Commercial Finance - JURD7324
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisites: Commercial Law (LAWS3018/JURD7318) and Business Associations (LAWS1091/LAWS2010/JURD7224). Co-requisite: Resolving Civil Disputes (LAWS2371/JURD7271) OR Litigation 1 (LAWS2311/JURD7211).
Excluded: LAWS3024
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
As a 6 unit elective, Commercial Finances aims to provide an introduction to some principal areas of commercial law of general relevance to legal practice and of particular relevance to those interested in finance.
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Pre-requisite: JURD7318 Commercial Law
Note: Students who have not completed Commercial Law can enrol but will need to do substantial preparation before the course commences.
Main Topics
- Sales finance by way of retention of title clauses (building on material covered in Commercial Law JURD7318;
- Commercial bills and letters of credit (although not to the extent that a JURD7333 The Law of Banking elective does);
- The law on securities over personal property including priorities, including the new Personal Property Securities Act regime;
- An introduction to the law of company charges;
- An introduction to commercial finance in e-commerce; security over intangibles and electronic title v electronic registration regimes.
This course may be studied on its own but students wishing to complete an introductory study of banking law should take JURD7333 The Law of Banking as well.
Bankruptcy is now covered in Insolvency Law - JURD7414
Assessment
And any two of:
- Mid-session examination (40%)
- Research essay (40%)
- Final exam (40%)
Study Levels
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