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LAWS3345 Current Issues in Consumer Law and Policy
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The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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| Credit: 6 points Availability: non-standard teaching period
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| Outcomes: Students are able to (1) discuss, debate and analyse the history, theory and current practice of consumer law and policy; (2) recognise a range of current issues in consumer law and policy; (3) examine critically current issues in consumer law and policy; and (4) place consumer law and policy in the context of economic and general public policy law and practice both domestically and internationally. |
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| Content: This unit examines a number of the major current issues in consumer law and policy including new laws prohibiting unfair contract terms; the interface of competition and consumer law; the development of industry ombudsman schemes; the role of interest groups in the development of consumer law and policy; and the upcoming national review of Australian consumer protection regulation (including an analysis of red-tape regulation). |
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Assessment: Students are required to participate in class (10 per cent) and complete a 4000-word research essay (90 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
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| Unit Co-ordinator(s): Eileen Webb |
| Location: UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode: on-campus |
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| Prerequisites: LAWS1130 Legal Process |
Contact hours—offered intensively (22–26 June)
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Unit Web Page: http://www.uwa.edu.au/page/145997 |
| Note: Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2009. |
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| Note: Attendance at all sessions is mandatory. |
Texts
Field, C. Current Issues in Consumer Law and Policy: Pearsons Australia 2006 |
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Assistance with study skills, including English language skills,
is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students
(see http://www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au/).
Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423. |
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Books and other material wherever listed may be subject to change.
Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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NOTICE
Assignment due date has changed to Monday 18 August 2008
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