ACCT152-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017

Law and Business

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 3 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 19 May 2017

Description

An introduction to the legal environment of business in New Zealand including the Treaty of Waitangi and the Bill of Rights, and concepts of contract, tort, trusts, property and law of principal and agent.

The course operates on two levels. The first level is concerned with facts. By the end of the course, you should be familiar with the legal structures and rules which control and direct society and business in New Zealand. The second level is concerned with skills. By the end of the course, you should be able to apply legal rules and principles to problems, supporting your conclusions by reference to case law and/or legislation. You should also be able to discuss the general implications of various cases.

Learning Outcomes

  • Having engaged in learning during the course, students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the legal rules applying in a number of core substantive business areas, and account for their evolution. Students should be able to distinguish between common law and equity. They should also be able to classify, distinguish and use appropriate legal terminology.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the theory of separation of power and governmental accountability.  Demonstrate an ability to describe how an Act of Parliament is passed and to read such an Act of Parliament; Students should also be able to describe the fundamental rights which apply in New Zealand and to apply these fundamental rights to the business environment. Demonstrate the unique significance of the Treaty of Waitangi for New Zealand businesses.  Students should be able to explain the hierarchical structures of courts.
  • Find, read and extract the legal principles from case law.
  • Present their legal knowledge accurately, and to construct well-reasoned, well-supported arguments, using the correct forms of referencing and demonstrate a working understanding of the specific terminology operating in this field.
  • Demonstrate ability to discuss independently a current question of business law, thus demonstrating ability to link detailed knowledge of legal rules with ability to situate this within the wider economic context.
  • Demonstrate ability to develop accurately a suitable solution for a problem question, thus demonstrating the ability to apply their detailed knowledge of the legal rules to a specific problem and to present their solution adequately.
  • Explain the key features and purpose of contract law.

    This course is open to all students who have been admitted to the university:  there are no pre-requisites.

Restrictions

ACIS152, AFIS151, AFIS152

Timetable Note

Weekly tutorials will commence in the second week of the course.  You MUST attend the tutorial group you enrolled for.  Attendance at tutorials is compulsory.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Brigid Simmons

Lecturer

Raymond Tiong

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Term Test 40%
Tutorial Participation 10%
Final Examination 50%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Hubbard, Jeremy , Thomas, Cordelia Mary, Varnham, Sally; Principles of law for New Zealand business students ; 5th ed; Pearson, 2013.

Recommended Reading

Scragg, Richard J; The principles of legal method in New Zealand ; 2nd ed; Oxford University Press, 2009.

Sims, Alexandra , Watson, Susan; Law for business ;

Webb, Duncan et al; The New Zealand legal system : structures and processes ; 5th ed; LexisNexis, 2010.

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Course Outline
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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $775.00

International fee $3,525.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Accounting and Information Systems .

All ACCT152 Occurrences

  • ACCT152-17S1 (C) Semester One 2017