Table of Contents

1. The company and its incorporation; 2. Corporate personality and limited liability; 3. Corporate activity and legal liability; 4. Shareholders as an organ of the company; 5. The board of directors as an organ of the company; 6. Directors' duties; 7. Company auditors and promoters; 8. The Raising of capital; 9. Distributions and capital maintenance; 10. Shares; 11. Borrowing, debentures and charges; 12. Remedies for maladministration of the company; 13. Public disclosure, market regulation and public investigations of companies; 14. Reconstructions, mergers and takeovers; 15. Rescue and insolvency procedures

About the Author

Sarah Worthington is a Professor of Law at the London School of Economics.