Australian School of Business School of Business Law and Taxation

LEGT 2721 BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

COURSE OUTLINE SEMESTER 1, 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. STAFF CONTACT DETAILS 2. COURSE DETAILS 2.1 Teaching Times and Locations 2.2 Units of Credit 2.3 Summary of Course 2.4 Course Aims and Relationship to Other Courses 2.5 Student Learning Outcomes 3. LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES 3.1 Approach to Learning and Teaching in the Course 3.2 Learning Activities and Teaching Strategies 4. ASSESSMENT 4.1 Formal Requirements 4.2 Assessment Details 4.3 Assessment Format Week 4 assessment: Due week 3 in tutorial 4.4 W6 and 9 Assessment Submission Procedure Students working FULL TIME Assessment Footnotes, Quoting and Copying 4.5 Late Submission 5. ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM 6. COURSE RESOURCES 7. COURSE EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT 8. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT 8.1 Workload 8.2 Attendance 8.3 Special Consideration and Supplementary Examinations 8.4 General Conduct and Behaviour 8.5 Occupational Health and Safety 8.6 Keeping Informed 9. ADDITIONAL STUDENT RESOURCES AND SUPPORT 10. COURSE SCHEDULE 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 14

1. STAFF CONTACT DETAILS

Position lecturer-incharge Name Jenny Buchan Email jm.buchan@unsw.edu.au Availability; times and location QUAD 2052 Wednesday 2-3.30 Friday 1 2.30 or by appointment QUAD QUAD Phone (02) 9385 1458 (w) +61 (0) 432 87 99 88 (mob) (for emergencies only) 0409 812 761 (mob) tutor Peter Alexander Alan Marsh Peter.Alexander@uts.edu.au

tutor

Tim Miles

tim.miles@unsw.edu.au

tutor

almarsh@ozemail.com.au

QUAD

0418 636 786 (mob) (for emergencies only)

2. COURSE DETAILS
2.1 Teaching Times and Locations
One x 2-hour lecture every week. Day: Wednesday 12 2pm Location: Mathews A

2.2 Units of Credit

6

2.3 Summary of Course

LEGT 2721 Business Transactions is designed to build on the knowledge and skills gained during LEGT 1711 Legal Environment of Commerce. This course covers the law of contracts, which is necessary for later study in both business law and tax subjects. It also introduces competition law and consumer protection law which all people working in business must have a working knowledge of.

2.4 Course Aims and Relationship to Other Courses

The specific objectives of the course are to: Teach you a methodology for analysing and solving legal problems that you will be able to use throughout your career; Provide a basis for understanding the nature and effect of commercial contracts; Enable you to understand how selected areas of substantive law such as fair trading (consumer protection), competition and bankruptcy impact on commercial activities; Provide a conceptual background to the legal issues involved in buying, running and expanding a business.

The study of business law is essential for attaining a deep and well-rounded understanding of the other disciplines offered by the Australian School of Business.

Relationship of LEGT 2721 to other courses:Accounting- This course, together with the prerequisite (LEGT 1711), is recognised by CPAAustralia and ICAA as helping to satisfy educational requirements for admission to their associations.

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Banking and Finance-All financial transactions are based upon a legal framework that allows for property rights to be leveraged and transferred. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to understand the law underpinning various financial transactions. Economics-This course provides an introduction to the key legal features of competition law which are important to understanding how the economy is regulated. Information Systems-This course provides an overview of contractual relationships, as well as a consideration of the creation, contents and ending of commercial contracts and contract enforcement. Contracts are an important part of the commercialisation of information systems which include intellectual property rights. Marketing-Marketing and advertising must operate within the confines of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), to which this subject provides an introduction.

2.5 Student Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to: 1. Be more confident and competent in constructing the framework for written and oral legal arguments relevant to common commercial problems 2. Be able to analyse legal issues in a logical and structured way (i.e. to identify problems, research relevant sources, propose an outcome and identify possible challenges to the proposed outcome) 3. Recognise that answers to legal problems are not always black and white. You should have a greater understanding of the grey nature of the law; its ability to adapt to new situations. 4. Be aware of the policy choices that underpin and are reflected in business law. 5. Know how, as an individual, you can influence the development of the law as it impacts on your client or business.

