Objectives:
This course is designed primarily for those students who have completed the Treasury course at the appropriate level and wish to continue into the Masters or Graduate Diploma in Government and Commercial Law. Completing this course together with the Treasury course will equip students with the knowledge and skills to enable them to enrol in the other more specialist courses in government and commercial law.
Content:
The following topics will be covered:
- Developing legal skills - problem solving (taken with ILRR students);
- The forms of business entity - sole traders, partnerships and corporations;
- The advantages and disadvantages of the choice of business entity;
- An introduction to the law of contract;
- Formation of contract;
- Contractual terms;
- Termination and breach of contract
Students are required to attend the final day of LAWS8153 Introduction to Legal Reasoning and Research.
Indicative Assessment
Students must rely on the Approved Assessement, which will be posted to the course homepage on the ANU Law website, prior to the commencement of the course.
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Workload
26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery)
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the Law School to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 3
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2958 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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