Comparative Company Law
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Cases -- Statutes -- Contents -- Chapter 1 - Meaning and Evolution of Company Law and Practice -- 1.1 Meaning of company -- 1.2 Evolution of company law and practice -- 1.3 Contributions of the judiciary to the development of company law and practice -- 1.4 Types of companies -- 1.4.1 Company limited by shares -- 1.4.2 Company Limited by Guarantee/Non-profit company -- 1.4.3 Unlimited liability company/personal liability company -- 1.4.4 Private and Public Companies -- 1.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 - Company Promoter and Pre-Incorporation Contract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Promoter in a pre-incorporation company -- 2.3 Duties of promoters -- 2.4 Pre-Incorporation Contract -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 - Investor as a Member of a Company -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Who is an Investor -- 3.3 Shareholder and member of a company -- 3.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 - Purchase of a Company's Shares -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Prospectus Rule -- 4.3 Importance of a Prospectus -- 4.4 Remedies for Untrue Statement in the Prospectus -- 4.4.1 Rescission of Contract -- 4.4.2 Criminal Liability for Untrue Statement -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 - Financial Assistance for the Purchase of Shares in a Company -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Financial assistance in retrospect -- 5.3 What is financial assistance? -- 5.4 The Commercial realities approach -- 5.5 The Impoverishment test -- 5.6 Is a definition necessary? -- 5.7 Prohibited transactions -- 5.8 The Legislative Response -- 5.9 Consequences of a breach -- 5.10 Exceptions to the prohibition of financial assistance -- 5.11 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 - Company's Constitution -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Effect of Company's Constitution -- 6.3 A member's right to enforce the constitution -- 6.4 Conclusion | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 14.5 Effect of Failure to Disclose Interest -- 14.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 15 - Corporate Opportunity Doctrine -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 The Corporate Opportunity Doctrine -- 15.3 Duty after Resigning from Company -- 15.4 Statutory Recognition of the Common Law Rules -- 15.5 Disclosure of Interest -- 15.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 16 - Ratification of Directors Fraudulent Dealings -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Fraudulent Conducts -- 16.3 Who May Vote -- 16.4 Effect of Ratification -- 16.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 17 - Corporate Social Responsibility -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Shareholder Value Approach to corporate governance -- 17.3 Enlightened Shareholder Value Approach -- 17.4 Pluralist Approach to Corporate Governance -- 17.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 18 - Enforcement of Corporate Rights -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 The Rule in Foss v. Harbottle -- 18.3 Derivative Action -- 18.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 19 - Unfair Prejudice Remedy -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 Oppression, Unfair Prejudice and Unfair Disregard of Interest -- 19.3 Protected Interests -- 19.4 Conduct of Company Affairs or Business -- 19.5 Judicial Reliefs -- 19.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 20 - Business Rescue -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 Meaning of Corporate/Business Rescue -- 20.3 Why Business Rescue? -- 20.4 Moratorium during Business Rescue -- 20.4.1 Moratorium on Creditors' Rights -- 20.4.2 Moratorium on Legal Proceedings -- 20.4.3 Moratorium on Proprietary Rights -- 2.5 Protection of Creditors Rights -- 20.6 Business Rescue Practitioner -- 20.7 Who is a business rescue practitioner -- 20.8 Appointment of business rescue practitioner -- 20.9 Powers and duties of a business rescue practitioner -- 20.10 Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 7 - Amendment of Company's Constitution -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Power to Amend the Constitution -- 7.3 Restrictions on Amendment of the Constitution -- 7.3.1 The Statute -- 7.3.2 Contract -- 7.3.3 Order of court -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 - Corporate Veil -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Corporate Legal Personality -- 8.3 Piercing the Corporate Veil -- 8.4 When veil may be pierced -- 8.4.1 Statutory veil piercing -- 8.4.2 Judicial Veil Piercing -- 8.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 9 - Shareholders Meeting -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Meaning of meeting -- 9.3 Meeting Ordered by the Court -- 9.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 10 - Shareholders Unanimous Decision -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Principle of Unanimous Assent -- 10.3 Justifications for the Application of Unanimous Assent -- 10.4 Statutory Recognition of Unanimous Assent -- 10.5 Requirements for the Application of Unanimous Assent -- 10.5.1 What Constitutes Informal Assent -- 10.6 Unanimous Assent and Special Resolution -- 10.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 11 - Shareholders Voting Rights -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Voting Rights -- 11.3 Voting on Amendment of a Company's Constitution -- 11.3.1 Interests of the company -- 11.3.2 Conflicting interests of shareholders -- 11.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 12 - Company Directors -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Construing the concept of director -- 12.3 Identification Doctrine -- 12.4 De Facto Director -- 12.5 Corporate Directorship and De Facto Director of Subject Company -- 12.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 13 - Remuneration of Company Directors -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Scope of the Concept -- 13.3 The Legal Framework -- 13.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 14 - Transparency in Corporate Governance -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Statutory Antecedent to Duty to Disclose Interest -- 14.3 Exploring the Statutory Components of the Duty -- 14.4 Extent of Interest to be Disclosed | |
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