LLB142 Regulation of Business

Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Gardens Point, Internal

Overview

This elective unit commences the process of educating you in matters of business and commercial law. It is intended to provide an overview of a number of critical areas in the study of business law and regulation. Further, this unit will provide you with theoretical and critical analysis skills. Law graduates are increasingly required to have a strong knowledge base and understanding of business and commerce, and more specifically an understanding of how business operates within the context of the Australian legal system. This unit is intended to provide foundation skills and knowledge that are essential for an understanding of law and regulation as it applies to business.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Identify the essential principles and doctrines of business law and regulation as applied within the Australian legal system (CLOs 1.1)
2. Critically evaluate business regulation using regulatory and legal theory (CLOs 2.1, 2.3)
3. Analyse business law in a wider social, theoretical and commercial context (CLOs 1.4, 2.3)
4. Critically evaluate contemporary developments in business regulation (CLO 2.3), and
5. Construct and communicate written analysis (CLO 4.1).

Content

Learning Approaches

This unit employs an active and collaborative approach to learning. It involves online, self-led learning practice and live tutorials where you will learn from experts and your peers. Prior to tutorials, you will be supported and engaged in this unit through the delivery of weekly snapshots of unit material, podcasts, and formative learning activities that will introduce a range of practical and theoretical perspectives and legal principles.

Your participation in this unit will include:

• Engagement with self-paced online learning activities
• Discussions with your peers and teachers in live tutorials.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

Feedback on the development of your understanding of the regulation of business examined in this unit and the skills taught is provided through:

• feedback provided in the live tutorials where questions will be posed and example answers provided
• individual feedback on your policy submission assessment task
• general feedback on the policy submission assessment task
• the online learning activities on the unit's Canvas site, and
• the option of private consultation with a member of the teaching team.

Assessment

Overview

In this unit, you will be graded on a scale of one to seven.

Students may be required to attend campus or an assessment centre for the purposes of assessment, regardless of the attendance mode for the unit.

Overview of Assessment:
The summative assessment consists of a policy submission, and an end-of-semester exam.

Faculty assessment information
To access the Law Faculty assessment information, see the Canvas site for this unit.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Policy Submission

You will be required to develop a policy submission in relation to a matter associated with the regulation of business. This will either include a position to support or modify existing regulation relevant to Australian business operation.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: End of Semester Exam

A problem question exam will be available in week 13. It must be completed by the end of week 13. The exam will be timed once it is commenced. 

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with this unit.