BTX9500 - Business and corporations law

Leader(s): Mr Phillip Lipton

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2009 (Day)
Caulfield First semester 2009 (Evening)
Caulfield Second semester 2009 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2009 (Evening)
Prato Winter semester 2009 (On-campus block of classes)

Synopsis

This unit provides an introduction to the important areas of business law and corporations law. The topics include contract law, negligence, trade practices legislation, agency, characteristics of a company, directors' duties, share capital, members' remedies and corporate insolvency.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• identify the important elements in business law and the regulation of companies and how they may be applied
• understand the important features and characteristics of companies as a form of business organisation
• analyse hypothetical case studies and formulate a legal argument by the application of statute and case law
• develop critical research skills
• critically evaluate the effectiveness of aspects of business law and corporate law in the context of the changing needs of the community.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination (3 hours): 70%

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must be enrolled in course code 0790 or 0826

Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in one of the following courses: 0748, 0790, 0826, 3843, 3849, 4402 to undertake this unit.

Prohibitions

BTX9020, BTX9541, MBA9002