International Corporate Governance

Aims
1.To examine critically the intellectual, practical and theoretical background to the concept of corporate governance in the UK and other international jurisdictions.
2.To gain an understanding of the legal nature of corporations, their operations and global corporate governance failures and the reasons for such failures.
3.To demonstrate the legal and extra-legal solutions to perceived problems with past and present corporate governance regimes.
4.To critically examine proposed future developments in and monitoring of corporate governance.

Learning Outcomes
After completing the module the student should be able to:
1 Critically evaluate, analyze and assess the nature of the legal framework, structure and regulation impacting on corporate business organisations using the exemplar of English law set against an international context.
2 Demonstrate conceptual understanding and evidence critical evaluation, current research and advanced scholarship in the areas of international business, corporate and finance law.
3 Research effectively through a selection of appropriate theories, methodologies and techniques using primary and secondary materials.
4 Formulate judgements and identify a range of possible solutions to a given problem.
 

Learning Outcomes of Assessments
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