Commercial Law

The Commercial Law major introduces students to commercial law and then enables them to undertake an in-depth specialisation in some of its key areas – including corporate law, securities market regulation, banking and finance, taxation, insolvency, franchising, intellectual property, corporate crime, trade practices and consumer law. These specialist units are designed to provide the basis of a professional capability in the area far beyond the general introduction.

Requirements for a major in Commercial Law

For the award of a major in Commercial Law, students complete:

1. One junior prerequisite unit of study (six credit points) for the major, as follows:

• CLAW1001 Foundations of Business Law.

2. six senior elective units of study (36 credit points) selected from the following:

• BUSS2100 Business Placement A (Internship)#
• CLAW2201 Corporations Law
• CLAW2202 Business Failure and Restructuring
• CLAW2203 Regulation of Securities Markets
• CLAW2204 Banking and Finance Law
• CLAW2205 Competition and Consumer Law
• CLAW2207 Business, Ethics and the Law
• CLAW2208 Business Regulation, Risk and Compliance
• CLAW2209 Intellectual Property for Business
• CLAW2210 Chinese Tax *
• CLAW2211 Commercial Practice in China
• CLAW2212 Franchising
• CLAW2213 Legal Regulation of International Business
• CLAW3201 Australian Taxation System
• CLAW3202 Tax Strategies for Business
• CLAW3204 Regulation of Capital Raising
• CLAW3206 Regulation of Mergers and Acquisitions
• CLAW3207 Employment Regulation for Business
• CLAW3208 Corporate Crime and Business.

# Students must seek approval from the Discipline of Business Law to include this unit as an elective for their major.

* Not offered for 2014.

Please check the Business School unit of study table in the Units of study for details of the unit prerequisites, corequisites and other requirements.