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Handbook of Postgraduate Studies – 2004through the creation of financial products. The coursealso deals with securities regulation and the rules underwhich financial products may be sold.LAW871 Taxation Law4 pg cpThis unit examines the legal and constitutional basis oftaxation in Australia with consideration of the legal conceptsof income and capital and the fiscal treatment ofindividual, corporate, and other taxpaying entities. Areview is made of the general and specific provisions ofthe Income Tax Assessment Act and allied Acts, togetherwith a brief comparative look at taxes in other fields. Theemphasis is on legal aspects of taxation as illustrated bycase law.LAW878 Environmental Law and PolicyClinic6 pg cpThis unit will provide students with the techniques andprocedures used to resolve environmental law and policyissues. It provides for clinical placement opportunitiesthat expose students to real people, real situations, reallegal problems and policy initiatives. This unit enablesstudents to give practical effect to skills learnt in otherLaw units.LAW879 Environmental Law and PolicyClinic4 pg cpThis unit will provide students with the techniques andprocedures used to resolve environmental law and policyissues. It provides for clinical placement opportunitiesthat expose students to real people, real situations, reallegal problems and policy initiatives. This unit enablesstudents to give practical effect to skills learnt in otherLaw units.POL837 East Asia and the InternationalPolitical Economy4 pg cpThis unit employs a political-economic understanding toilluminate processes of change and development in theEast Asian region. The primary theme is the establishmentthere of a “western” political-economic order.including world society, world authority, power politicsand Marxist approaches, the sub-streams of strategicstudies, behaviourism, peace and conflict studies, plusthe third world, feminist and post-modernist critiques.POL842 Politics of International Law4 pg cpA study of the nature of international law in relation tothe operation of municipal or domestic law. It looks at thesources of international law and certain key topicsincluding statehood and recognition, the use of force,succession and jurisdiction. The emphasis is on the interactionbetween law and politics and such questions as tothe effectiveness/ ineffectiveness of international law,especially in the case of treaties.POL845 International Institutions4 pg cpA study of the role of international institutions, such asthe UN Security Council and World Health Organisation,IMP and the World Bank, in the context of world orderand the management and regulation of relations betweenstates and other global actors. Particular attention is givento the UN system, to peacekeeping and global economicmanagement.POL849International Political Economy4 pg cpThe ascendancy of international political economy (IPE)within the disciplinary umbrella of international relations(IR) has reflected both global processes and a belief thatto understand international order more fully, one woulddo well to integrate an understanding of economic powerwielded by both state and non-state actors. This is anadvanced IPE unit examining power, change and inequalityin the global political economy. In addition to theperennial debates, current issues in the political economyof international relations are also addressed. This offersan opportunity to review both the major interpretive traditionsin IR as well as more recent theoretical developments.POL840 The International System4 pg cpAn overview of global politics focusing on an analysis ofthe nature, measurement and exercise of power in internationalrelations; the study of the clash of interests andthe nature of conflict and war between the major players;and, a consideration of the moral and institutional constraintsdeveloped by the global community on the exerciseof power.POL841 Theory of International Relations4 pg cpA survey of the main theoretical approaches to conceptualiseand explain how international relations operates,290