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BL
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991685
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b746055
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Griffiths, Andrew.
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Contracting with companies /\ Andrew Griffiths.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;Portland, Or. :: Hart,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Contemporary studies in corporate law
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1 online resource (xxxiii, 321 pages).
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| ISBN
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147255972X
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: 1841131547
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: 1847312225
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: 9781472559722
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: 9781841131542
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: 9781847312228
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1841131547
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1. Attribution and Risk Assignment:An Introduction to the Legal and Economic Dimensions of Contracting with Companies; ATTRIBUTION; SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE LAW GOVERNING ATTRIBUTION; ATTRIBUTION AS ASSIGNMENT OF RISK; 2. Assigning Risk: An Economic Perspective on the Law Governing Contracting with Companies; THE AIMS OF THIS CHAPTER; AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF RULES OF LAW; STANDARDS OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF THE COMPANY.
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOUR CONDITIONS OF OSTENSIBLE AUTHORITYTHE ABOLITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF CONSTRUCTIVE OR DEEMED NOTICE; THE ABOLITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF CONSTRUCTIVE OR DEEMED NOTICE; CONCLUSIONS AND REVIEW; CONCLUSIONS AND REVIEW; 7. Contracts Involving Self-Dealing; INTRODUCTION; IDENTIFYING CONTRACTS INVOLVING SELF-DEALING; THE EFFECT OF SELF-DEALING ON THE POWER TO MAKE CONTRACTS FOR COMPANIES; SELF-DEALING AND THE OVERRIDING RULES OF ATTRIBUTION; THE ADDITIONAL LAW GOVERNING THE VALIDITY OF CONTRACTS INVOLVING SELF-DEALING.
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AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF CORPORATE MANAGEMENTAN ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSING THE RULES GOVERNING CONTRACTING WITH COMPANIES; ANALYSING THE LAW GOVERNING CONTRACTING WITH COMPANIES; 3. The Power to Make Contracts for a Company; THE LEGAL SOURCE OF CONTRACTUAL POWER; THE CONSTITUTION OF A COMPANY; THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF A COMPANY; THE ACTUAL AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD TO MAKE CONTRACTS; CONTRACTING BEYOND THE LIMITS ON THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY; CONCLUSIONS AND REVIEW; 4. Issues of Identity and Existence; INTRODUCTION; THE IDENTIFICATION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTING PARTIES.
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THE NON-EXISTENCE OF A CORPORATE CONTRACTUAL PARTY:PRE-INCORPORATION CONTRACTS AND OTHER SCENARIOSSTATUTORY REFORM; THE MEANING AND EFFECT OF SECTION 36C; THE CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999; CONCLUSIONS AND REVIEW; 5. Contracting with the Board; INTRODUCTION; 6. Contracting with Other Corporate Agents; INTRODUCTION; THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LAW; THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LAW; THE INDOOR MANAGEMENT RULE; THE INDOOR MANAGEMENT RULE; THE DIPLOCK APPROACH TO CORPORATE AGENCY; THE DIPLOCK APPROACH TO CORPORATE AGENCY; AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOUR CONDITIONSOF OSTENSIBLE AUTHORITY.
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THE REQUIREMENT TO DECLARE OR DISCLOSE AN INTEREST IN A CONTRACT INVOLVING SELF-DEALINGSPECIAL REGIMES UNDER PART X OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985; SECTION 320 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985; CONCLUSIONS AND REVIEW; Index.
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| Abstract
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This book surveys the main rules of Company Law governing the making of contracts with companies. It adopts an economic perspective, examining these rules in terms of the risks they apportion between companies and parties contracting with them. It reviews the use that has been made of economics in the analysis of Company Law and considers what guidance this can provide in analysing corporate contracting. The book then examines the relevant law and the issues raised by this law, covering the role of corporate constitutions as the source of the authority of corporate agents, the mechanisms of co.
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Commercial law-- England.
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Commercial law-- Wales.
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Contracts-- England.
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Contracts-- Wales.
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Commercial law.
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Contracts.
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LAW-- Administrative Law Regulatory Practice.
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England.
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Wales.
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| Dewey Classification
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346.4202
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| LC Classification
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KD1554.G75 2005eb
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| NLM classification
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347.111moys
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