LAWS3375 Competition Law

The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.

Credit: 6 points Availability: Semester 2 Old unit code: 200.375

Content: This unit is concerned with those sections of the Commonwealth of Australia Trade Practices Act 1974 as amended, which prescribe anti-competitive conduct. The Act is examined in the context of Australian competition law and policy.

Assessment: Students must complete an assignment (30 per cent) and a final examination (70 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.

Unit Co-ordinator(s): Dr Michael Underdown

Location: UWA (Crawley)

Mode: on-campus

Unit Rules:

Prerequisites: LAWS1130 Legal Process

Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week

Unit Web Page: http://www.uwa.edu.au/page/108938

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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.

Unit Resources

Unit Coordinator

Michael Underdown