Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Asian Studies
Griffith University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Undergraduate
CRICOS: 00233E
With this double degree, you will develop an understanding of Asia's political, economic and cultural environment and specialised legal skills. As a graduate, you will be prepared to help organisations make crucial decisions that can affect their success.Law componentGriffith Law School offers a professional legal curriculum that focuses on core areas of legal practice and the legal skills that lawyers must have. You will have the opportunity to choose law electives based on your interests, including clinical courses that emphasise practical legal skills, insights and experience.You will make connections between law and ethics, legal theory, Indigenous issues, and internationalisation. You will also develop interdisciplinary understandings of law and legal work.You will take courses such as Constitutional Law, Legal Theory, Law and the Modern State, Corporate Governance and Regulation, Criminal Law, and Property Law.If you complete the five Canadian Law courses you will eligible for entry into the legal profession in Canada's common law provinces, when accompanied by a Certificate of Qualification from the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.Asian Studies componentYou will be prepared to take advantage of new and exciting opportunities working in Australia and overseas as an expert on Asian affairs. You will complete majors from the following list: Asian Business Asian Societies and Cultures International Relations and Security Politics, Law and Justice in Asia Languages: Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean
Subjects
- Administrative Law
- Civil Procedure
- Constitutional Law
- Contracts 1
- Contracts 2
- Corporations and Associations
- Crime 1
- Crime 2
- Equity and Trusts
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Practice
- Evidence
- Foundations of Law
- Global Law
- Global Political Economy
- Japanese 1A
- Japanese 1B
- Legal Research Methods
- Listed electives and/or Free-choice electives
- Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) 1A
- Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin) 1B
- Modernising Asia
- Property 1
- Property 2
- Theories of Law
- Thesis Completion
- Thesis Work in Progress
- Torts 1
- Torts 2
- Transforming Asian Economies
- Understanding Asia
Standard entry requirements
Year 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Asian Studies and 5.5 GPA in Laws component
Recognition
Griffith University grants credit and recognition of prior learning which may relate to prior formal learning or prior informal and non-formal learning. For more information, please visit the following website: https://www.griffith.edu.au/apply/credit-transfer Credit transfer Griffith's innovative Credit Precedent Database allows you to find out what credit decisions have been made in the past. These precedents will give you an idea of what you can expect. https://app.griffith.edu.au/credit-precedent/credit_result.php?ngpc=1545&-SortField=Linked%%20Institution%%20Name&-noresultserror=error.html&-search View credit precedents for this program
Study pathways
As well as the opportunity for career and skill advancement, the Honours program creates a pathway for Law students to move to Higher Degree Research (HDR) studies via the Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programs.
