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 730-422 Insolvency Law

Credit Points

10

Coordinator

Dr T Lindsey

Prerequisites

Torts and the Process of Law; History and Philosophy of Law; Criminal Law and Procedure; Constitutional and Administrative Law; Contracts; Property.

Corequisites

Corporations Law.

Semester

2

Contact

2 hours per week

Subject Description

A study of the concept of insolvency and the formal and informal ways in which individual and corporate insolvency are controlled and regulated by legislation; the subject involves consideration of insolvency from the point of view of the debtor, creditor and insolvency administrator.

Assessment

Research Paper 5000 - 6000 words (100%) or Final Exam 3 hours (100%).

Prescribed Texts

Printed Materials will be issued by the Law School Office.

  • Act, Bankruptcy Act. 1966 (Cth).
  • Act, Corporations Law. (Cth).
  • Tomasic, R, Australian Corporate Insolvency Law. Butterworths, 1993.
  • Butterworths, Australian Corporations Legislation. Vol 1 & 2, Butterworths, 1997.
  • CCCH, Australian Corporations and Securities Legislation. CCCH, 1997.
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