BULAW5914 – Commercial

Law
TP3 2008 - welcome

CRICOS Provider Number 00103D

 House keeping
• Darryl Saunders
• Rm B105 phone 9461.
d.saunders@ballarat.edu.au
• Office hours Monday and Wednesday
morning by appointment.
• I AM DEAF. I inadvertently put my
hearing aids in the washing machine.
I now cannot hear anything. If you
wish to speak with me, please do so
in a LOUD VOICE
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• Two hours of lectures followed by a
tutorial
• We are attempting to experiment
with video casting these lectures. We
intend that they will be available by
pod cast.
• If you object to these lectures being
recorded please tell me NOW.

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 Welcome
• Framework of the Australian Legal
System
• NOTE: the lectures alone cannot
possibly supply all the information
you need to pass this course.
Therefore the lectures will focus on
various salient points and give
overviews of topics only. It is for you
the student to read the required texts
and familiarise yourself with the
topics in depth.

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 Topic A
• Topic A: Regulatory framework
• nature and role of law – the impact on the
accountant and their client
• Australian legal system (and briefly
compared with other legal systems)
• sources and development of law
• regulation of the financial system (e.g.
ASIC, ASX)
• business structures
• bankruptcy

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 The Castle

• to demonstrate part of the operation of the

law in Australia I have chosen to show you a
movie.
• The movie is “The Castle”.
• Watch the movie carefully you will be
examined on its contents.
• I will put some copies on close reserve in
the library for you.

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