732-302 Banking And Finance Law

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Mr V New

Prerequisites

732-202 Corporate Law.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Estimated total time commitment of 100 hours. Includes two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject introduces the legal concepts that underlie most financing transactions; and laws regulating various forms and instruments of finance and various types of security. Topics will include the nature and role of commercial and consumer finance; types and incidents of personal, property and chattel securities; regulation of various forms of commercial finance and securities; regulation of consumer credit; and various aspects of bank finance (including nature and incidents of the banker-customer relationship, and negotiable instruments as financing tools).

Assessment

A three hour end-of-semester examination.

Prescribed Texts

A reading list will be provided at the beginning of the subject.



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