Overview

The essays in this third volume of ""Developments in European Company Law"" are concerned with conflicts of interest and duty in company law. The first part provides a legal analysis of the duties of company directors, of their accountability and of the trustee's perspective. A second part provides a socio-legal analysis and a third part an economic analysis. The essays provide important contributions to law reform and scholarly debate of these pressing issues of company law. The contributors include leading judges with an interest in the field and academics from the UK and Australia.

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Author:   Mads Andenas ,  David Sugarman ,  Mads Andenas
Publisher:   Kluwer Law International
Imprint:   Kluwer Law International
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9789041198358

ISBN 10:   9041198350
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 March 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I: Editors' Introduction; M. Andenas, D. Sugarman. II: Legal Analyses. 1. Duties of Company Directors; The Rt Hon The Lord Hoffmann. 2. Company Directors and the Accountability; The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden DBE. 3. Conflict of Interest - The Trustee's Perspective; C. Harpum. 4. Some Thoughts on Directors' Conflicts of Interest; J. Birds. 5. Section 317: Injecting Rationality into Directorial Disclosure; J. Lowry, R. Edmunds. III: Socio-Legal Analyses. 6. Is Company Law Founded on Contract or Public Regulation: The Law Commissions' Paper on Directors' Duties; D. Sugarman. 7. Enlightening the Value of Shareholders: To Whom Should Directors Owe Duties? P. Ireland. 8. Directors' Conflicts: An Empirical Study; I.M. Ramsay. 9. Straining Frames Framing Strains: Bourdieu and Luhmann Explore Directors' Duties in Australian Law; N. Andrews. IV: Economic Analyses. 10. The Law Commission Report: Sweeping the Issues under the Carpet; J. Dine. 11. Value Pluralism, Economic Analysis and the Law Commission's Report on Company Directors; C. Riley. 12. Fair and Efficient Conflict of Interest Resolution? An Analysis of the Extent of the Obligations on Interested Directors in the Light of the Law Commissions' Report; A. Griffith. 13. Economic Considerations: A Comment on the Law Commissions' Final Report on Directors' Duties; A.J. Boyle. 14. Economics and Company Law Reform - A Fruitful Partnership? S. Deakin, A. Hughes.

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