Regulating Corporate Global Capitalism - LAWS8121
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 5740, 9231 or 5231
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
LLM Specialisations
Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law
International Business and Economic Law
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Course Aims
- Knowledge and understanding of multilevel networked governance;
- Knowledge and understanding of the role of transnational corporations across multiple legal systems;
- Awareness of ethical and legal issues surrounding lawyers' interactions with transnational corporations across multiple jurisdictions and their competing regulations and ethical demands.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate familiarity with the major forms of transnational corporate regulations;
- Appreciate the differences present in the most relevant legal systems' approaches to the regulation of transnational corporations;
- Engage in debate about contemporary corporate governance legal issues in Australia as informed by knowledge of how other legal systems regulate transnational corporations.
Main Topics
- Comparative Law
- Corporate Law
- Governance
- Legal History
- Legal Process
- Regulation
Assessment
Written essay 80%