Business Entities - TABL2741
Faculty: UNSW Business School
School: School of Taxation and Business Law
Course Outline: TABL2741 Course Outline
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: (LEGT1710 or TABL1710) and must not be enrolled in Program 4733, 4737, 4744
Excluded: LEGT7741
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
This course looks at the law relating to the legal structures available for business including partnerships, joint ventures, trusts and companies. The primary focus is on the modern company and its operation under the Corporations Act and at general law. Topics include the nature of the corporate entity; establishing the company and fund raising (equity and debt finance); corporate liability; corporate governance (the rights and duties of directors and officers); shareholders rights and remedies; alternatives to liquidation (corporate rescue options under external administration) and liquidation.