Company Law

Company Law is a complete and accessible guide to the legal framework in which companies operate, which does not oversimplify the complex issues involved. This text includes helpful summaries for each chapter, key words, case notes and exercises. This sixth edition discusses the changes made by the Companies Act 2006.

Contents
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes and Directives
The Reasons for Forming Companies
Starting a Company
Corporate Personality
The Memorandum of Association
The Articles of Association
Power to Represent the Company
Public Issue of Securities
The Regulation of Investment Business
Maintenance of Capital
The Balance of Power Inside the Company: Corporate Governance
Directors' Duties: the General Duties
Specific Duties of Directors
Suing the Company, Suing for the Company, Enforcing Directors' Duties
Shares
Lending Money and Securing Loans
Takeovers, Reconstructions and Amalgamations
Insolvency
The Effect of the EU on English Company Law
Transglobal Corporations and World Development
Bibliography and Further Reading
Index