USA CORPORATIONS LAW

LAW5ACL

2017

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject, students will study distinctive aspects of American Corporations Law. In particular, students will be introduced to: Company Formation; Financing & Valuation; Limited Liability & Piercing Corporate veil; Governance; Mergers & Acquisitions; Duty of Care; Indemnification & Insurance; Duty of Loyalty - Self Dealing & Corporate Opportunity; Controlling Shareholders-Self Dealing; Freezeouts, Looting & Sale of Corporate Office; Corporate Litigation; Close Corporations; Takeovers; Federal Securities Laws.

School: La Trobe Law School

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Sara Smyth

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Understanding corporate law	Recommended	Pinto, A. and Branson, D.	3RD EDN, LEXIS NEXIS, 2009

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Identify and describe the distinctive aspects of corporate law in the United States of America

Activities:: Lectures and seminars, prescribed and recommended reading, annotated bibliography assessment requiring reading and analysis of primary and secondary legal materials. .

02. Identify the requirements of company formation and apply to a fact situation the principle incidents of corporate law in the United States of America

Activities:: Prescribed and recommended reading materials, annotated bibliography assessment requiring reading and analysis of primary and secondary legal materials

03. .Identify, locate and distinguish the various Federal Securities laws in the United States of America

Activities:: Lectures and seminars, prescribed and recommended reading, assessment requiring reading and analysis of primary and secondary legal materials, final assessment.

04. Communicate the results of legal research and analysis at a high level and in a style appropriate to the anticipated audience

Activities:: Prescribed and recommended reading materials, seminar case studies, lecturer facilitation

City Campus, 2017, Week 33-36, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Sara Smyth

Class requirements

Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 33 - 34
Five 7.0 hours lecture/workshop per study period on weekdays during the day from week 33 to week 34 and delivered via blended.
"classes from 7th August to 11th August"

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%	ILO*
One 1,500 word annotated bibliography of scholarly articles provided as key reading in the subject.	To be submitted and marked online. No hard copy submission required.	35	01, 02, 03
Presentation (5 min) relating to particular case study - United States corporate Law (800word equiv	Presented to class or recorded and uploaded online	10	01, 02, 04
One take home exam requiring preparation of a memorandum of advice (4000 word equivalent)	To be submitted and marked online. No hard copy submission required	55	01, 02, 03, 04

Melbourne, 2017, Week 33-36, Blended