Secured finance and related transactions (6 points)
(LAW)
Leader: Professor Catherine Walsh
Offered:
Not offered in 2004.
Synopsis:
Objectives: Upon completion of this subject students should (1) have a thorough understanding of the Australian common law's conceptual framework of security interests; (2) be able to differentiate between transactions which create real security and those which do not and understand the legal and practical consequences of that classification; (3) have acquired an understanding of the principal common law (and some statutory) security interests and quasi-security devices, the rights that attach to them and their relative strengths and weaknesses; (4) have acquired a basic understanding of alternative legal regimes for security interests such as United States Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 and be able to understand and evaluate policy arguments for and against legislative reform of Australia's law of security interests; (5) be able to identify or find relevant principles, laws and precedents and apply them to resolve current problems relating to a range of security and quasi-security transactions; and (6) have further developed skills of legal research and writing, legal argument and oral presentation in an interactive seminar context.
Assessment: Research paper (3750 words): 50% + Supervised examination (1.5 hours): 40% + Class participation: 10%
Contact Hours: Intensive
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