1997 QUT Handbook

estate growth/wealth creation, estate protection from exigencies
such as death, disablement and bankruptcy and estate
distribution, either inter vivos or on death. Strategies employed
and issues to be considered within each of these elements
will be covered and the inter-relationship between each
element will also be highlighted.
Courses: LW50, LW51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ LWN084 INTERNATIONAL MARINE
POLLUTION LAW
The protection and preservation of the marine environment
has developed into an important aspect of marine law. International
conventions and agreements, combined with Commonwealth,
state and territory legislation has resulted in a
complex matrix of laws and practice. The subject is not being
given the prominence in law studies that it now merits.
The pollution of the sea is a major problem and a study of its
legal regimes is beneficial towards addressing it.
Courses: LW50, LW51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ LWN085 INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA
International law of the sea has always been of importance
to island countries like Australia, but has taken an added
importance with Australia’s added maritime jurisdiction of
the 200 n.m. exclusive economic zone under the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982. The focus
of this unit will be the development of the law of the sea
and a study of the current issues, with particular emphasis
on the Australian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Ocean areas.
Courses: LW50, LW51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ LWN086 SELECTED ISSUES IN PRACTISING
LAW
The face of legal practice is changing constantly. Today there
are many influences upon the practice of law. This is a time
of assessing and reassessing the needs of the legal profession
and of the client. Therefore it is timely to consider some
of these important and contemporary issues. This unit seeks
to address selected and topical aspects of practising law in
the wider context as well as day-to-day.
Courses: LW50, LW51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ LWN087 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN TORTS
Advanced level study of contemporary issues in torts enables
a detailed consideration of selected matters at a time of
great change in this area of the law. The practical, theoretical
and comparative analysis of the selected issues will extend
understanding of this fundamental and significant part
of general legal practice and the inter-relationship with contiguous
fields of legal principle.
Courses: LW50, LW51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ LWN088 GOVERNMENT LAW, POLICY &
PRACTICE
This unit examines key aspects of the law and policy-making
process surrounding the development of legislation and
the operation of government, especially in Queensland. Topics
covered include: the internationalisation of Australian
law and policy making, civil and criminal liability of the
crown and crown employees, scrutiny of legislation (including
Queensland’s “fundamental legislative principles”),
grounds for challenging legislation, crown immunity, government
contract-making, native title law and practice for
the public and private sectors, legal issues in government
accountability, the role and function of key bodies in the
executive and legislative arms of government, the governmental
policy making process and governmental trade practices
liability.
Courses: LW50, LW51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ LWN089 CURRENT LEGAL PROBLEMS
AFFECTING SPORTS
Sport and the law is a growing area of legal practice. The
inter-relationship of the sporting culture, commercialised activities
and a wide range of relevant legal areas provides a
unique mix for the study of many overlapping areas of law
and social policy. Topics covered include: liability of sports
organisations and participants for injury or damage; legislative
and common law intrusion onto the sporting field; construction,
operation and maintenance of sports facilites; the
right to control and sanction sport participants; securing
sponshorship and endorsement rights; sports marketing and
the exploitation of the intellectual and personal property of
teams and atheletes; industrial relations and sport; broadcasting
of sporting events; sports business and trade practices.
Courses: LW50, LW51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ LWN090 CORPORATE TAXATION
Along with Taxation of Non-Corporate Entities dealing with
partnerships and trusts, this one semester course considers
the taxation of entities in a domestic setting in Australia
(international issues are considered in Taxation of International
Transactions). Corporate Taxation consists of a detailed
consideration of the income and capital gains tax treatment
of companies and shareholders in a context where companies
are taxed on a separate basis from their shareholders
but with an imputation system to reconcile in part the treatment
of the company and the shareholders, compared to entities/owners
which are currently taxed on a look through
and/or proxy basis.
Courses: LW50, LW51, LW60
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ LWN091 TAXATION OF NON-CORPORATE
ENTITIES
Along with Corporate Taxation, this one semester course considers
the taxation of entities in a domestic setting in Australia
(international issues are considered in Taxation of International
Transactions). Taxation of Non-Corporate Entities
consists of a detailed consideration of the income and capital
gains tax treatment of partnerships and trusts in a context where
entities/owners are taxed on a look through and/or proxy basis
compared to companies that are currently taxed on a separate
basis from their shareholders but with an imputation system.
Courses: LW50, LW51, LW60
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ LWN092 AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION &
CITIZENSHIP LAW
The legal rules which form the backbone of Australia’s immigration
regime continue to be of great importance commercially,
socially and politically. Immigration law is becoming
a specialist area, even more so since the introduction of the
Migration Agent Registration Scheme. Topics covered in this
course will include Australian citizenship; the immigration
regime and functions under the Migration Act 1958 and the
Migration Regulations, the role of Government Policies; permanent
and temporary entry into Australia on family grounds,
on employment grounds, with independent and concessional
visas, relying on business skills, humanitarian entry; processing
and other issues common to visa classes; unlawful persons;
review of immigration and citizenship decisions; and
Migration Agents Registration Scheme.
Courses: LW50, LW51
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ LWN100 HONOURS DISSERTATION
A dissertation by students enrolled in the Master of Laws by
Coursework who have obtained 96 credit points with a GPA
of 6 or better. The dissertation is between 20 000 and 30 000
words in length.
Courses: LW50, LW51 Credit Points: 48
■ LWR002 THESIS
Courses: LW50 Credit Points: 48
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UNIT SYNOPSES