CTLS Program

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills, and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

The University is dedicated to providing support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/.

The Centre for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS) is a joint venture of leading global law schools, coordinated by Georgetown University's Law Center. From September 2008 it will teach semester length programmes in transnational legal studies in the heart of London's legal quarter. The programme will bring together faculty and students from several of the world's top law schools to study transnational legal issues in a multicultural and transnational setting. Melbourne Law School students may attend the Centre for an intensive semester focussed on transnational, international and comparative law, generally in their final year/s of study.

Each year, the progamme will be taught by faculty from each of the law school involved in the CTLS, including Free University of Berlin, the University of Fribourg, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, King’s College London, the University of Melbourne, the National University of Singapore, the University of Sao Paolo, the University of Torino, and the University of Toronto. Students will be drawn from these universities and others, providing a richly diverse student body.

Melbourne Law School LLB students will undertake a core course focused on transnational legal theory and three optional subjects from the suite of subjects on offer. Several classes will be co-taught by professors from different countries, to facilitate comparative analysis and discussion. The programme will also include a weekly workshop featuring some of the world’s leading scholars and practitioners of international, transnational and comparative law, and a participatory exercise to introduce students to each other and to the different perspectives that they bring to the Center. Subjects that are expected to be taught in Fall 2008 (Melbourne’s semester 2, 2008) include the Law of Work in the Global Economy, Transnational Issues in Art, Culture & Law, The Theory and Practice of Copyright Law; Comparative and Transnational Aspects, International Investment Law, Globalization, Governance & Justice and Contract Theory in Comparative Perspective.

A candidate who has successfully completed this suite of subjects will be exposed to the following concepts:

• Understand the relationship between international institutions and international law;
• Have a detailed knowledge of a range of international institutions and the legal issues they face;
• Understand the role of different actors within international institutions and how various institutions relate to each other;
• Be familiar with key factors influencing international institutions from the perspective of law, policy, politics, diplomacy, and management.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of the subject, students should have developed the following generic skills:

• Attitudes towards knowledge that include valuing truth, openness to new ideas and ethics associated with knowledge creation and usage;
• The capacity for close reading and analysis of a range of sources;
• The capacity for critical and independent thought and reflection;
• The capacity to solve problems, including through the collection and evaluation of information;
• The capacity to communicate both orally and in writing;
• The capacity to plan and manage time;
• Intercultural sensitivity and understanding.

This subject has a quota of 5. Please contact the Law Student Centre for enrolment information.

Students are selected into this subject via an application process. Please refer to the Law School subject page for application information.

Any travel and accommodation costs associated with this subject are not included in tuition fees.