Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives This subject aims to provide students with understanding of the common law rules governing contracts of employment and contracts for services as derived from the basic principles of contract and their application to industrial relations. Students will gain a working knowledge of the law of conciliation and arbitration of industrial disputes, and some knowledge of the industrial jurisdiction of at least one Australian state or territory. This subject also analyses the impact on Australian society of legal adjudication of industrial disputes.
Synopsis Topics include common law of employment; statutory regulation of employment; legal resolution of industrial disputes; conciliation and arbitration in commonwealth and state jurisdictions; trade unions; equal opportunity and arbitration act law.
Assessment Research paper (4000-5000 words): 50% + Examination: 50%