Corporations Law (11280.1)

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• UC - Canberra, Bruce

  Year	Teaching Period	Convener		Mode of Delivery
  2020	Semester 1	DR   Benedict   SHEEHY	(Ph: +61 2 62015770 )	ON-CAMPUS
  2020	Winter Term	DR   Benedict   SHEEHY	(Ph: +61 2 62015770 )	INTENSIVE

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• Semester 1, 2019, ON-CAMPUS, BRUCE (184091) - View

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Syllabus

On completion of this unit, students will be able to understand all basic principles of corporations law likely to be encountered in practice including those relevant to: the incorporation process and constitution; duties and liabilities of officers; rights and remedies of members/shareholders; corporate contracts and corporate liabilities and tort and crime; corporate finance and fundraising; corporate insolvency and winding-up. The students will also be able to analyse and apply these principles in complex factual situations to reach rational, reasoned legal conclusions.

This unit may be co-taught with a G version of the unit.

Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Identify and explain the essential features of corporations law;

2. Critically analyse law reform proposals and policy issues associated with corporations law; and

3. Use legal reasoning and critical analysis to apply the law to solve corporations law problems.

Assessment Items

Prerequisites

None