Overview

Company Law in Context is an ideal main text for company law and corporate governance courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. In this sophisticated book, David Kershaw combines commentary and explanation (60%) with the primary case and statutory materials (40%). The book places the study of company law in its economic, business, and social context in order to make more accessible and relevant the cases, statutes, and other forms of regulation that make up company law. One technique deployed by the book to contextualise company law is the use of a simple case study that tracks, through the different chapters of the book, the development and expansion of a business - from sole trader to listed company. Online Resource Centre Company Law in Context is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre offering the following features for students: - twice-yearly updates to changes in cases and legislation (particularly important given the recent implementation of the Companies Act 2006) - annotated web links to key online sources, directing students to the most accurate, up-to-date and relevant information on the web - podcasts accompanying each chapter, to be used when the subject is first studied and during revision - interactive ('flashcard') glossary, so that students can familiarise themselves with and test themselves on the complex terminology and jargon of company law The following resources are also provided for lecturers: - diagrams and charts in PowerPoint to show in lectures and seminars to facilitate students' understanding of challenging cases and concepts

Full Product Details

Author:   David Kershaw
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.418kg
ISBN:  

9780199215942

ISBN 10:   0199215944
Pages:   872
Publication Date:   25 June 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9780199609321
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

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. The market for corporate control: mergers and acquisitions (online chapter); Web chapter B. Disclosure, accounting and audit (online chapter); PART III: CORPORATE FINANCE; 17. Shares; Web chapter C. Issuing shares to the public (online chapter); PART IV: CREDITOR PROTECTION; 18. Company law and creditor protection; 19. Regulating legal capital

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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.

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