Book contents
- The Foundations of Anglo-American Corporate Fiduciary Law
- International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation
- The Foundations of Anglo-American Corporate Fiduciary Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Introduction: Corporate Legal Ideas
- Part I Business Judgment and the Idea of Honesty in the Exercise of Delegated Power
- Part II The Duty of Care and the Ideas of Reward and Undertaking
- 5 Origins
- 6 The Origins of the Director’s Duty of Care in the United States
- 7 The Delaware Duty of Care
- 8 The Duty of Care in the United Kingdom: In the Shadow of Gross Negligence
- Part III Self-Dealing and the Idea of the Corporation1
- Part IV Connected Assets and the Idea of Property
- Index
5 - Origins
Between Laxity and Terror in Bailment and Trusts Law
from Part II - The Duty of Care and the Ideas of Reward and Undertaking
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2018
Book contents
- The Foundations of Anglo-American Corporate Fiduciary Law
- International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation
- The Foundations of Anglo-American Corporate Fiduciary Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Introduction: Corporate Legal Ideas
- Part I Business Judgment and the Idea of Honesty in the Exercise of Delegated Power
- Part II The Duty of Care and the Ideas of Reward and Undertaking
- 5 Origins
- 6 The Origins of the Director’s Duty of Care in the United States
- 7 The Delaware Duty of Care
- 8 The Duty of Care in the United Kingdom: In the Shadow of Gross Negligence
- Part III Self-Dealing and the Idea of the Corporation1
- Part IV Connected Assets and the Idea of Property
- Index
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- The Foundations of Anglo-American Corporate Fiduciary Law , pp. 137 - 173Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018