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industrial conflict - penal powers under the arbitration
system, deregistration, common law liability for industrial
action, statutory liability for industrial action;
the Victorian Employee Relations Act.
References
Creighton, B. and Stewart, A. Labour Law: An Intmduction.
Annandale: Federation Press, 1990
Creighton, W.B.. Ford. W. and Mitchell, R. Labour Law
Macken. 1.. McCarry, G. and Sappideen. C. The Law of Employment.
3rd ed, Sydney: Law Book Co., 1990
BL333 Finance Law
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisite: students enrolled in this unit will be
expected to have passed BL22O Contract Law
Instruction: one class
Assessment: to be advised
Subject aims and description
The object of this unit is to examine the law relating to
selected financing and security practices. Areas of study
include bills, discount facilities, cheques, fixed andlor floating
charges, mortgages and guarantees. A practical approach is
taken to the legal issues analysed.
References
No one textbook prarides a suitable caferage of all the issues.
Course materials and reading texts will be made available to students
BL334
Asian Business Law
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisite: BL110 Legal Environment of Business
Instruction: lecturehutorial
Assessment: to be advised
Subject aims and description
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The general objectiws of the unit are to introduce students
to the legal environment of business in Asia and to develop
9 an understanding of the context of law in Asian countries,
particular the cultural and historical context.
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3 The unit will examine the interrelationship between law,
business and society in selected Asian countries. It will
explore the way the law has been to stimulate economic
development. It will concentrate on the process of
constitutional development in Asia, in particular, the link
between economic development and democratisation in
selected Asian societies. Countries studied will include Japan,
Korea, Taiwan, China and Indonesia.
References
Diamond, L., Linz, J. and Lipste, 5. (eds) Democracy in Developing
Countries, MW 3. Boulder: Lynne Rienner. 1989
Maclntyre and Kanishka. The Dynamics of Economic fblicy Reform in
South East Asia and the South Wst Pacific. Oxford University Press,
1993
O'Donnell, G., Schmitter, P. and Whitehead, L. (eds) Tmnsitions fmm
Authoritarian Rule: Pmspects for Democracy Baltimore. The John
Hopkins Unrvers~ty Press, 1986
Pye, L. Asian fbwer and hlitics: The Cultural Dimension of Authoriw
Cambridge: The Belknap Press, 1985
Rueschemeyer, D., Stephens, E. and Stephens, J. Capitalist
Development and Democracy. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1992
Yoshihara, K. The Rise of Ersatz Capitalism h SoutMast Asia.
Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1988
References to specific countries will be made available to students
BL400 Business Law Honours
Students should seek advice from the appropriate Business
Law staff when formulating their discipline-specific course of
study and their research project proposal.
To encourage a multi-discipline approach, students may,
subject to approval, undertake selected honours-level
couaework units from other departments, faculties, or
institutions prwided that they show the relevance of these
coursework units to their proposed area of research. Such
arrangements are subject to the student having any
necessary prerequisite studies and may be subject to any
quotas imposed on these units by the offering department
Students must submit their proposal to the Business law
Honours Convenor for approval prior to the commencement
of their honours program. Approval for a student's disciplinespecific
course of study and research project proposal shall
be subject to the availability of any necessary resources and
the availability of appropriate staff supervision.
Advanced Studies in European Business Law
The aim of this unit is to develop an understanding of
European community law in its social, political and economic
context with particular emphasis on implications for
business. The specific nature of European community law in
comparison with international and national law will be
examined, including the institutional structure of the
European community and the objectives of the common
market. Particular detailed case studies will also be
undertaken, with emphasis on a comparatiw analysis with
Australian law.
Business Law Honours Research Project
Students will be expected to undertake a substantial research
project in European business law. Students may substitute
the European community law research project with an
equivalent research project in contract law, marketing and
the law or environmental law. Students will be expected to
submit their research project in the form of a written
dissertation of approximately 15,000 words in length.
Students intending to complete their degree with honours
must apply for entry into the honours year by the end of
their three-year degree.
Note that entry into the honours year is competitive and the
number of places is subject to a quota.
BMl lo The Marketing Concept
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: nil
Instruction: lecturesltutorial
Assessment: examination, assignments,
presentation, class exercise
Subject aims and description
This unit explores basic business and marketing concepts
from a variety of perspectives. The objective is the
understanding of key concepts upon which to build a
framework for the integration of a variety of ideas on
business-customer exchanges and the role of the marketing
function.
The unit provides common year students with a series of
lectures, tutorial exercises and assignments designed to give
them an opportunity to explore basic business and
marketing concepts from a variety of perspectives. Related
issues of concern to not-for-profit organisations are also
explored.
Particular emphasis is given to the role marketing plays in
the organisation's process of adaption to its environment,
relationships between organisations and their clients, and in
the formulation of management policies that impact on
other functions such as accounting, operations, and
research.
At the end of the unit, the successful student will have
acquired an understanding of key concepts upon which to
build a framework for the integration of a variety of ideas
on business-customer exchanges and an undentanding of