Contracting with Corporations
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
Corequisites
LAW80008 Corporate GovernanceConcurrent Requisite: Can be completed prior or in the same study period.
LAW80008 Corporate Governance Aims and objectives
This unit aims to enable students to gain an understanding of (i) the law applicable to contracts, including contract formation, vitiation and remedies; (ii) an overview of corporations law, with a focus on how companies are established and the powers and responsibilities of companies and (iii) how companies enter into contracts and repercussions relating to businesses and entrepreneurial activities
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1 Critically analyse a range of legal concepts relating to corporate and contract law, drawing both from common law and statute law
2 Apply coherent and advanced knowledge of the legal status and capacities of companies
3 Apply critical thinking and analytical skills when applying legal concepts and principles
4. Communicate legal arguments effectively
5 Demonstrate coherent and advanced knowledge of the options that are available to companies when contracts are breached, including legal and commercial options
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Face to Face
36 hours (12 x 3 hours)
Block Mode:This unit will be delivered in block or intensive mode. Block mode may consist of blended, intensive and immersive teaching, which can include full day teaching and weekend teaching requirements – as specified in the Unit Outline.
Independent Learning
114 hours (12 x 9.5 hours)
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research)
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
Presentation (Individual) 10-20%
Presentation (Group) 30-40%
Research assignment (Individual) 40-60%
Content
- The Australian Legal System
- Formation of a contract
- Agreements which are not contracts: estoppel
- Vitiation of a contract
- Legal remedies for breaches of a contract
- The legal nature of a company and how companies are formed
- The rights and responsibilities of companies
- How companies facilitate their activities
- Legal and other company stakeholders
- Commercial approaches to dealing with contract disputes
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant study period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.