Showing 21 courses for the subject Law
Advanced Contract
LAWS303
An in-depth study of selected topics and specialised contracts.
Advanced Public Law
LAWS320
An in-depth study of selected issues concerning public powers and their impact in society.
A supervised programme of study agreed between the student and supervisor and approved by the Director Postgraduate Studies.
Pacific Legal Studies
LAWS347
Selected topics on the legal systems of Pacific states including their historical development, the relationship of customs to imported and enacted law, and the implications of independence.
Advanced Legal Study
LAWS581
Research methodologies, legal theories and basic skills required for successful postgraduate study in law.
Advanced Torts
LAWS302
An in-depth study of selected topics in the law of torts.
This seminar, inspired by a recent speech by Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann, looks at public law in Aotearoa New Zealand, its distinctiveness, the different ways it has been shaped and how it might be reshaped in the future. Students will study the s...
Comparative Law
LAWS345
Techniques and advantages of comparative legal research, and a general study of selected legal systems in their historical, political and socio-economic contexts.
Private International Law
LAWS375
Selected studies in the law governing civil and commercial relations and proceedings that transcend national boundaries, and the resolution of disputes.
ST: Legal Issues in the Pacific
LAWS396
Pacific people and legal identity are the critical study of legal systems and issues within the Pacific region. This course provides students with the opportunity to build a comprehensive understanding and undertake research of importance to the Paci...
This course will illustrate, analyse, and evaluate patterns of fraud and corruption in international context. Participants will be given the opportunity by the means of case studies to develop an understanding how fraud and corruption takes place in ...
Study of current issues in financial markets regulation in New Zealand. Co-taught with LAWS 547.
International Trade Law
LAWS504
Students in this course will study key legal agreements, dispute settlement processes and related issues in international trade, including the World Trade Organisation agreements relating to goods, services and intellectual property and dispute settl...
From climate change protests to the recent demonstrations against Covid-19 restrictions, individuals have engaged in different types of illegal acts. Are those acts not only illegal, but also ‘wrong’? In other words, when are we morally justified to ...
This course will illustrate, analyse, and evaluate patterns of fraud and corruption in an international context. Participants will be given the opportunity by the means of case studies to develop an understanding how fraud and corruption takes place ...
Study of current issues in financial markets regulation in New Zealand. Co-taught with LAWS 447.
This course provides an overview of New Zealand’s and Australia’s legal systems and sources of law. It is primarily designed for students without an LLB (or other first degree in law) and admission is by approval of the Director of Postgraduate Studi...
ST: Patent Drafting
LAWS555
This course provides the foundations necessary to understand how patents are drafted and to devel the practical skills necessary to draft patent specification claims. The course uses case studies that reflect issues th arise with drafting. Students t...
Legal Writing
LAWS582
Independent research on a topic in a student's chosen field of law subject to the approval of the Director of Postgraduate Studies. The paper's supervisor will have expertise in the subject area of the research. This major piece of writing demands si...
Directed Individual Study
LAWS529
A supervised programme of study agreed between the student and supervisor and approved by the Director Postgraduate Studies.
Law and Sexuality
LAWS333
A study of the law as regulator and prescriber of human sexuality. Topics include the legal position of intersexuality, the extent to which the law operates to enforce heterosexuality, and queer theory as methodology and critique. Students will be di...
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