Unit study package number: 11011

Mode of study: Internal

Tuition pattern summary: Seminar: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
This unit does not have a fieldwork component.
Credit Value: 25.0
Pre-requisite units: Nil
Co-requisite units: Nil
Anti-requisite units: Nil
Result type: Grade/Mark
Approved incidental fees: Information about approved incidental fees can be obtained from our website. Visit
fees.curtin.edu.au/incidental_fees.cfm for details.
Unit coordinator: Name: Christian Duperouzel
Phone: +618 9266 7105
Email: C.Duperouzel@curtin.edu.au
Building: 407
Room: 325
Consultation
times:
Wednesday, 11am to 1pm and 2 to 4pm
Teaching Staff:
Administrative contact: Name: Christian Duperouzel
Phone: +618 9266 7105
Email: C.Duperouzel@curtin.edu.au
Building: 407
Room: 325
Learning Management System: Blackboard (lms.curtin.edu.au)

Unit Outline
11011 Business Law 100
Semester 1, 2014
Curtin Business School
Curtin Law School

11011 Business Law 100

Bentley Campus
17 Feb 2014
Curtin Law School, Curtin Business School
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CRICOS Provider Code
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Acknowledgement of Country
We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous Elders, custodians, their descendants and kin of this land past and present.
Syllabus
An introduction to law with a business focus. Students examine the nature and sources of law in Australia. Key aspects of civil law as
they relate to business are explored with a particular emphasis on contract law.
Introduction
Welcome to Business Law 100.
Please read this unit outline carefully as it contains important information.
This unit aims to provide students with an introduction to the legal system and an understanding of how law is relevant in business. In
fact, no business transaction can occur without contemplation of the applicable law. The focus of the unit will be on a number of
specific areas of the law that arise for consideration in most commercial transactions, whether in Australia or internationally. This unit
also teaches students how to construct a coherent and logical legal argument when analysing and solving case studies.
Unit Learning Outcomes
Curtin's Graduate Attributes
Learning Activities
The tuition pattern is a three hour weekly seminar, supported by specified reading and an E-tutorial (computer-based tutorial).
The seminar will be comprised of a two hour interactive lecture and a one hour revision quiz. A portion of the interactive lecture is
devoted to a case study on that weeks seminar topic, where students will be required to work through the case study in the class,
with assistance from the lecturer and teaching assistants. This structure gives students the opportunity to learn how to apply relevant
legal concepts and principles to analyse and solve case studies and receive feedback from the teaching staff instantaneously.
The E-tutorial assigned for that week can be completed in the students own time at their convenience. These E-tutorials are located
on the Business Law 100 blackboard site and can be completedon a university computerif a student does not have a private internet
connection.
Students who wish to receive additional assistance and feedback on the topics covered in the seminars can email their lecturer, or
alternately, they can post their query to the discussion board on blackboard which willbe staffed by teaching assistants.
On successful completion of this unit students can:
Graduate Attributes
addressed
1 Interpret and apply the basic legal rules and principles arising in the Australian legal system

2 Demonstrate an understanding of the principal concepts and sources of law in Australia to identify and
analyse legal issues
3 Construct a coherent and logical legal argument using the four step process approach

4 Apply relevant legal concepts and principles to analyse and solve case studies

Apply discipline knowledge
Thinking skills
(use analytical skills to solve problems)
Information skills
(confidence to investigate new ideas)
Communication skills Technology skills
Learning how to learn
(apply principles learnt to new situations)
(confidence to tackle unfamiliar problems)
International perspective
(value the perspectives of others)
Cultural understanding
(value the perspectives of others)
Professional Skills
(work independently and as a team)
(plan own work)
Find out more about Curtin's Graduate attributes at the Office of Teaching & Learning website: ctl.curtin.edu.au

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Learning Resources
Essential texts
The required textbook(s) for this unit are:
l Understanding Business Law (Custom publication for Curtin University: Business Law 100), 2014, Chatswood: LexisNexis
Butterworths.
As this is the first time that this custom publication has been used, and second hand copies of the textbook are not in
circulation, students will have to purchase this textbook from the university bookshop.
Recommended texts
You do not have to purchase the following textbooks but you may like to refer to them.
l Lambiris, Michael and Griffin, Laura. 2014. First Principles of Business Law: A Blended Learning Approach. Sydney: CCH.

