Business and Corporate Law

• • 1. Week 1
  • 1.1) Introduction to the Unit Australian Legal Systems
  • 2. Week 2
  • 2.1) Legal Reasoning, methodology and legal problem solving
  • 2.2) Business structures
  • 3. Week 3
  • 3.1) Contract Law – Introduction
  • 3.2) Element of Offer and Acceptance
  • 4. Week 4
  • 4.1) Elements of Contract Law: Consideration and Capacity
  • 5. Week 5
  • 5.1) Terms of the Contract
  • 6. Week 6
  • 6.1) Contracts – Genuine Consent and Legality of Objects
  • 7. Week 7
  • 7.1) Contracts – Discharge and Remedies
  • 8. Week 8
  • 8.1) Torts and Agency
  • 9. Week 9
  • 9.1) Corporations Law – Registration and Company Management
  • 10. Week 10
  • 10.1) Corporations Law – Management of companies; Members remedies
  • 11. Week 11
  • 11.1) Corporations Law – Member and Director’ 'Duties, Disclosure and
  • 11.2) Corporate Governance
  • 12. Week 12
  • 12.1) Corporations Law – Corporate Insolvency
  • 13. Week 13
  • 13.1) Revision

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• TAS-FIN-GDI-2022
• TAS-PFA-GDI-2022
• TAS-MPA-MAS-2022
• TAS-PAS-MAS-2022
• TAS-FIN-MAS-2022
• TAS-FSP-MAS-2022

Elective

• OUA-PSU-GCE-2022

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

This subject covers a wide range of interesting legal topics and teaches students how to analyse, and solve legal problems, all essential skills for those wishing to work in both the fields of accounting and business management. The subject combines topics that are necessary for a consideration of business and corporate law including: the sources of law in Australia; how to read and understand legislation and case law; basic business organisations; contract law principles, (including a consideration of terms in a contract and rights on breach of contract); liability in tort law; agency and consumer law; Australian corporate law and corporate governance principles.

• Test or quiz (10%)
• Exam (50%)
• Presentation (10%)
• Case study and reflection (30%)

Current study term: 10 Jul 22 to 16 Oct 22