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LAWS6311: Advanced Directors' Duties
2024 unit information
This unit will examine the role and responsibilities of corporate directors, focusing on the various legal rules used to regulate directors duties and competencies, and considering the directors corresponding protections. It will explore the function of these rules and the various mechanisms they deploy to regulate agency problems arising between the board and shareholders as a class; between the board/majority shareholders and minority shareholders; and between the board and other stakeholder groups, notably creditors and employees. The approach will be comparative (making reference to techniques used in the US, UK, continental Europe and Australia), with the goal being to provide a detailed and sophisticated understanding of the applicable legal rules and their practical effectiveness. Further information about this unit is available in the Sydney Law School timetable https://canvas.sydney.edu.au/courses/4533/pages/postgraduate-lecture-timetable, unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units and academic staff profile https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff.html
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Law
| Code | LAWS6311 |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand and apply the relevant principles of corporate law across the jurisdictions covered to common scenarios involving company directors through discussion and evaluation of hypothetical problems discussed in class
- LO2. Critically assess the operation of legislation and policies that apply to company directors through consideration of different stakeholder perspectives on the role and responsibility of directors
- LO3. Critically evaluate the development of corporate law principles applying to company directors taking into account values of diversity, culture and gender
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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