Company law /
Alan Dignam, John Lowry ; series editor, Nicola Padfield.
- 4th ed.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- xliv, 454 p. ; 25 cm.
- Core text series .
Lowry's name appears first on previous ed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to company law -- Corporate personality and limited liability -- Lifting the veil -- Promoters and pre-incorporation contracts -- Raising capital: equity and its consequences -- Raising capital: debentures: fixed and floating charges -- Share capital -- The constitution of the company: memorandum and articles of association: dealing with insiders -- Classes of shares and variation of class rights -- The principle of majority rule -- Statutory shareholder remedies -- The constitution of the company: dealing with outsiders -- Corporate management -- Directors' duties -- Corporate governance 1: corporate governance and corporate theory -- Corporate governance 2: the UK corporate governance debate -- Corporate rescue and liquidations