Module BUSI5G315: MANAGING LEGAL RISK (DL)

Department: Economics, Finance and Business (Business)

BUSI5G315: MANAGING LEGAL RISK (DL)

Tied To

• N1D217: Business Administration (Finance) (Distance Learning) (For students entering before August 2007) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• N1D314: Business Administration (Distance Learning) (For students entering before August 2007) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• N1D317: Business Administration (Distance Learning) (For students entering before August 2007) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To increase students' knowledge and critical appreciation of the legal and regulatory framework within which corporate business must be conducted (with special reference to the UK and EU).

Content

• Company law: separate legal personality and limited liability; formation and management; corporate governance; director's liability.
• Contract: basic principles; supply of goods and services; contract risk management.
• Regulatory environment: competition law; environmental and health and safety protection; discrimination; product safety.
• Real estate: land use - rights and responsibilities.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module students will:
• be able to evaluate critically the impact of the law on corporate ethics, decision making and planning;
• have deepened their appreciation of the legal and regulatory framework within which corporate business must be conducted (with special reference to the UK and EU);
• have a critical awareness of the relationships between national and supranational law in the short, medium and long term (with special reference to the UK and EU).

• By the end of the module students will:
• have developed specialised skills in incorporating a legal perspective in the decision making process;
• be able to apply a risk-based approach to the identification and management of legal issues.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The module is delivered in discrete Units. These are designed to enable the learning outcomes to be achieved through a combination of specially written material, directed reading, reflection through self-assessed assignments and guidance for further reading. Module tutors provide feedback on formative work and are available for individual consultation as necessary (by email, telephone, post or fax).
• The written assignment will test students’ understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned to the analysis of a particular issue in depth.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Written assignment of 1,500 words maximum.