LLAW3263 – Course Profile

General Course Information

1.1 Course details

Course code:	LLAW3263
Course name:	Introduction to Consumer Law
Programme offered under:	LLB Programme
Semester:	Second
Designated research course:	Not applicable
Specialization:	Not applicable
Prerequisites:	Students should have a basic understanding of contract law, and preferably also tort law.
Course offered to non-law students:	No
Credit point value:	6 credits

1.2 Course description

This course introduces students to the field of consumer law, which is broadly defined to include laws, regulations and policies that relate to the protection of consumers. The focus will be on understanding, from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, basic legal concepts that underpin the major areas of EU consumer law, such as the rationale of the average consumer, the regulation of standard form contracts and unfair contract terms, the regulation of information duties and rights of withdrawal, and the regulation of product liability and product safety, in their economic, social, and global context. This course will highlight consumer law issues arising from digital technologies that are likely to be of interest and relevance to students as future practitioners and policy-makers in Hong Kong and beyond.

1.3 Course teachers

	Name	E-mail address	Office	Consultation
Course convenor	Maria Martinez	TBA	TBA	By email

Learning Outcomes

2.1 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) for this course

CLO 1 Describe and explain the distinctive rationale of EU consumer law and the general principles underlying it..

CLO 2 Use relevant information about the regulation of unfair terms and practices and of information duties and rights of withdrawal to critically examine the limitations of the concept of the “average consumer” as default.

CLO 3 Apply the knowledge and understanding of EU consumer law and pertinent case law to analyze new issues arising from digital technologies.

CLO 4 Demonstrate an awareness of the impact of consumer digital vulnerability within the broader economic and socio-cultural context.

2.2 LLB Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

Please refer to the following link: https://course.law.hku.hk/llb-plo/

2.3 Programme Learning Outcomes to be achieved in this course

	PLO A	PLO B	PLO C	PLO D	PLO E	PLO F
CLO 1	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CLO 2	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CLO 3	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
CLO 4	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Assessment(s)

3.1 Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Due date	Weighting	Feedback method*	Course learning outcomes
Class participation	N/A	20%		1, 2, 3, 4
Group work	TBC	30%		1, 2, 3, 4
Take home exam	TBC	50%		1, 2, 3, 4

*Feedback method (to be determined by course teacher)
1	A general course report to be disseminated through Moodle
2	Individual feedback to be disseminated by email / through Moodle
3	Individual review meeting upon appointment
4	Group review meeting
5	In-class verbal feedback

3.2 Assessment Detail

To be advised by course convenor(s).

3.3 Grading Criteria

Please refer to the following link: https://www.law.hku.hk/_files/law_programme_grade_descriptors.pdf

Learning Activities

4.1 Learning Activity Plan

Seminar:	3 hour-seminar in an intensive mode in October / November 2023
Private study time:	9.5 hours / week for 12 teaching weeks

Remarks: the normative student study load per credit unit is 25 ± 5 hours (ie. 150 ± 30 hours for a 6-credit course), which includes all learning activities and experiences within and outside of classroom, and any assessment task and examinations and associated preparations.

4.2 Details of Learning Activities

To be advised by course convenor(s).

Learning Resources

5.1 Resources

Reading materials:

Reading materials are posted on Moodle

Core reading list:

TBA