Subjects:

Company Law

Contents:

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: 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

Part III: 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

• Condenses an extremely complex subject and focuses on core principles of company law helping students to understand the subject without compromising its academic integrity
• Includes analysis of corporate theory, which is often omitted from company law textbooks
• Strong pedagogical structure with i) chapter introductions and further reading, which will enable students to orientate themselves with the various aspects of company law and provide them with tools for further study; ii) self-test questions, which will be an invaluable aid to reinforcing learning and supporting revision and will assist with examination recall

New to this edition

• Focuses on the Companies Act 2006 and the resulting developments, including the impact on directors' duties
• Includes exploration of corporate rescue in the chapter on takeovers

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Company Law gives an authoritative and accurate account of the key principles and demystifies this complex area of the law without oversimplification. The fifth edition focuses on the Companies Act 2006 and builds on its coverage of corporate theory. It also explores corporate rescue in the chapter on takeovers. Chapter introductions will orientate readers with the various aspects of company law and further reading will provide the tools for further research and study. Self-test questions are an invaluable aid to reinforcing learning and supporting revision and will assist with examination recall.