Commercial Law

The Commercial Law major provides an introduction to commercial law as well as an in depth specialisation in some of its key areas - stock markets and derivatives law, finance and banking, taxation, insolvency, 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:

(i) one junior unit of study (six credit points), as follows:

• CLAW1001 Foundations of Business Law.

(ii) a minimum of 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 Capital 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
• CLAW3201 Australian Taxation System
• CLAW3202 Tax Strategies for Business
• CLAW3204 Capital Raising and Management
• CLAW3206 Regulation of Mergers and Acquisitions
• CLAW3207 Employment Regulation for Business.

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

* Not offered for 2013.

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