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The course aims to provide a sound academic grounding in key areas of company law. It will examine the key topics of company incorporation, separate corporate personality, company constitutions and shareholder agreements, company capacity, legal relationships with third parties, company liability for criminal and civil wrongs, allocation of power within a company, shareholders in general meeting, the board of directors, duties of directors, equity financing, accounts and disclosure, and enforcement.
The objectives of the course are to enable students to: Explain the meaning and significance of selected principles of company and partnership law; Apply those principles to difficult and controversial issues; and Consider critically issues of principle and policy issues raised by the present law and its operation in practice.
(i) LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110
LAWS312
LAWS202-LAWS206
Lynne Taylor
The course may be assessed by way of one compulsory essay and a compulsory final examination.The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.
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Domestic fee $709.00
International fee $3,388.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Faculty of Law .