Corporations Law (7024.5)

Required texts

Prescribed texts

The materials listed below are the prescribed texts and legislation.  Students will need access to all these materials for the purposes of completing the course of study in the unit.  Copies are on sale at the Co-Op Bookshop.

Phillip Lipton, Abe Hertzberg and Michelle Welsh, Understanding Company Law (ThomsonReuters, 18th ed, 2016).

            The Corporations Legislation, (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2017).

 Recommended texts

Robert P Austin and Ian M Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay's Principles of Corporations Law (LexisNexis Butterworths, 16^th ed, 2015).

P M Redmond, Companies and Securities Law: Commentary and Materials (ThomsonReuters, 5^th ed, 2009).

Robert Baxt, Ashley Black and Pamela Hanrahan, Australian Securities Law, (LexisNexis Butterworths, 9^th ed, 2009).

Jason Harris, Anil Hargovan and Michael Adams, Australian Corporate Law, (LexisNexis Butterworths, 5^th ed, 2016).

Harris J and Murray M, Keay's Insolvency, (ThomsonReuters, 9th ed, 2016).

Harris J, Company Law:Theories, Principles and Applications (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2012).

Elizabeth Boros and John Duns, Corporate Law, (Oxford University Press, 3^rd ed, 2013).

Jason Harris, Butterworths Questions and Answers: Corporations Law (LexisNexis, 3^rd ed, 2009).

R Tomasic, J Jackson and R Woellner, Corporations Law, Principles, Policy and Process (Butterworths, 4^th ed, 2002).

Recommended Corporate Law Journals

Australian Journal of Corporate Law,

Company and Securities Law Journal, and

Insolvency Law Journal.

Submission of assessment items

Special assessment requirements

There are no special assessment requirements for this unit. All assignments are required to be submitted by the due date.  There is no requirement for lecturers to mark assessment items that are submitted late.

If for any reason you are unable to do an assignment by the due date you must submit, to the lecturer, a request for an extension in writing before the due date (unless impossible) setting out in detail the genuine and exceptional reason for requesting the extension.  If there is a medical or counselling reason for the extension request it must be accompanied by a medical or counselling certificate which clearly states:

• that you were unfit to complete the assignment;
• the date of the medical or counselling consultation; and
• the period for which you were / are / will be unfit to complete the assignment.

Supplementary assessment

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

Participation requirements

It is an expectation that students will attend all classes and that non-attendance be the exception. However, where possible all lectures will be recorded and where possible streamed through Moodle.

Required IT skills

Required IT skills

Students are also assumed to have basic IT skills, such as word processing, familiarity with the Internet sufficient to use e-mail, and access unit information and research databases.

In-unit costs

In-Unit Costs

To calculate your unit fees see: How do I calculate my fees?.The online UC Co-op Textbook Search is available for purchasing text books.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None, not relevant to this unit.

• Semester 1, 2018, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (178053)
• Semester 1, 2017, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (166974)
• Semester 1, 2016, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (154477)
• Semester 1, 2015, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (145654)