Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 830 g
Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 830 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-032298-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Corporations Law: Concepts, Cases, and Culture Textbook and Wordbook examine the three distinct and overlapping areas that relate to company law.
Concepts - The text will explore the main concepts and theories behind the law, rules and principles relevant to companies.
Cases - The text delves into the key case law in historical and contemporary terms. These cases provide a narrative of the key challenges and gaps in the understanding and operation of the corporation and provide an insight into how and why and how company law have developed.
Culture - One of the significant selling features of the book is on the significance of corporate culture and its growing importance within law schools. Corporate culture will be covered throughout the text showing how it shapes corporate governance and regulation, and how cultural shortcomings can lead to corporate misconduct.
Textbook features and structure
The structure of the textbook moves away from bigger chapters, and focuses on shorter chapters which deal with separate topics.
The aim is to align each chapter based on a 36 hour course using a more modular approach and introductory chapter will be included in the textbook and workbook to clarify this approach.
Workbook features and structure
The workbook will have links to the textbook and will be very visual, summarising the main points of the textbook using diagrams, flowcharts and tables
. The Workbook will summarise the main concepts in the textbook into explanatory diagrams and flowcharts, and include other pedagogical features such as critical reflection questions, problem-solving questions, visual chapter summaries, end of chapter study questions and case studies
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Weitere Infos & Material
- Chapter 1 The Corporation: Introduction and Overview
- Chapter 2 Business and Business Entities
- Chapter 3 Establishing the company- practicalities of registration
- Chapter 4 The rules of the corporation and the role of statute
- Chapter 5 The Corporation entering into contracts
- Chapter 6 Stakeholders of the corporation
- Chapter 7 Company leadership and the board of directors
- Chapter 8 Directors as agents of the company- roles and responsibilities
- Chapter 9 Shares- property, investment, and potential return
- Chapter 10 Membership: meetings, rights, responsibilities
- Chapter 11 Share capital and control issues
- Chapter 12 Corporate Finance I: Raising share capital from shareholders
- Chapter 13 Corporate Finance II: Loan Capital
- Chapter 14 External Administration
- Chapter 15 Winding up the corporation
- Chapter 16 The corporation and the contemporary cultural context
- Chapter 17 Legal skills and Law in the 21st century
