Postgraduate - UnitBTF5170 - Chinese business law

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Business Law and Taxation
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Evening)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Chenxia Shi

Synopsis

This unit provides a detailed study of the theoretical perspectives of business law and regulation in China. Some of the specific topics of the unit include business organizations in China, company law, securities law, fund management law, contract law, copyright law, and bankruptcy law. This unit will provide students with broad policy perspectives on these topics in a nutshell and practical guidance on compliance issues concerning Chinese business law and regulation when doing business in China.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

comprehend business culture and underlying principles of business law and regulation in China
develop good understanding of cultural, political and social factors in shaping business regulation in China
acquire knowledge of specific substantive areas of Chinese business law
critically analyse key issues of Chinese business law and the manner in which law regulates commercial activities in China
evaluate broad policy perspectives on the issues studied, informed by comparative approach in legal analysis
improve student research, writing and presentation skills through an extended opportunity to write and present research assignments in a chosen topic or area by the students.