LAW 7157 - Introduction to Business Law
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Course Details
| Course Code | LAW 7157 |
| Course | Introduction to Business Law |
| Coordinating Unit | Law School, Faculty of the Professions |
| Term | Semester 1/2, 2013 |
| Mode | Not Applicable |
| Level | Postgraduate Coursework |
| Location/s | North Terrace |
| Units | 6 |
| Contact | 27 hours |
| Prerequisites | Not Applicable |
| Corequisites | Not Applicable |
| Incompatible | Student who currently hold a B.Laws or equivalent are not eligible to enrol in this course |
| Assumed Knowledge | Not Applicable |
| Restrictions | Not Applicable |
| Quota | Not Applicable |
| Course Description | This subject is the foundation subject for all other study for the Master of Business Law, Professional Certificate in Arbitration, Graduate Diploma in Business Law and Graduate Certificate in Business Law programs. The subject commences with an introduction to Australian law and its legal system, including: - basic jurisprudential perspectives; - legal system taxonomy, including public and private law, other families of legal systems, including the international legal system and the common law/civil law divide; - the historical background and the development of the Australian legal system; - the roles of the courts in Australia, court processes (including an introduction to civil and criminal procedure) and hierarchies in Australia and the operation of the doctrine of precedent; - the separation of powers in Australia; and - the legislative system in Australia, law making processes and statutory interpretation. Through an in depth consideration of the law of contract, students will be introduced to issues of supremacy of law (legislation vs common law), the law of agency, corporations law and the law of torts. The following topics will be covered: - creation and content of a contract (formation, privity, agency, terms); - statutory remedies for misleading and deceptive conduct in trade and commerce; - misrepresentation, unconscionable dealing, improper pressure; - performance and discharge of obligations (performance, breach, frustration, variation and discharge by agreement); and - remedies (enforcement, compensation and restitution) |
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Course Staff
Name Beth Nosworthy
Law School
Floor/Room 3.04
Building Ligetwood Building
Campus North Terrace
Telephone: 8303 5543
Email beth.nosworthy@adelaide.edu.au
