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LAWS3370 Consumer Law
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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: Semester 1 Old unit code: 200.370
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| Outcomes: Students are able to (1) identify and understand the objectives, requirements and processes of state and federal legislative schemes for protection of consumers in Australia; (2) apply relevant legal principles to hypothetical factual scenarios; (3) communicate a comprehension of consumer law by expressing ideas coherently and logically in a written and oral form; and (4) evaluate existing consumer protection law as to whether it responds adequately to consumer needs. |
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| Content: This unit is a study of the main aspects of consumer protection law, both state and federal, including product liability, unfair trade practices, consumer credit, consumer remedies and consumers' access to justice. |
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Assessment: Students are required to complete a tutorial exercise (25 per cent), attend and participate in tutorials (5 per cent) and sit 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. |
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| Unit Co-ordinator(s): Aviva Freilich |
| Location: UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode: on-campus |
Unit Rules: |
| Prerequisites: LAWS1130 Legal Process |
| Incompatibility: LAWS3308 Marketing Law |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; tutorials: 1 hr per fortnight
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Unit Web Page: http://www.uwa.edu.au/page/103443 |
| Note: Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2009. |
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Recommended Reading
Beatty, A. et al. Annotated Consumer Credit Code and Regulations: Butterworths 2006
Cranston, R. Consumers and the Law, 2nd ed.: Weidenfeld 1984
Duggan, A. J. and Darvall, L. W., eds Consumer Protection Law and Theory: Lawbook Co. 1980*
Duggan, A. J. and Lanyon, E. V. Consumer Credit Law: Butterworths 1999
Goldring, J. et al. Consumer Protection Law, 5th ed.: Federation Press 1998
Miller, R. Annotated Trade Practices Act, 22nd ed.: Lawbook Co. 2007
Taperell, G. O. et al. Trade Practices and Consumer Protection: a Commentary on the TPA 1974, 3rd ed.: Butterworths 1983* |
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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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