BTF1010: Business Law

Inclass test (one question like what features on the exam) – 20%
Online quizzes (weekly) – 20%
Exam - 60%

This was a pretty good subject, with easy straightforward assessments. You need to really keep on top of weekly readings in order to do well in this subject and preparing summary notes, especially of cases throughout the semester is extremely helpful when it comes to exam time as the exam is open book.

Mark Bender

No past exams available, however there was one practice exam provided in week 12.

4/5

Lectures are recorded

Law in Commerce 4ed by Sweeney, O’Reilly and Coleman. Essential for weekly quizzes, in class essay and exam. The subject is pretty much taught out of this textbook

1 x 2 hour lecture per week and 1 x 1 hour tutorial each week

Semester 1, 2013

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Mid-semester test (20%), Online quizzes (20%), Exam - 2 hours (60%).

Thoroughly enjoyable unit. First few weeks touch on the basics of what the law is etc. and then moves onto areas such as consumers’ rights and supply, agency, partnership and company law. The mid-semester test involves chapters 2 and 3 of the prescribed textbook: negligence/ACL and misrepresentation & commercial misconduct. It is open-book and there is one scenario-based question. I think the key to this unit is citing cases and/or legislation to back up your points, and also to look at everything; whether a party has a right of action/defences and the remedies available to the party/parties. The weekly online quizzes can be somewhat tricky as they are not as straight-forward and there are errors in some of the quizzes as noted by the lecturer. The questions in the exam are quite similar to the tutorial questions in the textbook (scenario-based) and the sample exam questions as well. Again, the exam is open-book so you can bring in any notes you like. There is an exam hurdle requirement of 45% to pass the unit. The workload for this unit is very manageable. Overall, I think this unit is a good introduction and look into the different aspects of law and the lecturer isn’t too bad either.

Mark Bender.

No. Sample exam questions are available though.

4.5 out of 5.

Yes, with screen capture.

'Law in Commerce' 4th edition by Brendan Sweeney, Jennifer O'Reilly and Andrew Coleman.

One two-hour lecture and one one-hour tutorial per week.

Semester 1, 2012.