LAW5160

Shareholders rights and remedies 506 (6 points)

(LAW)

Leader: Professor Elizabeth Boros

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2004 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: On completion of this subject, students should be able to: recognise and understand the common problems experienced by members of various types of company; advise a hypothetical client regarding strategies for preventing or remedying those problems without recourse to litigation; advise a hypothetical client regarding litigious remedies to combat those problems; understand likely trends for future development in the law relating to shareholders' rights and remedies; develop and demonstrate oral communication skills and skills of presentation of legal concepts, rules and argument in an interactive seminar context; and, develop and demonstrate legal research and writing and legal argument skills.

Assessment: Research assignment (4000 words): 50% + Supervised examination (60 minutes): 50% OR supervised examination(2 hours): 100%

Contact Hours: Three 1-hour lectures per week

Prerequisites: LAW1100 Legal Process, LAW4171 Corporations Law

Corequisites: LAW4171 Corporations Law