Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Economics and Commerce (Volume 3 page 195)
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Year 3 Business Law.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Mr Z Singer.
Prerequisite: 308-221 Corporate Law.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Upon the completion of this subject students should have developed:
- a sound understanding of the law relating to: bankruptcy, including arrangements with creditors outside bankruptcy;
- a sound understanding of the law relating to company insolvency;
- a knowledge of the consequences of insolvency on individuals, partnerships and companies, and on those who manage companies;
- an appreciation of the way in which the property of bankrupts and insolvent companies is administered, including the rights of secured and unsecured creditors to such property;
- a knowledge of the policy underlying the law of insolvency and its reform.
Content:
The law relating to bankruptcy, including arrangements with creditors outside bankruptcy. The law relating to company insolvency and matters pertaining to insolvency.
Assessment:
A 2 1/2-hour end-of-semester examination.
Prescribed texts:
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