Objectives:
A participant who has successfully completed this course should:

• have an overall understanding of the functions of the board of directors in modern corporations;
• have obtained a thorough knowledge of the fiduciary duties and responsibilities owed by the modern corporate director or company officer;
• be aware of the problems that confront the modern board of directors and the legal mechanisms that have been adopted to address these problems;
• be conversant with the major reform initiatives in the area of corporate governance and their advantages and disadvantages.

Content:

• Introduction to Corporate Governance
• Overview of the concept of the corporation
• Division of powers in the corporation
• Directors Duties
• Enforcement of directors' duties
• Consequences of Breach
• Indemnification and release
• Executive remuneration
• Division of powers in the corporation
• Shareholders meetings
• Role of institutional investors
• Corporate Regulation
• Shareholder participation
• Regulating corporate governance
• Corporate social responsibility
• Globalization of corporate governance

At the end  of this course students should be able to:

• demonstrate an understanding of the core principles and issues with corporate governance
• conduct detailed research into a contemporary issue in corporate governance
• make arguments about the way in which relevant corporate law issues are likely to be resolved, noting contrary arguments and their strengths
• structure an answer to a research question in an analytical and effective way
• engage in discussion on the range of issues covered in the course.

Students must rely on the Approved Assessment which will be posted to the course homepage on the ANU Law website, prior to the commencement of the course.

26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery)

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LAWS8153 Introduction to Legal Reasoning and Research (non-lawyers); LAWS8568 Fundamentals of Government and Commercial Law (non-lawyers)