Government Contracts
LAWS8220 -
7631
Avaliable
Autumn
2009
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| Unit Value: |
6 |
| Course Description: |
Objectives:
This course is designed to meet the needs of practising lawyers and of senior public and private sector managers who have had experience in the field of government contracting. The course will examine the use of contract for various public purposes and will analyse the legal issues that are peculiar to government contracting.
Content:
The course covers policy issues relevant to the use of contract by government, the applicability of the ordinary law of contract, the power to make government contracts, the procedures and other issues relevant to contract formation, Crown immunity, the application of the trade practices and fair trading legislation to government commercial activity, tenders (including the impact of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement) and the use of public law remedies. |
| Learning Outcomes: |
On completion of this course, participants, whether legally-trained or not, will have a thorough understanding of the legal and practical issues that are peculiar to government purchasing and other commercial activities. With this knowledge contract advisers and managers will be better able to manage risk. |
| Indicative Assessment: |
Students must rely on the Approved Assessment which will be posted to the course homepage on the ANU Law website, prior to the commencement of the course. |
| Workload: |
26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery) Click here for the 2010 timetable |
| Prescribed Texts: |
Seddon, N, Government Contracts: Federal, State and Local (4th ed 2009) |
| Preliminary Reading: |
Chapter 1 of Government Contracts: Federal, State and Local |
| Technology Requirements: |
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