Description
Book SynopsisProfessor Charles Wild (PhD, MBA, LLM, PCHE, LPC, CPE, BSc (Econ)) is a leading authority on company law, has lectured widely, both in the UK and abroad, and acts as consultant to a number of public and private bodies.
Professor Stuart Weinstein (JD, MBA, BA) is a solicitor and attorney with over twenty years' practice experience in the US, UK and Korea, is a recognized expert on legal risk management in companies, and is a Swift Institute Scholar.
Table of Contents Brief contents
Preface to the eighteenth edition
Law report abbreviations
Table of cases
Table of statutes
1 An overview of company law
2 Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
3 Promotion, incorporation, membership and people with significant control
4 The corporate veil
5 Corporate governance
6 The memorandum of association
7 The articles of association
8 Altering the articles of association
9 The company and its contracts
10 Directors and management
11 The duties of directors
12 Vacation of office, disqualification and the personal liability of directors
13 Meetings and resolutions
14 Allotments, calls and forfeiture of shares
15 Shares and share capital
16 Shares – payment and transfer
17 Company flotations and insider dealing
18 Capital maintenance and distribution
19 Debentures and charges
20 The statutory derivative action
21 The protection of minorities
22 Corporate insolvency – company rescue
23 Corporate insolvency – procedures other than rescue
24 Corporate insolvency – winding-up in context
Index
