A study of the law and practice relating to banking and the financing of business transactions.
This paper examines the law and practice of banking. Topics include the bank-customer relationship, guarantees, payment systems, banking services, lender liability, and the recovery of mistaken payments. Statutory regulators of banking business are also examined along with the Code of Banking Practice and the Office of the Banking Ombudsman.
| Paper title | Banking Law |
|---|---|
| Paper code | LAWS435 |
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $710.30 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- LAWS 202 and 66 further LAWS points
- Pre or Corequisite
- LAWS 301 and any 200-level LAWS paper not already passed
- Limited to
- LLB, LLB(Hons)
- Notes
- Not all optional papers will be available in any given year.
- Contact
- law@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information on the Faculty of Law's website
- Teaching staff
- Professor Struan Scott
- Paper Structure
- The method of instruction is a combination of lectures and small group student-led seminars. To accommodate the seminars, scheduled classes may be replaced with others to be held at another time. This will be done with the agreement of members of the class.
- Textbooks
- Course materials are provided by the Faculty.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship,
Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy,
Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
- This paper has two goals. First, students will acquire an in-depth understanding
of the legal issues encountered with key payment mechanisms and the bank-customer
relationship.
Second, students will develop the confidence and skills to critically analyse legal issues that they will encounter in banking transactions.
