Company law

Corporate laws are based on the idea that the interests of shareholders should be the primary concern of company directors.

This book discusses court-oriented legal reforms across Asia with a focus on the creation of 'new courts' over the last 20 years.

Consumer Bankruptcy and over-indebtedness is an emerging field throughout the world.

Social enterprises represent a new kind of venture, dedicated to pursuing profits for owners and benefits for society.

In-depth analysis of the derivative action in Asia – a critical part of Asian corporate law and governance.

Focusing on the Global Financial Crisis 2007-2010 and the new emerging Covid-19 crisis in 2020, this book examines the discourse on risk and uncertainty in the markets through the lens of financial crises.

Comparative Company Law provides a systematic and coherent exposition of company law across jurisdictions, augmented by extracts taken from key judgments, legislation, and scholarly works.

This text introduces the reader to the principles and practice of merger control in the EC and the UK.

This book will aid understanding and interpretation of the Californian, UK and Australian Modern Slavery Acts, and will provide an in-depth three-way comparative analysis between the three Acts.

The Law of Limited Liability Partnerships, Fifth Edition is an indispensable book for all those who advise on the legal and taxation aspects of incorporating and running an LLP.

This title presents the updated rules and guidelines for the cancellation and nonrenewal of various kinds of insurance policies.

This book uses the concepts of vulnerability and resilience to analyze the situation of individuals and institutions in the context of the employment relationship.

How effectively can governing mechanisms forged before the surge of activist investment continue to protect shareholders and efficiently order capital markets?

With this book, Charlotte Walker-Said and John D.

The role of internal audit is changing.

This title was first published in 2002: A detailed and critical analysis of the various legal problems that arise when banks are in serious financial difficulty, Banks in Crisis offers an invaluable, international perspective on the concept and causes of bank failure.

This fully revised and updated second edition of Consumer Protection Law introduces the reader to the substantive law of consumer protection in the United Kingdom, the emphasis being on the place of United Kingdom law within an evolving European legal system and also on the need to draw upon comparative experience.

Kirk Harrison Taitt examines the threat money laundering and terrorist financing pose to Caribbean island nations involved in international financial services, the role of compliance regimes in averting sanctions and the future of these nations at the table of global capital.

Over recent decades corporate governance has developed an increasingly high profile in legal scholarship and practice, especially in the US and UK.

This book is a comparative law study exploring the piercing of the corporate veil in Latin America within the context of the Anglo-American method.

This book arises out of the second Anglo-German Law Conference in Oxford,held under the auspices of the Oxford Law Faculty and with the support of two leading law firms.

An overview of the Capital Directive and its implementation in the European Union and the European Economic Area.

What are the right institutional settings and strategies for ensuring honesty and accountability in public life?

Examines a trio of key concepts that help to stabilize states and the international order: human rights, democracy, and legitimacy.

Adopting a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach, this book focuses on the emerging and innovative aspects of attempts to target the accumulated assets of those engaged in criminal and terrorist activity, organized crime and corruption.

Of great interest to practitioners, policymakers and academics - as well as to consumers and traders in general - this timely work addresses all important legal and practical issues that arise in connection with online trading.

Covers the Member States who have adopted the European Company Regulation between 2005 and 2006.

This book introduces law in the context of international business.

Responsible Research and Innovation provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of the European Commission's Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) framework, including discussion of both the meaning and aims of the concept, and of its practical application.

This new edition is the only work solely dedicated to the law of company meetings of solvent public and private companies that are registered and incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 and its predecessors.

This book presents an exploration of a wide range of issues in law, regulation and legal rights in the sectors of information protection, the creative economy and business activities following COVID-19.

This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of out-of-court restructuring and post-commencement insolvency financing in the corporate group setting, domestically and internationally.

Discusses the nature of corporate groups and networks, and provides arguments for rules extending liability beyond insolvent entities.

The fourth edition of the leading company law textbook, provides the most authoritative and comprehensive commentary on Irish company law following the commencement of the Companies Act 2014.

Corporate law and corporate governance have been at the forefront of regulatory activities across the world for several decades now, and are subject to increasing public attention following the Global Financial Crisis of 2008.

A Basic Guide to International Business Law is an introduction to those parts of European and international law that are relevant to business.

At the end of the twentieth century it was thought by many that the Anglo-American system of corporate governance was performing effectively and some observers claimed to see an international trend towards convergence around this model.

Corporate Accountability in the Context of Transitional Justice explores how corporations can be held accountable for their role in past human rights violations when a country is making a transition from conflict or repression to peace and democracy.

There are an estimated 40,000 international Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), working in an enormous global aid industry; official development assistance alone reached GBP90bn in 2014.

An easy to use guide to the Companies Act 2006 and packed full of helpful features, this book provides detailed commentary on the new Companies Act.

This is the first book to focus on the legal question of the incorporation of arbitration clauses, even though this issue constitutes a common problem that arises frequently in practice.

The International Trade and Business Law Review publishes leading articles, comments and case notes, as well as book reviews dealing with international trade and business law, arbitration law, foreign law and comparative law.

Recent significant developments in the European space sector have had an impact on business and the growth of national and European commercial space law.

This ground-breaking book explores what happens when the fine line between competitive excellence and fraudulent and corrupt practice is crossed.

In recent years, a conservative majority of the U.

Legal practice is both a profession and, increasingly, a business.

Fraud, corruption and bribery in and around public services have become an increasing concern in recent years.

The widespread move towards more market-driven models of political economy combined with the expanding internationalisation of business and commerce has led to a series of proposals for global competition rules.