Corporations Law PG (11438.2)

This unit introduces graduate students to Corporations Law. On completion of this unit, students will be able to understand 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.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify and explain the essential features of corporations law, including its historical and social context;
2. Research and analyse statutory and case materials in corporations law and communicate with diverse audiences;
3. Understand the regulation of corporations and the enforcement of duties and civil and criminal liabilities with respect to companies, their directors and officers;
4. Exercise independent judgement and apply legal reasoning to solve corporations law problems; and
5. Critically evaluate and articulate current issues in corporations law, including corporate social and environmental responsibilities.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries

Prerequisites

11751 Legal Methods and Skills G AND 11752 Legal Systems G

Corequisites

This unit is only available to students in the Juris Doctor, Master of Laws, Master of Legal Studies and Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies courses.

Incompatible units

11222 Law of Business Associations 11404 Law of Business Associations PG 11280 Corporations Law

Equivalent units

6780 Corporations Law G

Assumed knowledge

None.