LAW613
Corporate Securities
(Meshel)
Prerequisite courses: Corporations Law (451)
Instructor(s): Professor Tamar Meshel
Course credit: 3
Method of presentation: Lecture
METHOD OF EVALUATION
The primary method of evaluation in this course is an examination worth 100% of the Grade. The Exam will be “limited open book”, meaning that students may bring into the examination the textbook, legislation, and notes in HARD COPY. Students will NOT be permitted to access these materials electronically during the exam or to bring any other textbooks into the examination.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The objectives of the course are to provide students with a basic general understanding of securities law as well as the public policy concerns underlying securities regulation in Alberta and Canada. The course discusses such topics as the foundational concepts of securities law, the prospectus process, exempt market transactions, continuous disclosure requirements, insider trading rules, take-over bid rules, civil liability, and enforcement.
SPECIAL COMMENTS
Description updated 2020-21. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.
REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY):
TBD