Pettet's Company Law

John Lowry is Professor of Commercial Law at UCL and an Honorary Fellow of Monash University. Arad Reisberg is a Reader in corporate and financial law and Vice Dean for research at UCL Laws. He is also the Director of the UCL Centre for Commercial Law.

Contents in brief

 

Foreword to the third edition

Preface to the fourth edition

Preface to the first edition

Acknowledgements

Table of cases

Table of statutes

Table of statutory instruments

Table of European legislation

   1 Treaties and conventions

  2 Secondary legislation

 

Part I Foundation and Theory

1 The nature of company law

2 Corporate entity, limited liability and incorporation

3 Legal theory and company law

 

Part II The constitution of the company

4 Entrenchment of rights

5 Organisation of functions and corporate powers

6 Relations with third parties: agency and constitutional limitations

 

Part III Corporate Governance

7 The governance problem and the mechanisms of meetings

8 Duties of directors

9 Role of self-regulation

10 Shareholder litigation: the derivative claim

11 Shareholder litigation: winding up on just and equitable grounds and the unfair prejudice remedy

 

Part IV Corporate Finance Law

12 Techniques of corporate finance

13 Raising and maintenance of capital

14 Financial assistance for the acquisition of shares

 

Part V Securities Regulation

15 Policy and theory in securities regulation/capital markets law

16 Credit rating agencies and their role in capital markets

17 The regulatory machinery of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

18 The regulation of public offerings of shares

19 The regulation of insider dealing and market abuse

20 The regulation of takeovers

 

Part VI Insolvency and liquidation

21 Insolvency and liquidation procedures

22 Disqualification of directors