Seminars

The lecture component of seminars will be recorded where appropriate. When a lecture is given power point slides will be posted on iLearn prior to the lecture. These outlines are only core notes and are not intended to be treated as stand alone resources nor in place of seminar attendance. They are provided for your convenience. You cannot rely on these outlines to the exclusion of the allocated reading tasks for each week. You are expected to prepare your own notes from the prescribed readings set out on the seminar guide posted on iLearn. It is essential that adequate preparation is undertaken before each seminar  in order for the full benefit to be gained.

Students are expected to attend and participate in at least 10 out of 12 seminar's during the session. Failure to do so will result in 0.5 marks per missed seminar being deducted from the overall seminar participation mark that would have been allocated to you.  In cases where classes have been missed because of illness or misadventure it is up to the student to provide the relevant documentation such as medical certificates or other reports. The documentation must be lodged with BESS  in accordance with the special consideration application procedure.  

Students are expected to arrive on time and not to leave unit the class ends. Students who disturb or disrupt in classes will be asked to leave.

CONSULTATIONS

Staff teaching in the unit will be available for individual consultation with students. A timetable of when staff will be available will be posted on the unit i-Learn site. Students experiencing difficulties with any topic in the unit must seek assistance immediately. You are encouraged to seek help at a time that is convenient to you from a staff member teaching in this unit during their regular consultation hours. In special circumstances an appointment may be made outside their regular consultation hours.

Required and Recommended Texts and/or Materials

Required Texts and Materials

• Textbook: Patricia Blazey and Kay-Wah Chan, Commercial Law of the People’s Republic of China (Sydney, Thomson Lawbook, 2012). It can be purchased from the Macquarie University Coop Bookshop.
• Materials that students are required to bring to classes (as specified in the Seminar Instructions on the iLearn site). These materials are available on the Internet or through database(s) subscribed by the Macquarie University Library (details to be specified in the Seminar Instructions on the iLearn site).

Recommended Texts and/or Materials

• Patricia Blazey and Kay-Wah Chan (ed), The Chinese Commercial Legal System (Sydney, Thomson Lawbook, 2008). It can be purchased from the Macquarie University Co-op Bookshop.
• Recommended (not mandatory) readings as described in the Seminar Instructions (on the iLearn site).

Technology Used and Required

Access to the Internet is required in order to access i-Learn for seminar instructions and announcements and for research purposes. This Unit's iLearn site is to be found at ilearn.mq.edu.au. 

The Macquarie University library’s Information and Technology Training Unit (ITTU) provides a range of computing and library research skills. 

With regard to the class presentation students are required to submit both power points and an abstract to the unit convenor prior to their presentation

Research and Practice

1. This unit uses research by Macquarie University researchers:

• Patricia Blazey and Xiangbai He, "China’s Past, Present and Future approach to Climate Change" in S. Miyazawa et al. (eds) East Asia’s Renewed Respect for the Rule of  Law in the 21st Century: The Future of Legal and Judicial Landscapes in East Asia (Brill, 2015) 213-242.  
• Patricia Blazey, "Will China's 12th Five Year Plan Allow for Sufficient Nuclear Power to Support its Booming Economy in the Next Twenty Years" (2012) Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 21(3): 461-484.
• Kay-Wah Chan, "The Global Financial Crisis and Labor Law in China" (2012) The Chinese Economy 45(3): 24-41.
• Patricia Blazey, "Approaches to Increasing Desertification in Northern China" (2012)The Chinese Economy 45(3): 88-101.
• Patricia Blazey and Kay-Wah Chan, Commercial Law of the People's Republic of China (Sydney, Thomson Reuters, 2012).
• Patricia Blazey and Kay-Wah Chan (ed), The Chinese Commercial Legal System (Sydney, Thomson Lawbook, 2008).
• Kay-Wah Chan, "China’s Labour Law in Transition" in John Garrick (ed) Law Wealth and Power in China: Commercial Law Reforms in Context(Routledge, 2011) 163-181.
• Patricia Blazey and P Gillies, "China – Growth and Current Challenges" Business Law JournalJune 2009.
• Patricia Blazey and P Gillies, "Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in China" International Journal of Private Law November 2008.
• Patricia Blazey, "China’s Rapid Economic Growth and Resultant Negative Externalities"University of New South Wales Law Journal November 2007.

2. This unit uses research from external sources: 

    See the Required Reading List above and Class Activity Instructions.

Global and Sustainability

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 Chinese Trade and Investment Law unit), including the contents of the seminars and its assessments tasks.