Are identity fraud and illegal music downloading merely modern versions of the core criminal offences of theft and fraud? This course examines the law of fraud in Australia (including theft, forgery, dishonest deception and defrauding) from legal, historical and sociological perspectives and evaluates whether the law appropriately deals with modern forms of fraud, including digital forms of fraud and theft.  It considers the impact of fraud on business and the way in which legal responses to fraud have effects on the wider community.  NSW and Commonwealth offences are considered in detail with comparative analysis of approaches in other jurisdictions.

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