Advanced Directors' Duties
LAWS6311
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.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 6
Commencing semesters: 109
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: LAWS6311
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: No