Commercial law
Mr Brendan Sweeney
6 points * 3 hours per week * First, second semester * Caulfield, Peninsula
Objectives On completion of this subject students should be able to apply the main principles of contract law, partnership law and the law of misrepresentation and agency; discuss the nature of companies and the duties of company directors.
Synopsis Contract law in Australia, including formation, term, discharge, remedies; agency law; partnership law; company law introduction including nature of company directors' duties.
Assessment Assignment: 30% * Examination (open-book 3 hours): 70%
Prescribed texts
Khoury D and Yamouni Y Understanding contract law Butterworths, 1994
Sweeney B and Sernia A Commercial law course notes Syme Department of Banking and Finance