Alan Dignam (Professor of Corporate Law, Queen Mary, University of, John Lowry (University Colleg Emeritus Professor of Commercial Law

Company Law

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Company Law provides a succinct and accessible account of the law, demystifying complex topics without over-simplifying. The book focuses on key principles taught on undergraduate courses as well as exploring elements of corporate theory.

Produktdetails

• Core Texts Series
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 12 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 176mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 828g
• ISBN-13: 9780192865359
• ISBN-10: 0192865358
• Artikelnr.: 63688532

Autorenporträt

Alan Dignam, Professor of Corporate Law, Queen Mary, University of London, John Lowry, Emeritus Professor of Commercial Law, University College London and Visiting Professor of Commercial Law, University of Hong Kong

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: Fundamental Principles
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
6: Raising capital: debentures: fixed and floating charges
PART II: Behind the Corporate Veil
7: Share capital
8: The constitution of the company: dealing with insiders
9: Classes of shares and variation of class rights
10: Derivative claims
11: Statutory shareholder remedies
PART III: Issues of Corporate Authority
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: Corporate rescue and liquidations in outline