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課程名稱

英國及歐洲公司法
UK and EU Company Law

開課學期

105-2

授課對象

法律學院法律學系

授課教師

李震海

課號

LAW5212

課程識別碼

A21EU4420

班次

學分

2.0

全/半年

半年

必/選修

選修

上課時間

上課地點

備註

Intensive courses。本課程以英語授課。密集課程。TueWed10ABCon May2.3.9.10.16.17.23.24.31@R1402
限學士班三年級以上
總人數上限：40人

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http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1052LAW5212_

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課程概述

UK and EU Company Law is a one-semester module which aims to provide an introduction to and analysis of some of the fundamental areas of UK and EU laws of companies. The module covers topics concerning the use of the corporate form, in particular looking at issues arising on incorporation, issues arising from the company's structure, administration and management and issues with directors' obligations and minority shareholder protection. It also covers corporate responsibility in contract, tort and criminal law and major issues of corporate governance in the UK and EU.

TA ：李建德(Lee, Chien-Te ) E-mail ：r05a21116@ntu.edu.tw

*****加簽授權碼將於 2/24 13:30-14:00 於萬才一樓發放，發完為止*****
*****registration code will be issued at 24th February 13:30-14:00 at Tsai Building first floor (outside the Library) on first come first served bases.*****

課程目標

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Module-specific skills
(1) demonstrate a good understanding of the main areas of company law in England and Wales and the EU, and be able to discuss the practical and business context in which they operate;
(2) demonstrate critical awareness of relevant issues, and identify and analyse critically legal problems in the commercial law context; and
(3) demonstrate awareness of pragmatic, commercial, moral, policy and/or other issues in this field.
Discipline-specific skills
(4) identify and evaluate critically legal data from more than one source or jurisdiction;
(5) analyse and apply legal data to specific facts and deduce likely outcomes where law is indeterminate;
(6) demonstrate independent legal research and study skills; and
(7) identify, select and organise materials and produce coherent and convincing arguments.
Personal and key skills
(8) demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills;
(9) demonstrate sound paper-based and electronic research skills; and demonstrate effective team skills.

課程要求

students need to have good command of English as they will be required to do group presentation - starting from the second lesson of week1.

預期每週課後學習時數

Office Hours

指定閱讀

待補

參考書目

Recommended course texts:

Davies, P. Gower & Davies: The Principles of Modern Company Law 9th ed. (Sweet &
Maxwell) 2012

Dignam, A. & Lowry, J. Company Law 7th ed. (Oxford) 2012

Lowry, J. & Reisberg, A. Pettet’s Company Law: Company Law and Corporate Finance
(Pearson), 2012

French, D., Mayson, S. & Ryan, C. Mayson, French & Ryan on Company Law 29th ed.
(Oxford) 2012

Hannigan, B. Company Law 3rd ed. (Oxford) 2012

Recommended casebooks:

A casebook is not an essential purchase but you may find a casebook to be a
useful addition to your studies that encourages deeper engagement with the
materials

Sealy, L. & Worthington, S. Sealy’s Cases and Materials in Company Law, 10th ed.
(Oxford) 2013

Dignam, A. Hicks & Goo’s Cases and Materials on Company Law 7th ed. (Oxford)
2011

Kershaw, D. Company Law in Context: Text and Materials 2nd ed (Oxford) 2012

Statute book

French, D. Blackstones Statutes on Company Law 2012-2013 (or earlier edition).

Additional material:
Some useful resources are also available via the internet.

評量方式
(僅供參考)

No.	項目	百分比	說明
1.	Final Essay	100%	Assessment is by a 4,000-word essay. More details will be provided in due course.

課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第5週	2017/05/31	Seminar 9 Corporate mobility and conflict of laws rules Legal seat vs Real seat Brexit impact Intra-corporate disputes resolution (ICD arbitration) Freedom of contract Social utility ICD arbitration and private equity/hedge fund industry
第1-1週	2017/05/02	Seminar 1: Introduction to company law Creating a company: Companies and formation Corporate Personality: the Salomon principle; lifting the veil of incorporation Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd [2013] UKSC 34 Listed companies, Corporate Governance Code and Stewardship Code.
第1-2週	2017/05/03	Seminar 2: Company structure: Articles of association Administration & management Directors and directors’ Duties Non-executive directors Senior Management Regime (SMR)
第2-1週	2017/05/09	Seminar 3: Shareholder remedies and enforcement Unfair prejudice Derivative action Director’s pay EU Shareholder rights directive Shareholder activism, shareholder engagement, and and hedge funds
第2-2週	2017/05/10	Seminar 4: Corporate contracts, torts and crime Corporate subsidiary governance Corporate Bribery and Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA)
第3-1週	2017/05/16	Seminar 5: Corporate finance Equity finance Pre-emption right Debt finance Convertible bond
第3-2週	2017/05/17	Seminar 6: Corporate finance Securities clearing and settlement
第4-1週	2017/05/23	Seminar 7: Corporate takeovers, mergers and acquisitions Takeover Code and Takeover Directive Hedge funds Private equity houses
第4-2週	2017/05/24	Seminar 8: Insider dealing and market abuse IPO: market sounding and wall-crossing Share buybacks and market abuse Risk management