LAWS6870 - Australian Import/Export Laws

Objectives

• Examine the Kyoto convention and the Annexes to the WTO Agreement.
• Examine the principal Australian laws and cases regulating imports and exports including: tariff classification; customs valuation; prohibited imports and exports; seizure and forfeiture provisions; administrative remedies and anti-dumping.
• Examine Australia’s free trade agreements with the United States, Thailand, Singapore and New Zealand.

Content

Role of customs law; protection of intellectual property on imports; tariff classification; customs valuation; prohibited imports and exports; related party transactions; seizure and forfeiture provisions; anti-dumping; customs powers and administrative remedies.

Session

Semester 2 2009
Tuesday Evenings, 6-8pm

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

Assessment

• Classwork (40%)
• Final Assignment (60%)

Courses this unit is available in

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