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Courses Handbook 2014

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2014.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2013.

314305 (v.1) Regulatory Theory and Practice 300

Area: Curtin Law School
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 314294 (v.1) Business, Law and Regulation 100 or any previous version
AND
    Admission into 314308 (v.1) Bachelor of Laws or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 314314 (v.1) Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Commerce or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 314331 (v.1) Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: This unit provides an in depth treatment of regulatory theories and models, including statutory regulation and licensing, economic regulation and self regulatory schemes. Students are introduced to both principles-based regulation and outcomes-based or ‘compliance-oriented’ regulatory approaches. 'Responsive regulation' and the regulatory pyramid are also considered as are movements towards deregulation and / or self regulation and the problem of regulatory capture. International approaches to regulation are also discussed. Students will then undertake case studies of regulation in practice.
Field of Education: 090999 Law not elsewhere classified
Result Type: Grade/Mark


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