course description

The legal system of a State reflects its society's values. As a result, national laws and the structure of domestic judicial systems vary considerably. In an increasingly global and interconnected world legal situations or events arise that bring these different national systems into contact and conflict. This could be commercial transactions between entities in different States, marriage and other family law issues between nationals of different States, or torts in one State affecting nationals in other States. When such conflicts, or differences, arise in an Australian context, national laws and procedures need to be in place to resolve them. This course addresses such a conflict of laws in Australia in three parts: first, which State ought to have jurisdiction to adjudicate the dispute; second, which State's laws ought to apply to the dispute; and third, how a judgement from a court in one State might be recognised and enforced in another State.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2018 (23/07/2018 - 17/11/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2017 (24/07/2017 - 18/11/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2016 (25/07/2016 - 19/11/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2015 (27/07/2015 - 21/11/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile