Undergraduate - UnitBTW3243 - Finance law

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Sunway First semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Shanthy Rachagan (Malaysia)

Synopsis

Aspects of the legal environment that affects financial decisions, transactions and relationships. Topics covered are chosen from the laws regulating the financing implications of different forms of business organisation; financial institutions; cheques, banking and the banker-customer relationship; electronic funds transfer; other negotiable instruments; the laws regulating business finance and security; hire-purchase and consumer credit; guarantees; bankruptcy and insolvency law, and debt recovery.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

examine the core legal principles underlying the banker customer contract
discuss the legal nature and uses of cheques
define the legal issues in taking security for a loan with reference to mortgages and company charges
examine key aspects of corporate and personal insolvency and its consequences
evaluate and apply this knowledge to real world, practical examples.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination (3 hours, open-book): 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Rick Krever

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must have passed BTG1200 or BTW1200 before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

BTC3200, BTC4320