BLAW20001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Corporations Act 2001, Legal Personality, Listing Rules

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Business Law
• Course: BLAW20001
• Professor: All

Document Summary

What is company law: general term used to describe the legal rules governing: Characteristics of companies (big, small, proprietary, etc. ) Special attributes of companies (e. g. separate legal entity) Relationships between participants and companies - directors, o cers, shareholders, creditors. Corporate nance - raising capital: aims/purposes include: Sources of rules: corporations act 2001 - legislation" , statute". Key legal rules that govern or facilitate the formation, management, operation and termination of companies. Provides for the registrations and operation of managed investment schemes. Sets out the licensing and disclosure rules that apply to nancial products, nancial services and nancial markets: case law - precedents, general law". Additional binding laws/statements of interpretation: other sources, corporations regulations, asic act, asic exemptions, modi cations and guidelines, accounting standards, asx listing rules (for listed companies) Operation of company law: private law that decides the disputes between.