Comparative Corporate Governance (LAWS0109)

This module covers the legal rules and market pressures that determine the balance of decision-making power within UK public companies and companies in other jurisdictions

This module will examine corporate governance from an English and comparative perspective. It will provide students with a fundamental understanding of the legal rules and market pressures that determine the balance of decision-making power within (mainly) UK public companies. Topics may include paradigms of corporate governance, the uniqueness of corporate law making in the UK and US, executive remuneration, shareholders’ rights of intervention in corporate decision-making, institutional investors and shareholder activism, corporate and social reporting, board responsibilities and board diversity.

This module is subject to change.

Recommended materials

• M. Moore and M. Petrin, Corporate Governance: Law, Regulation and Theory (2017, Palgrave)

Module reading lists and other module materials will be provided via online module pages, once students have made their module selections upon enrolment.

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