Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Co-convenor
Trish Blazey
Contact via trish.blazey@mq.edu.au
E4A Room 240
Unless otherwise announced on iLearn, Mondays 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Co-convenor
Kay-Wah Chan
Contact via kay.chan@mq.edu.au
E4A Room 241
Unless otherwise announced on iLearn, Wednesdays 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
39cp
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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 examines the laws of the People's Republic of China with a focus on commercial law from both an international and national perspective. China's Five Year Plans both past and present are crucial to understanding how China has developed and are explored in detail in this unit. Undertaking of business in China by overseas individuals and entities is a complex and obstacle filled endeavour which this unit addresses in the various modules. It explores major changes to labour, company and foreign investment laws. China, the second largest economy in the world, has to address the downside of production exhibited though the environmental degradation of its air quality, water and waste. As these issues and that of energy production are the focus of China's development programmes for the twenty-first century they are examined in the latter part of this unit.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 20%
Weekly attendance of tutorial classes is compulsory. A roll will be taken each week. A student who is absent for a tutorial will be considered as not participating in that tutorial. Students must prepare in advance for the tutorials.
Throughout this Unit, tutorial class activities (case studies, simulations and reflective activities) are based on a story called The Shanghai Story where different events occur and numerous characters are introduced. The Shanghai Story is split into episodes so that each week a new episode together with tutorial questions will be released on iLearn. The topic of each weekly episode corresponds with the topic taught in the lecture in the previous week (except for the tutorials in Week 1, and the tutorials in Week 10 which cover the topics of Week 8 and Week 9 lectures).
The main criteria upon which class participation is assessed are: students’ preparation, understanding of the materials, depth of arguments, and presentation skills (detailed explanations are provided on the iLearn site of the unit).
Estimated Student Workload (outside class time)
On average, 1.5 - 2.5 hours per week from Week 1 to Week 13.
Due: 9 September 2015 and 9 November 2015
Total Weighting: 20% (10% for each journal submission)
A reflective journal requires you to look back at the BUSL388 lectures and tutorials you attended. The writing in such a reflective journal is evidence that you are thinking in an academic context about the material you have read and your contribution to the unit. In an academic context, it requires you to analyse material presented to you and discussed by your peers and what it means to you as an active learner. The template for this reflective journal will be available on the iLearn site of this unit.
Assessment of the reflective journal is based on:
Estimated Student Workload (outside class time)
On average, 1.5-2 hours per week from Week 1 to 9 November 2015.
Due: 7 October 2015
Weighting: 20%
Criteria for assessment are: students’ understanding of the materials, knowledge, and ability to analyse and evaluate issues concerning the topics covered in the unit for the test (detailed explanations of the assessment criteria provided on the iLearn site of the unit).
It is an Open Book test. It is a test with short-answer questions. Information about the Class Test (including materials allowed to be brought to the Class Test and the syllabus of the Class Test) will be announced in the Lecture in Week 6 (2 September 2015).
The Class Test is a 45-minute test. It will be held during the time for the Lecture in Week 9 (on 7 October 2015 Wednesday).
Students are expected to present for the Class Test at 4:00 p.m. on 7 October 2015 at the venue for the BUSL388 lecture or such another venue as announced on the iLearn site of this unit.
The only exception to not sitting the Class Test at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances, students may wish to consider applying for Special Consideration under the University’s Disruption to Studies Policy, which is available at: http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html. If a Supplementary Test is granted, the Supplementary Test will be scheduled by the Unit Convenors.
The marked Tests will be returned to the students in Week 11. Feedback will be provided on the marked tests, via iLearn and/or in Lecture(s).
Estimated Student Workload (outside class time)
On average, 2 hours per week from Week 1 to the date of the Class Test 1 (7 October 2015) in Week 9.
Due: 9 November 2015 (4:00 p.m.)
Weighting: 40%
The Assignment is research based. Students will not be able to rely simply on the required and/or recommended reading materials for classes. Students will be expected to conduct their own research. The Assignment is a task for each individual student. Collective or collaborative work is NOT ACCEPTABLE.
