The end of term examination has now been changed to an alternate form of assessment. Please see your Moodle site for details of the assessment.
Overview
A study of commercial law including an examination of the different types of property and ownership. There is a study of the contract of sale and other consumer transactions with particular reference to relevant legislation. Other topics covered include agency, bailment, cheques, insurance, securities, and bankruptcy. STUDENTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED LAWS11054 COMMERCIAL LAW CANNOT ENROLL IN THIS UNIT.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite: LAWS 11030
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Current Unit Coordinator reflection
The current content and structure of the unit shall be revised and improved for Term 1 2020. Certain module topics are too broad and span a number of weeks. Existing content will be streamlined and other relevant areas can be appropriately incorporated. These improvements will align closely with the set text, Moodle resources and unit profile.
Unit Coordinator to revise and improve the structure and content of the unit. Unit Coordinator to add weekly video sessions and master classes to streamline and improve the unit's content. Unit Coordinator to add reports of current legal events to Moodle as related weekly activities.
- demonstrate an understanding of the commercial law concepts in the topics covered
- locate, understand and interpret relevant provisions of the legislation considered in the unit
- identify the obligations, rights and remedies available to parties in commercial transactions
- make an informed decision as to the likely outcome of a commercial fact situation based on appropriate information.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | ||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
Business Law
- Edition: 5th (2020)
- Authors: Nicholas James
- Wiley
- Milton Milton , Queensland , Australia
- ISBN: 9780730369271
- Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Copies are available for purchase at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Australian Guide to Legal Citation, 4th ed
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
r.farran@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 09 Mar 2020Module/Topic
Business and the Australian legal system
Chapter
Chapters 1-4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Begin Date: 16 Mar 2020Module/Topic
Setting up a business and property concepts
Chapter
Chapter 14
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 3
Begin Date: 23 Mar 2020Module/Topic
Protecting intellectual property
Chapter
Chapter 13
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 4
Begin Date: 30 Mar 2020Module/Topic
Insuring a business, tax issues and employing workers
Chapter
Chapters 18 and 19
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 5
Begin Date: 06 Apr 2020Module/Topic
Contract Law review
Chapter
Chapters 7-9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 13 Apr 2020Module/Topic
Revision and assignment preparation
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 6
Begin Date: 20 Apr 2020Module/Topic
Working with agents
Chapter
10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 7
Begin Date: 27 Apr 2020Module/Topic
Tort Law review
Chapter
Chapters 5 and 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 8
Begin Date: 04 May 2020Module/Topic
Dealing with consumers
Chapter
Chapter 11
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 9
Begin Date: 11 May 2020Module/Topic
Dealing with competitors
Chapter
Chapter 12
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 10
Begin Date: 18 May 2020Module/Topic
Making payments, cheques, securities and recovering debts
Chapter
Chapter 17
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 11
Begin Date: 25 May 2020Module/Topic
Managing a business: Closing down and personal and corporate insolvency
Chapter
Chapter 20
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 12
Begin Date: 01 Jun 2020Module/Topic
Revision and exam preparation
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 08 Jun 2020Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Exam Week
Begin Date: 15 Jun 2020Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
The assignment involves a series of tasks aimed at developing and assessing student research, analysis and writing skills.
The assignment consists of problem based questions set in a hypothetical factual situation. Students are to provide the likely outcomes for the parties concerned, including their rights, obligations and remedies by identifying the relevant legal issues and applying legal principles. In completing the written assignment, students will locate and interpret relevant cases and provisions of the legislation examined in the unit to demonstrate an understanding of the commercial law concepts.
Week 7 Wednesday (29 Apr 2020) 11:45 pm AEST
Written assessments that are not submitted on time may attract a late penalty of two marks per day unless an extension request has been granted. All extension applications should be applied for online via Moodle with documents to support the application.
Week 9 Wednesday (13 May 2020)
The unit assignment will use the following assessment criteria:
Problem solving: The focus of many parts of the assignment is upon developing applied problem solving skills. This requires students to read and analyse fact scenario matrix, identify legal issues and apply case law and provisions of legislation to develop a reasoned outcome to the issue presented by the problem matrix.
Critical thinking: Students are required to critically analyse and evaluate information, facts and law in a problem solving context. The skills being emphasised involve the critical appraisal and reflection of legal issues and the application of case law and legislation against a factual matrix.
Information literacy: The assessment tests understanding and comprehension of critical legal knowledge and legal concepts discussed in the course in topics covered prior to submission of the assessment. Students need to develop understanding and familiarity with legal terms and words introduced in topics covered prior to submission of the assessment. This information, understanding and literacy is tested in an applied rather than a descriptive context.
Information technology competence: Online submission of the assignment requires competence in the use of technology.
Assessment instructions, assignment detail and the marking rubric are on Moodle.
- demonstrate an understanding of the commercial law concepts in the topics covered
- locate, understand and interpret relevant provisions of the legislation considered in the unit
- identify the obligations, rights and remedies available to parties in commercial transactions
- make an informed decision as to the likely outcome of a commercial fact situation based on appropriate information.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
Examination
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
