David Kershaw

Company Law in Context

Text and Materials

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 the cases, statutes, and other forms of regulation more accessible and relevant. A running case study provides a practical perspective.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 944
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 169mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1631g
• ISBN-13: 9780199609321
• ISBN-10: 0199609322
• Artikelnr.: 36268116

Autorenporträt

David Kershaw is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics. He qualified as a solicitor at Herbert Smith and practiced corporate law with Wolf Theiss, Vienna and in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Shearman & Sterling in New York and London. He holds degrees from the University of Warwick and Harvard Law School.

Inhaltsangabe

* 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: Disclosure, accounting and audit (online chapter)
* PART III: CORPORATE FINANCE
* 17.: Shares
* Web chapter B: Issuing shares to the public (online chapter)
* PART IV: CREDITOR PROTECTION
* 18.: Company law and creditor protection
* 19.: Regulating legal capital