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Postgraduate study in Laws:

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 8th ed (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), ISBN: 9780199298426
Paul L. Davies, Gower and Davies: The Principles of Modern Company Law 8th ed (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2008),

ISBN: 9780421949003