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Units with modes Online timetabled and Online flexible are available for any student to self-enrol and study online.
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Unit Overview
- Description
This unit is built upon the foundation of the Australian legal system. It examines the rights and potential liabilities associated with contemporary commercial decision making through the respective prisms of the law of contract, the law of tort, and corporations law—particularly as the law relates to the accounting profession. The exploration of this law includes both common law and statutory perspectives. The unit includes the development of Australian law business legal structures, the law of tort and the accounting profession, intention to create legal relations and formation of contract, implied and express terms of contract, vitiating factors in contract, breach and remedies in contract, Australian evolution of corporations law, limited liability and separate legal entity, debt and equity, directors' duties, rights and remedies of members, and financial reporting and disclosure.
- Credit
- 6 points
- Offering
(see Timetable) Availability Location Mode Semester 2 UWA (Perth) Face to face - Outcomes
Students are able to (1) describe the key elements of the Australian legal system; (2) identify key features of contract formation and the discharge of a contract; (3) summarise the regulatory framework of corporations in Australia; (4) apply relevant rights and responsibilities stemming from the law of contract in the context of contemporary commercial decision making; (5) evaluate the tension between commercial risk-taking and the tort of negligence; (6) critically evaluate the legal challenges presented by the corporations law for the contemporary business professional; and (7) demonstrate legal reasoning by use of analysis and communication skills in a commercial context.
- Assessment
Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) participation; (2) quizzes; and (3) examination. Further information is available in the unit outline.
Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.
- Unit Coordinator(s)
- Liz Mansveld
- Contact hours
- lectures: 3 hours per week
- Note
- This unit is for Master of Professional Accounting students only. It is not available to postgraduate law students, who should take LAWS5541 Corporate Finance and Securities Regulation (formerly LAWS8541 Corporate Finance and Securities Regulation) instead.
- Text
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Turner, C. and Gamble, R. Concise Australian Commercial Law: Thomson Reuters 2013 (or latest edition)
- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change.
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- Visit the Essential Textbooks website to see if any textbooks are required for this Unit. The website is updated regularly so content may change. Students are recommended to purchase Essential Textbooks, but a limited number of copies of all Essential Textbooks are held in the Library in print, and as an ebook where possible. Recommended readings for the unit can be accessed in Unit Readings directly through the Learning Management System (LMS).
- Contact hours provide an indication of the type and extent of in-class activities this unit may contain. The total amount of student work (including contact hours, assessment time, and self-study) will approximate 150 hours per 6 credit points.
Face to face
Predominantly face-to-face. On campus attendance required to complete this unit. May have accompanying resources online.
Online flexible
100% Online Unit. NO campus face-to-face attendance is required to complete this unit. All study requirements are online only. Unit is asynchronous delivery, with NO requirement for students to participate online at specific times.
Online timetabled
100% Online Unit. NO campus face-to-face attendance is required to complete this unit. All study requirements are online only. Unit includes some synchronous components, with a requirement for students to participate online at specific times.
Online Restricted
Not available for self-enrolment. Students access this mode by contacting their student office through AskUWA. 100% Online Unit.
NO campus face-to-face attendance. All study and assessment requirements are online only. Unit includes some timetabled activities, with a requirement for students to participate online at specific times. In exceptional cases (noted in the Handbook) students may be required to participate in face-to-face laboratory classes when a return to UWA’s Crawley campus becomes possible in order to be awarded a final grade.
External
No attendance or regular contact is required, and all study requirements are completed either via correspondence and/or online submission.
Off-campus
Regular attendance is not required, but student attends the institution face to face on an agreed schedule for purposes of supervision and/or instruction.
Multi-mode
Multiple modes of delivery. Unit includes a mix of online and on-campus study requirements. On campus attendance for some activities is required to complete this unit.