Company Law

Aim

On completion of the course, the student should be able to - demonstrate advanced knowledge of the main problems of limited company law, mainly concerning company organisation, representation and capital protection rules, - account the jurisprudential debate in the area, concerning capital protection rules and their design, - account for the main problems of parts of company law from a comparative perspective, - demonstrate knowledge of the financial instruments available for limited companies and their associated sanction rules, - identify problems related to company law, - identify, analyse and structure problems related to company law with the purpose of clarifying them for own use and for others, - based on the rules related to company law, argue for and against different legal solutions to the problems that have been identified and clarified, - reflect on problems related to company law, from both creditor and shareholder perspectives, - independently relate to the different aspects that emerge in discussions of problems related to company law.

Content

The course covers themes that concern company organisation and representation of the corporate bodies, funding forms, creditor's protection, stockholder protection, particularly minority protection, sanctions against abuse of financial instruments and ongoing legislative work concerning limited companies in Sweden and in the EU. Further covered is the so called SE company.