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Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance Theories, Principles and Practice, Third Edition

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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780195551457
  • Published In: August 2008
  • Format: Paperback , 704 pages
  • Jurisdiction: Australia, New Zealand ? Disclaimer:
    Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
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    Corporate Governance is a fully-updates, comprehensive study of the law and practice of corporate governance in an international setting but with particular reference to Australia and New Zealand.

    Readership: Undergraduate law and business students studying corporate governance. Also suitable for company directors and their professional advisers.

  • Part 1: Basic Concepts
    1: The Concept of Corporate Governance
    2: A Brief Thematic History of Corporate Governance
    3: The Concept of the Corporation
    4: The Concept of Corporate Control and its Relevance
    5: The Corporation, its Constitution, and Legal Actions: Questions of Risck, Authority, and Liability
    Part 2: The Legal Core
    6: Division of Power Between the Board of Directors and the General Meeting
    7: Meetings
    8: The Legal Role of the Board of Directors, Delegation and Reliance and Duties Below the Board Level
    9: Definition of Director and Officer: Appointment, Retirement and Removal of Directors
    10: Duties of Directors and Officers: Overview
    11: The Basic Duties to Act in Good Faith in the Best Interest of the Company and for a Proper Purpose
    12: The Duty to Avoid Self-Dealing
    13: Duties of Care and the Business Judgement Rule
    14: Directors' Duties and Corporate Governance in Troubled Companies
    15: Shareholder Rights and Duties
    16: Relieving and Protecting Directors
    17: Holding Directors Accountable: Remedies of the Company
    18: Holding Directors Accountable: Minority Shareholder Remedies
    19: Disclosure and the Role of the Auditor and Audit Committee in Corporate Governance
    20: The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and Statutory Penalty Regime, and the Disqualification of Directors in Australia and New Zealand
    21: Use and Abuse of Corporate Groups
    22: Insider Trading
    23: Investigation of Serious Fraud
    Part 3: The Self-Regulation Penumbra
    24: Key Relationships: Chairperson, Managing Director/CEO, Company Secretary and the Board
    25: Determining the Appropriate Roles of the Board and Management
    26: The role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance
    27: Systems of Self-Regulation
    Part 4: Contemporary Issues in Corporate Governance28: Current Issues in Corporate Governance of Listed Public Companies
    29: Corporate Governance and the Judges Introduction
    30: Corporate Governance in Small and Medium - sized Enterprises
    31: Corporate Governance in Not for Profits
    32: Corporate Governance in Corporatised Enterprises
    33: Business Ethics
    34: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility, citizenship and Sustainability in Modern Corporate Governance
    35: Case Studies in Corporate Governance
    Part 5: The Impacts of Globalization
    36: Comparative Corporate Governance Systems: An overview
    37: The Globalization of Corporate Governance
    38: Thinking New Thoughts on Corporate Governance

  • John Farrar, Professor School of Law, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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