BTG9220 - Corporations law and trusts

Leader: Dr (Mrs) Ashraf U. Kazi

Offered

Gippsland Second semester 2007 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

Topics include the Corporations Law scheme; the role and functions of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; the concept of limited liability; the effect of registration; the corporate constitution; the company's relationship with outsiders; share and loan capital; regulation of public fund raising; duties of directors, officers and promoters; rights of members and minority shareholder protection; forms of corporate insolvency administrations, particularly as they affect creditors, officers and shareholders; trusts, trustees, beneficiaries and third parties.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• identify the important elements in the internal regulation of companies and how they may be used.
• explain the nature of trusts, they way they operate and the rights and obligations of people involved in or dealing with trusts.
• analyse hypothetical case studies and formulate a legal argument by the application of statute and case law.
• critically evaluate the effectiveness of aspects of corporate law in the context of the changing needs of the community.

Assessment

Assignment (3000 words): 30%
Examination (3 hours): 70%

Prerequisites

BTG9270