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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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