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Business & Corporations Law

Postgraduate | RMI-MPAC20 | 2021

Map out the legal areas in which accountants and business professionals operate. Illustrate a detailed understanding of contract, negligence and company laws. Take in the ethical and legislative standards that underpin professional accountancy.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
Subject may require attendance
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks

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Business & Corporations Law

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. Have an appreciation of aspects of the legal framework within which accountants and business professionals operate (including both the civil law and criminal law)
    2. Understand the Australian legal framework, including sources of law, principles of statutory interpretation, relationship between common and statutory law, ethical principles, and other regulatory mechanisms, particularly those relating to companies
    3. Understand the underlying principles of a number of areas of law relevant to accounting practitioners and consultants, including contract law, law of negligence and company law, and how to apply these principles in various situations
    4. Develop awareness of how changes in the law may affect business strategies.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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