General Course Information
1.1 Course details
| Course code: | LLAW6082 / JDOC6082 |
| Course name: | Corporate Governance and Shareholder Remedies |
| Programme offered under: | LLM Programme / JD Programme |
| Semester: | First |
| Prerequisites / Co-requisites: | No |
| Credit point value: | 9 credits / 6 credits |
1.2 Course description
This course aims to investigate corporate governance from theoretical, legal and practical perspectives. The course canvasses competing theories and policy objectives of corporate governance in comparative literature (from selected jurisdictions such as Hong Kong, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia) and from the perspective of different academic disciplines. The course will examine important corporate governance norms, mechanisms and institutions aimed at promoting good corporate governance practices and addressing corporate governance failures, with a central focus on the legal rules and standards on directors’ duties and shareholder protection and remedies under Hong Kong’s legal and regulatory framework.
1.3 Course teachers
| Name | E-mail address | Office | Consultation | |
| Course convenor | Stefan Lo | stefanlo@hku.hk | CCT 301A | By email |
1.4 Course Outline (for elective course)
| Please click the link here for the course outline (HKU Portal login required) |
Learning Outcomes
2.1 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) for this course
CLO 1 Describe and explain various corporate governance theories and norms covered.
CLO 2 Use relevant information about corporate governance and shareholder protection mechanisms to critically examine the limitations of the theories.
CLO 3 Acquire knowledge and understanding of legal and regulatory rules on corporate governance and shareholder remedies and apply that knowledge and understanding to adapt to new and uncertain situations and practical problems.
CLO 4 Demonstrate an awareness of the impact of corporate governance law and regulation within the broader economic, environmental and socio-cultural context.
CLO 5 Conduct research on relevant social and economic issues by applying various corporate governance and shareholder protection theories.
2.2 LLM and JD Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Please refer to the following link:
LLM – https://course.law.hku.hk/llm-plo/
JD – https://course.law.hku.hk/jd-plo/
2.3 Programme Learning Outcomes to be achieved in this course
| PLO A | PLO B | PLO C | PLO D | PLO E | PLO F | |
| CLO 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CLO 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Assessment(s)
3.1 Assessment Summary
| Assessment task | Weighting | Feedback method* | Course learning outcomes |
| Research essay | 50% | 1, 2, 3 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| In-hall exam | 50% | 1, 3 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| *Feedback method (to be determined by course teacher) | |
| 1 | A general course report to be disseminated through Moodle |
| 2 | Individual feedback to be disseminated by email / through Moodle |
| 3 | Individual review meeting upon appointment |
| 4 | Group review meeting |
| 5 | In-class verbal feedback |
3.2 Assessment Detail
To be confirmed by convenor. See also Course Outline above.
3.3 Grading Criteria
Please refer to the following link: https://www.law.hku.hk/_files/law_programme_grade_descriptors.pdf
Learning Activities
4.1 Learning Activity Plan
| Seminar: | 3 hours / week for 11 teaching weeks |
| Private study time: | 9.5 hours / week for 11 teaching weeks |
Remarks: the normative student study load per credit unit is 25 ± 5 hours (ie. 150 ± 30 hours for a 6-credit course), which includes all learning activities and experiences within and outside of classroom, and any assessment task and examinations and associated preparations.
4.2 Details of Learning Activities
To be advised by course convenor(s).
Learning Resources
5.1 Resources
| Reading materials: | The reading guide and selected reading materials will be posted on Moodle |
| Core reading list | TBA |
| Recommended reading list: | TBA |
5.2 Links
Please refer to the following link: http://www.law.hku.hk/course/learning-resources/