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This module blends traditional lectures and online resources and has a substantial problem based component. On completing this module students will be expected to be able to discuss critically the policy and practice of company regulation and further to advise, in a range of given circumstances, on the optimum solutions for resolving company law problems by appropriate application of the correct legal principles and best practice. On successful completion of this module and the associated module, Company Law I, students will have covered the required syllabus for the professional bodies, and in particular the syllabus for the Company Law exam of the Law Society of Ireland's FE1 examinations.
Indicative Module Content:Topics covered include:
Corporate Crime and Corporate Regulation
Corporate Finance: Debt and Equity Securities
Corporate Acquisitions: Mergers, Takeovers, Reconstructions and Divisions
Corporate Investigations
Corporate Administration and Compliance
Corporate Insolvency and Windings Up
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Tutorial | 4 |
Specified Learning Activities | 16 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 144 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Problem Based Assignment - a 2500 word assignment advising on a complex company law problem, with particular focus on the appropriateness of the advice relative to the circumstances and the law |
Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 55 |
Assignment: Assignment to be completed in the first half of the trimester - details will be circulated in or before week 3 of the trimester. | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 45 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities
Group feedback, including feedback for mid semester assessments, will be supplied online post final assessment and in accordance with School of Law policies. Online and in-class self-assessment and peer-review activities may also be supplied.
Name | Role |
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Dr Joe McGrath | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Noel McGrath | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Aoife McPartland | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |