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LAW4558 · Comparative financial regulation

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2026 Handbook6 credit pointsLevel 4Faculty of Law

Last checked: 23 Aug 2026 UTC

Overview

This unit explores the law and policy of financial regulation from.a comparative perspective. The unit will explore approaches to financial regulation and ask students to think critically about the policy choices underlying various approaches to financial regulation.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

#AssessmentTypeWeightHurdle
1Quizzes or a testQuiz / Test20%
2In-class assessment taskDemonstration30%
3Written assignmentWritten50%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

prohibitions

  • LAW5495 — Comparative financial regulation

Learning outcomes

  1. Identify and apply fundamental legal principles governing comparative financial regulation.
  2. Critically analyse and persuasively evaluate key concepts and policies in comparative financial regulation, contextualised within a broad range of practice, policy and theoretical perspectives.
  3. Conduct research, analyse and synthesise complex information in order to respond to complex issues relating comparative financial regulation.
  4. Communicate effectively and persuasively to a range of topics in comparative financial regulation.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit typically comprises of a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study applicable to a 6 credit point unit. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning, and online engagement

ActivityDuration
Seminars36 hours

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