Restitution - JURD7379
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Excluded: LAWS3079
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The broad aim of this course is to examine the structure and regulation of markets for corporate securities.The study is primarily a legal analysis although it considers some financial theory relevant to legal responsesto market operations. Topics include: the legal structure of co-regulation of securities markets including the role and powers of Australian Securities & Investments Commission (“ASIC”) and the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”); the efficient market hypothesis and its implications for mandatory corporate disclosure and prospectus regulation; prospectus disclosure and liability; the licensing of securities dealers and investment professionals; the conduct of securities business; abusive trading on secondary markets,including stock market manipulation and insider trading.
Main Topics
Main Topics
- Introduction to unjust enrichment and restitution
- Unjust factors I: Mistake
- Unjust factors II: Failure of basis
- Unjust factors III: Coercion
- Unjust factors IV: Policy motivated claims (Necessity)
- Defences to claims in unjust enrichment
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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