LAW 5978: Comparative Corporate Governance Seminar - 2164

Comparative Corporate Governance Seminar
Class Term:
Spring Term 2015-2016
Catalog Number:
5978
Class Number:
29281
Class Schedule:
Monday
3:30 pm -
5:20 pm
Room:
LAW G18
Professor(s):

Professor

Type:
Seminar
Credits:
3 (2 Contact, 0 Field)
Graduation Requirements:
Upper-Level Writing
"W" Writing
Priority:
Seminar - 3rd Year Priority
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses

Grading Details

Grade is based on 80% paper, 20% class presentation.

Prerequisites

Description

Following the Enron and WorldCom debacles in 2001-02, the US Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002)(SOX).  Following the near complete economic meltdown of 2008, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act (2010).   The seminar will review and discuss the governance provisions of the two acts.  Students will then each write a paper concerning recent corporate governance developments in a foreign nation, such as China, Indonesia or Japan on the Pacific Rim, or the European Union, the United Kingdom, or France on the Atlantic, noting both the similarities and the differences between governance regimes.  Both a substantial paper and a class presentation will be required.  

Comparative Corporate Governance Seminar