Description
International Financial Systems Law is an elective subject in postgraduate programs offered by the Faculty of Law in which undergraduate students may be permitted to enrol. The topics to be covered in the subject include the causes of the global financial crisis, the law and legal environment within which financial systems operate internationally, global regulators and supervisors, emerging global trends including the Islamic banking and finance, international prudential standards and governance, and the current global issues on frauds, international crimes, money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism.
Subject details
| Type | Undergraduate |
| Code | LAWS17-734 |
| EFTSL | 0.125 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Law |
| Semesters offered |
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| Credit | 10 |
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Learning outcomes
1. Understand; the principal global financial systems and their interrelationship; the development of those financial systems over time and recent crises therein; the global regulation of and current issues affecting financial systems; the regulatory options facing the international financial system as a system, and emerging markets from nations individually. 2. Critically analyse and evaluate the consequences of activities and current events affecting the international financial system. 3. Conduct advanced independent research and write a research paper on a contemporary topic regarding the international financial system.
Enrolment requirements
| Requisites: ? | Nil |
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Must have completed a minimum 120 Credit Points of LAWS subjects AND have a minimum average of 65% in LAWS subjects. Must be admitted into a Bachelor Law degree OR Bachelor of Laws combined degree OR be an approved Law Study Abroad or Law Exchange student. This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure. |
Subject outlines
Subject dates
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| Enrolment opens | 18/07/2021 |
| Semester start | 13/09/2021 |
| Subject start | 27/09/2021 |
| Cancellation 1? | 03/10/2021 |
| Cancellation 2? | 04/10/2021 |
| Last enrolment | 01/10/2021 |
| Withdraw – Financial? | 08/10/2021 |
| Withdraw – Academic? | 14/10/2021 |
| Teaching census? | 07/10/2021 |