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The course involves a detailed study of the law relating to sale of goods, consumer guarantees, fair trading and other consumer protection legislation.
This course deals with the law relating to contracts for the sale of goods (including the Sale of Goods Act 1908), as well as aspects of consumer protection law (including the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 and the Fair Trading Act 1986).
The course aims to assist students to develop an understanding of the everyday transaction of sale and to recognise and analyse the property interests which are associated with it. It is intended also to foster an appreciation of the effect and policy of current consumer protection legislation from both theoretical and practical points of view.
(i) LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110
LAWS311
LAWS202-206
Cynthia Hawes
Assessment may be by way of an inclass test and a final examination. The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.
Hawes, Cynthia; Butterworths Introduction to Commercial Law ; 4th ed; LexisNexis, 2014.
Domestic fee $737.00
International fee $3,450.00
* 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 .