Faculty of Law, The University of West Indies at Mona

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LA31C Law of Corporate Finance
	1. General This course will be taught in the first or second semester of the second and third year of the LL.B. degree programme. This course is an optional course, but Company Law is a prerequisite. 2. Course Objective The main objective of this course is to engender in the student, an appreciation of the rules of corporate finance and the various interests which these rules protect or infringe upon. 3. Course Content i. The concept of Capital and Financing of Companies ii. Raising Share Capital and the Capital Maintenance doctrine iii. Corporate Self Dealings iv. Corporate Distribution v. Classes of Shares (and Class rights) vi. Loan Capital (in particular - Debt Financing) vii. The Taxation of Companies 4. Method of Teaching The course will be conducted on the basis of a two-hour weekly seminar and one one-hour workshop. 5. Method of Assessment This course will be assessed by way of one "take-home" written assignment during the semester and one two-hour examination at the end of the semester in which it is taught in. Students will be required to answer two questions selected from a total of six questions in the two-hour examination.