Skip navigation to main content

You are here: UNE Home / Course and Unit Catalogue / 2010 / A-Z / LS391

Sub sections:

Quick Search

Quick Links

Year:

LS391 Principles of Corporation Law

Updated: 09 December 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Summer Semester Off Campus C - Internet access required
TOP Sydney Semester 1 On Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
19 April 2010 20 April 2010 Non-Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites LS251
Co-requisites None
Restrictions LS351
Notes

Legal Studies unit available to all students, other than Law students, subject to degree rules
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s)
Unit Description

This unit is available only to non-law students. It includes organisations in business, partnership, the nature of corporate personality and the function of companies. The unit will examine the rights and duties of directors and officers of the company, the auditor and audit requirements, the formation, registration and flotation of companies, capital, the nature of securities, the control of the securities industry, takeovers and liquidation.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Shrink Wrapped Package(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

CCH Company Law 2009
ISBN: 9781921485329
CCH
Note: Package includes: Hanrahan, P., Ramsay, I. and Stapledon, G., Commercial Applications of Company Law, 10th ed. (ISBN 9781921485282) and CCH, Australian Corporations and Securities Legislation, Vol. 1 (ISBN 9781921485244).
Text refers to: Summer Semester , Off Campus
CCH Company Law 2010
ISBN: 9781921593475
CCH
Note: Package includes: Hanrahan, P., Ramsay, I. and Stapledon, G., Commercial Applications of Company Law, 11th ed. (ISBN 9781921593444) and CCH, Australian Corporations and Securities Legislation, Vol. 1 (ISBN 9781921593413).
Text refers to: Semester 1 and TOP Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

See Note
ISBN: NOISBN
Note: Partnership Act 1892 (NSW) Download from New South Wales Legislation Home Page http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au
Text refers to: Semester 1, Summer Semester and TOP Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Corporations and Associations: Cases and Materials
ISBN: 9780409324341
Baxt, R., Fletcher, K. and Fridman, S., LexisNexis 10th ed. 2009
Text refers to: Semester 1, Summer Semester and TOP Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional 		Text(s):

Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Laying Down the Law
ISBN: 9780409325317
Cook, C., Creyke, R., Geddes, R. and Hamer, D., LexisNexis Butterworths 7th ed. 2008
Text refers to: Semester 1, Summer Semester and TOP Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Applied Corporate Law: A Bilingual Approach
ISBN: 9780409325638
Li, G. and Riley, S., LexisNexis 1st ed. 2009
Text refers to: Semester 1 and TOP Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Ford's Principles of Corporations Law
ISBN: 9780409326444
Ford, H.A.J., Austin, P. and Ramsay, I.M., LexisNexis Butterworths 14th ed. 2010
Text refers to: Semester 1, Summer Semester and TOP Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Corporations Law in Principle
ISBN: 9780455225708
Ciro, T., Symes, C., O'Connell, A. and Woodward, T., Thomson Reuters 8th ed. 2009
Text refers to: Semester 1 and TOP Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Companies and Securities Law
ISBN: 9780455225067
Redmond, P., Thomson Reuters 5th ed. 2008
Text refers to: Summer Semester , Off Campus
Understanding Company Law
ISBN: 9780455224657
Lipton, P. and Herzberg, A., Thomson Reuters 14th ed. 2007
Text refers to: Semester 1, Summer Semester and TOP Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Corporations Law in Principle
ISBN: 9780455222493
Woodward, S., Bird, H. and Sievers, S., Thomson Reuters 7th ed. 2005
Text refers to: Summer Semester , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 10%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-8
Assignment 2 20%
Assessment Notes
Partly optional
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-8
Open Book Examination 70%
Assessment Notes
Open book examination 50% or 70%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-8
Seminar 20%
Assessment Notes
Seminar presentation (compulsory for on-campus students, partly optional for off-campus students)
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-8

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. identify relevant issues in the administration of a company's affairs;
  2. find the relevant principles of law from primary sources, including electronic sources accurately and quickly;
  3. apply the relevant law competently and confidently to a range of company law problems;
  4. communicate your reasoned arguments and conclusions lucidly and accurately; and
  5. independently research matters of concern.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will gain knowledge of the discipline through a mixture of lectures, tutorials, online discussion and weekly set readings. Discipline knowledge is examined through a number of forms of assessment including assignments and end of unit examinations. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students are provided with information on the correct way to approach analytical tasks and this includes information on the way to construct a written legal argument. The quality of legal argument, which incorporates the practical application of these skills, is assessed through a number of forms of assessment including assignments and end of unit examinations. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students are provided with references to comparative material which may include social, political and economic perspectives through a mixture of lectures, tutorials, online discussion and weekly set readings. Comparative jurisdictions include but are not limited to England and Wales, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, and a number of European jurisdictions. The quality of legal argument, which includes the ability to cite relevant comparative material where relevant, is assessed through a number of forms of assessment including assignments and end of unit examinations. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will access cases, statutes and secondary literature which is located in libraries, electronic databases and other sources. Where required, advice is provided on how best to access these sources. 		True
5 Life-Long Learning
Students are taught that the law has developed to its present state through a process of change and, by understanding that process, students are taught a skill that can be applied post-degree to assess how new developments may change the law and its relationship to society. The quality of legal argument, which may include the ability to explain the development of a legal rule, is assessed through a number of forms of assessment including assignments and end of unit examinations. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Students are provided with hypothetical problems in the unit materials. These problems form the basis of tutorials where the ability to apply the law to the facts is practiced. The ability to apply the law to solve a concrete problem is assessed through a number of forms of assessment including assignments and end of unit examinations. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students are provided in their unit materials with sources that require students to evaluate a legal rule or principle in terms of its fairness or efficacy. The relationship between the internal and external dimensions of law and legal reasoning, and the potential for law to be a socially progressive force, may be explored. Assessment may include an essay question which requires the students to critically evaluate the current state of a particular area of law by reference to these perspectives. 		True True True
   

Email to a friend