Corporate Law, 3rd Edition

Author: Elizabeth Boros; John Duns
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195520156
Published In: September 2013
Format: Paperback , 656 pages
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Disclaimer:
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Provides a clear understanding of an area of law that is easily obscured by the complexity and detail of its rules
Designed for the law student and provides greater depth and analysis than an introductory text
Easy to understand with plain language, clear layout and easy navigation
Perfect length for a one semester course

Corporate Law Third Edition provides a thorough examination of the underlying principles of the law regulating companies in Australia. It facilitates a straightforward understanding of an area that is easily obscured by the complexity and details of its rules. This is an easy to understand text, written in a straight forward style. It imparts a solid understanding of the important topics of corporate law.

Corporate Law is valuable for students approaching the subject for the first time, and for those seeking a deeper understanding of corporate law, as it presents a logical and thorough analysis of the necessary doctrine.

Readership: Higher Education students taking a subject on Australian corporate law as part of a law degree.

Part 1: The Corporation and its Regulation
1. Introduction
2. Formation and Types of Companies
3. The Corporate Personality
Part 2: Internal Structure and Operations
4. The Corporate Constitution
5. Company Organs and the Division of Power
6. The Board of Directors
7. The General Meeting of Members
Part 3: The Company and the Outside World
8. Criminal and Civil Liability
9. Corporate Contracting
Part 4: Duties and Liabilities of Directors and Officers
10. Duty of Care, Skill and Diligence
11. Bona Fides and Proper Purposes
12. Conflict of Interest
13. Consequences of Breach and Relief from Liability
Part 5: Members Remedies
14. Derivative Actions
15. Personal Actions
16. Winding Up and Oppression
17. Member's Access to Information
Part 6: Corporate Finance
18. Raising Capital
19. Maintenance of Capital
20. Accounts and Audit
Part 7: External Administration
21. Insolvency and Winding Up
22. Secured Creditors and Alternatives to Winding Up

Elizabeth Boros, Barrister John Duns is an Associate Professor at Monash University, whose teaching and research interests are in insolvency, competition and corporate law.