James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2001

LA3011:03

Commercial Law 1

Townsville, Cairns

Prerequisites: Level 2 LA subjects
Inadmissable Subject Combination: LA3003

26 lectures, 13 tutorials. First semester.

Available to level 3 LLB students or combined degree students.

Introduction to the law of sale of goods, consumer protection, trade practices and the law of agency.

Learning Objectives:

  1. a knowledge and understanding of commercial law;
  2. ability to identify legal issues and to apply the law to given factual situations;
  3. ability to analyse and assess the law.

Assessment by final examination and on-course assessment.