Subjects:

Company Law

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Cases

Table of Statutes

PART I FOUNDATION AND THEORY

1 The Nature of Company Law

2 Corporate Entity, Limited Liability and Incorporation

3. Legal Theory and Company Law

4. Current Reform Mechanisms

PART II THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMPANY

5 Entrenchment of Rights

6 Organisation of Functions and Corporate Powers

7 Relations with Third Parties: Agency and Constitutional Limitations

PART III CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

8. The Governance Problem, and the Mechanisms of Meetings

9. Duties of Directors

10. Other Legal Constraints on Directors' Powers

11. Role of Self-Regulation

12. Shareholder Litigation: Common Law

13. Shareholder Litigation: Statute

PART IV CORPORATE FINANCE LAW

14. Techniques of Corporate Finance

15. Raising and Maintenance of Capital

16. Financial Assistance for the Purchase of Shares

PART V SECURITIES REGULATION

17. Policy and Theory in Securities Regulation/Capital Markets Law

18. The Regulatory Machinery of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

19. The Regulation of Insider Dealing

20. The Regulation of Public Offerings of Shares

21. The Regulation of Takeovers

PART VI INSOLVENCY AND LIQUIDATION

22. Insolvency and Liquidation Procedures

23. Disqualification of Directors

Index

The second edition of this popular book on company law combines theoretical and jurisprudential issues with an up-to-date account of legal developments across the field of company law. The author demonstrates that the needs of shareholders in companies which have dispersed ownership of shares cannot be properly understood without an analysis of the law relating to securities regulation and capital markets.

Company Law is arranged in six sections: Foundation and Theory; The Constitution of the Company; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance Law; Securities Regulation; Insolvency and Liquidation. Strong coverage of theory and policy is provided, together with analysis of core legal problems at an appropriate depth for modular courses. The role of self-regulation is examined in some depth and discussion of law reform in the shape of the DTI's Company Law Review is included.

There is also a companion website for the book at www booksites.net/pettet, which features regular updates to the law so that lecturers and student New to this edition

*Inclusion of the EC Directive on Takeover bids
*Major changes brought about by the Enterprise Act 2002
*Standard Chartered Bank v Pakistan National Shipping Corporation 2002 and other important case law developments
*Details of the EC Financial Services Action Plan legislation
*Coverage of the Companies (Audit, Investigation and Community Enterprise) Act 2004