Perspectives on company law

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Perspectives on company law

edited by Fiona Macmillan Patfield

Kluwer Law International, 1995-1997

  • v. 1
  • v. 2

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Eassays comprising v. 1 grew out of a series of seminars given at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9789041106780

Description

The aim of this work is to make a contribution to corporate law scholarship by presenting a global perspective on current issues in this area. It focuses upon issues relating to corporate management, collecting together a group of international authors who comment on aspects of corporate management in a number of different jurisdictions and from a variety of viewpoints. The result is that the volume addresses theoretical issues and concerns about the role and regulation of corporate management, while also containing discussions of developments in individual jurisdictions. The volume should be of interest to legal academics and practioners working in the corporate law area, and those pursuing higher level studies in corporate law.

Table of Contents

  • From rights to regulation in corporate law, K. Greenfield
  • the patriarchal meaning of contract - feminist reflections on the corporate governance debate, T. O'Neill
  • corporate governance, J. Kay and A. Silbertson
  • corporate governance - capitalism's fellow traveller, A. Carver
  • global capitalism and the evolution of American corporate governance institutions, M. O'Connor
  • the global corporate board of directors - a proposal for reform, L. Dallas
  • corporate governance a la francaise - the Vienot report, A. Tunc
  • corporate governance - some reflections on the South African law and the German two-tier board system, J. Du Plessis
  • legal monitoring systems in Japan - legal possibilites and current practice, Z. Shishido
  • a North American legal perspective on stakeholder management, E. Orts
  • the duty to monitor - a modern view of the director's duty of care, S. Worthington
  • finding the optimum balance for the duty of care owed by the non-executive director, L. Griggs and J. Lowry
  • the role of nominee directors and the liability of their appointors, the Hon. Justice Thomas
  • new and revised American laws for unincorporated firms create significant traps for the unwary, A. Vestal
  • towards a commonwealth model of companies law, C. Jordan.
Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9789041108524

Description

There are many challenges facing traditional company law that are analyzed in this book, including capital maintenance, directors' duties, shareholders' rights, corporate governance, and corporate insolvency. The issues are dealt with against the background of legislation, regulation and case law in the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. The essays are based on papers presented by leading academics, practitioners, judges and government officials at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (London) seminar series, "Issues in Company Law".

Table of Contents

  • Challenges for Company Law
  • F. Patfield. The Position of Corporate Minorities
  • Hoffmann. The Response to the Report of the Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance
  • A. Cadbury. Capital Maintenance
  • W. J. L. Knight. The Legal Personality of Associations
  • H. Rajak. Private Property and Corporate Governance. Part I: Defining the Interests
  • S. Leader. Part II: The Content of Directors' Duties and Remedies. Corporate Rescue Procedures - Some Overseas Comparisons
  • L. Sealy. Insolvency: Controlling Holders' Actions
  • Arden. Close Corporations and Private Companies in South and Southern Africa
  • J. J. Henning. Reforming Company Law
  • J. Freedman.

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  • NCID
    BA27674472
  • ISBN
    • 9041108521
    • 9041106782
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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