School of Law LST2BSL Introduction to Business Law and Ethics Semester 2, 2016 Common Law Assignment 1. This assignment is worth 20% of your final mark for this subject. 2. Your assignment must be submitted by 11.59pm on Sunday 4th September 2016. 3. All questions must be answered. 4. This is not an essay – just answer the questions individually. Please read the ‘Top 10 common mistakes’ & ‘Tips and Advice for the Common Law Assignment’ documents on LMS prior to commencing this assignment. 5. With regards to formatting, your assignment must be typed with 1.5 or double spacing, and with margins of at least 2cm on all sides. Size 12 font must be used. 6. The task is a common law assignment, so you are not required to discuss any legislation at all. It is essential that you cite relevant authorities (cases) to support your reasoning in each answer. 7. Your work must be appropriately referenced, using footnotes. Where you state a legal principle which comes from a case, you must provide a citation to the relevant case. You are not expected to read the cases themselves: as long as a case is summarised in the textbook, you can cite the case itself. If you are stating a legal principle that is covered in the textbook or lecture and which does not have a relevant case provided in the textbook, you should cite the textbook. You are not expected to use any materials beyond the lectures and the set textbook. But if you do, you must provide appropriate citations. No bibliography is required. 8. Your assignment must be 1,500 words or less, excluding footnotes. This word limit is strict. There is no 10% leeway. You must state the word count on the front page of your assignment. (If you fail to provide this, the examiner will be forced to estimate the word count, and this may lead to penalties.) 9. You must also state the details of your seminar on the front page of your assignment. This includes the day and time and location of your seminar, and the name of your seminar leader. 10. Assignment submission is electronic only, via the link on LMS: the link is accessible from the same folder where you downloaded this document. The electronic file must be Word or PDF format only. Other file formats will not be accepted or able to be uploaded. Do not email your assignment to your tutor or the lecturer. Your assignment will not be marked unless and until you have completed electronic submission. 11. You must not plagiarise. To avoid plagiarism, make sure you acknowledge all your sources with appropriate citations. You may discuss the questions with other students, but all written work must be your own: do not show anyone your written work for this assignment, and do not view anyone else’s. Academic misconduct is taken extremely seriously at La Trobe University. Further information about plagiarism and academic misconduct is provided in the Subject Learning Guide. 12. Further information about policies on late submission, applying for an extension, etc. is available on the LMS, and in your Subject Learning Guide.