UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

BTF5160 The globalisation of law and development in Asia

Faculty of Business and Economics

BTF5160 The globalisation of law and development in Asia is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics. It isn't offered in 2023. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2023
Not offered
Assessment
No exam
1 task
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Overview

The unit introduces you to the interaction between global regulation and business practices in Asia. Using a series of cases studies, it examines how global business regulations are adopted and reinterpreted by key Asian regulators and businesses in selected Asian countries (China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam). In particular, it will explore the domestic constraints on global regulation and examine how businesses interpret and comply with business regulation. The unit will pay particular attention to non-state modes of regulation, such as supply chains and to the role market professionals such as lawyers play in securing business compliance.

Offerings in 2023

The 2023 handbook lists no offerings for BTF5160.

Assessment

  • Within semester assessment
    100%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    articulate and critically analyse the reasons why global commercial regulation produces different regulatory outcomes across Asia

  2. 2

    demonstrate understanding about how key regulators and business groups interpret and adopt global commercial regulations to suit local business practices

  3. 3

    investigate and critically discuss the role business professionals play in regulating businesses in Asia

  4. 4

    apply research skills to analyse a real world situation in which Asian businesses interpret and comply with global commercial regulation

  5. 5

    effectively communicate and present understandings, both verbally and in writing, of abstract legal ideas and their application to commercial practices in Asia.

Workload and teaching

  • Teaching approachCase-based teaching

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

The unit develops a theory of legal transplantation and then applies the theory to a series of case studies that show the different ways that global laws are localised into domestic regulatory systems in East Asia.

Learning resources

Required resources

Terence C. Halliday, Bruce G. Carruthers. Bankrupt: Global Lawmaking and Systemic Financial Crisis.

Ann Black and Gary Bell (eds.). Law and Legal Institutions of Asia, Cambridge: Cambridge University.

John Gillespie and Pip Nicholson (eds.) Law and Development and the Global Discourses of Legal Transfers, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2012.

Where it fits

BTF5160 is part of 1 area of study in the 2023 handbook.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Professor John Gillespie

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for BTF5160?

BTF5160 has no prerequisites.

When is BTF5160 offered?

BTF5160 has no offerings listed in the 2023 handbook.

How much work is BTF5160?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does BTF5160 have an exam?

No. BTF5160 has 1 assessment task and no exam.

Which majors and minors include BTF5160?

BTF5160 is part of Responsible business governance.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational unit
Department of Business Law and Taxation
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 4
Study abroad
Not available