The word length (for the different parts of the Assignment, if any) will be stated in the Assignment.
The Assignment Instructions (containing the question(s) and/or topic(s)) will be posted on iLearn in Week 5.
Criteria upon which the Assignment is assessed are: the contents, structure, presentation, and (if required) referencing (footnoting and bibliography) of the Assignment which show the students’ understanding of the materials, the depth of arguments and critique, the thoroughness of legal research, and adequacy of referencing (detailed explanations are provided on the iLearn site of this Unit).
Students must hand in the Assignment before 4:00 p.m. on 9 November 2015 to: BESS (Business and Economics Student Services) at E4B 106.
In view of the time given to students to complete the Assignment, no extensions will be granted. Late assignment will be accepted up to 48 hours after the submission deadline. There will be a deduction of 20% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission – 40% penalty). For example, if the Assignment is worth 40 marks, a student is 23 hours late in submission and (before penalty) this student's mark is 30, the penalty will be a deduction of 8 marks (40 marks x 20% = 8 marks) (i.e. this student will obtain 22 marks for the Assignment). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved.
Estimated Student Workload (outside class time)
On average, 3 - 4 hour per week from Week 5 to 9 November 2015.
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Class Participation | 20% | Ongoing |
Reflective Journal | 20% | 9/9/2015 and 9/11/2015 |
Class Test | 20% | 2 September 2015 |
Assignment | 40% | 9 November 2015 |
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 20%
Class Participation and Class Performance
Due: 9/9/2015 and 9/11/2015
Weighting: 20%
Reflective Journal
Due: 2 September 2015
Weighting: 20%
Open Book Class Test
Due: 9 November 2015
Weighting: 40%
Research-based Assignment
3 hours face-to-face teaching per week consisting of 1 x 1.5-hour lecture and 1 x 1.5-hour tutorial
The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/. Weekly attendance of tutorial classes is compulsory (assessment includes class discussions and activities). Details on the content of tutorial classes can be found on this Unit's iLearn site (https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/).
Part(s) of the lectures may be replaced by video-recording and/or audio-recording of lecture(s) available on the iLearn site of the unit, in which event prior announcement will be made via the iLearn site of the unit.
Prizes for this unit (if applicable): The Macquarie University Accounting and Corporate Governance Prizes:http://www.businessandeconomics.mq.edu.au/undergraduate_degrees/prizes_scholarships.
Required Texts
Patricia Blazey and Kay-Wah Chan, Commercial Law of the People's Republic of China (Sydney, Thomson Reuters, 2012). It can be purchased from the Macquarie University Co-op Bookshop.
Other Required Materials
Materials that students are required to bring to tutorial classes (as specified in the Class Activity Instructions available on this Unit's iLearn site: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/). These materials are available on the Internet or through database(s) subscribed by the Macquarie University Library (details to be specified in the Class Activity Instructions available on this Unit's iLearn site: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/).
Recommended Materials
Technology used: learning managment system (iLearn: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/).
Students have to frequently access this Unit's iLearn site (https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/) for the Lecture Notes, Class Activity Instructions, announcements and detailed information regarding the unit.
Lecture notes (from the lectures' PowerPoint slides) are available on the learning management system (iLearn): https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/.
The weekly classes will be a combination of one 1.5-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial (with case studies, simulations and reflective activities).
As assessment includes class participation in the tutorials, students will be expected to complete the required reading prior to class and to contribute to class activities (in small groups).
Tutorials will commence in the first week of the semester: Week 1. Please see the schedule of the tutorials above. Detailed tutorial instructions are available on this Unit's iLearn site (https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/).
Part(s) of the lectures may be replaced by video-recording and/or audio-recording of lecture(s) available on the iLearn site of the unit, in which event prior announcement will be made via the iLearn site of the unit.
