University of Tasmania, Australia

Provides, in the context of commercial transactions, an introduction to the Australian legal system, the courts, common law and equity, precedent, the judiciary and the legal profession, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, classifications of law and an introduction to criminal and property law, the law of tort, the law of contract, consumer law including consumer protection, implied terms in supply of goods, Trade Practices, Fair Trading legislation, agency law, introduction to various forms of business organisation including sole traders, companies and partnerships, partnership law, and law of trusts.

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