MLJ718 - Competition Law and Policy

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Not offered in 2025

Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule: This unit is only available to students enrolled in M729
Prerequisite:

Students must have passed MLJ701 and MLP702 plus 6 x Level 7 units from MLC/MLJ/MLM/MLP/MLT unit codes

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: MLL409
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - online

Online independent and asynchronous collaborative learning up to a maximum of 1.5 hours each week which includes weekly recorded lectures and 1 x 1.5 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week for 9 weeks, and 1 x 2 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week for 2 weeks. 

Content

This unit aims to equip students with the knowledge and ability to apply, critically evaluate and effectively communicate competition law, and develop a deep appreciation of major policy issues and developments in the law. Topics include: development of competition law and policy (including restraint of trade), the goals of competition law, competition law economics, horizontal restraints, vertical restraints, misuse of market power, mergers, authorisation, remedies and procedure, and infrastructure access.

Unit Fee Information

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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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