Unit of Study LEGL5003 Business and Corporation Law for Managers (Online) (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Anti-requisites

LEGL5001 - Legal Studies OR LEGL5002 - Business and Corporation Law (Online)

Unit description

Introduces students to the legal system, business law and corporations law. It is important for all persons, accountants and business administrators to have an appreciation of the role played by law in regulating society and the business community. The unit provides students with knowledge of the legal system and sources of law in Australia. Students will be expected to use statutes, cases and other legal material to help them analyse legal situations, with a focus on business cases.

Unit content

The Australian legal system
Contract Law 1
Contract Law 2
Agency, Business Structures, Company incorporation and its consequences
Company internal rules and membership
Company management, corporate insolvency

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
SCU Online	Term1,4	Term1,4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Recognise the structure of the legal system and identify the sources of law in Australia

Analyse the key principles and features of contract law

Identify and analyse the legal aspects of business transactions, partnerships, and companies, particularly in respect of the rights, obligations, duties and liabilities of agents, partners, company members and directors

Recognise and analyse the legal issues related to separate legal entity, formation, operation, administration and winding up of a company

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Structured online learning

Assessment
Quiz	20%
Short written response	30%
Short written response	50%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

Fitzpatrick, JF, Symes, CF, Veljanovski, A & Parker, D, 2020, Business and Corporations Law , 4th edn, Lexis Nexis Butterworths, Australia. ISBN: 9780409351101 (pbk) or 9780409351118 (ebk).

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts

Fitzpatrick, JF, Symes, CF, Veljanovski, A & Parker, D, 2020, Business and Corporations Law , 4th edn, Lexis Nexis Butterworths, Australia. ISBN: 9780409351101 (pbk) or 9780409351118 (ebk).

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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