LAW6419

Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance and Shareholder Remedies in China

Number of Credits

2

Offering School

KoGuan School of Law

Course Instructor

Wei Shen

Course Level

Graduate

Language of Instruction

English

First Day of Class

Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022

Last Day of Class

Course Component

Lecture

Mode of Teaching

Asynchronous + Synchronous

MOOC: https://www.icourse163.org/course/SJTU-

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Course recordings available for students.

Meeting Time

1-11 weeks: Thursdays, 18:00 p.m. - 20:20 p.m.

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Time Zone

Beijing Time（UTC+8）

Restrictions

Just a reminder, please do not take it for granted that this is a practice or training course. Put the other way, this is a core course on corporate law and corporate governance theories.

Students needs to write an essay.

Course Description

This course aims to help students to correctly appreciate the differences between various business vehicles available in China and to comprehend the rights and duties of different stakeholders in a company. This course also aims to teach students company law and regulations in China in a comparative setting by reference to company law in other jurisdictions, in particular, common law jurisdictions such as England, Hong Kong, and the United States. Furthermore, this course will help students to master the basic norms, doctrines and principles in relation to companies, and to be able to apply them to relevant issues in a more practical manner.

Here are some topics this course may cover: business vehicles and classification of companies; incorporation and formation; corporate personality; promoters and preincorporation contracts; corporate charter and constitution; corporate governance; division of corporate powers; fiduciary duties; protection of minority shareholders; bankruptcy and restructuring; corporate social responsibility.

This course may arrange small training sessions so that students will have the opportunities to “practice” company law in hypothetical corporate transactions.

Assessment Format

Essay:100%

Students needs to write an essay (7,000-8,000 words including footnotes). The due date is December 30, 2022.

Syllabus

English