Company Law

John Lowry (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

536 Seiten

2005 | 3rd Revised edition
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-928446-7 (ISBN)

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Offering an overview of company law, a typical undergraduate company law syllabus, this textbook helps students to see the area in its full context, discussing the contemporary debates surrounding company law. It also gives emphasis to corporate governance and the theoretical bases underlying company law.

This highly accessible textbook offers an overview of company law, covering a typical undergraduate company law syllabus. It enables students to see the area in its full context, discussing the current debates surrounding company law. Particular emphasis is given to corporate governance and the theoretical bases underlying company law. This third edition now covers new material on the implications of new veil lifting cases such as Koninklijke Phillips Electronics NV v Princo Digital Disc GmbH [2004] 2 BCLC 50; developments in post Enron intiatives such as the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill and the impact of Sarbones-Oxley on UK companies and incorporates recent information on ostensible authority and the complexities of its application in group structures MCI WorldCom International Inc v Primus Telecommunications Inc [2004] 1 BCLC 42. 'This text; although one of many traditional books aimed at the student market, stands out for its clarity, whilst still demonstrating the depth of study needed in relation to some of the more complex areas of company law.' - "Journal of Busines Law", September 2004.

PART I; 1. Introduction to Company Law; 2. Corporate Personality and Limited Liability; 3. Lifting the Veil; 4. Promoters and Pre-incorporation Contracts; 5. Raising Capital: Equity and its Consequences; PART II; 6. Raising Capital: Debentures; 7. Share Capital; 8. The Constitution of the Company: Memorandum and Articles of Association: Dealing with Insiders; 9. Classes of Shares and Variation of Class Rights; 10. The Principle of Majority Rule; 11. Statutory Shareholder Remedies; 12. The Constitution of the Company: Dealing with Outsiders; 13. Corporate Management; 14. Directors' Duties; 15. Corporate Governance 1: Corporate Governance and Corporate Theory; 16. Corporate Governance 2: the UK Corporate Governance Debate; 17. Liquidations; Bibliography; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.2005
Co-Autor	Alan Dignam
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Handelsrecht
ISBN-10	0-19-928446-6 / 0199284466
ISBN-13	978-0-19-928446-7 / 9780199284467
Zustand	Neuware