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Assessment
Assessment schedule
Detailed information on assessment tasks
1. Assignment One: Media Report Analysis (20 marks)
Students are required to select a media report from the three reports provided on Blackboard under the assessment folder.
Students are required to identify and analyse the legal issues arising in their chosen report through answering a series of
questions.
Students need to apply a similar approach to that used in the Topic 1 case study, The Swimming Stadium, to their chosen
media report. Therefore, students will need to use their issue identifying skills to assess and analyse the legal issues that arise
in their chosen article.
Word Limit
The assignment should be a minimum of 500 words and not exceed 2000 words. Please provide a word count on your cover
sheet. A penalty of 10% will be imposed for every 100 words that exceeds the word limit. The assignment will not be assessed
if it exceeds 3000 words and will result in a ZERO mark.
Assignment One must be submitted by 1pm WST on the Monday of the week due, i.e. Monday, 24 March 2014.
Students' grades and feedback will be provided by way of an audio voice file available on My Grades on Blackboard.
2. Assignment Two: Case study (30 marks)
Students will be provided with a case study and be required to address two legal questions using the four step process. The
assignment will require students to solve the legal issues arising in the case study by explaining and applying their knowledge
of the legal principles and rules arising in the Australian legal system. A vodcast explaining the four step processhas been
posted to blackboard to assist students in completing this assignment.
Please note that the information contained in the course materials (the text book, E-tutorials and seminar materials) are
sufficient when completing your assignment. It is not necessary to research beyond these materials for the purpose of
completing the assignment.
Word Limit
The assignment should be a minimum of 500 words and not exceed 2500 words. Please provide a word count on your cover
sheet. A penalty of 10% will be imposed for every 100 words that exceed the word limit. The assignment will not be assessed if
it exceeds 3500 words and will result in a ZERO mark.
Assignment Two must be submitted by 1pm WST on the Monday of the week due, i.e. Monday, 5 May 2014.
Students' grades and feedback will be provided by way of an audio voice file available on My Grades on Blackboard.
3. Final examination (50 marks)
The final examination is a closed book three hour examination. The examination builds on students critical thinking skills and
discipline specific knowledge learnt in the seminars, case studies and E-tutorials. Students are required to apply relevant legal
concepts and principles to analyse and solve case studies. The final examination is comprised of three parts.
Part A: Four step process question (15 marks)
Task Value % Date Due
Unit Learning
Outcome(s)
Assessed
1
Assignment One 20 percent Week: 4
Day: Monday, 24 March
2014
Time: 1pm (WST)
1,2
2
Assignment Two 30 percent Week: 10
Day: Monday, 5 May
2014
Time: 1pm (WST)
1,2,3
3
Final Examination 50 percent Week: 16 or 17
Day: TBC
Time: TBC
2,3,4

