Special Consideration
LAW 202 Australian Corporations Law
Unit Description
This unit covers current corporate law in Australia including regulation of companies under The Corporations Act 2001 (Cmth), the incorporation process, internal regulation and dealing with the rights and duties of directors, corporate governance, shareholders and the division of power, share capital, company membership and disclosure obligations, and the regulation of corporations in financial difficulty including the administration and the winding up processes.
Expected Student Workload
Number of timetabled hours per week: 4 hours (2 hours in lecture and 2 hours in tutorial)
No. personal study hours per week: 6 hours
Total workload hours per week: 10 hours
Prerequisites
LAW101 Australian Business Law
Unit Weighting
Unit credit points: 10
Total course credit points: 240
Delivery Mode
Face to face on VSC campus
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
ULO1: Explain the principles of corporate law.
ULO2: Apply research approaches using both legislative and case law to justify solutions to corporate law problems.
ULO3: Demonstrate professional judgment when applying legislation and case law in the resolution of corporate law problems.
ULO4: Critically analyse the impact of corporate law on policy perspectives in socially and culturally diverse contexts.