LAWS 3026 Governance

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Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 200927

Coordinator Margaret Hyland Opens in new window

Description This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of the key principles and foundations of corporate governance. By applying an interdisciplinary approach, this unit explores how companies across key jurisdictions (US, UK, Japan, China and Australia) are directed and steered. On completion of this unit, students are expected to have acquired an understanding of various theories and models of corporate governance, as well as international best practices.

School Law

Discipline Business and Commercial Law

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 4 10cp

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Level Undergraduate Level 3 subject

Pre-requisite(s) LAWS 1004 OR
LAWS 1001

Incompatible Subjects LAWS 3014 - Corporate Governance

Prescribed Texts

  • Paul Redmond, Corporations and Financial Markets Law (Thomson Reuters, 6th ed, 2013)
  • [[UWS title under development]] (LexisNexis, [[publication year]])

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