LAWS350-14S1 (C) Semester One 2014

Competition Law

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 24 February 2014
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 7 March 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 23 May 2014

Description

The Law regulating or promoting competition in the New Zealand economy.

A study of competition law and policy in New Zealand

This course considers the law relating to anti-competitive business practices.  It will begin by briefly describing economic and legal justifications for the promotion of competition in society, and will then consider specific topics in competition law.  These topics will include: the role of the Commerce Commission; supervision of business acquisitions; regulation of monopolies; and restrictive trade practices (cartels, misuse of market power, and practices substantially lessening competition).  The course focuses on the provisions in the Commerce Act 1986.

Prerequisites

(i) LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110

Restrictions

AFIS355, ACIS355

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Debra Wilson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Essay 09 May 2014 30%
Final Examination 70%


Assessment may be by way of an essay and a final examination.  The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $709.00

International fee $3,388.00

* 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 Faculty of Law .

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