Ford's Principles of Corporations Law, 15th Edition

Description

Ford's Principles of Corporations Law is a classic high-level text. It is written by experts who provide the most authoritative and comprehensive commentary of all aspects of Australian corporate law.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Part 1 - Companies and Company Law
1. The Nature and Functions of Companies
2. The Origins of Company Law
3. Regulating Companies
Part II - A Company as a Corporate Entity
4. Incorporation and Its Consequences
5. Formation, Promotion and Establishment
Part III - The Law of Corporate Governance
6. Corporate Governance Rules
7. The Board of Directors and the General Meeting
8. Acting Properly and with Care
9. Conflicts of Interest and Special Cases
10. Accounts, Audit and Disclosure
11. Members' Remedies
Part IV - Corporate Liability
12. Corporate Capacity
13. Authority to Act for a Company
14. A Company's Assent to Transactions
15. Validation and Ratification of Defective Transactions
16. A Company’s Liability for Civil and Criminal Wrongs
Part V - Corporate Finance
17. Equity Finance
18. Dividends
19. Debt Finance
20. Protection of Creditors
21. Dealings with Security Holdings
22. Fundraising by Issue and Sale of Securities
Part VI - Corporate Control and Restructuring
23. Takeovers and Disclosure of Shareholdings
24. Corporate Reorganisation and Elimination of Minority Holdings
Part VII - External Administration
25. External Administration in Insolvency Generally
26. Receiverships
27. Voluntary Administration
28. Winding Up

Author/Contributor

Austin, R P

Dr Robert Austin is Head of Corporate HQ Advisory at Minter Ellison. He was formerly a Justice in the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, after careers in legal practice and academic law. He is Challis Lecturer in Company Law at the University of Sydney. Click here to view his author profile.

Ramsay, I M

Professor Ian Ramsay is the Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law at the Melbourne Law School and the Director of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation. Click here to view his author profile.


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