Introduction to company law:
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Oxford [u.a.]
Oxford Univ. Press
2002
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Clarendon law series
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Umfang: | XXIII, 312 S. |
| ISBN: | 0199249407 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PREFACE V
TABLE OF CASES X
TABLE OF STATUTES XVI
TABLE OF CONVENTIONS AND TREATIES XXIV
1. THE CORE FEATURES OF COMPANY LAW I
THE SCOPE OF COMPANY LAW I
SHAREHOLDERS, DIRECTORS AND CREDITORS 5
THE CORE CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPANY LAW 9
SEPARATE LEGAL PERSONALITY 9
LIMITED LIABILITY 10
CENTRALIZED OR SPECIALIZED MANAGEMENT 13
SHAREHOLDER CONTROL 15
TRANSFERABILITY OF SHARES 21
THE CORE FEATURES AND COMPANY SIZE 24
COMPANIES AS VEHICLES 30
THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK 33
2. CORPORATE PERSONALITY 36
THE EXCEPTIONS TO SEPARATE LEGAL PERSONALITY 37
HOW DOES A COMPANY ACT AND KNOW? 38
CONCLUSION 59
3. LIMITED LIABILITY: RATIONALE AND CREDITOR SELF-HELP 60
INTRODUCTION 60
THE RATIONALES FOR LIMITED LIABILITY 63
CREDITOR SELF-HELP 68
OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOUR ON THE PART OF SECURED CREDITORS 76
4. LIMITED LIABILITY: THE LIMITS OF CREDITOR
SELF-HELP 78
THE CASE FOR MANDATORY RULES 78
GENERAL RULES AGAINST DEBTOR OPPORTUNISM 80
CREDITOR PROTECTION AND COMPANY CAPITAL 83
OPPORTUNISM AND INCREASES IN THE COMPANY S LIABILITIES 93
VIII CONTENTS
GROUPS OF COMPANIES 102
CONCLUSIONS 108
5. CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT I: EMPOWERING
SHAREHOLDERS IN WIDELY HELD COMPANIES 111
THE LEGAL BASIS OF CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT 111
CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT AND PRINCIPAL/AGENT PROBLEMS 117
A TYPOLOGY OF LEGAL STRATEGIES 118
SHAREHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN DECISION-MAKING 123
APPOINTMENT RIGHTS 127
AFFILIATION RIGHTS 144
CONCLUSION 149
6. CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT II:
CONSTRAINING THE BOARD 151
THE CONSTRAINTS STRATEGY: INTRODUCTION 151
THE DUTY OF CARE 154
THE DUTY TO ACT BONA FIDE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF
THE COMPANY 159
OBEYING THE CONSTITUTION 160
DELEGATION AND FETTERING DISCRETION 167
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: SELF-DEALING TRANSACTIONS 170
PART X OF THE ACT 176
CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES AND SECRET PROFITS 183
FORGIVENESS AND ENFORCEMENT 191
CONCLUSION 196
7. CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT III: SETTING THE
BOARD S INCENTIVES 198
TRUSTEESHIP AND NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS 199
THE REWARD STRATEGY 207
CONCLUSIONS ON BOARD/SHAREHOLDER STRATEGIES 209
8. MAJORITY AND MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS 215
DECISION RIGHTS 217
APPOINTMENT RIGHTS 226
AFFILIATION RIGHTS 228
CONSTRAINING MAJORITY DECISIONS 231
SETTING INCENTIVES 245
CONCLUSIONS 253
CONTENTS IX
9. SHAREHOLDER CONTROL 255
THE MEANING OF SHAREHOLDER CONTROL AND THE NEED FOR ITS
JUSTIFICATION 255
DOES THE LAW REQUIRE CONTROL BY THE SUPPLIERS OF RISK CAPITAL? 258
WHY ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS CONTRACT FOR VOTES 262
THE DISTRIBUTION OF VOTING RIGHTS AMONG SHAREHOLDERS AND
THE LOSS OF CONTROL 263
ALLOCATING GOVERNANCE RIGHTS TO NON-SHAREHOLDER
STAKEHOLDERS 266
SHARING CONTROL RIGHTS WITH STAKEHOLDERS 267
SHARING CONTROL RIGHTS WITH SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDER GROUPS 271
SHAREHOLDER CONTROL AND THE INTERESTS OF OTHER STAKEHOLDERS 276
CONCLUSION 280
10, SMALL COMPANIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES 282
THE NATURE OF THE SMALL COMPANY ISSUE 282
THE SMALL BUSINESS AND THE COMPANIES LEGISLATION 285
SMALL BUSINESSES AND ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS VEHICLES 294
CONCLUSION 297
INDEX 298
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