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Company Law in Context David Kershaw

Company Law in Context By David Kershaw

Company Law in Context by David Kershaw


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Company Law in Context is an ideal main text for company law courses. In this sophisticated book David Kershaw places company law in its economic, business, and social context, making more accessible and relevant the cases, statutes, and other forms of regulation. A running case study provides a practical perspective.

Company Law in Context Summary

Company Law in Context: Text and Materials by David Kershaw

Company Law in Context is an ideal main text for company law and corporate governance courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. In this sophisticated book, David Kershaw combines commentary and explanation (60%) with the primary case and statutory materials (40%). The book places the study of company law in its economic, business, and social context in order to make more accessible and relevant the cases, statutes, and other forms of regulation that make up company law. One technique deployed by the book to contextualise company law is the use of a simple case study that tracks, through the different chapters of the book, the development and expansion of a business - from sole trader to listed company. Online Resource Centre Company Law in Context is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre offering the following features for students: - twice-yearly updates to changes in cases and legislation (particularly important given the recent implementation of the Companies Act 2006) - annotated web links to key online sources, directing students to the most accurate, up-to-date and relevant information on the web - podcasts accompanying each chapter, to be used when the subject is first studied and during revision - interactive ('flashcard') glossary, so that students can familiarise themselves with and test themselves on the complex terminology and jargon of company law The following resources are also provided for lecturers: - diagrams and charts in PowerPoint to show in lectures and seminars to facilitate students' understanding of challenging cases and concepts

Table of Contents

PART I: INCORPORATION AND SEPARATE LEGAL PERSONALITY; 1. An introduction to the context and consequences of incorporation; 2. The entity doctrine; 3. The corporate constitution / The mechanics of the general meeting; 4. Corporate actions; PART II: CORPORATE CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY; 5. The corporate agency problem; 6. The balance of power between the board, management, and the shareholder body; 7. Board composition and structure regulation; 8. Regulating directors' remuneration; 9. Introduction to directors' duties; 10. Regulating discretion I: acting in the company's interests; 11. Regulating discretion II: using corporate power for proper purposes; 12. Competence and the duty of care; 13. Regulating conflicts I: self-dealing; 14. Regulating conflicts II: corporate opportunities; 15. Enforcing directors' duties; 16. Minority shareholder protection; Web chapter A. The market for corporate control: mergers and acquisitions (online chapter); Web chapter B. Disclosure, accounting and audit (online chapter); PART III: CORPORATE FINANCE; 17. Shares; Web chapter C. Issuing shares to the public (online chapter); PART IV: CREDITOR PROTECTION; 18. Company law and creditor protection; 19. Regulating legal capital

Additional information

GOR004559441
9780199215942
0199215944
Company Law in Context: Text and Materials by David Kershaw
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
20090625
872
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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