2.6 ASB Graduate Attributes This course contributes to your development of the following Australian School of Business Graduate Attributes, which are the qualities, skills and understandings we want you to have by the completion of your degree.

Student Learning Outcomes (2.5) 1,2,3,4 1,5 1,3 3,4 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,5,

ASB Graduate Attributes (2.6) 1. Critical thinking and problem solving 2. Communication 3. Teamwork and leadership 4. Social, ethical and global perspectives 5. In-depth engagement knowledge 6. Professional skills with relevant disciplinary

3. LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES

3.1 Approach to Learning and Teaching in the Course
To do well in the law you must ultimately demonstrate that you can think like a lawyer. It is strongly recommended that in addition to preparing for and attending lectures and tutorials, you read some of the cases referred to in lectures. This is the quickest way to gain an understanding of the legal process and to understand how lawyers think.

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3.2 Learning Activities and Teaching Strategies Lectures

The weekly lecture runs for 2 hours every week from week 1 to 12. Lectures do not summarise or replace the required reading in the textbook. YOU MUST NOT MERELY RELY ON YOUR LECTURE NOTES. The readings from the textbooks place the lecture material in context and provide the full understanding of the topic that is needed for successful completion of the course. The purpose of the lecture is to highlight key aspects of the subject, not to fully explain the weeks topic. You are expected to attend all of your tutorials, study the prescribed texts and reading material provided and engage with sources outside of their prescribed texts, such as cases, legislation and information on the internet. You should not assume that material not covered in the lectures is either unimportant or not subject to assessment. The final exam may cover any material dealt with in the course including the lectures, tutorial work and the reading material.

Tutorials
Tutorials run for 1 hour per week from week 2 to 13. If you are unable to attend your assigned tutorial, or you are not enrolled in a tutorial, you should email your tutor or the lecturer in charge immediately. Tutorial allocations will not be changed after the end of week 3. Please attend your allocated tutorial and no other (except where your tutorial falls on a public holiday). In exceptional circumstances (illness, compassionate grounds) you may be permitted to attend a make-up tutorial. Students attending other tutorials without permission will not be awarded marks or attendance for that tutorial. This makes it essential that you ensure that you are allocated to a tutorial. The tutorial assessment will be based upon the official allocated tutorial class lists. Topics and problems for each week are set out in the Tutorial Program. Each topic/problem must be prepared for discussion in class by each student using the prescribed readings and the lecture notes for the relevant topic. As a general rule, tutorials will deal with issues lectured on in the previous week. The purpose of the questions in the tutorial program is to help you to interpret and apply the weeks material. The tutorial problems and discussion questions also allow you to practice for the final exam, which will consist of similar questions. Note: there will be no answers given out to the tutorial questions. Do not ask for answers to the tutorial questions to be given out or posted to Blackboard. The purpose of the questions is to allow you to apply the course material and gauge your own level of competence. Simply giving you the suggested answers will defeat this purpose It is your responsibility to attend tutorials prepared so that you are able to make a valuable contribution to class activities. The tutorials are not designed as a repeat lecture. The tutorials also give students the opportunity to work through any problems/issues that may be outstanding after doing the required reading and attending the lecture.

4. ASSESSMENT
4.1 Formal Requirements
In order to pass this course, you must: achieve a composite mark of at least 50; and attend 80% of your tutorials; and make a satisfactory attempt at all assessment tasks (see below).

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4.2 Assessment Details

Whilst there is no requirement that a student attain 50% or more for each piece of assessment, there is a requirement that the student achieve a result that indicates the student genuinely attempted the assessment. Where a student achieves a total mark of 50/100 or more in the course, but fails to demonstrate a satisfactory level of performance in each form of assessment the student may be awarded a UF grade (unsatisfactory fail). An example of unsatisfactory performance is failing to complete an assessment task (e.g. failing to submit an assessment, or failing to complete the final exam).

