The ninth edition of Concise Australian Commercial Law offers a concise overview of the key concepts and principles of commercial law in Australia. The aim is to introduce students to the main areas of commercial law – the law of contract, consumer protection, data protection and privacy law, the law of torts, agency law, the law of business organisations and business ethics – in a way that strikes a balance between the need for clarity, accessibility and simplicity and the need for materials to be challenging, relevant and current. 

AUTHORS

Roger Gamble LLB (Melb), LLM (Mon), Dip Ed (Rus) - Affiliate, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Monash University

Dr Benjamin Hayward BCom, LLB (Deakin), GCertHE (Deakin), PhD (Mon) - Associate Professor, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Monash University

Dr Benjamin Hayward is a legal academic working in the Department of Business Law and Taxation at the Monash Business School, Monash University. He completed his PhD studies relating to private international law in international commercial arbitration in the Faculty of Law at Monash University and is admitted to practice as an Australian Lawyer in the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Dr Hayward was awarded the Dean’s Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching in 2023 and the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2020, and given an Honourable Mention in the ICCA-Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez Memorial Prize in 2022. He is currently General Editor of The ACICA Review, a biannual publication of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration.

Concise Australian Commercial Law has been adapted from the seminal work Australian Commercial Law by Clive Turner and John Trone.

RESOURCES

Lecturers: This book is supported by the following resources which are available to lecturers only:

• End-of-Chapter Answer Guide
• Multiple-Choice Questions
• Short Answer Questions
• Long-form Discussion Questions
• Powerpoint Slides
• Guide

For access, please contact your Academic Account Executive in your territory. 

Students: Self-assessment online quizzes are available through Mentor.

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Assessment Tasks in Commercial Law

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

1. An Introduction to Law and the Australian Legal System

PART 2: LAW OF CONTRACT

2. Introduction to the Law of Contract

3. Agreement: Offer and Acceptance

4. Intention to Create Legal Relations

5. Consideration, Promissory Estoppel and Formalities

6. Contractual Capacity

7. Genuine Consent

8. Legality of Object

9. Contents and Interpretation of the Contract

10. Operation of the Contract

11. Performance and Breach of Contract

12. Remedies

PART 3: CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PRIVACY LAW

13. Consumer Protection

14. Data Protection and Privacy Law

PART 4: TORTS

15. Introduction to Negligence, and Duty of Care

16. Breach of Duty, Damages, and Defences

PART 5: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS

17. Law of Agency

18. Law of Partnerships

19. Corporations Law

PART 6: BUSINESS ETHICS

20. Business Ethics

Instructor Supplements

• CACL 8e Answer Guide [PDF 679003]
• CACL 8e Long Problem Qs [ZIP 1469546]
• CACL 8e MCQs [ZIP 3499780]
• CACL 8e PPTs [ZIP 13681023]
• CACL 8e Short Answer Qs [ZIP 6840026]
• CACL 8e Study Guide [PDF 758123]

Please note: these resources are ONLY for the use of lecturers who have prescribed the relevant text. Please email anzacademicsales@thomsonreuters.com to request access.