Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor and Lecturer
Andrew Dahdal
Contact via email: busl250@mq.edu.au
E4A317
Monday 4.30pm-5.30pm; Thursday 2.30pm-3.30pm or by appoinment
Teaching Assistant
Amanda Williams
Contact via 98504832
E4A350A
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit introduces students to the Australian legal system and to essential legal principles and concepts that inform the way in which commercial activities are regulated. The unit prepares students for more advanced units such as BUSL301 and BUSL315. Studying this unit may also be of interest to students from varied disciplines as it provides them with a broad knowledge and understanding of how the laws apply to ordinary commercial transactions. A range of assessment tasks are used in the unit to monitor the progress of students and to develop important analytical and generic professional skills. Topics include: contract law, tort law (with a focus on negligence), property law (including intellectual property), consumer protection law, and the law of agency.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Online Quizzes | 30% | Weeks 4, 8 and 12 |
Class Participation | 10% | weeks 2-13 |
In Class Test | 15% | week 7 |
Final Exam | 45% | Final Exam Period |
Due: Weeks 4, 8 and 12
Weighting: 30%
Quiz 1 (week 4):
Quiz opens: 12.01am 19 March
Quiz closes: 11.59pm 21 March
Materials covered:
Chapters 1-4
(Legal foundations, Origins of Australian Law, Legal Systems, How Law is Made: Precedent and Statute Law) and
Chapters 10-13 and 15
(Introduction to Contracts, Agreement Between the Parties, Intention to Create Legal Relations,Consideration, Genuine Consent)
Quiz 2 (week 8):
Quiz opens: 12.01am 30 April
Quiz closes: 11.59pm 1 May
Materials covered:
Chapters 6-8
(Introduction to the Law of Torts, The Tort of Negligence, Applications of Negligence to Business)
14,16-19 and 22
(Capacity of the Parties, Legality of Object, Construction of the Contract, Rights of the Parties and Discharge; Remedies in Contract; Electronic Commerce)
Quiz 3 (Week 12):
Quiz opens: 12.01am 28 May
Quiz closes: 11.59pm 30 May
Materials covered:
Chapter 9
(Other Business Related Torts)
Chapter 23
(Agency)
Chapters 20-21
(Consumer Guarantees Implied into Contract; Australian Consumer Law)
Submission via BUSL250 unit iLearn portal.
Each quiz contains 10 questions.
The time limit for each quiz is 40 minutes (4 minutes per question).
Once the quiz is open the timer cannot be stopped - even if you log out.
At the conclusion of the quiz period, general feedback will be given based on the results.
Weight of each quiz: 10% of final assessment mark (30% total).
Students who have not submitted the task prior to the deadline will be awarded a mark of 0 subject to the 'Disruption to Studies' policy (see below).
The quiz will not be re-opened.
This assessment task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
Due: weeks 2-13
Weighting: 10%
Class presentation (5%):
Student class presentations are held in Tutorials 3-13
Presentation topic list and marking criteria are at the back of this unit guide.
Class participation (5%)
Information concerning each student’s final participation mark will be made available on the subject website prior to the date of the final examination.
No extensions will be granted. Students who fail to complete a presentation will not be given a second chance to do the presentation subject to the 'Disruption to Studies' policy.
This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
Due: week 7
Weighting: 15%
In-class contract law written test. Based on Lectures 2 (Part 2)- Lecture 5 and Tutorials 3 - 6.
One (1) A4 back-to-back handwritten 'cheat sheet' (written in English) is allowed in this assessment.
Students who miss this assessment will be awarded a mark of 0 subject to the 'Disruption of Studies' policy (see below).
This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
Due: Final Exam Period
Weighting: 45%
Formal written exam based on Weeks 6 - Week 12 (Contracts is NOT in the final exam).
Exam length:Three hours plus ten minutes reading time. Two double sided A4 handwritten 'cheat sheets' allowed (written in English). No typed or photocopied sheets allowed.
