law3cpl competition policy
COMPETITION POLICY & LAW
LAW3CPL
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Competition policy is currently one of the most controversial areas of public policy impacting business. Competition policy represents the framework for legal change creating and encouraging the developments of markets. Competition law, in the form Part IV of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, regulates competition by proscribing horizontal and vertical practices which are either per se anti-competitive or substantially affect competition. This subject deals both substantially and critically with the economic theory and public policy objectives which underpin competition policy and law, the legal techniques involved in creating and encouraging markets and the laws regulating competition. Students will undertake a number of case studies in competition policy and learn how the law regulating competition applies to various business practices.
SchoolLa Trobe Law School (Pre 2022)
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorDavid Wishart
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Available as ElectiveNo
Learning ActivitiesProblem solving activities, blog posts, case study and exam
Capstone subjectNo
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PrerequisitesLAW2CTA AND LAW1LIM
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
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Quota Management StrategyN/A
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Minimum credit point requirementN/A
Assumed knowledgeN/A
Learning resources
Annotated Competition Policy Law and Practice
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
AuthorMiller, Russell, V.
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PublisherL.B.C., SYDNEY, LATEST EDN
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Report of the independent committee of inquiry: national competition policy review (the Hilmer Report)
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
AuthorN/A
Year1993
Edition/VolumeN/A
PublisherAGPS 1993. (AVAILABLE WWW.ACC.GOV.AU)
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Annotated Competition and Consumer Act
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
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PublisherCURRENT EDN, LAW BOOK CO. OR BUTTERWORTHS, ACCESSIBLE ON-LINE
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Competition in Law in Australia
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementRecommended
AuthorCorones, S. G.
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PublisherLAW BOOK CO, SYDNEY, LATEST EDITION
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Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A
Entire subject or partial subjectN/A
Total hours/days requiredN/A
Location of WBL activity (region)N/A
WBL addtional requirementsN/A
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