| Description |
xcv, 809 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part One: Introductory. 1. Nature and functions of companies -- 2. History of company law to 1825 -- 3. History of company law since 1825 -- 4. The future. Part Two: The Consequences of Incorporation. 5. Advantages and disadvantages of incorporation -- 6. Lifting the veil -- 7. The company's organs and officers -- 8. Agency and ultra vires -- 9. The raising and maintenance of capital -- 10. Capital and dividends. Part Three: Formation and Flotation of Companies. 11. Formation of companies -- 12. Promoters -- 13. Flotations. Part Four: A Company's Securities. 14. The nature and classification of company securities -- 15. Acquisition and disposal of company securities -- 16. Company charges. Part Five: Investor and Creditor Protection. 17. Publicity and accounts -- 18. Auditors -- 19. General meetings -- 20. Variation of investor's rights -- 21. Directors' duties -- 22. Members' duties -- 23. Insider dealing -- 24. Breach of corporate duties: legal remedies -- 25. Breach of corporate duties: administrative remedies. Part Six: Companies in Trauma. 26. Reconstructions -- 27. Take-overs -- 28. Administration, windings up and dissolutions |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1979 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898.
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Corporation law -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Pettet, B. G.
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Prentice, Daniel D. (Daniel David)
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| LC no. |
92186107 |
| ISBN |
0420463909 |
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042046400X (paperback) |
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0421453508 (International Students edition) |
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