James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2002

Bachelor of Business – Bachelor of Laws

Townsville; Cairns

level 1

BU1000:03 Business Communication and Information Technology
BU1010:03 Business Statistics
CO1002:03 Contemporary Accounting Principles and Systems 1
LA1004:03 Principles of Criminal Law B
LA1005:03 Principles of Criminal Law A
LA1006:03 Legal Studies
LA1007:03 Legal Research and Analysis
MG1731:03 Principles of Management

level 2

LA1011:03 Torts A – Specific Torts
LA1012:03 Torts B – Negligence
LA2011:03 Contract Law 1
LA2012:03 Contract Law 2
LA2013:03 Constitutional Law 1
LA2014:03 Constitutional Law 2
6 level 1 units drawn from Business, Commerce, Economics, Management and/or Tourism. EC1005 is recommended.

level 3

CO2611:03 Applied Financial Management
LA2015:03 Land Law 1
LA2016:03 Land Law 2
LA3006:03 Administrative Law
LA3011:03 Commercial Law 1
LA3012:03 Commercial Law 2
MG2702:03 Marketing Management
6 level 2 units drawn from Business, Commerce, Economics, Management and/or Tourism. BU2010 and MG2710 are recommended.

level 4

LA3013:03 Principles of Equity
LA3014:03 Law of Trusts
LA3015:03 Company Law 1
LA3016:03 Company Law 2
12 level 3 units drawn from Business, Commerce, Economics, Management and/or Tourism. MG3774 is recommended.

level 5

LA3004:03 Evidence
22 units from selected level 4 subjects in Law.

Elective Program

CO3201:02 Trust Accounts and Bookkeeping (July block mode)
LA4005:03 Jurisprudence (Sem 1)
LA4007:03 Succession (July block mode)
LA4011:03 Environmental Law (Sem 2)
LA4012:03 Public International Law (Sem 2)
LA4013:03 Law of Corporate Investigations (Sem 2)
LA4014:03 Clinical Legal Studies (Sem 1) (quota applies)
LA4019:03 Conveyancing and Drafting (Sem 1)
LA4022:03 Civil Procedure (Sem 1)
LA4023:03 Taxation Law (Sem 1)
LA4024:03 Advanced Taxation (Sem 2)
LA4032:03 Family Law (Sem 2)

A candidate for the joint degree with Honours in Law must include LA4026 Research Dissertation as part of the approved course of study.

Notes:

1. Students wishing to seek accreditation from the legal professional bodies as a barrister or solicitor will need to include:

CO3201:02 Trust Accounts and Bookkeeping (July block mode)
LA4009:01 Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct (Sem 2)
LA4022:03 Civil Procedure (Sem 1)
Neither CO3201 nor LA4009 will be credited to the LLB degree.

2. Students seeking admission to practice are strongly advised to include the following level 4 subjects:

LA4007:03 Succession
LA4019:03 Conveyancing and Drafting
LA4032:03 Family Law

3. Students seeking admission to practice are also encouraged to include LA4014:03 Clinical Legal Studies, however in Townsville a quota applies in this subject.

4. The Solicitors Board is currently considering whether LA3012:03 (Commercial Law 2) is required to practice Law.