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 Course Learning Outcomes

1. To understand and appreciate the functioning of law and legal systems;
2. To understand legal citation conventions in the course of legal writing
3. To be able to apply those principles to problem-solving exercises;
4. To develop a knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of business law in Australia;
5. To develop the capacity to analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources and experiences;
6. To have an awareness of the incompleteness of law and the continuous state of development of legal principles; and
7. To develop development of critical thinking and problem solving skills.
8. To apply good inter-personal and communication skills in both written and oral communication and independently and as a member of a team.
9. To further enhance written and oral skills in the explanation of, analysis and synthesis of legal principle;
10. To develop an ability to critically analyse and apply legislation, rules and cases in context.
11. To develop the capacity to identify factual and legal issues.
12. To develop competence in problem-based practice in the application of the law;
13. To develop the capacity to identify factual and legal issues.

Law in Commerce by Brendan Sweeney, Jennifer O’Reilly and Andrew Coleman, 5th edition, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2013.

A useful resource for legislation and cases in all Australian jurisdictions is: http://www.austlii.edu.au/

Copies of the lecture slides, lecture recordings, tutorial questions and assignment instructions will be available on MyUni.

LECTURES AND TUTORIALS

There will be two one hour lectures per week over the course of this semester in this subject and for the first week of lectures students will be given an understanding of the Australian legal; system such as the role of the courts and court structure and approaches to interpreting legislation. In weeks 2 to 6 students will be given the basic information necessary to determine whether a contract has been formed, what terms are included as part of that contract and what remedies exist if there is a breach of contract. 

Two teaching weeks will be allocated to discussing the law of negligence and how it affects business relationships. The remainder of the course will focus on consumer protection legislation issues such as those surrounding the manufacture and sale of unsafe goods; misleading and deceptive or unconscionable conduct in trade and commerce and some basic issues concerning the law of agency.

It is a requirement of this course that students undertake the prescribed preparation for tutorials and that every student speaks at every tutorial. 

Please refer to Access Adelaide for your timetable and enrolment details.
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Tutorials
Classes will be held weekly commencing the week beginning Monday 10th March 2014. Membership of tutorial classes is to be finalised by the end of the second week of semester. Students wishing to swap between tutorial classes after this time are required to present their case to the lecturer-in-charge, but should be aware that such a request will be unlikely to be approved in view of attendance and preparation at tutorials being assessed.
 

Tutorials are an important component of your learning in this course. The communication skills developed in tutorials by regularly and actively participating in discussions are considered to be most important by the School and are highly regarded by employers and professional bodies.

 
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from the Course Planner at

The University expects full-time students (ie those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that, for this course, you are expected to commit approximately nine hours per week to private student, that is, study outside of your regular classes.

Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures throughout the semester plus one tutorial class each week. Lectures will be 50 minutes each and will be held on Tuesdays at 12.10pm and Thursdays at 11.10am in the Florey Lecture Theatre.

Course Timetable

Week Topics Tutorials

1 Introduction/The Legal System/Statutory Interpretation -
2 Contracts - Formation
3 Contracts - Formation/Express Terms
4 Contracts - Express terms/Implied Terms
5. Contracts - Implied terms/Remedies
6. Contracts-ending

Mid semester break

7. Class Test/Tort of Negligence
8. Tort of Negligence
9. Unsafe Goods
10 Misleading conduct
11 Unconscionable conduct/ unfair contract terms/ law of agency
12. Exam Review

Tutorial Papers                    10%

This assessment task is both formative and summative and addresses learning objectives 1-4.

Assignment                          20%

This assessment task is both formative and summative and addresses learning objectives 1-4.

Final Exam                            70%

This assessment task is summative and addresses learning objectives 1-4.

Assessment requirements are all compulsory and non-redeemable.

The assessment components are as follows:

Tutorial Papers             10%

Students will be assessed on the standard of the written answers submitted at the start of each tutorial. This is worth 10% of the final grade. Due Date: papers must be submitted at the start of each tutorial for the paper to be assessed. Papers submitted for assessment will be returned at the following week’s tutorial.

Assignment                          20%

The assignment will require a written answer to a legal problem of the type that will occur in the final exam. The assignment is worth 20% of the final grade.

Due Date: 4.00pm on Thursday 1st May 2014.

To be lodged in the Law School foyer, Ground Floor, Ligertwood Building in the assignment submission box. An assignment cover sheet must be attached and this must show the student’s number and be signed. The student’s name does not need to be shown on this assignment cover sheet. A copy of the assignment also needs to be lodged electronically on Turnitin.


Final Exam                            70%

There will be a three hour exam. It will be a closed book exam. The exam is worth 70% of the final grade.

Assignment Submission
· Please retain a copy of all assignments submitted.
· Please attach an ‘Assignment Cover Sheet’, which is signed and dated by you before submission.

Lecturers can refuse to accept assignments, which do not have a signed acknowledgement of the University’s policy on plagiarism.

Late Submission
Students are expected to submit their work by the due date to maintain a fair and equitable system. Extensions will generally only be given for medical or other serious reasons. All requests for extensions must be emailed to the lecturer in charge of the course before the due date and must clearly describe the written evidence that will be attached to the assignment. Each request will be assessed on its merits. A late assignment (without prior arrangement) will be penalised by a 5% mark reduction for each day that it is late.

Return of Assignments
Lecturers aim to mark and return assignments to students within two (2) weeks of the due date. Students are responsible for collecting their marked assignments from their tutorial class. Assignments will be available for collection for up to two (2) weeks after the results have been released.