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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
LAW00131 Business Law OR LAW00150 - Introduction to Business Law OR LAW10159 - Principles of Contract Law
Anti-requisites
LAW00527 - Corporations Law AND 3007083 - Bachelor of Laws AND 3206101 - Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws AND 3206102 - Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Laws AND 3206105 - Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science, Bachelor of Laws AND 3206108 - Bachelor of Contemporary Music, Bachelor of Laws AND 3706100 - Bachelor of Laws AND 3207006 - Bachelor of Social Science, Bachelor of Laws
Unit aim
Provides the opportunity to research and analyse the legal and regulatory framework governing partnerships and companies in the Australian context. Key legal principles will be explored with particular reference to such topics as the development of company and partnership law, types of companies, rights of members, responsibilities and duties of company officers, takeovers, and corporate insolvency.
Unit content
Topic 1: Partnership
Topic 2: The Australian Constitution and corporate law and the administration of corporate law
Topic 3: The creation of a company: Types of companies, promotion, formation and the company’s constitution
Topic 4: The capacity of the company and its agents and the rights of its members
Topic 5: Management
Topic 6: Financing and corporation
Topic 7: Takeovers
Topic 8: External administration
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 1 | demonstrate an understanding of the underlying themes and issues and the key legal principles relating to partnership law and/or corporate law | |||||||
| 2 | demonstrate the capacity to apply legal reasoning and research to generate appropriate responses to legal problems in the partnership and/or corporate law contexts | |||||||
| 3 | demonstrate the capacity to apply critical judgment including analysis, reasoning, and appropriate directed research to partnership and/or corporate law topics | |||||||
| 4 | demonstrate an ability to learn and work independently within broad parameters as defined by the assessment requirements. Included here is the capacity to find, access, manage and evaluate sources of information relevant to partnership and corporate legal issues | |||||||
| 5 | demonstrate the capacity to communicate appropriately and effectively, expressed in well-written, clear and logical language that is supported with appropriate references. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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demonstrate an understanding of the underlying themes and issues and the key legal principles relating to partnership law and/or corporate law
- GA4:
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demonstrate the capacity to apply legal reasoning and research to generate appropriate responses to legal problems in the partnership and/or corporate law contexts
- GA1:
- GA4:
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demonstrate the capacity to apply critical judgment including analysis, reasoning, and appropriate directed research to partnership and/or corporate law topics
- GA1:
- GA2:
- GA4:
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demonstrate an ability to learn and work independently within broad parameters as defined by the assessment requirements. Included here is the capacity to find, access, manage and evaluate sources of information relevant to partnership and corporate legal issues
- GA2:
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demonstrate the capacity to communicate appropriately and effectively, expressed in well-written, clear and logical language that is supported with appropriate references.
- GA1:
- GA2:
- GA4:
Prescribed texts
- Prescribed textbook(s) and/or other resources which students must acquire or to which they must have regular and reliable access: Ciro, T & Symes, C, 2013, Corporations Law in Principle, 9th edn, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, NSW. ISBN: 978-0-455-230399.
- Prescribed textbook(s) and/or other resources which students must acquire or to which they must have regular and reliable access: Thomson Reuters, 2016, Corporations Legislation, Includes key section annotations, Thomson Reuters.
- Prescribed textbook(s) and/or other resources which students must acquire or to which they must have regular and reliable access: Thomson Reuters, 2016, Corporations Legislation, Thomson Reuters. ISBN: 978-0-455-237305.
- Prescribed textbook(s) and/or other resources which students must acquire or to which they must have regular and reliable access: Yogaratnam J and Xynas L, 2016, Corporations Law in Principle, 10th edn, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, NSW. ISBN: 978-0-455-237961.