Corporate Law and Governance
Module LAWM105 for 2022/3

Postgraduate Module Descriptor

LAWM105: Corporate Law and Governance

This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.

Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of the following topics:

Corporate personality and the corporate veil
Directors, the company and stakeholders
Corporate purpose
Directors’ duties
Minority shareholder remedies
Directors in public companies: remuneration, reporting duties, and strict liability.
Shareholder rights and investor protection
Stakeholder and shareholder primacy models of corporate governance
Corporate finance and regulation
Takeovers and insider trading
ESG (environment, social, governance) and risk management
Multinational enterprises

Sustainability and the future of the corporation

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
33	267	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	33	11 x 3 hour interactive seminars
Guided independent study	120	Preparation for seminars reading and consideration of issues
Guided independent study	30	Preparation of group presentation for seminar and reaction paper
Guided independent study	117	Preparation of formative abstract and summative essay

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

British Academy - Future of the Corporation: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/future-of-the-corporation/

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance: https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/

Financial Reporting Council: http://www.frc.org.uk/

World Business Council for Sustainable Development: https://www.wbcsd.org/