LLAW3237 Consumer Protection Law

2017

4.5

1 x 2-hour seminar weekly

1 Admission into BLAWLP-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
1a Admission into BLAWLPG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
1b Admission into BLAWLPR-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
1c Admission into BLAWLPRG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
1d Admission into BLAWLPRH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours)
1e Admission into BLAWLPRGH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry) (Honours)
2 18 units of second year LLAW topics
3 LLAW2221 - The Constitution and the Australian People [Indigenous / Social Justice I]
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e) and 2 and 3)

LLAW3037 has been successfully completed

Areas covered are:

• the regulation of business in the interests of consumer protection under both Commonwealth and South Australian legislation, namely Parts IVA, V, and VA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), and related sections in Part 10 of the Fair Trading Act 1987 (SA)
• the concepts and principles inherent within such legislation
• the key legal notions of product liability, unconscionability, and misleading and deceptive conduct
• remedies for breaches of consumer protection law
• the application of theoretical knowledge to practical situations

The topic will:

• introduce students to the regulation of business in the interests of consumer protection under both Commonwealth and South Australian legislation, namely Parts IVA, V, and VA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), and related sections in Part 10 of the Fair Trading Act 1987 (SA)
• provide students with a sound working knowledge of the above legislation
• provide students with the ability to understand, explain, and apply the legal notions of product liability, unconscionability, and misleading and deceptive conduct

Students who successfully complete this topic will be able to:

• identify, explain, deconstruct, and critique the key concepts, including those of an ethical and philosophical nature, that underlie Parts IVA, V, and VA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), and related sections in Part 10 of the Fair Trading Act 1987 (SA)
• independently construct a research proposal of either theoretical or practical significance with respect to Parts IVA, V, and VA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), and related sections in Part 10 of the Fair Trading Act 1987 (SA) and then implement that research project
• recognise and compare practical situations that constitute potential breaches of Parts IVA, V, and VA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), and related sections in Part 10 of the Fair Trading Act 1987 (SA)
• Distinguish possible remedies for breaches of Parts IVA, V, and VA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), and related sections in Part 10 of the Fair Trading Act 1987 (SA)
• use theoretical knowledge to effectively construct and communicate possible resolutions of practical situations