Table of contents:
Part I
Incorporation and Separate Legal Personality
1. Introduction to the context and consequences of incorporation
2. The entity doctrine
3. The corporate constitution
4. Corporate actions
Part II
Corporate Control and Accountability
5. The corporate agency problem
6. The balance of power between the board and the shareholder body
7. Board composition and structure regulation
8. Regulating directors' remuneration
9. Introduction to directors' duties
10. Regulating discretion I: acting in the company's interests
11. Regulating discretion II: using corporate power for proper purposes
12. Competence and the duty of care
13. Regulating conflicts I: self-dealing
14. Regulating conflicts II: corporate opportunities
15. Enforcing directors' duties
16. Minority shareholder protection
Part III
Corporate Finance
17. Issuing and transferring equity
Part IV
Creditor Protection
18. Company law and creditor protection
19. Regulating legal capital
Glossary
Index