Gower and Davies' Principles of modern company law
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Gower and Davies' Principles of modern company law
Sweet & Maxwell, 2008
8th ed
- : pbk
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The Principles of modern company law
Principles of modern company law
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Originally published as The principles of modern company law. London : Stevens, 1954
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Gower and Davies is the clearest and most reliable text available to cover the increasingly complex subject of company law. Students, as well as those involved in company law on a day-to-day basis, can turn to Gower and Davies secure in the knowledge that it will be an interesting, thought provoking and above all understandable exposition of both law and practice. Gower deals in a clear and in-depth fashion, the work accepts the limitations of its format as a single volume, so does not try to cover tangential subjects, the editor concentrates on offering a readable approach to core areas.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: Introductory
- Types and functions of Companies
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Incorporation
- Sources of Company Law and the Company s Constitution
- Formation Procedures
- Promoters
- Overseas Companies, Community Law and Jurisdictional Migration
- Part 2: Separate Legal Personality and Limited Liability
- Corporate Actions
- Limited Liability and Lifting the Veil at Common Law
- Statutory Exceptions to Limited Liability
- Disqualification of Directors
- The Raising of Capital
- Capital Maintenance
- Capital and Dividends
- Part 3: Corporate Governance
- The Board: Functions, Appointment and Removal, and Structure
- Shareholder Decision Making
- Directors Duties
- The Enforcement of Directors Duties
- Breach of Corporate Duties: Administrative Remedies
- Part 4: Corporate Governance Majority and Minority Shareholders
- Controlling Members Voting
- Unfair Prejudice
- Part 5: Public Information about the Company
- Publicity and Accounts
- Audits and Auditors
- Disclosure and Market Transparency
- Part 6: Equity Finance
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