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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
LAW00503 Contract Law OR LAW10001 - Contract Law I AND LAW10003 - Contract Law II OR LAW10159 - Principles of Contract Law OR LAW00150 - Introduction to Business Law
Anti-requisites
LAW00131 Business Law
Unit aim
Addresses the fundamental principles governing commercial law. Focuses on the common law and statutory principles relating to commercial transactions, including the sale of goods, e-commerce, credit law, agency and insurance. Also discusses other related areas, including the law of trusts, partnerships, bankruptcy and bailment.
Unit content
Topic 1 Agency
Topic 2 Sale of goods
Topic 3 Credit law
Topic 4 E-commerce
Topic 5 Guarantees
Topic 6 Bailments
Topic 7 Trusts
Topic 8 Partnerships
Topic 9 Insurance
Topic 10 Bankruptcy
Topic 11 Ethics
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 1 | explain the benefits of ethics within the context of commercial law | |||||||
| 2 | demonstrate an understanding and evaluate the different issues of commercial law | |||||||
| 3 | demonstrate a high level of understanding and application of the legal principles governing the sale of goods; bailments; credit transactions and guarantees; e-commerce; insurance and bankruptcy | |||||||
| 4 | demonstrate skills in legal research, critical analysis and the written presentation of research and argument. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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explain the benefits of ethics within the context of commercial law
- GA3:
- GA4:
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demonstrate an understanding and evaluate the different issues of commercial law
- GA4:
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demonstrate a high level of understanding and application of the legal principles governing the sale of goods; bailments; credit transactions and guarantees; e-commerce; insurance and bankruptcy
- GA4:
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demonstrate skills in legal research, critical analysis and the written presentation of research and argument.
- GA1:
Prescribed texts
- Turner and Trone, 2017, Australian Commercial Law, 31, Thomson Reuters. ISBN: 9780455238081.