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LAW100 - Foundations of Law 
Comprehensive Revision Guide and Course Notes 2025 
 
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University of New England - LAW100: Foundations of Law

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 - 2025

University	University of New England
Study Level	Undergraduate
UNE Unit Code	LAW100
UNE Unit Name	Foundations of Law
Notes Title	Comprehensive Revision Guide and Course Notes
Page Length	55

Master the legal foundations of business with this concise yet thorough guide to LAW100: Foundations of Law at the University of New England. Tailored for exam success, this resource demystifies the influence of law on business, focusing on core principles like contract, tort, and consumer law. Summarising all essential information and providing a structured overview, this guide empowers you to delve deeper into the law, navigate its impact on business decisions, and confidently tackle your exams.

This introductory unit will help you to gain a foundation in contemporary legal knowledge, from how the legal system operates to how the law is made, and its role in our changing society. You will learn how to find and interpret the principal sources of law as well as apply legal principles to solve problems. Additionally, you will develop your skills in planning, organising and communicating complex material. Whether you are studying this unit as the first step towards a legal career or to broaden your general knowledge, this unit will help you to develop the knowledge and capabilities necessary to be a successful learner and valuable professional.

Upon completion of this unit, you will be able to:

interpret the principal sources of law, including statutory law and judge-made law, customary law, how the doctrine of precedent operates and the principles of statutory interpretation;
apply the basic methods of legal analysis; to analyse critically legal problems, including applying relevant case law and legislation to differing contexts and a particular sets of facts;
demonstrate initiative and autonomy in legal research by locating primary and secondary legal resource material;
plan, organise and communicate legal advice in writing; and,
demonstrate an informed understanding of the Australian constitutional framework and legal system.

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