Comparative Company Law - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Contents

pp v-vi

Figures

pp vii-vii

Tables

pp viii-viii

Preface to the Second Edition

pp ix-x

Preface and acknowledgments

pp xi-xii

Glossary

pp xiii-xv

Abbreviations

pp xvi-xix

Table of cases

pp xx-xxvi

Table of legislation

pp xxvii-xxxiv

Part I - The essential qualities of the corporation

pp 1-102

1 - Approaching comparative company law

pp 3-24

2 - Corporations in a global market: the law applicable to corporations

pp 25-93

3 - Corporations in a global market: harmonization, convergence and transplantation

pp 94-102

Part II - The corporation and its capital

pp 103-344

4 - The partnership as an alternative form of business organisation

pp 105-149

5 - Incorporating the company

pp 150-187

6 - Constituting the company’s share capital

pp 188-218

7 - Increasing the company’s capital

pp 219-253

8 - Distribution of dividends and maintenance of share capital

pp 254-285

9 - Repurchases of shares

pp 286-305

10 - The nature of shares and classes of shares

pp 306-344

Part III - Governing the corporation

pp 345-762

Subpart A - The management

pp 347-572

11 - An introduction to the board and its governance

pp 349-364

12 - Directors’ power to represent the company

pp 365-392

13 - Directors’ duties of loyalty, good faith and care

pp 393-443

14 - Judicial review of management decisions (the business judgment rule)

pp 444-500