MLP331 - Corporate Law

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*

Credit point(s): 1
Previously coded as: MLL221, MLL331
EFTSL value: 0.125
Cohort rule:

For Bachelor of Laws (including combined Law awards) students only

Prerequisite:

Students enrolled before 2019: Students must have passed MLL110 plus 5 additional MLL/MLP/MLT coded units
Students commencing from 2019: Students must have passed 2 units from MLL110, MLL113 plus 5 additional MLL/MLP/MLT coded units

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: MLC203
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

1 x 2 hour on-campus lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour on-campus lecture (recordings provided) and 1 hour on-campus seminar (recordings provided) each week 
 

Scheduled learning activities - online

1 x 2 hour online lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour online lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week 

Note:

Seminars for this unit commence in Week 2 and end in Week 11 of the Trimester.

*Community Based Delivery (CBD) is for National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute students only.

 

Content

The unit provides an overview of the fundamental characteristics of companies and the legal principles that regulate the establishment, management and dissolution of companies in Australia. Topics include: corporate personality; promoters and pre-registration contracts; registration of corporations; the corporate constitution; shares and dividends; corporate fundraising; appointment and removal of directors; directors' duties; and external administration.

Unit Fee Information

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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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