The aim of this module is to provide students with an understanding of the main issues relating to the corporate governance of a company. Where appropriate the module will consider legal concepts both within the domestic and international sphere to enable an exploration of international dimension. In particular, the module will focus on the following areas: corporate governance codes, directors and the board structure, insider dealing as a criminal and civil offence and market abuse. In dealing with the aforementioned aspects the relevant laws in the UK will be compared with laws in Sri Lanka and rules provided in the OECD.

This 15 credit module will be delivered through 9 interactive lectures and 3 seminars each of 2 hours duration.

Interactive Lectures
9 interactive lectures of 2 hour duration each for a total of 18 hours.

Guided Independent Study through Tutorials
At the end of each 2 hour lecture, students will be given a tutorial for guided independent study. The tutorial will be made available through the module VLE page and will contain pointers to relevant legal electronic databases such as Westlaw, Lexis, LawTel etc. Tutorial answers will be submitted through the VLE for feedback by module tutors. Each tutorial will involve 4 hours of guided independent study for a total of 36 hours of guided independent study.

Seminars and Unguided Independent Study
Three 2-hour seminars will be held on the 4th, 8th and 12th week for a total of 6 seminar hours. Seminar questions will be included in the module handbook. The seminars will be supported by research and personal study. Students will be expected to spend 10 hours of unguided independent study for each seminar for a total of 30 hours of unguided independent study.

ASSIGNMENT (weighted at 100%) assessing learning outcomes 1-4. (word limit 3,500 words).

Access to appropriate texts and material via the Moodle LMS.

B Tricker, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, (4th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2019)
LE Talbot, CRITICAL COMPANY LAW (2nd Edition, Routledge: London)
A Mavrikakis, PUBLIC COMPANIES AND EQUITY FINANCE, (2010 Edition, College of Law Publishing)

1. SHOW A SYSTEMATIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE BACKGROUND LEADING TO THE CURRENT UK CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODES
Knowledge & Understanding

2. CRITICALLY EVALUATE AND REVIEW THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LAW IN RELATION TO COPORATE GOVERNANCE CODES
Analysis
Reflection

3. COMMUNICATE AND DISPLAY ORIGINALITY IN SOLVING PROBLEMS RELATING TO COPORATE GOVERNANCE CODES
Communication

4. IDENTIFY AND INTEGRATING RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE TO ENHANCE YOUR OWN INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT DEAL WITH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODES
Application
Learning