Search : Index : Institute of Land and Food Resources : Advanced Diploma & Diploma of Applied Science
Prev 792-239 Financial Management & Info Systems
Next 792-251 Management Practices in Industry

 792-246 Business Law

Credit Points

5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr Geoff Tually

Semester

2 (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; and

  • 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; and 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).

Search : Index : Institute of Land and Food Resources : Advanced Diploma & Diploma of Applied Science
Prev 792-239 Financial Management & Info Systems
Next 792-251 Management Practices in Industry
 
Status:                   Official 2001
Last Modified:            Wednesday May 23 22:25
SGML to HTML Conversion:  Information Technology Services
Authorised by:            Academic Registrar
Email Enquiries:          Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au