TY - BOOK AU - Keay,Andrew R. TI - Company directors' responsibilities to creditors SN - 1845680081 (pbk.) PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Routledge-Cavendish KW - Directors of corporations KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - United States KW - Corporations KW - Finance KW - Law and legislation KW - Securities fraud KW - Debtor and creditor N1 - Includes index; Background to directors' responsibilities -- Creditors : who are they? -- Fraudulent trading : background, aims, and comparisons -- The fraudulent trading provision and its scope -- Intent to defraud and fraudulent purpose -- Fraudulent trading : an assessment -- Wrongful trading : background, aims, rationale, and comparisons -- The wrongful trading provision and its scope -- A defence to wrongful trading -- An assessment of wrongful trading : pros, problems, and prognoses -- The development of the duty to consider the interests of creditors -- The duty to creditors : nature, rationale, and need -- When does the duty arise? -- How are the directors to function when subject to a duty to creditors? -- A direct duty to creditors? -- Commencement of proceedings -- Are all creditors to be favoured? -- Introduction to the theoretical analysis -- A theoretical analysis of the duty to consider creditors -- A theoretical analysis of wrongful trading -- Directors' responsibilities and opting out UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006019776.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2006019776-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0622/2006019776-d.html ER -