Undergraduate LTU-LST2001-2023
Introduction to Business and Company Law
$1,892 $0
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Duration
12 weeks
Study method
100% Online
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Assessments
Subjects may require attendance
Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 31 Jul 2023
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Subject details
- Demonstrate knowledge of the key features of the Australian legal system.
- Identify principles applicable to contract law and law of negligence, including negligent misstatement and explain how these principles apply to commercial transactions.
- Evaluate legal principles, including cases and statutory provisions, relevant to company and commercial law and to the entities of corporations, and apply them appropriately to problem-solving scenarios.
- Describe and analyse the ethical frameworks of the laws relating to data protection and privacy regulation in business and corporations.
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- Australian law.
- The law of contracts.
- Consumer protection law.
- Negligence.
- Business organisation.
- Revision.
Others
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed LST2BSL (Introduction to Business Law and Ethics) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
This subject explores the core principles of contract law, consumer protection and the law of negligence, and examines business structures including the law relating to the incorporation of companies. This subject also introduces students to ethical standards that apply to business activities, such as contractual relationships and special legal protections against unethical business practices, and examines the practical operation of the law in the business environment. This subject adopts a skills-based learning approach through teaching the basic techniques of problem solving and promoting an understanding of the dynamic nature of the law in business and corporations. These skills prepare students for more advanced law subjects as well as their professional careers.
- Online quizzes (800 word equivalent) (20%)
- Case Study (1200 word equivalent) (30%)
- Exam scheduled in the central exam period (2000 word equivalent) (50%)
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