LAW362: Law of Corporate Finance

This unit examines the law relating to securities over real and personal property as it applies in Australia. Topics: secured transactions compared with unsecured transactions; consumer credit transactions; pledges; liens; mortgages of real property and chattels; equitable charge, notably the floating charge; security on intangible collateral; and priorities: the general position, the position under the Chattel Securities Act and under the Corporations Act; reform along the lines of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (US).

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	L120/LEG120/LAW120 Research and Writing, L150/LEG150/LAW150 Australian Legal System, L152/LAW152 Torts, L130/LAW130 Criminal Law and Procedure, L260/LAW260 Contract.
School	School of Law
Unit Coordinator	Mr Tony Brennan Position: Adjunct Professor E-mail: A.Brennan@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 1.024 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6135
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Mr Tony Brennan Adjunct Professor (A.Brennan@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6135 Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 1.024 MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)