Week
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Topics (unless otherwise announced on the iLearn site of this unit)
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Prescribed Readings (for Lectures) (unless otherwise announced on the iLearn site of this unit) |
Week 1 (29 July 2015) (PB)
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Doing Business in China
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Textbook Chapter 1 & lecture notes |
Week 2 (5 August 2015) (KWC) |
The Constitution, Governmental and Legal Systems
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Textbook Chapters 3 and 4 & lecture notes |
Week 3 (12 August 2015) (PB)
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Five Year Plans and Civil Procedure
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Textbook Chapter 2 & lecture notes
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Week 4 (19 August 2015) (KWC)
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Foreign Investment Law I |
Textbook Chapters 18 and 19 & lecture notes |
Week 5 (26 August 2015) (PB) |
Contract and Agency |
Textbook Chapters 6 and 7 & lecture notes |
Week 6 (2 September 2015) (KWC)
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Foreign Investment Law II |
Textbook Chapters 20 and 21 & lecture notes
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Week 7 (9 September 2015) (KWC) |
Company Law |
Textbook Chapters 12 and 13 & lecture notes |
MID TERM BREAK |
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Week 8 (30 September 2015) (KWC) |
Labour Law I
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Textbook Chapter 11 & lecture notes
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Week 9 (7 October 2015) (KWC) |
Class Test
Lecture: Labour Law II |
Reading for Lecture: Textbook Chapter 11 & lecture notes
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Week 10 (14 October 2015) (PB)
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Property Law
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Textbook Chapter 8 & lecture notes
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Week 11 (21 October 2015) (PB) |
Energy and Environmental Law
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Textbook Chapters 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 & lecture notes
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Week 12 (28 October 2015) (PB)
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Energy and Environmental Law
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Textbook Chapters 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 & lecture notes
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Week 13 (4 November 2015) (PB & KWC) |
Revision |
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Week
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Topics (unless otherwise announced on the iLearn site of this unit) |
Prescribed Readings (for Lectures) (unless otherwise announced on the iLearn site of this unit) |
Week 1 (27, 29 or 30 July 2015) (PB)
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Doing Business in China
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Week 2 (3, 5 or 6 August 2015) |
NO TUTORIALS |
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Week 3 (10, 12 or 13 August 2015) (KWC)
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The Constitution, Governmental and Systems
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Textbook Chapters 3 and 4 & lecture notes |
Week 4 (17, 19 or 20 August 2015) (PB) |
Five Year Plans and Civil Procedure |
Textbook Chapter 2 & lecture notes
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Week 5 (24, 26 or 27 August 2015) (KWC)
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Foreign Investment Law I |
Textbook Chapters 18 and 19 & lecture notes |
Week 6 (31 August, 2 or 3 September 2015) (PB)
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Contract and Agency |
Textbook Chapters 6 and 7 & lecture notes |
Week 7 (7, 9 or 10 September 2015) (KWC)
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Foreign Investment Law II |
Textbook Chapters 20 and 21 & lecture notes
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MID TERM BREAK |
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Week 8 (28, 30 September or 1 October 2015) (KWC)
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Company Law |
Textbook Chapters 12 and 13 & lecture notes |
Week 9 (5, 7 or 8 October 2015) |
NO TUTORIALS – (Due to Class Test in lecture & also Monday 5 October 2015 being a public holiday)
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Week 10 (12, 14 or 15 October 2015) (KWC)
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Labour Law
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Textbook Chapter 11 & lecture notes
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Week 11 (19, 21 or 22 October 2015) (PB)
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Property Law |
Textbook Chapter 8 & lecture notes
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Week 12 (26, 28 or 29 October 2015) - (PB)
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Energy and Environmental Law
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Textbook Chapters 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 & lecture notes
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Week 13 (2, 4 or 5 November 2015) - (PB & KWC)
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Revision |
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See the Required Reading List above and Class Activity Instructions.
This unit addresses global and sustainability issues as direct areas of study and/or as necessary implications arising from the materials, assessment and academic discussion and debate in classes. We promote sustainability by developing ability in students to research and locate information within the Chinese law discipline. We aim to provide students with an opportunity to obtain skills which will benefit them throughout their career. The global contexts of this unit are found in the contents of the unit (as it is a China Trade and Investment Law unit), including the contents of the lectures, the tutorials and its assessments tasks.