'Company Law' is a complete and accessible guide to the legal framework in which companies operate, which does not oversimplify the complex issues involved. Logically structured and with a readable style, this text includes helpful summaries for each chapter, along with key words, case notes and exercises. This sixth edition has been thoroughly revised throughout.
Table of contents:
Statutes and Directives
The Reasons for Forming Companies
Starting a Company
Corporate Personality
The Memorandum of Association
The Articles of Association
Promoters
Public Issue of Securities
The Regulation of Investment Business
Maintenance of Capital
The Balance of Power Inside the Company: Corporate Governance
Directors' Duties
Statutory Duties of Directors
Suing the Company, Suing for the Company, Enforcing Directors' Duties
Shares
Lending Money and Securing Loans
Takeovers, Reconstructions and Amalgamations
Insolvency and Corporate Rescue
The Effect of the EU on English Company Law
The New Company Laws of Eastern Europe
Transglobal Corporations and World Development
Bibliography and Further Reading
Index
Table of contents:
Statutes and Directives
The Reasons for Forming Companies
Starting a Company
Corporate Personality
The Memorandum of Association
The Articles of Association
Promoters
Public Issue of Securities
The Regulation of Investment Business
Maintenance of Capital
The Balance of Power Inside the Company: Corporate Governance
Directors' Duties
Statutory Duties of Directors
Suing the Company, Suing for the Company, Enforcing Directors' Duties
Shares
Lending Money and Securing Loans
Takeovers, Reconstructions and Amalgamations
Insolvency and Corporate Rescue
The Effect of the EU on English Company Law
The New Company Laws of Eastern Europe
Transglobal Corporations and World Development
Bibliography and Further Reading
Index