Issues in corporations law
Mrs Antionette Sernia
6 points * 3 hours per week * First, second semester * Caulfield
Objectives On completion of this subject students should have a sound knowledge of the more complex areas of company law such as takeovers and re-contractions, rights of minority members, charges; have an understanding of the law relating to secondary trading and the securities industry; have a thorough appreciation of the different forms of company insolvency; be able to appreciate legal problems in regard to the aforesaid and be able to communicate with lawyers and professionals about these matters.
Synopsis Membership and nature of shareholding; company officers, functions and duties; rights of infringed minority members; prospectuses and secondary trading; the securities industry and prohibited market practices; acquisition of shares and takeovers; company reconstructions; charges; company insolvency.
Assessment Assignment (3000 - 4000 words): 30% * Final examination (open-book 3 hours): 70%
Prescribed texts
Austin R P and Ford H A J Ford's Principles of corporation law 6th edn, Butterworths, 1994