Module LAWM105 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
LAWM105: Corporate Law and Governance
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
It is anticipated that the following topics will be considered in the following order, but the precise content and order of delivery may vary:
- Introduction: companies and company law
- Corporate personality and lifting the veil of incorporation
- Directors, the company and stakeholders
- Directors’ duties
- Minority shareholder remedies
- Directors in public companies: remuneration, reporting duties, and strict liability.
- Shareholder democracy and investor protection
- Corporate finance and regulation
- Takeovers and insider trading
- Corporate liability, accountability and governance
- European company law and harmonisation
Learning and Teaching
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 |
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33 | 267 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 33 | 11 x 3 hour interactive seminars |
Guided independent study | 120 | Preparation for seminars 2-11 reading and consideration of issues |
Guided independent study | 30 | Preparation of paper and presentation for seminar |
Guided independent study | 117 | Preparation for assessed essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Companies House: http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-innovation-skills
Financial Reporting Council: http://www.frc.org.uk/
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Presentation in seminar; discussion of same | Approx 45 minutes | 1-7 | Feedback provided within seminar; additional oral feedback available on request |
Submission of seminar paper | Approx 1500 words | 1-7 | Written feedback provided; additional oral feedback available on request |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Written essay | 100 | 7,500 words | 1-7 | Written feedback; additional oral feedback available on request |
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Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Written essay | Written essay | 1-7 | August/September re-assessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Mayson, French & Ryan on Company Law, 30th ed., 2013
Davies & Worthington, Gower’s Modern Company Law 9th ed., 2012
Hannigan Company Law, 3rd ed, 2012
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/