Supplementary Examination: If a supplementary examination is granted as a result of a 'Disruption to Studies' process, the examination will be scheduled after the conclusion of the official examination period as per the Supplementary examination timetable of the Faculty. Please note the supplementary examination will be in a similiar format as the final examination.
There is a requirement to in order to at pass this course you must also pass the final exam.
This assessment task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
Business Law BUSL250 (compiled by Dr Verity Greenwood and Julian Dight) (3rd Edition, Pearson Publishing) (ISBN: 9781488609411).
The book can be purchased from the Macquarie University Co-Op Bookshop. This is a custom book compiled from Andy Gibson and Douglas Fraser, Business Law (7th ed, 2013). The pack includes a 'MyLawLab' access card providing access to a variety of online resources.
Recommended texts:
Business Law
Studying Law
sample breakdown of workload
Activities |
Hours |
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1 |
Weekly Seminars/Lectures/Tutorials (3 hours x 13) (minus no tutorial in week 1) |
38 |
2 |
Assessment Task 1 (Online Quizzes + preparation for each quiz) |
12 |
3 |
Assessment Task 2 (In-class test) |
15 |
4 |
Assessment Task 3 (Class Presentation) |
5 |
6 |
Assessment Task 4 (Final exam) |
30 |
6 |
Readings/self-study |
50 |
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TOTAL |
150 |
Date | Lecture Topic | Tutorial |
Week 1 |
Lecture 1 Introduction to the legal and political system |
Tutorial 1 (No tutorial) |
Week 2 |
Lecture 2 Introduction to the judicial system + Contracts law (Intention and Agreement) |
Tutorial 2 |
Week 3 |
Lecture 3 Contract law (Consideration and consent) |
Tutorial 3 |
Week 4 |
Lecture 4 Contract law (Capacity, Legality,Form and Construction of a contract) |
Tutorial 4 (online quiz 1 open this week) |
Week 5 |
Lecture 5 Contract Law (Termination and E-commerce) |
Tutorial 5 |
Week 6 |
Lecture 6 Introduction to Torts |
Tutorial 6 |
Mid-semester break (3 April -19 April) Classes re-commence (Week 7) Monday 20 April |
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Week 7 |
Lecture 7 The Tort of Negligence |
Tutorial 7 (in-class test) |
Week 8 |
Lecture 8 Business Related Torts |
Tutorial 8 (online quiz 2 open this week) |
Week 9 |
Lecture 9 Agency Law |
Tutorial 9 |
Week 10 |
Lecture 10 Consumer Protection |
Tutorial 10 |
Week 11 |
Lecture 11 Consumer Protection |
Tutorial 11 |
Week 12 |
Lecture 12 Property |
Tutorial 12 (online quiz 3 open this week) |
Week 13 |
Lecture 13 Revision |
Tutorial 13 |
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The following are some selected works of interest that are being worked on or have been published by BUSL250 teaching staff:
FOFA Legislation: A Brief Overview, BUTTERWORTHS CORPORATION LAW BULLETIN, 2012. (Co-authored by Andrew Dahdal and Ms Eylem Kammerakas, Vice-President Legal Morgan Stanley Smith Barney)
Dahdal, A. The Survival of Fiduciary Obligations despite the Death of a Commercial Opportunity: The case of Omnilab Media, BUTTERWORTHS CORPORATION LAW BULLETIN, 2012.
This unit addresses global and sustainability issues as direct areas of study and as necessary implications arising from the materials, assessment and academic discussion and debate in classes/seminars. We promote sustainability by developing ability in students to research and locate information within the accounting discipline in particular legal rules and regulations. We aim to provide students with an opportunity to obtain skills which will benefit them throughout their career.
The unit materials have a reference list at the end of each chapter/module/text containing all references cited by the author. These provide some guidance to references that could be used to research particular issues.