Q & A: Company Law 2008 and 2009

by Judge, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780199218578
• ISBN10: 0199218579
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-15
• Publisher: Blackstone Press

Summary

Q&A Company Law deals with all the key areas of company law that a student needs to be familiar with when preparing for examinations, including some of the more complex areas like corporate insolvency, capital maintenance and loan capital. The book is designed primarily for law school students preparing for company law examinations, but can also be used in academic or professional contexts, such as business studies and accountancy degrees. It contains summaries of relevant law and a range of questions that encourage and assist learning. Detailed answers and commentary follow the questions, allowing students to critique their own efforts and to identify areas where more effort is required. Online Resource Center The Q & A Series is accompanied by a dedicated online resource centre containing a glossary of legal terms and external web links plus links to related OUP titles.

Author Biography

Stephen Judge was formerly a Senior Lecturer at London Guildhall University (now London Metropolitan University) where he taught in the areas of company and commercial law, including corporate insolvency and comparative company law (France/England). He holds a law degree from Bristol University and a Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in European Community Law from the Universite Jean Moulin Lyon III. He was a professeur associe at the Universite Jean Moulin (1978-79) and was a professeur invite at the Universite Rene Descartes Paris 5 from 1994 until 2001. He is the author of Law for Business Students (Palgrave Macmillan (2006). He is currently an associate lecturer at the University of Surrey.

Table of Contents

Table of Cases

Table of Legislation

UK Business Organisations: advantages and disadvantages

Corporate Personality

Constitution of Registered Company

Company Contracts

Share Capital: Doctrine of Raising and Maintenance of Capital

Loan Capital: debentures and debenture stock

Share and shareholders

Directors: de jure, de facto and shadow

Directors: appointment and removal

Duties of directors

Corporate governance

Minority protection

Corporate insolvency

Index

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