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LAW436: Modern Corporate Governance
This unit will provide an understanding of the constitutional structure of the business corporation and its relation to the development of modern political, economic and legal systems. Students will be introduced to the Australian, European and Anglo-American approaches to corporate governance. Such an understanding is essential in today's globalised world where corporations are free to choose where to establish themselves, and governments are focussed on attracting corporate investments. Major problems of corporate governance and finance will be considered in the light of materials drawn from a range of disciplines including legal and constitutional history, economics, political science, and sociology. Consideration is given to debates over corporate governance, which turn on whether business corporations are conceived as purely economic units of capital accumulation or as private governments with the capacity to make and enforce public policy. Changes in the respective roles of the state, shareholders, managers, and other stakeholders in corporate governance are examined throughout the unit.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (Session Dates: 21-22 August) |
| Staff Contact(s): | Ms Vijaya Nagarajan and Ms Francesca Dominello |
| Prerequisites: |
6cp in LAW units at 300 level (P) |
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| NCCW(s): | LEGL203 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Macquarie Law School |
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