| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
not available in 2010 |
| Old unit code |
200.337 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to (1) identify, analyse and explore a number of important legal issues relating to electronic commerce; (2) apply relevant principles of law to hypothetical fact situations and reach conclusions; and (3) apply the knowledge they have gained from this unit to careers embracing electronic commerce, enabling them to recognise and respond to legal problems when they arise. |
| Content |
This unit provides students with a broad understanding of a number of important legal issues relating to electronic commerce. Areas of study include (1) jurisdiction and enforcement issues; (2) contract formation on the Internet including elements of a valid e-commerce contract, incorporation of 'contractual' terms, and the Electronic Transactions Act 1999; (3) privacy and the Internet; (4) consumer protection and e-commerce; and (5) intellectual property in cyberspace, with particular emphasis on copyright, trademarks, business method patents and domain names. |
| Assessment |
Students are required to participate in tutorials, give a tutorial presentation, write an assignment and complete 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 Jani McCutcheon |
| 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: 2 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 | Quirk, P. and Forder, J. Electronic Commerce Law, 2nd edn: J Wiley & Sons 2003
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