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CLAW2205: Competition and Consumer Law
2024 unit information
Competition and consumer law impacts on everyone and on every business. This unit examines provisions in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cwth) that regulate a range of business activities, including, dealings between businesses and with consumers, pricing, advertising and unfair practices. The focus will be on current enforcement priorities of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and topics covered will include: cartel conduct, misuse of market power, vertical restraints on competition, anti-competitive acquisitions and key aspects of Australian consumer law including: product safety, consumer guarantees, unfair contract terms, unconscionable conduct and misleading or deceptive conduct. Students will analyse legal and business issues involving competition and consumer law arising from given fact situations and real-world contexts to increase awareness of legal risk situations in business and understanding of how these risks may be managed.
Unit details and rules
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| Code | CLAW2205 |
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| Academic unit | Accounting |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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CLAW1001 or CLAW2214 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. identify and analyse legal issues about competition and consumer law arising from given fact situations and real-world contexts
- LO2. resolve competition and consumer law problems by applying the relevant law, evaluating possible solutions and developing coherent arguments to support conclusions
- LO3. manage, analyse, evaluate and use legal material and information about competition and consumer law
- LO4. communicate about competition and consumer law, orally and in writing, to a professional standard
- LO5. work collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds with inclusiveness and integrity.
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