Directors' duties : a new millennium, a new approach?
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Directors' duties : a new millennium, a new approach?
（Studies in comparative corporate and financial law, v. 7）
Kluwer Law International, c2000
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"Institute of Advanced Legal Studies"
Bibliography: p. 355-373
Includes index
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Description
Written from the perspective of a practising company lawyer, this work is principally concerned with two broad duties owed by directors of British and Australian companies: to act honestly, in good faith and for proper purposes; and to exercise care and diligence. Public attitudes towards directors have altered since the mid-1980s, and the business community has raised its expectations of directors. In response to this shift in public feeling, parliament and the judiciary are adopting a new approach to directors' duties, widening the scope of duties imposed on directors and encouraging a more rigorous approach to corporate governance. This text analyzes this new approach, with reference to English and Australian case-law, and explores the courts' attempts to deal with the myriad of competing interests found within the morass of legal rules, equitable principles and statutory enactment which comprise modern company law.
In examining modern case-law and legislation, the author addresses some of the more contentious and controversial issues which directors in the 21st century will need to confront in order to properly discharge the legal, equitable and statutory requirements of their office. The subject of directors' duties is of theoretical and practical importance, from economic, political as well as social perspectives. This text should be of use to all lawyers, policymakers, academics and researchers working in this complex and rapidly changing field of the law.
Table of Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments. Table of Abbreviations. Table of Cases. Table of Statutes and Statutory Instruments. 1. Directors' Duties: Under the Corporate Spotlight. 2. Directors' Legal and Equitable Duties to Exercise Care and Diligence. 3. The Statutory Duty to Exercise Care and Diligence. 4. Directors' Fiduciary Duties to Act in Good Faith and for Proper Purposes. 5. The Statutory Duty to Act Honestly. 6. A Duty to Creditors in the Context of Insolvency? 7. The Statutory Duty to Prevent Insolvent Trading. 8. Statutory Intervention: Disqualifying Directors and the Payment of Compensation. 9. The Breach of Directors' Duties: Are the Remedies Equitable? 10. a New Millenium, A New Approach? Select Bibliography. Index.
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