Subjects:

Company Law

Contents:

Table of Cases

Table of Statutes and Directives

The Reasons for Forming Companies

Starting a Company

Corporate Personality

The Memorandum of Association

The Articles of Association

Power to Represent the Company

Public Issue of Securities

The Regulation of Investment Business

Maintenance of Capital

The Balance of Power Inside the Company: Corporate Governance

Directors' Duties: the General Duties

Specific Duties of Directors

Suing the Company, Suing for the Company, Enforcing Directors' Duties

Shares

Lending Money and Securing Loans

Takeovers, Reconstructions and Amalgamations

Insolvency

The Effect of the EU on English Company Law

Transglobal Corporations and World Development

Bibliography and Further Reading

Index

Company Law is a complete and accessible guide to the legal framework in which companies operate, which does not oversimplify the complex issues involved. This text includes helpful summaries for each chapter, key words, case notes and exercises.

This sixth edition discusses the changes made by the Companies Act 2006.