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A concise, practical approach to teaching corporations lawCorporations Law: Concepts, Cases and Culture contains a student-focused structure of chapters which focus on individual topics relevant to the study of corporate law, with focus on the law degree. Designed flexibly for a one semester course or a shorter block model course, it takes a modular approach, providing flexibility in how to deliver the content. This contemporary style takes a practical approach, with an emphasis on skills development, so students can understand the basic principles and learn the key elements of contemporary corporate law.
Corporations Law: Concepts, Cases, and Culture examines the three distinct and overlapping areas relating to corporate law:
Concepts explores the main concepts and theories behind the law, rules and principles relevant to companies.
Cases focuses on key case law underpinning the corporation and provides an insight into how modern company law has developed.
Culture examines the corporate context with a focus on corporate governance and regulation, and how cultural shortcomings can lead to corporate misconduct.KEY FEATURESEach chapter includes a chapter opener covering the key outcomes and legal skills to be covered in that chapterDid You Know boxes provide facts relevant to the chapter, corporate context and cultureIn the News focuses on corporate law events and include a research type question emanating from the issuesKey Trends look at some of the mainstream events within the particular area of corporate lawCase SummariesLegislation BoxesLinks to workbook activities throughout
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*Please note: the accompanying write-in workbook is available separately or as part of the value pack. It complements this textbook by providing targeted exercises to allow students to develop strong practical skills. The workbook takes a scaffolded approach, starting with easy activities and building to more complex tasks within chapters, and as the book progresses. These activities can be used in tutorials or for student ‘at-home’ self-assessment.
1 The Corporation: Introduction and Overview2 Business and Business Entities 3 Establishing the company- practicalities of registration4 The rules of the corporation and the role of statute 5 The Corporation entering into contracts 6 Stakeholders of the corporation 7 Company leadership and the board of directors 8 Directors as agents of the company- roles and responsibilities 9 Shares- property, investment, and potential return 10 Membership: meetings, rights, responsibilities 11 Share capital and control issues 12 Corporate Finance I: Raising share capital from shareholders13 Corporate Finance II: Loan Capital 14 External Administration 15 Winding up the corporation 16 The corporation and the contemporary cultural context17 Legal skills and Law in the 21st century
Andrew Clarke - LL.B. and B Juris UWA; LL.M Bristol; Grad Cert HE UNE; Masters Professional Ed and Training Deakin; MBA (Training & Development Spec) Asia Pacific Graduate School of Management CSU, Doctor of Legal Science (Comparative Corporate Governance), Bond. Andrew was appointed inaugural Dean of the College of Law and Justice in 2012, a position he held until December 2016. Currently Professor Clarke is coordinator for and lecturing in the Corporations Law subject.