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Part B: Applied case study (20 marks)
Part C: Short answer questions (15 marks)
Students will be provided with further guidance for their preparation for the final examination throughout the semester and
during the revision week. In particular, students will be advised of the specific topics each question draws upon prior to the
final examination.
Fair assessment through moderation
Moderation describes a quality assurance process to ensure that assessments are appropriate to the learning outcomes, and that
student work is evaluated consistently by assessors. Minimum standards for the moderation of assessment are described in the
Assessment Manual, available from policies.curtin.edu.au/policies/teachingandlearning.cfm
Late assessment policy
This ensures that the requirements for submission of assignments and other work to be assessed are fair, transparent, equitable, and
that penalties are consistently applied.
1. All assessments which students are required to submit will have a due date and time specified on the Unit Outline.
2. Accepting late submission of assignments or other work will be determined by the unit coordinator or Head of School and will
be specified on the Unit Outline.
3. If late submission of assignments or other work is not accepted, students will receive a penalty of 100% after the due date and
time ie a zero mark for the late assessment.
4. If late submission of assignments or other work is accepted, students will be penalised by ten percent per calendar day for a
late assessment submission (eg a mark equivalent to 10% of the total allocated for the assessment will be deducted from the
marked value for every day that the assessment is late). This means that an assignment worth 20 will have two marks deducted
per calendar day late. Hence if it was handed in three calendar days late and marked as 12/20, the student would receive 6/20.
An assessment more than seven calendar days overdue will not be marked. Work submitted after this time (due date plus
seven days) may result in a Fail - Incomplete (F-IN) grade being awarded for the unit.
Assessment extension
A student wishing to delay the completion or submission of an assessment task after the original published date/time (eg
examinations, tests) or due date/time (eg assignments) must apply for an assessment extension using the Assessment Extension form
(available from the Forms page at http://students.curtin.edu.au/administration/) as prescribed by the Academic Registrar. It is the
responsibility of the student to demonstrate and provide evidence for exceptional circumstances beyond the student's control that
prevented them from completing/submitting the assessment task.
The student will be expected to lodge the form and supporting documentation with the unit coordinator before the assessment
date/time or due date/time. An application may be accepted up to five working days after the date or due date of the assessment
task where the student is able to provide an acceptable explanation as to why he or she was not able to submit the application prior
to the assessment date. An application for an assessment extension will not be accepted after the date of the Board of Examiners'
meeting.
Additional assessment information
Students should understand that compliance with instructions in relation to an assessment task is critical. In business, it is essential
that you act on instructions given by clients. Students MUST be aware that non-compliance with assessment instructions can
result in a ZERO mark.
Pass requirements
The marks are cumulative, so students do not need to pass each assessment task, but must achieve a total of 50 or more to pass this
unit. Detailed information on each assessment item is available on Blackboard in the 'Assessment' folder.
Referencing style
The referencing style for this unit is Chicago.
More information can be found on this style from the Library web site: library.curtin.edu.au.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism occurs when work or property of another person is presented as one's own, without appropriate acknowledgement or
referencing. Plagiarism is a serious offence. For more information refer to academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au.

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Plagiarism monitoring
Work submitted may be subjected to a plagiarism detection process, which may include the use of systems such as 'Turnitin'. For
further information, see academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/students/turnitin.cfm.
Additional information
Guidelines for assignment submission
Students will be required to submit their assignments through the Business Law 100 Blackboard site, which utilises the plagiarism
detection program, Turnitin. Instructions on the submission process will be posted to Blackboard at the beginning of semester,
including the appropriate way to save your file.
Format of assignments
Assignments cannot be handwritten and must comply with the following format requirements. Assignments which do not conform to
these requirements without prior agreement of the unit coordinator, will either be returned to the student unmarked or will have
marks deducted:
l Document type: Word or pdf (pdf preferred)
l Font: Arial or similar font - no smaller than 12 point in size
l Pages: Numbered in top or bottom margin
l Spacing: Appropriate line spacing and paragraph spacing
l Margins: At least 2.5 cm top, left, right & bottom
The document must be checked for spelling and grammar before submission.
Extension of Assessment due dates
Extensions of assessment are only granted in unforeseeable extenuating circumstances. The granting of an extension or modification
of assessment in accordance with University policy requires appropriate supporting documentation. Extenuating circumstances do
NOT include holidays, family celebrations such as weddings, moving house or poor time management. These are not valid reasons
and are not accepted as grounds for an extension.
The extension period will be a maximum of seven calendar days from the due date and time. The application form for an extension is
available through your Oasis account and must be sent to the unit coordinator with supporting documentation e.g. hospital record,
statutory declaration etc. Details of any extension granted must be attached to the relevant assignment upon submission.
Please contact the unit coordinator regarding an application for extension.
It is your responsibility to check due dates.
Enrolment
It is your responsibility to ensure that your enrolment is correct - you can check your enrolment through the eStudent option on
OASIS, where you can also print an Enrolment Advice.
Supplementary and Deferred Exams
Deferred examinations will be held at a date to be advised (see next section). Supplementary examinations, where applicable and
when granted by the Board of Examiners, will be held at a date to be advised (see next section). Notification to students will be made
after the Board of Examiners meeting via the Official Communications Channel (OCC) in OASIS.
It is the responsibility of students to be available to attend a supplementary or deferred examination on the date advised and to
check their OASIS account on a weekly basis for official Curtin correspondence. If your results show that you have been granted a
supplementary or deferred examination you should immediately check your OASIS email for details.
STUDENTS PLEASE NOTE: End of semester final examination deferrals are all handled by CBS Student Services and NOT the unit
coordinator. Students who cannot sit the final examination must see CBS Student Services in Building 407, Level 1.

