51431 BUSINESS LAW HONOURS A

Year	No.	Offer	Mode	Description			Cred. Pts
97	51431 	S1  	D 	BUSINESS LAW HONOURS A    	1.00

Contents

• Staffing
• Pre-requisite(s)
• Rationale
• Synopsis
• Objectives
• Topics
• Recommended References
• Assessment Details
• Other Requirements

STAFFING:

PRE-REQUISITE(S)

51123+51124+51322

RATIONALE:

This unit concentrates on the study of one or more aspects of business
law  which  is or are of contemporary interest and importance.  It  is
justified  by  the fact that many areas of business law  significantly
impact  on the accounting and banking and finance fields. There  is  a
need  to  be  able  to  advise clients of the legal  ramifications  of
conducting businesses.

SYNOPSIS:

This  unit  seeks  to  provide students with an  appreciation  of  the
current  trends and issues in one or more selected fields of  business
law  such  as  negligence,  corporations  law,  trade  practices  law.
Attention is given to recent case law and statutory developments.  The
effect  of developments in the law are examined to see how they impact
on the carrying on of businesses.

OBJECTIVES:

Completion of this unit should enable the students to:

1. identify recent trends in civil liability particularly as it
   applies to those involved in business;
   
2. apply the general concept of civil liability (contract tort
   restitution and statutory liability) to the fields of: .
   director's duties . professional negligence generally .
   auditors liability . trade practices and to solve problems
   arising in those fields;
   
3. evaluate the policy considerations relevant to the law in each
   of the areas identified in paragraph 2 above;
   
4. predict the likely future trends in each of the substantive
   areas of law studied.
   

TOPICS:

 Description                                                    Weighting(%)

Recent developments in civil liability                                15.00

The increasing scope of directors' duties                             20.00

Professional negligence with particular reference to                  35.00
auditor's liability

Trade practices - both consumer actions and developments in           20.00
restrictive trade practices

Summary, overlap and trends                                           10.00

RECOMMENDED REFERENCE MATERIALS:

To be advised.

ASSESSMENT DETAILS:

No  *F/S Marks     Due        Description                              Wtg(%)    LBL
1   S    20.00               ASSIGNMENT 1                              20.00     Y
2   S    10.00               SEMINAR PRESENTATION                      10.00     Y
3   S    40.00               ASSIGNMENT 2                              40.00     Y
4   S    30.00     END S1    END OF SEMESTER EXAMINATION               30.00     N

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1.   TO  GAIN A PASSING GRADE IN THE UNIT A STUDENT MUST: a) obtain  a
     passing mark in aggregate for the unit's assessment items, AND b)
     obtain  a passing mark in the formal exam, AND c) submit  genuine
     attempts for ALL items of assessment. a) obtain a passing mark in
     aggregate for the unit's assessment items, AND b) submit  genuine
     attempts for the MANDATORY items of assessment
2    Students  must  retain a copy of all pieces of  assessment  which
     must be produced if/when required by the lecturer.
3    LATE ASSIGNMENT
3.1  All assessment submitted after the due date (and not approved for
     extension) in accordance with university policy will be penalised
     20% per working day.
3.2  If  students  submit assignments after the due date and  wish  to
     claim extenuating circumstances then they shall provide validated
     documentary   evidence  with  the  assignment,   explaining   the
     circumstances.
3.3  The  unit  examiner shall consider the statement  accompanying  a
     late assignment and decide on the outcome.
4.   DISHONEST ACTIONS
4.1  Any student who is alleged to having performed a dishonest action
     relating  to  any assessment in the unit will have  a  course  of
     action   taken  against  him/her  as  outlined  in  the  Academic
     Regulations. (Regulation 5.9\8 (21)).
4.2  Pieces  of  assessment should be the work of individual students.
     Joint  pieces  of  assessment are not  permitted  unless  written
     approval has been obtained from the unit leader.
4.3  Dishonest action in relation to assessment includes: - copying or
     attempting to copy the work of others; - use of or attempting  to
     use information prohibited from use in that form of assessment. -
     submitting  the  work  of  another as  your  own;  -  consciously
     committing  acts  of plagiarism, ie: taking and  using  another's
     thoughts  or writings as one's own with intent to deceive,  which
     occurs  when:  -  paragraphs, sentences,  a  single  sentence  of
     significant  parts of a sentence which are copied  directly,  are
     not  enclosed  in quotation marks and appropriately footnoted  or
     referenced  in  the text. - direct quotations are not  used,  but
     text is paraphrased or summarised, and the source of the material
     is not acknowledged by footnoting or other reference in the text.
5.   Students  should also refer to the Faculty of Commerce `Guide  to
     Policies  and Procedures' section of the University Handbook  for
     further information on the above matters.