Assessment Task

Weighting

Student Learning Outcomes assessed (2.5 above) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

ASB Graduate Attributes assessed (2.6 above) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Length Due Date

Tutorial presentation in pairs Written assessment

10

2.5 minutes incl. up to one overhead See 4.3 below Submit via Turnitin (on Blackboard)

Week 3 1520 March in tutorial Wednesday 14 April by 12 noon Week 6 Wednesday 5 May by 12 noon Week 9

1, 2, 4

1, 2, 5, 6

Major assessment

25

1, 2, 5

1, 2, 5, 6

1,000 words

Final Examination Discretionary marks for tutorial participation

60

1, 2,

1, 2, 5

Quality is better than quantity. n/a

Exam Period

3 See below

1, 3, 4, 5 1, 2, 3, 5

n/a

Total

100

Discretionary marks for tutorial participation

Your active participation in tutorials makes the tutorial a better learning experience for all students, and more rewarding for the tutor. To reward participation, at the end of the session, the lecturer in charge (LIC) will ask each tutor for the names of up to 4 students per tutorial who have consistently participated in a way that has enhanced the tutorial experience. These students will be awarded up to 3 extra marks towards their final grades - in the LIC's absolute discretion. No discussion will be entered into. The tutor's assessment and the LIC's award of marks will be decided after week 13.

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4.3 Assessment Format

Word limit *NOTE* In this course, the word limit is an upper limit. There is NO 10% tolerance for too many words. Marks may be deducted from any assessment over the word limit. Week 4 assessment: Due week 3 in tutorial - presentation to be done in pairs. The assessment is the week 3 tutorial material in the Tutorial Program. You are required in pairs to prepare a 2 minute presentation (ie 2 minutes for each pair of presenters) to deliver in your tutorial class on the tutorial topic. You may use one overhead slide but this is not mandatory. The tutor will award marks out of a possible total of 10 for the presentation. See marking criteria on next page.

Week 6 and 9 assessments are sole authored work. Week 6 assessment: Due Wednesday 14 April by 12 noon Prepare, and hand in, a written answer to the question identified as the Assessment Problem in the week 6 tutorial program. This must be in strict MIRAT format (see tutorial program for explanation of MIRAT) and may use bullet points. It must be footnoted (legal style, not Harvard). Word limit: no more than 2 sides of A4, 1.5 spaced, 12 point font + cover sheet (use cover sheet at end of this Course Outline). This is a practise run for the major assessment and the final exam. All students must hand in their work on time, via Blackboard using the Turnitin function. Submit document in word, NOT pdf format. All students who hand this work in on time will be awarded 5/5 marks for this assessment.

Feedback on week 6 assessment A selection of week 6 answers that would have earned an HD, a Credit, a Pass and a Fail mark will be made. Those answers will be annotated and posted, with all identification of author removed, on the course website. All students are encouraged to check all annotations with a view to learning how to complete their own week 9 major assessment to a high standard.

Week 9 major assessment: Due Wednesday 5 May by 12 noon Prepare and hand in a written answer to a problem question that will be posted on the course website in week 7. Your answer must be in strict MIRAT format and must be footnoted (legal style, not Harvard). You may use bullet points in the Issues and Rules sections but you must use full sentences in the Application section. Word limit: 1,000 words.

This task will require you to provide written advice to a client explaining what legal issues arise in relation to a particular legal problem. This assessment fulfils the aims of the course by assessing: your written communication skills.

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your ability to analyse a legal problem and consider possible solutions. your ability to demonstrate your ability to think like a legal adviser and to present your argument in the way a legal adviser would. your understanding of the law. your ability to identify and address more than one legal issue in a problem.

Managing the assessment workload

One of the biggest problems affecting the success of students in this subject is the lack of planning involved in researching and completing the assessment. The assessments cannot be successfully completed in one or two days before the due date because they require a considered and wellresearched written analysis of a complex legal problem. Where a student fails to devote sufficient time to researching and writing, the result is usually the submission of sub-standard assessment that receives a fail grade.

Marking criteria For tutorial presentation:

Did the students: Answer the question (2 marks). Convey their message clearly (2 marks). Interpret the law accurately (3 marks). Present in a memorable way (2 marks). Show evidence of team work (1 mark).

