| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 2 |
| Old unit code |
200.104 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the law in the areas covered by the unit. Within those areas, students are able to analyse the factual matrix of a dispute and state the legal issues that arise; cite the legal principles that are needed to resolve the legal issues, as well as the statutory and case authorities that are the source of those principles; and apply those principles to the established facts to reach a reasoned conclusion as to the likely legal outcome of the dispute. |
| Content |
Topics covered include the Australian legal system; statutory interpretation; the law of torts and professional liability; the law of contracts (elements of a valid contract, vitiating factors, construction of contracts, breach of contract and remedies); consumer protection law and product liability and sales law. |
| Assessment |
Students are required to participate in tutorials and to complete a short pass/fail tutorial paper, a take-home assignment and an end-of-semester examination.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Associate Professor Peter Sinden |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Incompatibility: Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws are not permitted to enrol in this unit. |
Contact hours—lectures: 3 hrs per week; tutorials: 1 hr per week
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| Unit web page |
http://www.law.uwa.edu.au/117285
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]
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| Texts | Australian Business Law and First Principles of Business Law: CD-ROM Package 2009–2010 |
Recommended
reading | Vermeesch, R. B. and Lindgren K. E. Business Law of Australia, 11th edn: LexisNexis Butterworths 2005
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