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QL5007: COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON COMPANY LAW (2024-2025)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:06


Course Overview

This course is a selective and critical examination of company laws. A theoretical approach shall be taken based upon the general theory of comparative law developed by Zweigert and Kötz and the Watsonian theory of legal transplants. Key issues in comparative company law shall be examined using the theoretical framework of Hansmann and Kraakman with its particular focus on the agency problem. Specific topics shall include directors’ duties; the protection of minority shareholders and the limits of limited liability.

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Offshore Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Alisdair Macpherson
  • Dr Chike Emedosi

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

  • Comparative company law in the context of globalisation
  • The parameters of comparative company law
  • A comparative review of selected national company laws
  • Limits to limited liability: a comparative review of the rules on lifting the veil of incorporation
  • A comparative study of directors’ duties
  • comparative study of minority shareholders rights.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

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Tutorial/Seminar Participation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
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Oral Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
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30 min exam.

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Formative Assessment

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