James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2001

CO2501:03

Business Law

Townsville, Cairns

Prerequisites: CO1501 or LA1006
Inadmissable Subject Combination: BU5101 LA3003

26 lectures, 24 tutorials. Second semester.

Staff: Ms L Smith (Townsville campus); Dr J Dabner (Cairns campus).

Selected aspects of the law of property (including intellectual property), bailment, agency, sale of goods, consumer protection, insurance, negotiable instruments, debt recovery and trusts.

Learning Objectives:

  1. describe selected aspects of the law of property;
  2. identify the elements and the legal significance of bailment;
  3. explain the elements and the operation of the law of agency;
  4. describe the sale of goods transaction and the operation of Australian consumer protection legislation;
  5. describe the bank-customer relationship and the use of negotiable instruments in modern commerce;
  6. explain the mechanisms whereby debtors become bankrupt and the consequences of bankruptcy.

Assessment by a written assignment (10%); on-course test (20%); final examination (70%).