Corporations occupy a central role in international business. The internationalisation of business and commerce over the past century has posed new challenges to the regulations of corporations, exacerbated further by the growth of the internet and electronic commerce.

This course introduces you to various contemporary issues that exist in international corporate law, and provides you with an advanced knowledge and understanding of these issues; as well as enhancing your critical awareness of the regulation of international corporations. You will examine, in particular the obligations that corporations owe to their shareholders, their employees, states, other businesses, and society.