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 792-246 Business Law

Credit Points

5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr G Tually

Semester

1, repeat 2, Summer (view timetable)

Contact

40 hours (lectures 15, workshops 25)

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to enable participants to:

  • appreciate the significance of law in a business;

  • understand the contractual basis of all commercial transactions;

  • determine the areas of potential legal problem situations in a commercial transaction and provision of advice;

  • determine the need for legal training of all staff involved with business clients.

The content includes: Difference between law and justice; statute and common law; law of contract, bailment, principal and agent, insurance, securities, consumer law and trade practices; negligence and legal action, business legal structures.

Assessment

Internal: Objective tests (20%), assignments (20%), class presentations (40%), examination (20%). External: Two assignments of 2000 words (50% each).

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