Course

Competition Law and Policy - LAWS8219

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 5740, 9231 or 5231

Excluded: JURD7419, LEGT5531, TABL5533

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course is an in-depth examination of competition law. It examines Part IV of the Competition and Consumer Act (formerly the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (TPA) and the parallel state provisions of the Competition Code, including the provisions dealing with criminal liability for cartel conduct in some detail. The course does not address consumer protection. A prior knowledge of economics is not essential for this course.

Main Topics

The course covers the following areas:
• Competition policy, including history, objectives and current proposals for amendment
• economic foundations including concepts of market, market power and competition
• cartel conduct, including both criminal and civil liability and other non-criminal collusion provisions
• misuse of market power
• exclusive dealing and resale price maintenance
• mergers
• enforcement remedies and defences

LLM Specialisations

Corporate and Commercial Law
Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law
Innovation Law
International Business and Economic Law

More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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