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Company Law in Context

Company Law in Context Text and Materials

Author: David Kershaw
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199215942
Published In: June 2009
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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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 (55%) with the primary case and statutory materials (45%).

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

PART I: INCORPORATION AND SEPARATE LEGAL PERSONALITY

1. Introduction to the context and consequences of incorporation

2. The entity doctrine

3. The corporate constitution

4. Corporate actions

PART II: CORPORATE CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY

5. The corporate agency problem

6. The balance of power between the board and the shareholder body

7. Board composition and structure regulation

8. Regulating directors' compensation

9. Introduction to directors' duties

10. Regulating discretion I: acting in the company's interests