University of London International Programmes
Postgraduate Laws programme:
Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate
Course outline
| Corporate finance and management issues in company law |
| Students are advised that the subject demands some previous knowledge of English law in general, and especially of the English law of contract and agency, and of trusts. |
| Section A: Capital I |
| · Introduction |
| · Capital |
| · Class rights |
| Section B: Capital II |
| · Raising capital: Shares |
| · Raising capital: Debentures |
| Section C: Corporate Management I |
| · The management of the company |
| · Directors' duties |
| · Liquidation (in outline only) |
| Section D: Corporate Management II |
| · Management theory |
| · Corporate governance |
Sequence:
Section A first. |
Textbooks:
Alan Dignam and John Lowry, Company Law 4th ed (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006),
ISBN: 0199289360 |
| Len Sealy and Sarah Wothington, Cases and Materials in Company Law 9th ed (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), ISBN:
9780199576807 |
| Paul L. Davies, Gower and Davies: The Principles of Modern Company Law 8th ed
(London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2008), ISBN: 9780421949003 |
