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GSB749 Law of Commercial Associations

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
ISBT Sydney ISBT-Sydney Summer On Campus
Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites GSB748 and candidature in GradCertAcct or GradCertMgt or GradCertProfAcct or GradDipAcct or GradDipMgt or MBA or MComm or MProfAcct
Co-requisites
Restrictions MBA 749
Notes Offered in alternate years (even).
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Same Varayudej (svarayud@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit aims to provide students with a sound understanding of the law relating to commercial associations with a particular focus on companies. Among the topics covered are: the legal nature of partnerships; joint ventures; trading trusts; companies and other forms of association; the rights and liabilities of members; the rights, duties and obligations of managers, directors and other officers; financing; winding up and dissolution; securities controls; and takeovers.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Understanding Company Law
ISBN: 9780455224657
Lipton, P. and Herzberg, A., Thomson Reuters 14th ed. 2007
Corporations and Associations: Cases and Materials
ISBN: 9780409319415
Baxt, R., Fletcher, K. and Fridman, S., LexisNexis Butterworths 9th ed. 2003
Recommended Material
Optional
None
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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