Company law

Business corporations can and do violate human rights all over the world, and they are often not held to account.

Internal investigations can be undertaken by a company or firm as a precursor to anticipated regulatory action, or for many other reasons.

Mega-projects descending into chaos and litigation embarrass governments all over the world, as the public sector presides over fiascos that waste billions and destroy reputations.

This title was first published in 2002.

As the world begins to recover from the global pandemic, companies and individuals are faced with increasing risks and uncertainty.

Unlocking Company Law is the ideal resource for learning and revising Company Law.

The enlightened shareholder value principle (ESV) was formulated during the comprehensive review of UK company law by the Company Law Steering Group in the late 1990s and early 2000's and requires directors of companies to act in the collective best interests of shareholders.

If you are buying a company how can you be sure you are buying the business you think you are?

The advent of the knowledge economy and society has made it increasingly necessary for law reformers and policy makers to take account of the effects of technology upon the law and upon legal and political processes.

Providing a clear introduction to securities laws and how they are applied in different countries, this book compares the enaction and enforcement of securities laws in Kuwait, the UK and the USA.

Accounting irregularities are at the heart of those kinds of frauds that hit financial statements and include misstatement, misclassification as well as misrepresentation.

Savvy managers no longer look at contracts and the law reactively but use them proactively to reduce their costs, minimize their risks, secure key talent, collaborate to innovate, protect intellectual property, and create value for their customers that is superior to that offered by competitors.

Recent cases of corporate failures, including the fixing of LIBOR rates and money laundering issues in the banking industry, highlight how behavioural issues on the part of company directors are significant contributory factors in corporate governance and the success or failure of companies.

This book elaborates and interrogates the idea of evil corporations from a diverse range of disciplines.

The notion of property in work has deep historical roots in the common law tradition, but is yet to receive the attention it deserves.

The Definitive Guide to High-Performance Corporate Governance Fully updated for the latest research, trends, and regulations, Corporate Governance Matters, Third Edition, offers comprehensive and objective information for everyone seeking to improve corporate governance-from directors to institutional investors to policymakers and researchers.

This book enlightens the reader as to how the financial sector in the UK operates fraud databases to help combat fraud and explains the phenomenon of 'debanking'.

An integrity system is an integrated assemblage of institutional mechanisms, designed to minimize ethical misconduct and promote ethical health in institutions, organizations, occupations and the like.

This book focuses on the federalization of corporate governance in the United States from both historical and contemporary perspectives.

The Data Protection and Medical Research in Europe: PRIVIREAL series focuses on the 'Privacy in Research Ethics and Law' EC-funded project examining the implementation of Directive 95/46/EC on data protection in relation to medical research and the role of ethics committees in European countries.

This timely new work provides the most comprehensive coverage of debt restructuring tools available in the UK including analysis of the new restructuring plan under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 and emerging themes from related precedent case law.

This book aims to present a picture of one of the world's leading credit rating agencies.

Recent cases of corporate failures, including the fixing of LIBOR rates and money laundering issues in the banking industry, highlight how behavioural issues on the part of company directors are significant contributory factors in corporate governance and the success or failure of companies.

First published in 1983, Modern Partnership Law departs from the traditionally stale treatment of the subject.

Structured to reflect the process in practice this book focuses on the key commercial, tax and legal issues that arise from business sales.

Every year, top-level market regulators, academics and legal and economic practitioners contribute to the Annual Competition Workshop organised at the European University Institute in Florence.

This edited collection sheds light on the evolution of corporate financial crime, exploring a myriad of offenses ranging from money laundering and fraud to market manipulation and bribery.

Irish Company Secretary's Handbook examines the company secretarial requirements contained in the Companies Acts and relevant EU regulations.

Draws on archival research to tell the story of the nineteenth and twentieth-century development of commercial law through practice.

The process of economic globalization, as product and capital markets have become increasingly integrated since WWII, has placed huge, and it is argued by some, irresistible pressures on the world's 'insider' stakeholder oriented corporate governance systems.

Published in 1998, this book seeks to analyse in a comparative framework laws relating to product safety.

This volume brings together a broad range of articles on international law and foreign investment which together provide a contemporary overview of the diverse range of issues and perspectives which continue to exercise policy-makers and scholars alike.

There is something visceral about ownership.

Anti-Bribery Laws in Common Law Jurisdictions provides a comprehensive analysis of the foreign bribery laws and of related laws and regulations in key common law jurisdictions.

What are the rights of religious institutions?

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding corporate compliance.

Routledge Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL.

This book examines how the law has limitations to the extent that it can combat repression, isolation, and inequality.

For many years, legislators around the world have responded to the particular needs of consumers by introducing dedicated rules for consumer sales contracts.

First published in 1983, Modern Partnership Law departs from the traditionally stale treatment of the subject.

This book analyzes the multi-faceted scandal that has tarnished the reputation of the United Auto Workers (UAW), an iconic union revered for its commitment to union democracy and ethical practices, showing what went wrong to lead the spread of corruption and how to remedy it.

Company law can and should act as a bridge (rather than a barrier) to progressive corporate climate action.

The erstwhile unlikely coupling of human rights and corporations is now a typical feature of corporate/community relations.

Business networks are an important economic phenomenon of increasing practical importance throughout Europe.

The relationship between intellectual property and food affects the production and availability of food by regulating dealings in products, processes, innovations, information and data.

This book presents case studies on the human rights performance of state-owned enterprises from four Latin American and three European countries, as well as foreign investments by Chinese state-owned enterprises on these continents.

Examines the legal framework that has been established to support a single EU securities market.

This insightful volume is essential for a clearer understanding of dispute resolution.