For written work:

The assessment will be marked according to the following criteria. Did the students (where appropriate): Answer the question (s) within the context of the course. Identify the appropriate law(s). Provide evidence of a full and comprehensive argument taking into account differing viewpoints and alternative arguments. Demonstrate application of the law. Application of the law carries the greatest weight in marking. Provide evidence of research beyond the textbooks. Use up to date resources? Note: no texts older than 2008 should be used as supplementary sources. Correctly reference sources.

Final Exam
Weight: 60% Date: To be advised. The final exam will be held during the formal exam period at the end of Session 1 2010. You must ensure that you consult the exam timetable and attend the exam at the scheduled time and place. The exam may cover all topics discussed in both the lectures and tutorials. The exam will require you to be familiar with the methodology used for legal analysis and the basic legal principles applied in

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the tutorials. The exam will be closed book. Any part of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) that you may require will be supplied in the exam.

4.4 W6 and 9 Assessment Submission Procedure

Week 6 assessment task must be submitted electronically via Blackboard using the Turnitin function. It must NOT be handed to your tutor during the tutorial. Week 9 assessment task must be delivered in both of two (2) formats below: It must NOT be handed to your tutor during the tutorial. Hard copy with a cover sheet containing your name, student number, preferred email address and tutorial time to the box outside the school office on the due date. Late submissions and emailed submissions will not be accepted, except as provided in the instructions to student working full time in accounting or similar jobs. Electronic copy must also be uploaded onto the course Blackboard via the Turnitin function. This is a backup copy. Submitting the assessment in electronic format will allow staff to check for plagiarism. The electronic copy will not be marked. Late submissions of electronic copies ONLY are accepted up to 24 hours after the hard copy deadline. The hard copy will be marked. The hard copy must be handed in by the deadline. The electronic copy is a back-up. If you hand in only an electronic copy (without obtaining specific prior email consent from Jenny Buchan) you will score 0/20 for the assessment. Your name and student number must be on the footer of every page. Please print your work using: 12 point font one and a half spaced lines a margin of at least 5cm on both sides of every page so the marker has room to make comments two sided copying, where possible. The assessment in week 6 and 9 You MUST also keep a copy of your written assessments for your records. Coversheets are at the end of this course outline. Students working FULL TIME Students who are working full time may submit the hard copy of week 9 assessment by email by the time the hard copy of all other students assessments is due. You are also required to post your assessments on Blackboard. Please follow these instructions closely: footer on every page must contain your name and student ID work to be in rich text format (.rtf), NOT in .pdf. Email work to jm.buchan@unsw.edu.au and cc to h.mackenzie@unsw.edu.au Write the words: 2721 Assessment student z (your #) working full time in the header of the email. Footer on every page of your assessment must contain your student ID number Please set your email to notify you automatically of delivery to UNSW. We will not acknowledge receipt separately. If there is a problem with the email UNSW accepts no responsibility. Original signed cover sheet to be scanned and emailed with your assessment.

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Assessment Footnotes, Quoting and Copying

The last 2 pages of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation provide a quick reference to citing legal sources. Guide. http://mulr.law.unimelb.edu.au/aglc.asp Footnotes allow the reader to quickly and easily find the exact place in the source material to which the footnote refers. In the course of the written answer you will need to cite relevant authorities. These may be a case precedent, a dissenting judgment, the views of an author, a piece of legislation or an article. The source of the proposition or idea that is used must be acknowledged. For example, you do not quote the opening page of a website if your quotation comes from another page. You must quote the exact, complete, location of the page on the web where you found the material. All sources must be acknowledged by a footnote at the foot of the page where: the source is being directly quoted; an argument or proposition in that source is being paraphrased;

the source is being used as authority to support a student's proposition or argument; Footnotes that represent digressions from the main argument should be kept to a minimum. Bibliography not required.

Wikipedia
Students should take extreme care when using Wikipedia. Wikipedia is prepared by unknown authors and is often wrong. Whilst Wikipedia may, on occasion, be useful as a starting point when approaching a completely unfamiliar topic, it is unacceptable as a source for assessments in this course. If a decision is made to consult Wikipedia, students must research further and check and cite the source used by Wikipedia in their assessment rather than Wikipedia itself. Students who use Wikipedia as a source for written assessment tasks without researching further and checking the sources used will have marks deducted.

