CO5221 - Law of Business Organisations

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Law Office

Restricted to students enrolled in the Master of International Professional Accounting at Guangzhou

This subject covers the essential components of law relating to partnerships and companies including legal aspects of company formation and liquidation and the legal rights and obligations of those people operating partnerships.

Learning Outcomes

• explain the legal requirements relating to the set up and operation of a company;
• explain the methods of terminating a company;
• inform dissatisfied shareholders and other persons dealing with a company of their legal rights and forms of redress;
• determine the legal rights and obligations of persons operating partnerships;
• determine the legal obligations of company controllers.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams.

Prerequisites:	CO5108 and CO5119
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	CO5121 and CO5112

Availabilities
Guangzhou, Block, Study Period 4
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Face to face teaching 24-Feb-2007 to 01-Apr-2007
Coord/Lect:	Professor Stephen Graw.
Contact hours:	48 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); other exams (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.