Graduate Diploma in Communications Law

Course 518-AB (2009)

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Year and Campus: 2009
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Level: Graduate/Postgraduate

Contact

Please contact the Melbourne Law Masters Office via email to law-masters@unimelb.edu.au or phone + 61 3 8344 6190
Course Overview:

Melbourne Law School has a high level of expertise in communications law, as well as a dedicated research centre, the Centre for Media and Communications Law. The graduate program in communications law was developed to provide students with an advanced understanding of the existing and developing law affecting the media and communication industries and its impact on the publication of information, ownership, services and technology.
Objectives:

The Graduate Diploma in Communications Law focuses on:

  • The implications of different regulatory models for individuals, corporate entities, states and information providers
  • The international context facing law and the media and communications industries
  • Divergent legal norms and cultural values within contemporary approaches to communications law and policy
  • Evaluating and synthesising communications law, policy and research
  • Communications law scholarship, responding to legal issues facing the media and communications industries.
Subject Options:

Students must complete four subjects from the prescribed list, including at least one subject from each group. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law system or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.
Entry Requirements: Please see the Selection Criteria on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.
Core Participation Requirements: N.A.
Graduate Attributes: For more information, please visit the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.
Generic Skills: Please see the course information on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.
Links to further information: Law not elsewhere classifiedRGraduate Diploma in Communications Law518-AB2009Please contact the Melbourne Law Masters Office via email to law-masters@unimelb.edu.au or phone + 61 3 8344 6190Melbourne Law Masters, postgraduate law, post-graduate law, graduate law

Melbourne Law School has a high level of expertise in communications law, as well as a dedicated research centre, the Centre for Media and Communications Law. The graduate program in communications law was developed to provide students with an advanced understanding of the existing and developing law affecting the media and communication industries and its impact on the publication of information, ownership, services and technology.

For more information, please visit the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.

The Graduate Diploma in Communications Law focuses on:

  • The implications of different regulatory models for individuals, corporate entities, states and information providers
  • The international context facing law and the media and communications industries
  • Divergent legal norms and cultural values within contemporary approaches to communications law and policy
  • Evaluating and synthesising communications law, policy and research
  • Communications law scholarship, responding to legal issues facing the media and communications industries.
Please see the course information on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.

Students must complete four subjects from the prescribed list, including at least one subject from each group. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law system or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.


Please see the Selection Criteria on the Melbourne Law Masters website by following the link at the bottom of this course entry.N.A.LawFor the latest information on this subject, please visit: http://www.masters.law.unimelb.edu.au/course/518ABmonths518-AB

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