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LAWS2300 – Business Organisations

2023 – Session 1, In person-scheduled-weekday, North Ryde

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Hannah Harris
hannah.harris@mq.edu.au
Lecturer
Tony Antoniou
Tutor
Max Barnett
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
60cp including LAWS104 or LAWS1200
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

This unit will introduce students to the field of corporate law and corporations. The corporation is examined in its legal, historical and cultural context with consideration of the various actors involved. Particular attention is given to the social and legal role of directors and shareholders. The topics covered in this unit include: Incorporation and the corporate personality and constitution; corporate decision-making and financing; directors' duties; shareholder rights and remedies; and winding up of companies This is a required unit for any student in the LLB and a requirement for admission as a legal practitioner.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Analyse and articulate (orally and in writing) the substantive corporate law rules in legislation and case law.
  • ULO2: Evaluate the effectiveness of corporate legislation and its impact on corporate stakeholders.
  • ULO3: Describe the influence of history and social context on the development of corporations law including directors' duties and shareholders rights
  • ULO4: Apply relevant corporate and commercial law principles to resolve legal problems.

General Assessment Information

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of‚ 0 (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue. This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic.

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Online quizzes 40% No Week 7; Week 12
Weekly and online participation tasks 20% No weekly; plus reflective activities in weeks 3 and 9
Take home time-limited assessment 40% No 6 June 2023 - 10am

Online quizzes

Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2 hours
Due: Week 7; Week 12
Weighting: 40%

 

Two online multiple choice quizzes will test understanding of the substantive law of corporations

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Analyse and articulate (orally and in writing) the substantive corporate law rules in legislation and case law.

Weekly and online participation tasks

Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: weekly; plus reflective activities in weeks 3 and 9
Weighting: 20%

 

A series of activities including discussion, legal problem solving and debates that require an understanding of the lectures and required readings.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Analyse and articulate (orally and in writing) the substantive corporate law rules in legislation and case law.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of corporate legislation and its impact on corporate stakeholders.
  • Describe the influence of history and social context on the development of corporations law including directors' duties and shareholders rights
  • Apply relevant corporate and commercial law principles to resolve legal problems.

Take home time-limited assessment

Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 3 hours
Due: 6 June 2023 - 10am
Weighting: 40%

 

A time limited assessment that may include problem and essay style responses examining materials from the whole course

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Analyse and articulate (orally and in writing) the substantive corporate law rules in legislation and case law.
  • Apply relevant corporate and commercial law principles to resolve legal problems.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

Required Text: Bottomley et al, Contemporary Australian Corporate Law (2nd Ed, 2020)

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Changes since First Published

Date Description
16/02/2023 Exam clash has been resolved by shifting the final exam date from 5th to 6th June. This has been updated in the sharepoint assessment calendar

Unit information based on version 2023.01R of the Handbook