Business Law (11220.1)

Please note these are the 2020 details for this unit
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Business Law
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
View teaching periods On-campus
Online real-time
 Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Business, Government & Law
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Canberra Law School Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905)
Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
This unit aims to provide students with a basic foundation in the Australian legal system, which will assist them to develop problem-solving strategies in relation to questions of law. It will focus on topics including contract law, consumer protection, negligence, property law, business organisation and ethics and trade practices.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an ability to solve legal problems in a range of contexts;
2. Analyse material from a variety of sources to produce a coherent piece of advice for a hypothetical client, outlining the likely legal consequences of certain actions or inactions in areas including contract law, negligence, property law, and trade practices law; and
3. Identify and discuss selected ethical issues related to the application of the law in a business context.


Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings


Skills development

The unit is not available to law students or accredited for law programs.



Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

6225 Business Law G. SCB101 Bachelor of Laws students may not undertake this unit.

Equivalent units

4977 Introduction to Business Law

Assumed knowledge

None.
Availability for enrolment in 2026 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 On-campus Dr Zebo Nasirova
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 03 February 2025 Online real-time Dr Zebo Nasirova
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 28 July 2025 On-campus Ms Carole Grey
2025 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 28 July 2025 Online real-time Ms Carole Grey
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 1 16 February 2026 On-campus Ms Carole Grey
2026 Bruce, Canberra Semester 2 10 August 2026 On-campus Ms Carole Grey
Not available

Required texts

Required Text:

Stephen Graw, David Parker, Keturah Whitford, Elfriede Sangkuhl and Christina Do, Understanding Business Law (LexisNexis Butterworths Australia, 10th Edition, 2023)

Students can place their order of the textbook online via the LexisNexis store website (https://store.lexisnexis.com.au/).

The UC Library also has an Ebook version of the above text that is available online.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Artificial intelligence

Students are not permitted to use generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in assessments for this unit.

GenAI may only be used in authorised ways when completing assessments at UC. This means that GenAI can only be used for an assessment when:

  1. the Unit Convener has authorised GenAI use for that assessment
  2. the student uses GenAI in the way that the assessment instructions allow
  3. the student fully acknowledges their use of GenAI, with proper citations, references and a GenAI Acknowledgement Statement in line with the assessment instructions.

Where the assessment instructions do not specifically state that GenAI may be used and how then its use is not permitted for that assessment. Students must still provide the required GenAI Acknowledgement Statement to indicate whether GenAI has or has not been used in the preparation of the assessment. If unsure, students should seek advice from the Unit Convener.

The GenAI for Students Library Guide provides further information, including how to reference GenAI.

Special assessment requirements

Final grades in this subject will be assessed according to performance in each of the assessment items identified above. In order to pass this unit, you must obtain:

  • an overall total score of at least 50% AND
  • submit all assessment items marked as mandatory AND
  • meet any indicated threshold requirements (e.g. a mark of at least 20/50 in the exam).
     

For assessment items marked as mandatory, each piece of assessment must be completed and submitted, but it is not necessary that students pass each individual item of assessment.

For threshold items, students must complete the assessment item and meet the minimum indicated threshold requirement.

In this unit, the final examination is a threshold requirement. Students must obtain a minimum of 40% (20/50) in the final exam and 50% overall to pass the unit.

Special consideration

Applications for an extension to the due date for submission of an assessment item on the grounds of illness or other unavoidable and verifiable personal circumstances (that is, special consideration) should be submitted via email to the unit convener. Each application for an extension has to be supported by appropriate documentation. For advice on documentary evidence to support applications for extensions, please refer to the Deferred Examination Policy https://guard.canberra.edu.au/policy/policy.php?pol_id=3176.

“Students should apply for extensions before the due submission date, and are advised to do so as early as possible. Applications after the due submission date may be considered only in exceptional circumstances” Assessment Procedures 3.22.

If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any assignment or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the lecturer about the matter.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

*

Inclusion and engagement

*

Participation requirements

None.

Required IT skills

*

In-unit costs

None.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None.

Additional information

Use of AI is not permitted in this unit

The University's position is that artificial intelligence services must not be used for assessment or assessment preparation by students unless explicitly allowed in the assessment instructions for an assessment task published with the assessment task and/or in the unit outline. That is, an AI service may only be used if:

a) its use is authorised by the unit convener as part of the specified task; and

b) it is used in the way allowed in the assessment instructions and/or unit outline; and

c) its use is appropriately referenced, meaning that the students must reference the use of AI in their assessment in the same way as they reference other source material.

The use of AI has not been specified in the assessment instructions for the unit or in the unit outline and thus, AI is not a permissible resource.