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LAWS6227: Consumer Contracts and Product Defects
2026 unit information
This unit examines the special legal protection given to consumers under the Australian Consumer Law. The unit is concerned with aspects of the liability of suppliers of goods and services to consumers, sometimes called 'post-sale' consumer protection. An assessment will be made of the effectiveness of recent legislation in this field, and there will be comparative analysis referring similar laws in other jurisdiction such as the European Community directives, related developments in the Asia-Pacific (eg Japan), and some trends in the US. Refer to the Sydney Law School timetable - https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-lecture-timetable
Unit details and rules
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Sydney Law School
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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LAWS6024 or LAWS6025 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Identify and apply key provisions of the Australian Consumer Law to solving complex problems in consumer contract and product defect scenarios.
- LO2. Analyse the operation of the Australian Consumer Law as both Commonwealth and state law across sectors and jurisdictions and communicate the implications to specialist and non‑specialist audiences.
- LO3. Evaluate ACL prohibitions on misleading or deceptive conduct (including advertising and online communications), false or misleading representations, etc; and design defensible enforcement and compliance responses grounded in professional ethics.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 1b 2026
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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