How to See the Forest for the Trees: What’s the Point of So Much Corporate Law?
AbstractFirstly, this paper argues that corporate law must be taught in the context of its relationship with society and the economy ('a contextualised approach'). Secondly, the author supports this view by contrasting a 'black letter' approach and a contextualised approach in two examples: the seminal case of Saloman and Parke v Daily News. The final part of this paper examines techniques put forward by other law academics to reinvigorate the teaching of the subject to law students. The author assesses the appropriateness of these suggestions for teaching to commerce students, taught in the second year of a commerce degree, as a compulsory subject. |