Corporations Law (11280.2)
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
|---|---|---|
| View teaching periods | Flexible Online real-time On-campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Business, Government & Law |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Canberra Law School | Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit | Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This unit may be co-taught with a G version of the unit.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Identify and explain the essential features of corporations law, including:
- incorporation, limited liability and the corporate constitution
- different types of companies, including Indigenous corporations
- administration of companies and the management of the business of companies
- share capital and membership
- shareholders' rights and remedies
- company contracts
- company financing, credit and security arrangements
- external administration and winding up
2. Research and analyse the statutory and case materials in corporations law and communicate with diverse audiences;
3. Understand the regulation of corporations and the enforcement of duties and civil and criminal liabilities with respect to companies and their directors and officers;
4. Apply legal reasoning to solve corporations law problems; and
5. Critically evaluate current issues in corporations law, including corporate social and environmental responsibilities.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Prerequisites
11277 Contract Law AND 11251 Foundations of Law and JusticeCorequisites
This unit is only available to students in a Bachelor of Laws course.Incompatible units
11438 Corporations Law PG, 6631 Government and Corporate Contracting PG, 7587 Public Companies Law PG, 9690 Corporate Law and Practice PGEquivalent units
7024 Corporations LawAssumed knowledge
None.| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | Flexible | Dr Benedict Sheehy |
| 2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | Online real-time | Dr Benedict Sheehy |
| 2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | On-campus | Dr Benedict Sheehy |
Required texts
Prescribed texts
The materials listed below are the prescribed texts. Students will need access to all these materials for the purposes of completing the course of study in the unit.
Stephen Bottomley, Kath Hall, Peta Spender and Both Nosworthy, Contemporary Australian Corporate Law (Cambridge Univesrity Press, 2020) 2nd Edition
Benedict Sheehy, 'Explaining the Corporation to Students and Other Non-specialists: A Graphic Approach,' (2016) 40 (2) University of Western Australia Law Review 69.
Recommended texts
Elizabeth Boros and John Duns Corporate Law, 4th ed., (2022) Oxford University Press
Robert P Austin and Ian M Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay's Principles of Corporations Law (LexisNexis Butterworths, 17th ed, 2019).
P M Redmond, Companies and Securities Law: Commentary and Materials (ThomsonReuters, 7th ed, 2009).
P Hanrahan, I Ramsay, G Stapledon, Commercial Applications of Company Law (Oxford, 2019)
Submission of assessment items
Special assessment requirements
There are no special assessment requirements for this unit. All assignments are required to be submitted by the due date. There is no requirement for lecturers to mark assessment items that are submitted late.
If for any reason you are unable to do an assignment by the due date you must submit to the lecturer, a formal written request for an extension using the university's form for such. Please note that the university's extension policy requires strict adherence and will be followed including the requirements for documentary evidence such as medical or counselling certificate which clearly state:
- that you were unfit to complete the assignment;
- the date of the medical or counselling consultation; and
- the period for which you were / are / will be unfit to complete the assignment.
Supplementary assessment
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at 黑料网. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Learner engagement
Corporations law is a cumulative subject. This statement means it is imperative that you do not plan to cram this subject. You will need to attend to it weekly.
Participation requirements
Participation requirements
It is an expectation that students will attend all classes whether online or in person and that non-attendance be the exception. Where possible lectures will be recorded and streamed through Canvas.
Required IT skills
Required IT skills
IMPORTANT NOTE: Students are expected to be able to find and use video recording software and as necessary, editing software. For issues or questions on video issues, please consult IT Services.
Students are also assumed to have basic IT skills, such as word processing, familiarity with the Internet sufficient to use e-mail, and access unit information and research databases.
In-unit costs
In-Unit Costs
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Work placement, internships or practicums
None, not relevant to this unit.
