MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Business & Economics Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
FIN1010
Commercial law
Ms Yve Yamouni
6 points + 3 hours per week + First, second semester + Caulfield,
Peninsula
Objectives On completion of this subject students should be able to
apply the main principles of contract law, partnership law and the law of
misrepresentation and agency; discuss the nature of companies and the duties of
company directors.
Synopsis Contract law in Australia, including formation, term,
discharge, remedies; agency law; partnership law; company law introduction,
including nature of company directors' duties.
Assessment Assignment: 30% + Examination (open-book 3 hours): 70%
Prescribed texts
- Khoury D and Yamouni Y Understanding contract law Butterworths, 1994
- Sweeney B and Sernia A Commercial law course notes Syme Department
of Banking and Finance, Monash U
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