Elective courses for Parts III and IV
Course lists on this page are indicative only. Not all elective courses are offered in both semesters or every year.
Note:
- Some courses have limited spaces — get in early to avoid missing out.
- There are no tutorials in elective courses.
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PILO
Students who are granted permission may present a research paper in lieu of an examination (PILO) in any elective course. Refer to more information.
General Law
| Code | Title | Points | Lectures |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW 456 | Supervised Research - online form required |
15 | Self-Paced |
| LAW 458* | Legal Ethics |
10 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 406 | Complex Litigation | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 407 | Indigenous Peoples, Criminal Law and Justice | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 408 | Technology Law and Policy | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 410 | Comparative Health Law and Policy | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 411 | History of the Law of Obligations | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 413 | Animals and the Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 414 | "Justice" in Sentencing | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 415 | Evidence | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 418 | Community Law Internship | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 421 | Civil Procedure | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 422 | Women and the Law |
15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 423 | Legal History | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 424 | Negotiation, Mediation and Dispute Resolution |
15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 425 | Psychiatry and the Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 426 | Roman Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 427 | Equitable Remedies | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 428 | South Pacific Legal Studies | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 429 | Law of Family Property | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 430 | Advanced Family Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 432 | Health Care Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 433 | Family Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 434 | Trial Advocacy | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 435 | Theories of Private Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 436 | Air and Space Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 439 | Housing Law and Policy | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL | Privacy Law |
15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 454 | Youth Justice |
15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 458 | Pasifika Peoples and the Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 459 | Special Topic: Race and the Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 462 | Law and Popular Culture | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 465 |
Contemporary Issues in Land Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 467 |
Pacific People in Aotearoa: Legal Peripheries | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 469 | Selected Topics in Health Care Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 470 | Selected Topics in Media Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 471 | Public Authority Liability | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWGENRL 472 | Economic Analysis of Public and Private Law | 15 | Lectures |
p/w = per week
*Although an elective course for the LLB, the Council for Legal Education (CLE) requires students intending to be admitted to the bar to take this course.
Commercial Law
| Code | Title | Points | Teaching Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWCOMM 400 | Contemporary Commercial and Private Law Litigation | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 412 | Restitution | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 413 | Conflict of Laws | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 414 | Law of Personal Property | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 415 | Financial Markets Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 416 | Tax Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 419 | International Sales and Finance | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 420 | Advanced Tax Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 421 | Commercial Arbitration | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 422 | Competition Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 424 | Insurance Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 425 | International Trade | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 426 | Law and Information Technology | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 427 | Vendor and Purchaser | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 428 | Maritime Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 429 | Advanced Tort | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 432 | Corporate Transactions | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 433 | Copyright and Design | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 434 | Advanced Contract | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 436 | Advanced Company Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 437 | Iwi Corporate Governance | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 450 | International Tax Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 451 | Construction Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 454 | Trade Mark Law | 10 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 457 | Consumer Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 458 | Intellectual Property | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 459 | Special Topic: Franchise Law | 10 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 461 | Corporate Insolvency |
15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 462 | Patents and Related Rights | 15 | Lectures |
| Trade Marks and Related Rights | 15 | Lectures | |
| LAWCOMM 464 | Company Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 465 | Theories of Contract Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 467 |
ST: Corporate Governance | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 471 |
Guarantees and Indemnities | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 472 |
Creditors’ Remedies | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 473 |
Takeovers | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWCOMM 476 |
Franchise Law | 15 | Lectures |
p/w = per week
Environmental Law
| Code | Title | Points | Teaching mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWENVIR 404 | Climate Change Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWENVIR 420 | Global Environmental Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWENVIR 421 | Energy and Natural Resources Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWENVIR 433 | Resource Management Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWENVIR 434 | Environmental Constitutionalism | 15 | Lectures |
p/w = per week
Public Law
| Code | Title | Points | Teaching mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWPUBL 400 |
Social Justice Lawyering | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 405 | Law and Social Justice | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 406 | Advanced Criminal Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 407 | Advanced Employment Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 408 | International Organisations | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 409AB | Social Welfare Law, Policy and Action | 15 | Lectures (only in Semester One) |
| LAWPUBL 410 | International Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 411 | Local Government Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 413 | Protecting Refugees and Forced Displacement in the 21st Century: Contemporary Law and Practice | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 414 | Administrative Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 417 | Special Topic: Comparative Criminal Law: Aotearoa New Zealand and the USA | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 4120 | Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice |
15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 421 | Advanced International Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 422 | Contemporary Tiriti / Treaty Issues | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 425 | Employment Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 426 | Judicial Review | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 427 | Māori Land Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 428 | Rights and Freedoms | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 430 | Criminal Procedure | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 431 | Advanced Public Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 432 | International Economic Regulation | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 434 | International Criminal Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 435 | Law of the Sea and Antarctica | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 436 | International Human Rights | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 441 | Nga Tikanga Māori | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 442 | Researching Indigenous Rights Theory, Law and Practice | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 443 | Refugee Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 444 | Immigration Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 445 | European Union Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 446 | Indigenous Peoples in International Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 448 | Statutory Interpretation: Theory and Practice | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 449 | Counterterrorism Law and Policy | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 461 | Indigenous Rights Legal Clinic | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 462 | Law of the Sea | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 466 | Contemporary Issues in Disarmament Law |
15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 467 | Anti-corruption Law and Democracy |
15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 468 | Mātauranga Māori and Taonga/Cultural Property and Indigenous Intellectual Property | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 472 |
Law of Armed Conflict | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 473 |
International Disputes Settlement | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 477 |
Comparative Indigenous Law Topics | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 479 |
Comparative Constitutional Law | 15 | Lectures |
| LAWPUBL 482 |
International Law in Aotearoa/New Zealand | 15 | Lectures |
p/w = per week