Postgraduate Module Descriptor

LAWM105: Corporate Law and Governance

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 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
33	267

...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 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
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
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
Written essay	100	7,500 words	1-7	Written feedback; additional oral feedback available on request

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
Written essay	Written essay	1-7	August/September re-assessment period