Company Law in Context : Text and Materials
by David Kershaw.
- Oxford : O.U.P, 2009.
- 822 p.
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