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

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Mostafa Mahmud NASER

Description

This unit involves a detailed examination of the current laws applicable to companies in Australia. It provides a snapshot of how companies are registered, operated, funded and dissolved. Students are also introduced to reporting requirements of both Australian Securities and Investment Commission and Australian Securities Exchange. It is an essential unit for all accounting student intending to be a practicing accountant in Australia.

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. Describe the relevant provisions of company law applicable in Australia.
  2. Examine legal issues in problem based questions and provide solutions to suit business needs.
  3. Appraise the ethical dilemma in the accounting profession by reflecting on precedents.

Unit Content

  1. Business organisations
  2. Regulatory framework
  3. Companies and incorporation
  4. Company constitution
  5. Promoters and pre-registration contracts
  6. Companies, outsiders and corporate liability
  7. Membership, members' powers and remedies
  8. Directors' and officers' duties
  9. Share capital and loan capital
  10. Disclosure and fundraising
  11. Corporate insolvency

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

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 ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestShort Answer Test10%
AssignmentOn-line assignment20%
TestOn-line test20%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestShort Answer Test10%
AssignmentOn-line assignment20%
TestOn-line test20%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Chapple, E. W., Alex; Baumfield, R. C., Richard; Cunningham, R. K., Akshaya; Watson, K. H., & Paul. (2020). Chapple. Ellie (Ed.), Company Law: An Interactive Approach (2nd ed.). Wiley. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=4748110

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

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Mostafa Mahmud NASER

Description

This unit involves a detailed examination of the current laws applicable to companies in Australia. It provides a snapshot of how companies are registered, operated, funded and dissolved. Students are also introduced to reporting requirements of both Australian Securities and Investment Commission and Australian Securities Exchange. It is an essential unit for all accounting student intending to be a practicing accountant in Australia.

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. Describe the relevant provisions of company law applicable in Australia.
  2. Examine legal issues in problem based questions and provide solutions to suit business needs.
  3. Appraise the ethical dilemma in the accounting profession by reflecting on precedents.

Unit Content

  1. Business organisations
  2. Regulatory framework
  3. Companies and incorporation
  4. Company constitution
  5. Promoters and pre-registration contracts
  6. Companies, outsiders and corporate liability
  7. Membership, members' powers and remedies
  8. Directors' and officers' duties
  9. Share capital and loan capital
  10. Disclosure and fundraising
  11. Corporate insolvency

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

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 ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestShort Answer Test10%
AssignmentOn-line assignment20%
TestOn-line test20%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestShort Answer Test10%
AssignmentOn-line assignment20%
TestOn-line test20%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Chapple, E. W., Alex; Baumfield, R. C., Richard; Cunningham, R. K., Akshaya; Watson, K. H., & Paul. (2020). Chapple. Ellie (Ed.), Company Law: An Interactive Approach (2nd ed.). Wiley. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=4748110

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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