Unit name | Company Law |
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Unit code | LAWDM0008 |
Credit points | 30 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Villiers |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit provides a grounding in the principles of English company law, studying those principles in a practical and theoretical context. Seminar topics include: the concept of corporate personality, corporate capacity and the authority of officers; problems in public companies; problems in private companies; shareholders' rights and minority protection; directors' duties and their enforcement; corporate social responsibility; employee participation; groups; creditor protection; takeovers.
By the end of the unit, a successful student will be able to explain: a) the legal, institutional and regulatory environment relevant to companies and their activities
b) the legal relationships between companies and shareholders, between directors and shareholders and between companies and stakeholders
c) the key current issues and debates in the theory and practice of company law
Students should be able to state the law accurately, to apply legal principles to problem case scenarios, and to think critically about ways in which the law could be reformed.
The examination includes both problem type and essay type questions, designed to assess both whether students were able to understand and apply the law across the breadth of the syllabus, and whether they were able to think critically about it.
Ten fortnightly two hour seminars
One three-hour closed book examination in May/June, in which students answer 3 questions from a choice of 10 questions.
Boyle and Birds Company Law (Jordans, 8th ed, 2011) Mayson French and Ryan, Company Law (Oxford, 28th ed, 2011) Marc Moore, Company Law Statutes 2011-12, (Routledge)