Banking law
Mr Richard Morgan
6 points * 3 hours per week * First, second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: FIN1300 and FIN1010
Objectives On completion of this subject students will be able to demonstrate an ability to identify a legal problem in a banking context; demonstrate a detailed understanding of the legal relationships between a financial institution and its customers and legal problems; apply legal principles to solving practical day to day problems that arise in a banking or other financial institution context.
Synopsis The bank-customer relationship; types of account; current issues in banking law; negotiable instruments including cheques and bills of exchange; the duties and responsibilities of the paying banks and the collecting banks; negotiable and allied instruments in international trade.
Assessment Assignment (3000 words): 30% * Final examination (open-book 3 hours): 70%
Prescribed texts
Weerasooria W Banking law and the financial system in Australia 3rd edn, Butterworths, 1992
Edwards R and Tucker S Understanding cheques and payment orders Serendip Publications, 1958