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Contracting with Companies

Author: Andrew Griffiths; Ross Grantham; Charles Rickett
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781841131542
Published In: May 2005
Format: Hardback , 360 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This work surveys the main issues in company law relating to contracts made by or with companies. It covers the identification of corporate contractual parties, pre-incorporation contracts and other contracts with non-existent companies, the powers of the board to bind companies and the relics of the ""ultra vires"" doctrine, the authority of subordinate agents, contracts involving ""self-dealing"" and contracts with insolvent companies.

There are also chapters on contracting between companies and the personal liability of those contracting in the name of a company. The book examines these issues in the context of the various sets of broadly contractual relationships that may be focused upon a company, in particular those involving the company's shareholders and its creditors, and considers what guidance the economic analysis of company law associated with this perspective might provide for understanding the relevant law and its possible reform.

Andrew Griffiths is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Manchester.

…it is a wonder that until the publication of this monograph there seems to be no book in the Commonwealth that is devoted entirely to studying the whole corpus of rules on contracting with companies. This book fills that gap admirably.
Wee Meng Seng
Singapore Journal of Legal Studies
July 2007

Each chapter provides a clear, complete and in-depth legal and economic analysis of the rules that govern contracting with companies. The author has managed to strike the right balance between theory and practice.
Milena Moraru
European Business Organization Law Review
Volume 8, 2007

This is a clear, interesting and refreshing treatment…an in-depth and contextual evaluation of principle in this area…
Jill Poole
The Journal of Business Law
Oct 06

Griffiths provides a good historical consideration of attribution and then applies this concept to companies…an excellent contribution to corporate contracting. It covers a wide area of UK corporate law…The reviewer highly recommends this book as essential reading.
Dr Saleem Sheikh
International Company and Commercial Law Review, Volume 17, Issue 1
January 2006

One of the most impressive features of this work is the sheer depth and quality of analysis…a unique and significant addition to the scholarship of corporate law…a tremendous achievement.
Sandra Frisby
Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
2006

…a much-needed and very welcome addition to the ever-growing body of corporate law scholarship. Its legal analysis is exemplary…it is warmly recommended to anybody with an interest in company law scholarship.
Christian Twigg-Flesner
Common Law World Review
2006