Unit

School Of Law

Company LawWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 200433.3

Discipline: BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LAW

Student Contribution Band: 3

Level: 7

Credit Points: 10

Equivalent Units
51227 - Company Law (PG)

Prerequisite
200432 Commercial Law

Corequisite
200400 Company Accounting

Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course owned by the School of Business. Students wishing to take this unit as an elective need approval from the Academic Course Advisor.

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About this Unit
This unit mainly deals with legal issues concerning various aspects of companies: incorporation, regulation, membership and capital, company management, corporate officers, meetings, relations of the company with outsiders, accounts, reports and other disclosures, arrangements and reconstruction, receivers and winding up, and share acquisition and takeovers. It also considers public policy issues underlying the law in the above areas. Other forms of business organisation, such as partnership, trusts and sole traders, are also dealt with.

Special Requirements - Essential Equipment
Intrenet and vUWS access.