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(La Trobe) Introduction to Business and Company Law - LST1001

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

University	La Trobe University
Subject Code	LST1001
Subject Name	Introduction to Business and Company Law
Notes Title	Comprehensive Revision Guide and Course Notes
Format	PDF
Page Length	55

This is a complete summary of everything that is examinable for LST1001 at La Trobe University. Within this document, you will find a comprehensive evaluation of the examinable topics for this subject. You will learn and discover the law affects business decision making and operations. It does so by examining a number of fundamental legal principles that impinge upon key business areas such as contract law, tort law, and consumer law. It also considers the relationship between business and regulators. This ideal guide is extremely helpful for you to revise all the topics, and to prepare for your assessments and the final examination.

This subject explores the core principles of contract law, consumer protection and the law of negligence, and examines business structures including the law relating to the incorporation of companies. This subject also introduces students to ethical standards that apply to business activities, such as contractual relationships and special legal protections against unethical business practices, and examines the practical operation of the law in the business environment. This subject adopts a skills-based learning approach through teaching the basic techniques of problem solving and promoting an understanding of the dynamic nature of the law in business and corporations. These skills prepare students for more advanced law subjects as well as their professional careers.

✔ On successful completion you will be able to:

Explain the key features of the Australian legal system and their relevance to business and company law
Apply principles of contract law, consumer protection, and negligence to basic commercial scenarios
Evaluate common law and statutory principles and apply them to business and company legal problem-solving scenarios
Analyse ethical frameworks of the laws relating to data protection and privacy regulation in corporate contexts

SUBJECT CODE	SUBJECT NAME
ACC2CAD	Cost Information for Decision Making
ACC2CRE	Financial Accounting and Reporting
ACC3AFA	Advanced Accounting
ACC3TAX	Taxation
BUS1002	Business Analysis and Modelling
BUS1BUE	Markets, Policy and the Economy
ECM2001	Economic Data Analysis
ECO2CFC	Consumers, Firms and Competition
FIN1FOF	Fundamentals of Finance
FIN2002	Corporate Finance
FIN2SEV	Investment Securities
FIN3001	Derivatives and Risk Management
FIN3IPM	Portfolio Management
LST1001	Introduction to Business and Company Law
MGT1OBE	Organisational Behaviour
MKT1003	Marketing Fundamentals
MKT1MDP	Principles and Practices of Marketing

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(La Trobe) Introduction to Business and Company Law - LST1001

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