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" Company law / "
Brenda Hannigan.
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BL
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| Record Number
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874125
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| Main Entry
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Hannigan, Brenda.
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| Title & Author
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Company law /\ Brenda Hannigan.
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| Edition Statement
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3rd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford, U.K. :: Oxford University Press,, ©2012.
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lxix, 748 pages ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0199608024
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: 9780199608027
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Formation, classification, and registration of companies -- The framework of company law -- Corporate personality -- The company constitution -- Corporate governance-board structure and shareholder engagement -- Board composition-appointment and removal of directors -- A statutory statement of directors' duties -- Duty to act within constitution and powers -- Duty to promote the success of the company -- Duty of care, skill, and independent judgment -- Duty to avoid a conflict of interest -- Specific conflicts-CA 2006, pt 10, ch 4 -- Directors' liabilities for breach of duty -- Membership and the incidents of membership -- Decision-making and company meetings -- Informed shareholders and stakeholders-disclosure and the limited company -- The unfairly prejudicial remedy and the minority shareholder -- The derivative claim and the rule in Foss v Harbottle -- Share capital-capital raising and payment -- The doctrine of capital maintenance -- Loan capital-secured creditors and company charges -- Company voluntary arrangements -- Corporate rescue-administration -- Liquidation and dissolution-winding up the insolvent company -- Directors' liabilities and vulnerable transactions on insolvency -- Corporate takeovers and reconstruction.
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| Abstract
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Employing a practical and contextual approach, this student textbook covers developments in the self-regulation of corporate governance, which is becoming global due to the activities of the OECD and World Bank.
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Corporation law-- Great Britain.
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Corporation law.
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Gesellschaftsrecht
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Unternehmensrecht
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Great Britain.
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Großbritannien
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| Dewey Classification
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346.41066
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| LC Classification
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KD2079.H35 2012
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