LAW4196 - Consumer law
6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate Faculty of Law
Leader(s): Justin Malbon
Offered
Clayton First semester 2009 (Day)
Synopsis
The unit will consider the main issues facing consumers purchasing goods or services:
- misinformation;
- unsatisfactory goods and services;
- defective and dangerous goods; and
- unfair contracts. The unit will consider the various regulatory responses to these issues, typically:
- non-legal controls e.g. codes of conduct;
- private law e.g. manufacturers' and retailers' liability for goods; unconscionable conduct;
- public law e.g. Trade Practices Act 1974. The course will consider how these various responses impact upon particular factual problems and will crucially assess the merits of the various responses to consumer issues using, economic and welfarist perspectives.
Objectives
The jurisdictions to be examined will be: Common Law: Australia, New Zealand, Canada; Common Law/Civil law: South Africa.
Assessment
Final examination (2 hours writing time plus 30 minutes reading and noting time): 70% Research essay (2,400 words): 30% OR the option of a final examination (3 hours writing time plus 30 minutes reading and noting time): 100%.
Contact hours
Three hours of lectures per week
Prerequisites
LAW1100 or LAW1101 and LAW1102 OR LAW1104; LAW2100 or LAW2101 and LAW2102
06 July 2009
07 July 2009
