The global financial crisis has presented many regulatory challenges as jurisdictions struggle to effectively address...

Recurring financial crises are part of the cyclical nature of a free market economy, though...

Reasoning by analogy is fundamental to Common Law method and yet until recently has received...

Reasoning by analogy is fundamental to Common Law method and yet until recently has received...

This article looks at the corporate governance issues relating to small and medium sized enterprises...

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Introduction:
It has been my pleasure to work with John Burrows three...

Salmond's corporate theory was strongly influenced by Maitland and the German jurists of the late...

Changing demographics, economic change, the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 and increasing public criticism are...

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Corporate governance represents a symbiosis of law and self-regulation that ultimately branches into...

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The Long Title to the Companies Act 1993 states that its object inter...

[extract] Concern about the abuse of the corporate form has led to some useful European...

Mary Hiscock and David Allan are both comparative lawyers of distinction who have promoted the...

We have been waiting a long time for a detailed biography of Chief Justice Sir...

[extract] Like the late Lord Denning, David is not “a very retiring person”. David was...

[extract] She was persuaded to accept the offer of a Chair of Law at Bond...

[extract] In this article I will first analyse the concept of Corporate Governance and show...

This issue which covers Comparative Corporate Governance is dedicated to the memory of Professor Michael...

This article considers the approaches to the remedies which are available to minority shareholders for...

Much of the careful and critical scholarship in this book is based on Bob Dugan’s...

Self interested transactions by directors have always been a difficult area on which to advise....

In this article we will examine some dominant themes in the history of corporate governance....

Corporate governance which is the subject of this issue is a fashionable concept but like...

In this article the concept of the corporation as separate legal person is revisited and...

Reasoning by analogy is fundamental to Common Law method and yet until recently has received...

The Corporations Law, section 588G imposes a duty on company directors to prevent insolvent trading....

This is a second edition of the book first published in 1992.

This book takes a fresh approach to legal reasoning and its central place in legal...

Corporate Governance: Theories, Principles and Practice is a fully updated, comprehensive study of the law...

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Corporate governance is a fashionable term which has been in use now for...

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Section 15 of the Companies Act 1993 provides that a company is a...

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In company law we are concerned with medium and long-term capital, not short-term...

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The modern view reflected by s 128(1) of the Companies Act 1993 is...

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The constitution of a company read in conjunction with the Companies Act 1993...

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There is probably no concept in economics which is quite so ambiguous and...

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All business decisions involve some degree of risk. Company directors are there to...