Great Debates in Company Law

A thoroughly updated new edition of this successful and influential text, it helps students gain a critical understanding of the key debates shaping the field of company law.The new edition has been updated to include many substantial developments in company law, specifically the area of board diversity, corporate social responsibility, shareholder control, director remuneration and human rights.>

List of contents

1. What is the company?
2. Are Shareholders the company's owners? Claims in law and claims in ideology
3. Should shareholders have power over the company?
4. Directors' remuneration: Its purpose and problems
5. Women on the board of directors: business case, or social equality issue
6. Can companies be moral? And the role of social responsibility
7. What the company could be.

About the author

Lorraine Talbot is Professor of Company Law in Context at the University of Birmingham, UK.Andreas Kokkinis is an Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham, UK

Product details

• Authors: Andreas Kokkinis, Dr Andreas (Associate Professor) Kokkinis, Lorraine Talbot, Lorraine (University of Birmingham Talbot, Talbot Lorraine
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.03.2024
• EAN: 9781350440272
• ISBN: 978-1-350-44027-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 232 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Great Debates in Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / Corporate, Company law