Principles of Enterprise Law

The Economic Constitution and Human Rights

Ewan McGaughey (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

709 Seiten

2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-316-51764-2 (ISBN)

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How are enterprises wielding economic power, distributing wealth and income, and affecting our environment and rights built by law? This book is for students studying law, business, sociology, economics or history, for interested people who seek answers about our economic constitution, and is an original guide for experts in all fields.

Major enterprises shape our lives in countless ways: big tech and 'surveillance media' that affect democratic debate, algorithms that influence online shopping, transport to work and home, energy and agriculture corporations that drive climate damage, and public services that provide our education, health, water, and housing. The twentieth century experienced swings between private and public ownership, between capitalism and socialism, without any settled, principled outcome, and without settling major questions of how enterprises should be financed, governed and the rights we have in them. This book's main question is 'are there principles of enterprise law', and, if they are missing, 'what principles of enterprise law should there be'? Principles of Enterprise Law gives a functional account of the 'general' enterprise laws of companies, investment, labour, competition and insolvency, before moving into specific enterprises, from universities to the military. It is an original guide to our economic constitution and human rights.

Dr Ewan McGaughey is a Reader at the School of Law, King's College, London, and a Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. He has taught corporate law, insolvency law, contracts, property, labour law, and economic regulation at UCL, the Paris and London School of Economics, and has worked as a visiting researcher at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Sydney. He has also published A Casebook on Labour Law (2019) and is a volunteer advocate at the Free Representation Unit.

Introduction: what is enterprise law? Part I. History and Theory: 1. History: state and corporate power; 2. Modern theory; Part II. General Enterprise Law: 3. Corporate constitutions and directors; 4. Investment and shareholding; 5. Labour rights; 6. Competition and consumers; 7. Insolvency and creditors; Part III. Specific Enterprises: 8. Education; 9. Health and care; 10. Banking; 11. Natural resources; 12. Energy; 13. Food and water; 14. Housing and construction; 15. Road and rail transport; 16. Communications; 17. Web and broadcast media; 18. Marketplaces; 19. Military and security; Part IV. Policy: 20. Fiscal and social policy; Conclusion: the future of enterprise.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.08.2022
Reihe/Serie	Law in Context
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	175 x 252 mm
Gewicht	1520 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Gesellschaftsrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Handelsrecht
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-316-51764-0 / 1316517640
ISBN-13	978-1-316-51764-2 / 9781316517642
Zustand	Neuware