Smith & Keenan's Company Law, 17th edition

Professor Charles Wild (PhD, MBA, LLM) is Dean of the School of Law and Head of the Centre for International Law at the University of Hertfordshire. He teaches Company Law to LLB and LLM students, undertakes postgraduate research supervision and is widely published in the area.   Professor Stuart Weinstein (JD, MBA) is Head of Coventry Law School and an expert on Legal Risk Management, Governance and Compliance.  In addition to being a Solicitor, he is also an attorney admitted to practise in California, District of Columbia and New York.

‭Preface to the seventeenth edition xiii
‭Law report abbreviations xiv
‭Table of cases xvi
‭Table of statutes xvii
‭1 An overview of company law 1
‭2 Promotion, incorporation and membership 30
‭3 The corporate veil 60
‭4 Corporate governance 76
‭5 The memorandum of association 90
‭6 The articles of association 105
‭7 Altering the articles of association 126
‭8 The company and its contracts 141
‭9 Directors and management 156
‭10 The duties of directors 184
‭11 Vacation of office, disqualification and the personal liability
‭ of directors 216
‭12 Meetings and resolutions 243
‭13 Allotments, calls and forfeiture of shares 276
‭14 Shares and share capital 292
‭15 Shares – payment and transfer 309
‭16 Company flotations and insider dealing 332
‭17 Capital maintenance and distribution 348
‭18 Debentures and charges 386
‭19 The statutory derivative action 411
‭20 The protection of minorities 437
‭21 Corporate insolvency – company rescue 464
‭22 Corporate insolvency – procedures other than rescue 492
‭23 Corporate insolvency – winding-up in context 507
‭Index 530