Business Associations - LAWS1091
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Principles of Private Law (LAWS1150 /JURD7150), Contracts (LAWS1075/JURD7175) and Equity and Trusts (LAWS2385/JURD7285).
Excluded: JURD7224, LAWS2010
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
This course examines the central legislative rules and legal principles of corporation's law. Foundational principles such as limited liability and rights attached to shares are examined together with the rights of shareholders and other stakeholders. There is a particular focus on the appointment and removal of directors and officers, and their duties and decision-making processes. Wider policy issues, including the powers and role of the regulators, are also examined.
Main Topics
- Introduction to the Corporation and incorporating under Australian law
- The implications of separate legal personality and limited liability
- The corporate constitution
- Decision Making by the Board of Directors and General Meeting
- Theories of the corporation and corporate governance
- Corporate contracting
- Directors’ statutory and general law duties
- Shareholders' remedies
- Regulatory responsibilities
- Corporate Criminality
- Corporate insolvency
- Corporate groups
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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