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732-103 Introduction To Business Law | |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Dr M Lambiris (Both semesters) |
Semester | 1, repeat 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour seminar per week |
Subject Description | The following topics will be covered: overview of the relationship between law and business; the Australian legal environment and legal reasoning (role and responsibilities of infrastructure of the Australian legal system; forms of law; reading and interpreting legislation; reading and interpreting case law; classification of laws); regulation of business transactions (formation of agreements, requirements for enforcing agreements as contracts; remedies and relief available where agreements are not properly entered or formed; scope of obligations under contracts; determining the content of the contract and the meaning of its terms; remedies and relief available when contract breaks down; impact of community standards on business (overview of white collar crime; overview of tort law; tort of negligent mis-statement); impact of legislation on business (Trade Practices Act [Cth] 1974; Fair Trading Act [Vic]); introduction to Property Law (concepts of property; impact of property law on business). |
Assessment | Two assignments of 750 words each (30%); a 2 1/2-hour end-of-semester examination (70%). |
Prescribed Texts | A reading list will be provided at the beginning of the subject. |
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