Module LAW3043 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3043: Company Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
It is envisaged that the syllabus will include the following topics in the following order although precise content and order may vary.
- Introduction business enterprise and the company
- Corporate form and structure: corporate personality and lifting the veil of incorporation; the company’s constitution
- Ownership and control: shareholders, directors and decision-making; corporate governance
- Duties and remedies: directors' duties; shareholder remedies
- Dealing with the outside world: contractual, tortious and criminal responsibility; corporate social responsibility
- Capital: share capital; loan capital
- Corporate Insolvency: insolvency and corporate rescue; winding up of companies; liability of directors on insolvent liquidation
- Revision session
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | 245 | 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 activity | 46 | 23 x 2 hour lectures (including introductory and revision sessions) |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 9 | 6 x 1.5 hour workshops |
| Guided Independent Study | 120 | Individual reading and lecture preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 35 | Workshop preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 80 | Summative assessment preparation |
| Guided Independent Study | 10 | Formative assessment preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
www.companieshouse.gov.uk
www.dbis.gov.uk
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.
Indicative basic reading list:
French, D. et al, Mayson,French and Ryan on Company Law 35th ed. (Oxford) 2018;
OR
Hannigan, B., Company Law 5th ed, (Oxford) 2018.
OPTIONAL:
Sealy, L. & Worthington, S. Sealy & Worthington, Worthington’s Texts, Cases and Materials in Company Law, 11th ed. (Oxford) 2016;
French, D. Blackstone’s Statutes on Company Law 2018-19 (Oxford) 2018.
Moore, I. Q&A Company Law 2nd ed. (Oxford) 2018.
