On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Recognise the basic principles of company law.
2. Describe the practical operation of a scheme of corporate regulation in the Australian federal system.
3. Recognise how the statutory regime of corporate regulation intersects with common law and equitable developments.
4. Appraise some of the criticisms of current corporate law in the wider context, for example globalisation, and also be familiar with public policy issues in this area.
5. Apply his or her understanding of company law concepts to analysing and solving practical problems.

1. Various forms of business organisations.
2. Company as a form of business organisation - evolution, types, sources of law, regulatory framework.
3. Registration of a company, pre-registration activities.
4. Dealings with outsiders and liability.
5. Internal management rules, management of a company - Board of Directors and general meeting.
6. Duties of Directors and consequences of breach of duty.
7. Shareholder remedies.
8. Capital and fundraising.
9. Record keeping, disclosures and audit.
10. External administration - receivership, administration and winding up.