Overview
The purpose of this course is to provide basic financial literacy to students with an interest in corporate law, but also in other fields of law where financial/economic thinking plays a role. The course covers fundamentals of financial markets; interpretation of financial statements; theoretical concepts such as risk and return; … For more content click the Read More button below.
The course fuses three distinct innovations in the practice and scholarship of corporate law. The first innovation is the recognition that finance theory is centrally important to a thorough understanding of issues in corporate law. Business lawyers need to understand the business realities of the transactions that they work on. To talk to your clients; to read their documents; to draft contracts and disclosure documents for them; to counsel them on issues that mix business sense with legal constraints; you need some knowledge of finance.
Conditions for Enrolment
Prerequisite: Completion of 78 UOC in LAWS courses.
Exclusion Courses
Delivery
In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)
Course Outline
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