BTX1010

Commercial law

Mr Brendan Sweeney

6 points · 3 hours per week · First and second semester (Caulfield and Peninsula) · First semester (Distance)

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; understand the nature of companies and the duties of company directors.

Synopsis Contract law in Australia, including formation, terms, discharge, remedies for breach; agency law; partnership law; company law introduction, including nature of company directors' duties.

Assessment Assignment: 30% · Examination (open-book, 3 hours): 70%

Recommended texts

Sweeney B and Sernia A Commercial law course notes Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash U

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