Company Law (Core Texts Series) / Alan J Dignam; John P Lowry

PART I: Fundamental Principles1: Introduction to company law2: Corporate personality and limited liability3: Lifting the veil4: Promoters and pre-incorporation contracts5: Raising capital: equity and its consequences6: Raising capital: debentures: fixed and floating chargesPART II: Behind the Corporate Veil7: Share capital8: The constitution of the company: dealing with insiders9: Classes of shares and variation of class rights10: Derivative claims11: Statutory shareholder remediesPART III: Issues of Corporate Authority12: The constitution of the company: dealing with outsiders13: Corporate management14: Directors' duties15: Corporate governance 1: corporate governance and corporate theory16: Corporate governance 2: the UK corporate governance debate17: Corporate rescue and liquidations in outline

With particular emphasis on corporate governance and the theoretical bases underlying company law, this work focuses on key principles taught on undergraduate courses and is highly praised for its clarity of explanation and authoritative style.