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CO5119 - Business Law
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
This subject addresses the legal foundations of business. Focus will be on the nature, role and sources of law; the major legal systems of the world; the common law system; the laws regulating agreements, obligations and property; industrial and intellectual property; restrictive trade practices and fair trading; financial instruments and securities; technology transfers including licensing and franchising; legal process and alternative dispute resolution.
Learning Outcomes
- understand national and international legal and regulatory systems within which business operates;
- understand key legal provisions that impact on business, its structure(s), and method(s) of operation;
- compare and contrast the competing needs and interests of business entities, their owners, consumers, creditors and society as a whole and critique the ability of the current legal framework to balance and satisfy those competing needs and interests.
Subject Assessment
- Written > Examination (centrally administered) - (50%) - Individual
- Written > Test/Quiz 1 - (20%) - Individual
- Written > Case study analysis - (30%) - Individual.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
LB5004 CO5108 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2021 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturer: | Mr Simon Walker. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2021 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturer: | Mr Simon Walker. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 05-Aug-2021 | |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 24-Jun-2021 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturer: | Dr Kelvin Kuan. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 11-Mar-2021 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturer: | Mr Marcus Katter. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 07-Oct-2021 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturer: | Dr Kelvin Kuan. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.