Provides the perfect balance between depth, succinctness, and accessibility, demystifying complex areas of law.
Company Law gives a clear and authoritative account of the law, including key principles and valuable coverage of corporate governance and theory, as well as current debates surrounding these areas.
Key Features
- Condenses an extremely complex subject and focuses on core principles helping students to understand the subject without compromising on academic integrity
- Includes analysis of corporate theory, offering students a broader contextual understanding of the evolving law
- Includes a strong pedagogical structure with: chapter introductions - enabling students to orientate themselves within the various aspects of company law; further reading - providing avenues for further study; and self-test questions - reinforcing learning, supporting revision, and assisting with examination recall
- Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support
New to this Edition
- Expanded coverage of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors in Chapters 13 and 14, ClientEarth v Shell plc [2023]
- Covers the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 (effective from 2025) and Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulation 2024 (SI 2024/105)
- Discussion of trading misfeasance in BHS litigation Wright v Chappell [2024]
- Includes new legislation: Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022, Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023
- Includes new cases: Stanford International Bank Ltd v HSBC Bank plc [2022], BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022], Byers v Saudi National Bank [2023], Re UKCloud Ltd (in liquidation) [2024], Tianrui (International) Holding Company Ltd v China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd [2024], Syspal Capital Ltd v Truman [2025], Rukhadze v Recovery Partners GP Ltd [2025]
Digital formats and resources
The 13th edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats: the e-book and Law Trove offer a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support.
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Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 173 mm
Dicke: 30 mm
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978-0-19-890384-0 (9780198903840)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Alan Dignam, Professor of Corporate Law, Queen Mary University of London.
John Lowry, Emeritus Professor of Law, University College London.
Autor*in
Professor of Corporate LawProfessor of Corporate Law, Queen Mary University of London
Emeritus Professor of LawEmeritus Professor of Law, University College London
PART I: Fundamental Principles
1: Introduction to company law
2: Corporate personality and limited liability
3: Lifting the veil
4: Promoters and pre-incorporation contracts
5: Raising capital: equity and its consequences
6: Raising capital: debentures: fixed and floating charges
PART II: Behind the Corporate Veil
7: Share capital
8: The constitution of the company: dealing with insiders
9: Classes of shares and variation of class rights
10: Derivative claims
11: Statutory shareholder remedies
PART III: Issues of Corporate Authority
12: The constitution of the company: dealing with outsiders
13: Corporate management
14: Directors' duties
15: Corporate governance 1: corporate governance and corporate theory
16: Corporate governance 2: the UK corporate governance debate
17: Corporate rescue and liquidations in outline