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Student Rights and Responsibilities
It is the responsibility of every student to be aware of all relevant legislation, policies and procedures relating to their rights and
responsibilities as a student. These include:
l the Student Charter
l the University's Guiding Ethical Principles
l the University's policy and statements on plagiarism and academic integrity
l copyright principles and responsibilities
l the University's policies on appropriate use of software and computer facilities
Information on all these things is available through the University's "Student Rights and Responsibilities website at:
students.curtin.edu.au/rights.
Student Equity
There are a number of factors that might disadvantage some students from participating in their studies or assessments to the best
of their ability, under standard conditions. These factors may include a disability or medical condition (e.g. mental illness, chronic
illness, physical or sensory disability, learning disability), significant family responsibilities, pregnancy, religious practices, living in a
remote location or another reason. If you believe you may be unfairly disadvantaged on these or other grounds please speak to the
Student Equity Advisor Team member in your Faculty. Contact details are at: http://eesj.curtin.edu.au/contact.html
You can also contact Counselling and Disability services: http://www.disability.curtin.edu.au or the Multi-faith services:
http://unilife.curtin.edu.au/diversity_and_faith/faith_services.htm for further information.
It is important to note that the staff of the university may not be able to meet your needs if they are not informed of your individual
circumstances so please get in touch with the appropriate service if you require assistance. For general wellbeing concerns or advice
please contact Curtin's Student Wellbeing Advisory Service at: http://unilife.curtin.edu.au/student_wellbeing_service.htm
Recent unit changes
We welcome feedback as one way to keep improving this unit. Students are encouraged to provide unit feedback through eVALUate,
Curtin's online student feedback system (see evaluate.curtin.edu.au/info/). Recent changes to this unit include:
l Adoption of a customised textbook and supporting materials that allow for a more integrated learning experience for
students.
l A reduction in class sizes to ensure that more individual attention and assistance can be offered to each student.
l Continual renewal of the unit materials and curriculum to ensure materials are up to date with significant changes to the law
whilst remaining commercially focused.
l The revision clicker sessions and E-tutorials continue to meet students requests for more immediate feedback and flexibility in
learning.
l Ongoing evaluation of the format of the tuition pattern (three hour seminar) and feedback from students indicates the
preference of the majority of students for continuation of this method of delivery, both in terms of their learning experience
and for reasons of convenience and efficiency. The ability of students to seek individual assistance is maintained by the
presence of teaching assistants in the seminar and on discussion board.
l Use of audio feedback files for assessment tasks is employed to improve the quality and detail of feedback given.

See evaluate.curtin.edu.au to find out when you can eVALUate this unit.

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Program calendar
Program Calendar Semester 1 2014
Week Begin Date Seminar Pre-readings E-tutorial Assessment Due
Orientation 24 February
1. 3 March 1. Introduction:
The nature and
function of the law
Chapter 1 Introduction to the
Australian Legal
System

2. 10 March 2. Sources of law:
Legislation and
Case Law
Chapter 2 The law up close
3. 17 March 3. Making a
contract
Chapter 3 Contracts -
Formation

4. 24 March 4. Contents of a
contract:
Expressed terms
Chapter 4 Contracts -
Interpretation
Assignment One
Monday, 24 March
2014 at 1pm (WST)
5. 31 March 5. Contents of a
contract: Exclusion
clauses and
Implied terms
Chapter 4 Contracts -
Interpretation

6. 7 April 6. Performance
and breach of
contract
Chapter 6 Contracts -
Termination and
breach

7. 14 April Tuition Free Week
8. 21 April Tuition Free Week
9. 28 April 7. Remedies for
breach of contract
Chapter 6 Contracts -
Termination and
breach

10. 5 May 8. Australian
consumer law
Chapter 8 Introduction to
Consumer Law
AssignmentTwo
Monday,5 May2014
at 1pm (WST)
11. 12 May 9. Liability in
negligence
Chapter 15 Negligence
12. 19 May 10. Business
organisations
Chapters 10 and 11 Choosing a business
form - Non-
corporate business
arrangements
Trusts

13. 26 May 10. Business
organisations &
industry guest
speakers
Chapter 12 Companies -
Creation and
operation

14. 2 June Revision
15. 9 June Study Week
16. 16 June Examinations

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17 23 June Examinations

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