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CO5119 - Business Law
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| 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.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
LB5004 CO5108 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Stephen Graw, Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturers: | Professor Stephen Graw, Ms Rachael Philp, Mr Simon Walker, Mr Marcus Katter, Mr Alan Yeo, Dr John McLaren, Dr Wesley Kendall. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Stephen Graw, Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturers: | Mr Simon Walker, Mr Marcus Katter, Dr Wesley Kendall. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 11-Apr-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturer: | Mr Malik Abdul Kader. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 08-Aug-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 08-Aug-2019 | |
| 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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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 11-Apr-2019 | |
| 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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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 05-Dec-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Neil Dunbar |
| Lecturers: | Mr Marcus Katter, Mr Garth Wooler. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (30%); as per the subject study guide (20%). |
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