4.5 Late Submission

Any assessment submitted late will not be accepted unless PRIOR written approval has been granted by the Lecturer-in-charge. Assessments that are submitted after the due date and time without prior written approval will have 25% DEDUCTED PER DAY LATE. Please note: penalty marks will be imposed immediately after 1:30pm on the due date. For example, if you deliver your assessment (worth 20 marks) in at 4pm on the due date you will lose 5 marks from your final score. Any paper submitted more than 4 days late will score 0. Any student who fails to submit their major assessment will fail the course. Failure to read the submission instructions is not an acceptable excuse for lateness. If circumstances beyond your control mean that you cannot complete the assessment by the due date you should make an application for special consideration (see below). These applications are reserved for illness or misadventure, not work commitments. WORK COMMITMENTS ARE NOT A VALID REASON FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION APPLICATIONS. If you foresee that you will have problems submitting the assessment on time you should contact the Lecturer-in-charge immediately. Only the Lecturer-in-charge can grant an extension for the assessments. Do not wait until the due date to ask for an extension. No extensions will be granted on the due date itself.

5. ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM

The University regards plagiarism as a form of academic misconduct, and has very strict rules regarding plagiarism. For UNSW policies, penalties, and information to help you avoid plagiarism see: http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism/index.html as well as the guidelines in the online ELISE Plus tutorial for all new UNSW students: http://info.library.unsw.edu.au/skills/tutorials/InfoSkills/index.htm.

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To see if you understand plagiarism, do this short quiz: http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism/plagquiz.html For information on how to acknowledge your sources and reference correctly, see: http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/ref.html

6. COURSE RESOURCES
Terry and Giugni, Business & the Law (
5th

ed. Thomson 2009) (T&G)

th

Khoury and Yamouni, Understanding Contract Law (8 ed. LexisNexis 2010) (K&Y)

Useful Websites
www.comlaw.gov.au http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/LAW/buslaw.htm

Recommended
Oxford: Australian Law Dictionary Butler, Questions and Answers Contract Law (LexisNexis) Butler, Christensen, Dixon, Willmott Contract law case book (Oxford) Carter Peden and Tolhurst, Contract Law in Australia (LexisNexis) Willmott, Christensen, Butler, Dixon contract law, Oxford, 3 edition, 2009 Bruce and Webb, Trade Practices Law Butterworths tutorial series Hurley and Wiffen, Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (Butterworths)
rd

7. COURSE EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Each year feedback is sought from students about the courses offered in the School and continual improvements are made based on this feedback. In this course, we will seek your feedback through CATEI evaluations at the end of session. The lecturer-in-charge and the tutors welcome feedback at any time.

8. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND CONDUCT

Students are expected to be familiar with and adhere to university policies in relation to class attendance and general conduct and behaviour, including maintaining a safe, respectful environment; and to understand their obligations in relation to workload, assessment and keeping informed. Your tutor is the first point of contact for queries about the course. In some circumstances they may refer you to the lecturer-in-charge. If you extract what may be regarded as a concession from your tutor in relation to any matter concerning the course you must obtain it IN WRITING. You are encouraged to post questions about the course on the discussion board on Blackboard. This is not closely moderated by the lecturer-in-charge. As staff are not on campus all the time it is best to email any urgent query. If you contact staff by email please: Use your university email address Specify the subject LEGT 2721 in the header as your lecturer and tutor may teach more than one subject. Please sign off using your name.

Please consult with staff during their official consultation time. You should ensure that your lecturer or

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tutor will be available by making an appointment if possible. Outside consultation hours your lecturer or tutor may not be able to see you. Information and policies on these topics can be found in the A-Z Student Guide: https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/atoz/ABC.html. See, especially, information on Attendance and Absence, Academic Misconduct, Assessment Information, Examinations, Special Consideration, Student Responsibilities, Workload and policies such as Occupational Health and Safety.

8.1 Workload
It is expected that you will spend at least ten (10) hours per week studying this course. This time should be made up of reading, research, working on exercises and problems, and attending classes. In periods where you need to complete assessments or prepare for examinations, the workload may be greater. Over-commitment has been a cause of failure for many students. You should take the required workload into account when planning how to balance study with employment and other activities.

