The Company in Law and Practice: Did Size Matter? (Middle Ages-Nineteenth Century)

The Company in Law and Practice: Did Size Matter? (Middle Ages-Nineteenth Century)
Author: Dave De ruysscher
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2017-08-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004351868

This volume brings together nine chapters by specialist legal historians that address the topic of the scale and size of companies, in both legal and economic history. The bundled texts cover different periods, from the Middle Ages, the Early Modern Period, to the nineteenth century. They analyse the historical development of basic features of present-day corporations and of other company types, among them the general and limited partnership. These features include limited liability and legal personality. A detailed overview is offered of how legal concepts and mercantile practice interacted, leading up to the corporate characteristics that are so important today. Contributors are: Anja Amend-Traut, Luisa Brunori, Dave De ruysscher, Stefania Gialdroni, Ulla Kypta, Bart Lambert, Annamaria Monti, Carlos Petit, and Bram Van Hofstraeten.

Understanding Company Law

Understanding Company Law
Author: Jonathan Barrett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2014-09
Genre: Corporation law
ISBN: 9781927248195

UNDERSTANDING COMPANY LAW 3RD EDITION is a textbook for non-law students at polytechnics and universities studying the law of companies and business organisations. Providing an excellent balance between theory, case law and practice, UNDERSTANDING COMPANY LAW covers the essential concepts of company law, business organisations, financial markets and takeovers in a clear and straightforward manner.

Michigan Corporation Law & Practice, Revised Edition

Michigan Corporation Law & Practice, Revised Edition
Author: Moscow
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Total Pages: 847
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: Corporation law
ISBN: 1543834965

Michigan Corporation Law & Practice is the authoritative research tool covering all aspects of Michigan corporate law and practice. It provides clear, reliable guidance to the laws, legislative history, and major case holdings. This complete guide provides a thorough background to the Michigan Business Corporation Act, including discussion of the process by which the corporate entity is created, governed, and ultimately terminated. The text also discusses the closely related Michigan Limited Liability Company Act. The 2021 revision of Michigan Corporation Law & Practice edits and updates the previous edition. Many sections are reorganized for clarity and accessibility. The text includes expanded coverage of limited liability companies. The revised edition reflects: Court decisions applying Michigan law to corporations and limited liability companies relating to: Shareholder oppression. Fiduciary duty. Derivative actions. Director duties. Interested director transactions. Valuation. Delaware developments relevant to Michigan law: Permitted charter and bylaw provisions. Fiduciary duties of directors. Fiduciary duties of limited liability company managers. Inspection of books and records. Appraisal rights. Internal affairs doctrine. Note: Online subscriptions are for three-month periods.

Company Law in Practice

Company Law in Practice
Author: Stuart Sime
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2016
Genre: Law
ISBN: 019874739X

Designed to accompany the company law module on the Bar Professional Training Course, this manual gives an overview of the salient topics of the subject. It covers substantive law and provides a foundation for applying the professional skills that barristers need in a company law context.

A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting

A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting
Author: Kenneth A. Adams
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2004
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590313800

The focus of this manual is not what provisions to include in a given contract, but instead how to express those provisions in prose that is free ofthe problems that often afflict contracts.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Company Meetings

Company Meetings
Author: Leslie Kosmin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 630
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This work is an up-to-date and informative guide to the law on company meetings in the light of the changes introduced by the Company Law Reform Bill.

Law and Practice relating to Company Meetings

Law and Practice relating to Company Meetings
Author: Ramaswami Kalidas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2020-05-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9390176174

About the book The book contains an incisive analysis of the law and practice relating to the holding of meetings of the board, various committees constituted by the Board and general meetings of the members including meetings held specifically under the statute for different stakeholders. The book explains lucidly the paradigm shift which has been brought about in the Companies Act, 2013 as compared to the 1956 Act in the matter of conducting meetings, use of audio visual means for attending meetings etc. The book will be of immense value to the professional fraternity as well as those aspiring to enter the profession, company directors, academicians as also the dilettante. The book should enable the professionals to organize meetings in a systematic manner as practical insights have been provided on these aspects, given the author's four-decade long interface with the Industry. The annexures to the book contain the relevant provisions in the Act, Rules, Regulations, Secretarial Standards etc to facilitate co-relation with the discussion in the chapters of the book.