General Assessment Information 

All written assessments submitted electronically must be submitted through the link provided in iLearn. This unit will utilise Turnitin plagiarism detection software. Students should carefully check that they submit the correct file for an assessment, as re-submissions will not be accepted after the due date and time, including instances where students upload an incorrect file in error.

The design, moderation and feedback of all assessments is in accordance with the Macquarie University Assessment Procedure (link provided under ‘Policies and Procedures’ below).

Late Submission Policy

A maximum penalty of five (5) percentage points of the total possible marks will be applied per day to late submissions, for up to a maximum of seven calendar days. Tasks that have not been submitted within the maximum number of additional late days will receive a mark of zero. This provision does not apply to exams or other assessment with a time limit of less than 24 hours.

Penalties for late submission will be applied consistently and equitably to all students enrolled in the unit. Where short-term, serious and unavoidable circumstances have affected their ability to submit an assessment task, a student must submit a formal application for Special Consideration as per the Special Consideration Policy. Students should not request an informal arrangement from their tutor, lecturer or Unit Convenor.

Where an application for Special Consideration is approved, and the outcome is an extension to the due date of a task, submissions that are received after the new due date will be subject to late penalties that are calculated from the new due date. This only applies where the outcome is an extension to the due date – see the Special Consideration Policy for a schedule of all possible outcomes.

Special Consideration

Students should submit applications for Special Consideration electronically via the Service Connect portal, along with the supporting documentation. Before submitting their applications, students should refer to the Special Consideration Policy (link provided under ‘Policies and Procedures’ below).

Required Textbook:

Bottomely et al, Contemporary Australian Corporate Law (3rd Edition, 2025)

Purchase in physical or eBook format from Cambridge University Press with discount code for enrolled students: "MAC20"

Other required and additional materials will be available directly through iLearn.

12 weeks of lectures and accompanying tutorials.

NOTE: for both campus and external offerings, lectures begin in week one. For the external offering, tutorials will be fortnightly. Please check your assigned tutorial stream for start week (either week 2 or week 3). Please also note, if your tutorial stream begins in week 3, you will have a tutorial in the first week of the mid term break (due to the unique structure of the semester and early Easter public holidays).

1.  Business Organisations & the History of the Corporation
2. Corporate Personality & the Process of Incorporation
3. The Corporate Constitution & Internal Rules
4. Corporate Contracting
5. Decision-making, Meetings & Reporting
6. Corporate Finance
7. Corporate Fundraising
8. Directors' Duties Part 1
9. Directors' Duties Part 2
10. Members Rights & Remedies
11. Receivership, Schemes of Arrangement & Voluntary Administration
12.  Corporate Takeovers

New textbook and updated lecture material and tutorial content from previous offerings. Please note that the most recent (3rd edition) is mandatory for this offering and historic editions of the textbook cannot be substituted.