LLB ELECTIVES FOR SUMMER 2009/2010

Enrolment opens 1 October 2009. Refer to online subject descriptions for further information - http://www.uow.edu.au/handbook/

LLB 351 Special Study in Law B - Bills of Rights in Comparative Perspective 
(9, 10, 11, 18 December)
Debra Parkes, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, Canada

In the context of Australia’s National Human Rights Consultation (due to report in September 2009), this subject will explore debates about bills of rights in Australia. Students will consider issues such as the appropriate (and varying) roles and responsibilities of courts and legislatures in a constitutional democracy, the protection of minority rights, and the ability of governments to override rights to pursue valid objectives. The course will draw upon experience at the Australian state and territorial level, as well as in countries such as Canada, the United States, Israel, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, where various models of rights protection have been implemented.

LLB 377 Special Study in Law E - Transnational Crime and Transnational Policing 
(14-17 December)
James Sheptycki, Professor of Criminology, York University, Canada

This subject will concentrate attention on the specialist literature that relates to transnational crime and policing.  It will take a transnational view of criminology.  The subject will focus on, inter alia: transnational and comparative criminology; transnational policing; and, more generally, understanding the ways in which crime, crime definition and crime control feed into the world system and its governance.

LLB 376 Special Study in Law D - Law of International Organizations 
(8, 11, 14, 15 January)
Bill Edeson, Professorial Fellow, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong

This subject will deal with intergovernmental organizations, focusing on their legal personality, powers, membership, privileges and immunities, dispute settlement, and the legal responsibility of international organizations. It will deal with the UN, in particular the Security Council and the General Assembly, as well as some of the global agencies such as FAO, ILO, UNESCO and WTO. The role of regional organizations will also be considered. Some issues that will be considered in this context, are: peacekeeping operations, the role of humanitarian intervention, the evolving role of NATO, the Serbian, Iraqi and Afghanistan interventions.

LLB 355 Bankruptcy & Corporate Insolvency Law & Practice 
(19-22 January)
Ed Muston, Barrister, Selborne Chambers & Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong

This subject examines the legal principles governing the ‘mop-up’ after corporate collapses. Topics include: the duties of directors and companies in the period leading up to a corporate collapse; the position of creditors employees and shareholders of the insolvent entity after collapse; and the roles and duties of the various forms of administrator that may be appointed to an insolvent entity.