There will not be a main textbook or casebook for the course. Detailed reading lists will be supplied during the course of the year.

The following will be useful sources of reference:

Chambers, Tottel’s Corporate Governance Handbook (4th ed)
Cheffins, Company Law: Theory, Structure and Operation
Cheffins, Corporate Ownership and Control
Davies, Introduction to Company Law (for a general introduction to UK company law)
Davies, Gower and Davies’ Principles of Modern Company Law (8th ed) (for background on UK company law)
Kershaw, Company Law in Context: Text and Materials (for background on UK company law)
Lowry and Dignam, Company Law (5th ed) (for background on UK company law)
Mallin, Corporate Governance (3rd ed)
Monks and Minow, Corporate Governance (4th ed)
Smerdon, A Practical Guide to Corporate Governance (3rd ed)

Statutes

Students will need to purchase a set of statutory materials. The choices available are:

Blackstone’s Statutes on Company Law (latest ed)
Butterworths’ Company Law Handbook (latest ed)
Palgrave Macmillan, Core Statutes on Company Law (latest ed)
Routledge, Company Law Statutes (latest ed)

Advice to candidates

Prior knowledge of company law would be an advantage. Candidates who do not have this should read an introductory book (e.g. Davies, Introduction to Company Law) before starting the course.