8.2 Attendance
Your regular and punctual attendance at lectures and seminars is expected in this course. University regulations indicate that if students attend less than eighty per cent (80%) of scheduled classes they may be refused final assessment ie: they may fail the course.

8.3 Special Consideration and Supplementary Examinations

You must submit all assessments and attend all examinations scheduled for your course. You should seek assistance early if you suffer illness or misadventure which affects your course progress. For advice on UNSW policies and procedures for granting special consideration and supplementary exams, see: UNSW Policy and Process for Special Consideration: https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/atoz/SpecialConsideration.html Further information is on the ASB website (Current Students/Help and Support/Policies and Guidelines for Current Students). The ASB Policy and Process for Special Consideration and Supplementary Exams in Undergraduate Courses is available at: http://wwwdocs.fce.unsw.edu.au/fce/current/StudentSuppExamProcedure.pdf

8.4 General Conduct and Behaviour

You are expected to conduct yourself with consideration and respect for the needs of your fellow students and teaching staff. Conduct which unduly disrupts or interferes with a class, such as chatting to your neighbour, ringing or talking on mobile phones, is not acceptable and students may be asked to leave the class. More information on student conduct is available at: https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/atoz/BehaviourOfStudents.html

8.5 Occupational Health and Safety

UNSW Policy requires each person to work safely and responsibly, in order to avoid personal injury and to protect the safety of others. For more information, see https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/atoz/OccupationalHealth.html.

8.6 Keeping Informed

You should take note of all announcements made in lectures, tutorials or on the course web site. From time to time, the University will send important announcements to your university e-mail address without providing you with a paper copy. You will be deemed to have received this information.

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It is also your responsibility to keep the University informed of all changes to your contact details.

9. ADDITIONAL STUDENT RESOURCES AND SUPPORT

The University and the ASB provide a wide range of support services for students, including: ASB Education Development Unit (EDU) (www.business.unsw.edu.au/edu) Academic writing, study skills and maths support specifically for ASB students. Services include workshops, online and printed resources, and individual consultations. EDU Office: Room GO7, Ground Floor, ASB Building (opposite Student Centre); Ph: 9385 5584; Email: edu@unsw.edu.au Capturing the Student Voice: An ASB website enabling students to comment on any aspect of their learning experience in the ASB. To find out more, go to http://tinyurl.com/ASBStudentVoice. UNSW Learning Centre (www.lc.unsw.edu.au ) Academic skills support services, including workshops and resources, for all UNSW students. See website for details. Library training and search support services: http://info.library.unsw.edu.au/web/services/services.html UNSW IT Service Desk: Technical support for problems logging in to websites, downloading documents etc. Library, Level 2; Ph: 9385 1333. Website: www.its.unsw.edu.au/support/support_home.html UNSW Counselling Service (http://www.counselling.unsw.edu.au) Free, confidential service for problems of a personal or academic nature; and workshops on study issues such as Coping with Stress and Procrastination. Office: Level 2, Quadrangle East Wing; Ph: 9385 5418 Student Equity & Disabilities Unit (http://www.studentequity.unsw.edu.au) Advice regarding equity and diversity issues, and support for students who have a disability or disadvantage that interferes with their learning. Office: Ground Floor, John Goodsell Building; Ph: 9385 4734

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10. COURSE SCHEDULE LEGT 2721 / Business Transactions / Wednesday 12 2/ Mathews A

Week Wk 1 3 March Lecture Course Administration Lecture Content Introduction to the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (TPA) Concepts relating to competition Competition Law Authorising anticompetitive activity Administration and enforcement of Part IV Wk 2 10 March Competition Law Applied to business Restrictive Trade Practices T&G Chapter 25.1 25.10 T&G Chapter 37.3 Australian Standards Introduction to tutorial program Competition Law Presentation in class Reading T&G Chapter 24 Tutorial NO tutorial

Wk 3 17 March

Risk, compliance and due diligence

Australian Standards on Risk Management and Compliance Programs Due diligence

Wk 4 24 March

Contract law Requirements for a valid contract Contract law Requirements for a valid contract

