LAWS6852 - Doing Business in China

Objectives

  • Acquire an overview of the Chinese legal, political and economic system.
  • Examine the system of commercial regulation in China, including contracts, land use, regulation of private and state-owned businesses and Chinese companies and securities laws.
  • Focus on Chinese contract law and the foreign investment regime as well as the related structuring and regulatory issues related to foreign participation in the Chinese market.

Content

Issues relating to the establishment of a corporate or other presence in China; an examination of methods of resolution of disputes arising under contracts entered into in China; intellectual property; labour law and regulation of financial institutions.

Session

Semester 2 Intensive
13-14 & 27-28 August 2009

The timetable is subject to frequent changes. Please refer to the latest version of the Postgraduate Timetable.

Assessment

  • 1 x 2,000 Word Assignment (30%)
  • 1 x Take-Home Exam (70%)

Courses this unit is available in

Master of Laws | Graduate Diploma in Law | Master of Business Law | Graduate Diploma in Corporate, Securities and Finance Law| Master of International Law | Graduate Diploma in International Law | Graduate Diploma in International Business Law | Graduate Diploma in International Business Law