Pettet's Company Law

Pettet, Lowry & Reisberg's Company Lawoffers a sophisticated and comprehensive overview of company law doctrine coupled with thorough analysis of the context within which the black letter rules operate. Company Law provides analysis of the theories, policies and wider social, economic and political influences which underpin the legal principles. The authors present the complexities of the subject in a clear, highly readable manner which is accessible and manageable for students. "John Lowry and Arad Reisberg rise more than admirably to the task of assimilating, explaining and analysing this vast corpus of legal material. The text is pellucidly clear, analytically precis, judicious in its balance in dealing with the various topics, comprehensive, and always cognisant of the policy issues. The contributors have done justice to the legacy of Pettet's previous editions." Professor Dan Prentice, Oxford, UCL and Erskine Chambers "A must-have book for anyone teaching and/or having an interest in Company Law. It is written in an engaging and clear style, and manages to make an otherwise dry subject rather lively and topical without compromising on the detail of the substantive law." Dr Renginee Pillay, University of Surrey "An excellent homage to Pettet. An intelligent and literary read. Useful and comprehensive." Dr Paul Omar, University of Sussex "For anyone interested in, or studying, company law, Pettet's Company Law: Company and Capital Markets is an invaluable text For an area of law which is notoriously complex, [it is] lucidly written. It provides both a thought-provoking and engaging consideration of the law." Student Law Journal, review of a previous editionContents in brief Foreword to the third edition Preface to the fourth edition Preface to the first edition Acknowledgements Table of cases Table of statutes Table of statutory instruments Table of European legislation 1 Treaties and conventions 2 Secondary legislation Part I Foundation and Theory 1 The nature of company law 2 Corporate entity, limited liability and incorporation 3 Legal theory and company law Part II The constitution of the company 4 Entrenchment of rights 5 Organisation of functions and corporate powers 6 Relations with third parties: agency and constitutional limitations Part III Corporate Governance 7 The governance problem and the mechanisms of meetings 8 Duties of directors 9 Role of self-regulation 10 Shareholder litigation: the derivative claim 11 Shareholder litigation: winding up on just and equitable grounds and the unfair prejudice remedy Part IV Corporate Finance Law 12 Techniques of corporate finance 13 Raising and maintenance of capital 14 Financial assistance for the acquisition of shares Part V Securities Regulation 15 Policy and theory in securities regulation/capital markets law 16 Credit rating agencies and their role in capital markets 17 The regulatory machinery of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 18 The regulation of public offerings of shares 19 The regulation of insider dealing and market abuse 20 The regulation of takeovers Part VI Insolvency and liquidation 21 Insolvency and liquidation procedures 22 Disqualification of directors