Corporations Law: Concepts, Cases, and Culture Textbook and Wordbook examine the three distinct and overlapping areas that relate to company law. Concepts - The text will explore the main concepts and theories behind the law, rules and principles relevant to companies. Cases - The text delves into the key case law in historical and contemporary terms. These cases provide a narrative of the key challenges and gaps in the understanding and operation of the corporation and provide an insight into how and why and how company law have developed. Culture - One of the significant selling features of the book is on the significance of corporate culture and its growing importance within law schools. Corporate culture will be covered throughout the text showing how it shapes corporate governance and regulation, and how cultural shortcomings can lead to corporate misconduct.
Textbook features and structure The structure of the textbook moves away from bigger chapters, and focuses on shorter chapters which deal with separate topics. The aim is to align each chapter based on a 36 hour course using a more modular approach and introductory chapter will be included in the textbook and workbook to clarify this approach.
Workbook features and structure The workbook will have links to the textbook and will be very visual, summarising the main points of the textbook using diagrams, flowcharts and tables . The Workbook will summarise the main concepts in the textbook into explanatory diagrams and flowcharts, and include other pedagogical features such as critical reflection questions, problem-solving questions, visual chapter summaries, end of chapter study questions and case studies
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.