Agreement: offer and acceptance

K&Y Chapter 2 T&G Ch 12 K&Y Chapters 3, 4 6, 7

Competition law

Wk 5 31 March

Consideration Intention to be legally bound Formalities The right to contract

Contract Agreement

2-11 April Wk 6 14 April HAND IN Assessment Wednesday by 12 noon Via Turnitin on Blackboard

MID Contract Law Contents of the Contract Genuine agreement

SEMESTER Contents of the contract (note: terms implied by statute addressed in week 9), exemption/ exclusion clauses Genuine agreement (note: statutory misrepresentation. covered in week 10), undue influence and duress

BREAK K&Y Chapters 5 and 9 Contract - Consideration

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Week Wk 7 21 April

Lecture Contract law Ending the contract Remedies

Lecture Content Discharge of contract

Reading K&Y Chapter 11

Tutorial Contents of contract

Wk 8 28 April

Remedies for breach of contract Remedies for breach of TPA

K&Y Chapter 12 Part VI TPA

Discharge of contract

Wk 9 5 May HAND IN Assessment Wednesday by 12 noon

Consumer protection and fair trading

Statutory implied terms under TPA Unconscionable conduct in statute and common law

T&G Chapter 23.3 23.6 K&Y Ch 5.66 5.70 T&G Chapter 21 K&Y Ch 9.82

Remedies for breach of contract - breach of TPA

Wk 10 12 May

Consumer protection and fair trading

S 52 TPA

T&G Chapters 20, 21 and 22 T&G Chapters 16, 17 and 18

Unconscionable conduct under Part IVA TPA.

Wk 11 19 May

Agency Expanding a business

Agency Distribution, Licensing, Franchising

Misleading and deceptive conduct s 52 TPA

Wk 12 26 May Wk 13 2 June

Personal bankruptcy NO lecture

Personal bankruptcy

T&G Chapter 19

Expanding a business Ss 52 60 TPA

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LEGT 2721 COVER SHEET WRITTEN ASSESSMENT School of Business Law & Taxation
Please staple this coversheet to the front of your week 6 Assessment. Fill in all details on this form. Remember to sign the declaration at the bottom. Title Mr/Ms/Mrs. Last Name __________________ First Name _____________ Student Number: z ________________________________________________ Postal Address: _________________________________________________ Preferred E-mail Address: ___________________________________________

Subject:

LEGT 2721 Business Transactions

Week 6 ____________

Lecturers Name: Jenny Buchan Tutorial Day & Time .....................................Tutorial number _______________ Due Date: Wednesday 12 April: by 12 noon HAND IN TO BOX OPPOSITE SCHOOL OFFICE: Level 2 QUAD
Checklist: Word limit not exceeded Spell check Footnotes Footer on each page I have made a hard copy for my own records ALSO posted on Blackboard [ [ [ [ [ [ ] ] ] ] ] ]

Acknowledgement: I have read and fully understand the information on Plagiarism detailed in the Course Outline. I hereby certify by my signature that this is my own work and not the work of others.

Students Signature:
_________________________________________________

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LEGT 2721 MAJOR ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET School of Business Law & Taxation
Please staple this coversheet to the front of your major Assessment. Fill in all details on this form. Remember to sign the declaration at the bottom. Title Mr/Ms/Mrs. Last Name __________________ First Name _____________ Student Number: z ________________________________________________ Postal Address: _________________________________________________ Preferred E-mail Address: ___________________________________________

Subject:

LEGT 2721 Business Transactions

Week 9 ____________

Lecturers Name: Jenny Buchan Tutorial time and day ____________ Tutorial number ____________________ Due Date: Wednesday 3 May, 2009 by 12 noon HAND IN TO BOX OPPOSITE SCHOOL OFFICE: Level 2 QUAD
Checklist: Word limit not exceeded [ Spell check [ Footnotes [ Footer on each page [ I have made a hard copy for my own records [ ALSO posted on Blackboard [ ] ] ] ] ] ]

Comments. ................................................................................................................. Acknowledgement: I have read and fully understand the information on Plagiarism detailed in the Course Outline. I hereby certify by my signature that this is my own work and not the work of others.

Students signature ..........................................................................

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