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Optional Law subject.
Prerequisite: Corporations Law or equivalent.
Contact: 2 hours per week
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should have: examined in greater depth the concept of company securities dealt with briefly in Corporations Law and have expanded the study of statutory and non-statutory regulation of company securities; examined the law relating to primary and secondary markets of company securities; and reviewed the existing regulatory structures to see whether they deal adequately with investor protection and other aspects of the public interest.
Content:
Aspects of company law and securities regulation including: prescribed interests; regulation of and by the stock exchanges; regulation of brokers and other dealers in securities; public offerings of securities; regulation of takeovers under the Corporations Law and other related legislation and the role of the regulatory authority in relation to securities and takeovers.
Assessment:
Either Essay 3,000 words (50 per cent) and Final Exam 11/2 hours (50 per cent); or Final Exam 3 hours (100 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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