2-YEAR M.A. (CORPORATE LAW)

(offered in association with Eastern Book Company)

 

SEMESTER – II

 

1.2.4. Law of Contract

Module I: Formation of Contract

• Offer
• Acceptance
• Consideration

Module II: Free Consent, Illegality & Public Policy

• Coercion, undue influence and fraud
• Misrepresentations
• Mistakes

Module III: Performance, Discharge of Contracts, Specific Relief

• Contingent Contracts, Privity,
• Performance
• Discharge of Contracts
• Specific Relief and Specific Performance

Module IV: Quasi-Contracts & Specific Contracts

• Indemnity and Guarantee
• Bailment and Pledge
• Agency

Module V: Contract Drafting

• Language and Style in Contract Drafting
• Pre-contractual Instruments
• Parts of an Agreement
• Remedies for Contractual Breaches
• Dispute Resolution Clauses
• Common Corporate & Business Agreements

1.2.5. Law of Investment and Foreign Exchange

Module I: Securities

• Shares, Debentures, Hybrid Instruments
• Derivative, Option, and Forward Contracts
• Declaration and Payment of Dividends
• Transfer and Transmission of Shares

Module II: Private Equity

• Private Placement and Preferential Allotment
• Rights issue, Process of Reduction and Buy-back
• Introduction to Different Kinds of Funds Operating in India

Module III: Foreign Transactions

• FEMA, FCRA, PMLA, Powers and Function of RBI
• FDI, Overseas Direct Investment, Non-Debt Instrument, and External Commercial Borrowing Transactions

Module IV: International Trade Law

• WTO
• Bi-lateral Investment Treaties

1.2.6. Capital Markets

Module I: Regulation of Indian Capital Market

• Development and Growth of Indian Capital Market and Stock Exchange
• Intermingling of Markets and the Idea of Unified Regulation

Module II: Powers and Functions of SEBI

• Jurisdiction of SEBI and Exercise of Powers by SEBI
• SEBI as the Sectoral Regulator
• Regulation of Capital Market Intermediaries

Module III: Resource Mobilisation in Indian Capital Market

• Listing and Delisting of Securities
• Rights Issue, Bonus Issue, Sweat Equity, and Employee Benefit Schemes

Module IV: Takeover Code

• Concepts and Case Studies