CO5119 - Business Law

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Law Office

Students enrolled in any postgraduate certificates, diplomas or degrees offered by the University are permitted to enrol in this subject. Students enrolled in any undergraduate qualifications offered by the University are not permitted to enrol in this subject.

This subject addresses the legal foundations of business. Focus will be on the nature, role and sources of law; the major legal systems of the world; the common law system; the laws regulating agreements, obligations and property; industrial and intellectual property; restrictive trade practices and fair trading; financial instruments and securities; technology transfers including licensing and franchising; legal process and alternative dispute resolution.

Learning Outcomes

• To develop an understanding of the different regimes which are relevant to making agreements in an international context, the problems which can arise and how to deal with them;
• To develop the ability to put international trade contracts in their proper framework, in terms of the contracts and their enforcement and enforceability, and in the wider context of how businesses function in the international commercial field.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coordinator:	Professor Stephen Graw, Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton
Lecturers:	Professor Stephen Graw, Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton.
Contact hours:	40 hours lectures - Consisting of 30 hrs lectures and 10 hrs of lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); other exams (50%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coordinator:	Professor Paul Havemann
Contact hours:	40 hours lectures - Consisting of 30 hrs lectures and 10 hrs of lecturer directed activities.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); other exams (50%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21
Census Date 11-May-2007
Coordinator:	Professor Stephen Graw, Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton
Lecturers:	Professor Stephen Graw, Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton.
Contact hours:	36 hours workshops/Seminars - Refer to individual subject study guide for detail.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); other exams (50%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coordinator:	Professor Stephen Graw, Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton
Lecturers:	Professor Stephen Graw, Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton.
Contact hours:	36 hours workshops/Seminars - Refer to individual subject study guide for detail.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); other exams (50%).
JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23
Census Date 14-Dec-2007
Coordinator:	Professor Stephen Graw, Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton
Lecturers:	Professor Stephen Graw, Assoc. Professor Thomas Middleton.
Contact hours:	36 hours workshops/Seminars - Refer to individual subject study guide for detail.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); other exams (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.