Company law : theories, principles and applications / by Jason Harris, Timothy D. Peters.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Australia, 2023.

3rd edition

200731

Corporation law -- Australia.

1. Corporate law: theories, principles and applications

2. The regulatory framework

3. The nature of companies, partnerships and other business structures

4. Corporate personality

5. Corporate capacity and corporate liability

6. Internal management and meetings

7. Shares and shareholders

8. Managing companies

9. The duty of care and diligence

10. Acting in good faith and for a proper purpose

11. Misappropriation of corporate opportunities and secret profits

12. Managing conflicts

13. Members' remedies

14. Corporate finance

15. Disclosure obligations

16. Corporate insolvency and restructuring.

Company Law: Theories, Principles and Applications 3rd edition combines theoretical fundamentals and critical perspectives with doctrinal analysis to explain the rules, norms and assumptions underlying Australian corporations law. Features: Substantially reviewed and updated to consider recent legislation and case law as well as current thinking in relation to: concession/fiction theory; aggregate/contract-based theory; and realist/natural entity theory; feminist perspectives on corporations and on corporate law; passive investment funds; corporate regulation; corporate collective investment vehicles; decentralised autonomous organisations; cooperatives; corporate groups; Statutory assumptions and corporate liability; corporate criminal responsibility; management vs shareholder control rights; Use of technology for corporate meetings; capital reductions, financial assistance and dividends; corporate social responsibility and the social licence to operate; definition of officer; responsibility for defective disclosure; safe harbour defence for insider trading; exercising powers for a proper purpose; fiduciary duties and conflicts of interest; reflective loss principle; behavioural finance; continuous disclosure; corporate insolvency; restructuring under part 5.3b; crowd sourced equity funding. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780409352733

xlv, 917 pages ; 24 cm