CO1501:03
Introduction to Commercial Law
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 3 |
26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials. Semester 1 and 2 (Townsville campus); Semester 2 (Cairns campus);
Staff: Assoc. Professor S Graw (Townsville campus); Mrs M Shircore (Cairns campus).
A general introduction to the Australian legal system, a more detailed introduction to the law of contract and an introduction to the torts of negligence and negligent misstatement.
Learning Objectives:
- state the sources of Australian Law;
- outline the court systems that operate in Australia;
- describe the elements, the significant terms and the operation of contracts;
- identify the principles of the law of torts as they apply in a commercial environment (with particular emphasis on the law of negligence and negligent misstatement).
Assessment by written court report (10%); one on-course test (20%); final examination (70%).