School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Company Law II
  • Unit Code

    LAW2300
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Cecilia ANTHONY DAS

Description

This unit involves a detailed examination of current corporations law in Australia with particular emphasis upon proprietary companies. The unit examines matters including the company as a corporate entity, the corporate constitution and its alteration, the rights and duties of directors and shareholders and the division of power between them, protection of minority shareholders, capital reductions and class rights including preference shareholders.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed LAW1100.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAW4200, LAW5200

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of Australian company law.
  2. Analyse issues and communicate solutions involving company law.
  3. Combine those skills with a knowledge of company law principles and case-law.

Unit Content

  1. Shareholder rights and meetings.
  2. Variation of share capital including reorganizations, capital reductions, share buy backs, redeemable preference shares and financial assistance.
  3. Class rights, preference shares and the procedure for variation of rights.
  4. The remedies of minority shareholders.
  5. The duties and responsibilities of corporate directors at common law and under statute, including the insolvent trading provisions.
  6. The forms of corporation, the corporate constitution and its alteration and the enforcement of the contract created by the constitution.
  7. The process of incorporation and its effect.
  8. The basic structure of companies limited by shares and the corporate governance rules.
  9. An introduction to corporations, the corporate entity and the nature and function of companies.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly lecture and tutorial which include the following learning modes; the lecture is aimed at providing students with the knowledge of the important principles and issues of company law, with particular reference to and emphasis on the Corporations Act, and the tutorial is aimed at further developing knowledge and insight through the revision of legal principles and issues proposed in the lectures and the application of these principles to hypothetical cases and theoretical questions. For off campus students the unit is delivered online with lectures and tutorials available via Blackboard. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseOn-line Short Answer Quiz10%
ParticipationTutorial Engagement20%
TestOn-line Mid-Semester Test20%
Examination ^Examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseOn-line Short Answer Quiz10%
ParticipationTutorial Engagement20%
TestOn-line Mid-Semester Test20%
Examination ^Examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Company Law II
  • Unit Code

    LAW2300
  • Year

    2018
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Cecilia ANTHONY DAS

Description

This unit involves a detailed examination of current corporations law in Australia with particular emphasis upon proprietary companies. The unit examines matters including the company as a corporate entity, the corporate constitution and its alteration, the rights and duties of directors and shareholders and the division of power between them, protection of minority shareholders, capital reductions and class rights including preference shareholders.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed LAW1100.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded LAW4200, LAW5200

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of Australian company law.
  2. Analyse issues and communicate solutions involving company law.
  3. Combine those skills with a knowledge of company law principles and case-law.

Unit Content

  1. Shareholder rights and meetings.
  2. Variation of share capital including reorganizations, capital reductions, share buy backs, redeemable preference shares and financial assistance.
  3. Class rights, preference shares and the procedure for variation of rights.
  4. The remedies of minority shareholders.
  5. The duties and responsibilities of corporate directors at common law and under statute, including the insolvent trading provisions.
  6. The forms of corporation, the corporate constitution and its alteration and the enforcement of the contract created by the constitution.
  7. The process of incorporation and its effect.
  8. The basic structure of companies limited by shares and the corporate governance rules.
  9. An introduction to corporations, the corporate entity and the nature and function of companies.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly lecture and tutorial which include the following learning modes; the lecture is aimed at providing students with the knowledge of the important principles and issues of company law, with particular reference to and emphasis on the Corporations Act, and the tutorial is aimed at further developing knowledge and insight through the revision of legal principles and issues proposed in the lectures and the application of these principles to hypothetical cases and theoretical questions. For off campus students the unit is delivered online with lectures and tutorials available via Blackboard. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseOn-line Short Answer Quiz10%
ParticipationTutorial Engagement20%
TestOn-line Mid-Semester Test20%
Examination ^Examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseOn-line Short Answer Quiz10%
ParticipationTutorial Engagement20%
TestOn-line Mid-Semester Test20%
Examination ^Examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Lipton, P., Herzberg, A., & Welsh, M. (2018). Understanding company law. (18th ed.). Pyrmont, NSW: Thompson Reuters.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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