Company Law
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-884849-3 (ISBN)
Company Law brings clarity and sophisticated analysis to the ever-changing landscape of company law. Brenda Hannigan captures the dynamism of the subject, places the material in context, highlights its relevance and topicality, and guides students through all the major areas studied at undergraduate level.
The book is divided into five distinct sections covering corporate structure (including legal personality and constitutional issues), corporate governance (including directors' duties and liabilities), shareholders' rights and remedies (including powers of decision-making and shareholder engagement), corporate finance (including share and loan capital), and corporate rescue and restructuring (including liabilities arising on insolvency).
The author's accessible writing style and comprehensive approach to the subject makes this an ideal textbook for students of company law.
Digital formats and resources
The sixth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
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Brenda Hannigan is Professor of Corporate Law. Her principal research interests lie in company and insolvency law, particularly in the areas of directors' duties and shareholder remedies, corporate governance, board roles and responsibilities, corporate purpose and shareholder engagement.
PART I The Corporate Structure
1: Formation, classification and registration of companies
2: The framework of company law
3: Corporate personality
4: Rules of attribution - corporate acts and liabilities
5: The company constitution
PART II Corporate Governance - Directors' Roles and Responsibilities
6: Corporate governance - board structure and shareholder engagement
7: Board composition - appointment and removal of directors
8: A statutory statement of directors' duties
9: Duty to act within constitution and powers
10: Duty to promote the success of the company
11: Duty of care, skill and independent judgement
12: Duty to avoid a conflict of interest
13: Specific conflicts - CA 2006, Part 10, Ch 4 and Ch 4A
14: Directors' liabilities for breach of duty
15: Directors' liabilities and vulnerable transactions on insolvency
PART III - Corporate Governance - Shareholders' Rights and Remedies
16: Membership and the incidents of membership
17: Decision-making and company meetings
18: Informed shareholders and stakeholders - disclosure and the limited company
19: The unfairly prejudicial remedy and the minority shareholder
20: The derivative claim and the rule in Foss v Harbottle
PART IV Corporate Finance - Share and Loan Capital
21: Share capital - capital raising and payment
22: The doctrine of capital maintenance
23: Loan capital - secured creditors and company charges
PART V - Corporate Liquidation
24: Liquidation and dissolution - winding up the insolvent company
| Erscheinungsdatum | 23.09.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 245 mm |
| Gewicht | 1264 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Gesellschaftsrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-884849-8 / 0198848498 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-884849-3 / 9780198848493 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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