Corporations Law: A Custom Publication for Melbourne Law School, 2nd edition has been prepared for students Corporations Law at the Melbourne Law School.
Corporations Law: A Custom Publication for Melbourne Law School, 2nd edition has been prepared for students Corporations Law at the Melbourne Law School.
The book comprises chapters from the following LexisNexis Butterworths publications:
Harris, Company Law Theories, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed., LexisNexis, 2015
Topic 1 – Introduction to Companies and the Regulatory Scheme
‘Corporate Law: Theories, Principles and Applications’ from Harris, Company Law: Theories, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed, 2015
‘The Regulatory Framework’ from Harris, Company Law: Theories, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed, 2015
‘Business Structures’ from Harris, Company Law: Theories, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed, 2015
‘Business Structures’ from Harris, Hargovan & Adams, Australian Corporate Law, 6th ed, 2018
‘The Nature and Function of Companies’ from Austin & Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay’s Principles of Corporations Law, 17th ed, 2018
Topic 2 – Incorporation and Its Effects
‘Business Structures’ from Harris, Company Law: Theories, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed, 2015
‘Corporate Personality’ from Harris, Company Law: Theories, Principles and Applications, 2015
‘The Duty of Care and Diligence’ from Harris, Company Law: Theories, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed, 2015
‘Directors and Officers: Corporate Governance During Times of Financial Distress’ from Harris, Hargovan & Adams, Australian Corporate Law, 6th ed, 2018
‘Incorporation and Its Consequences’ from Austin & Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay’s Principles of Corporations Law, 17th ed, 2018
‘Protection of Creditors’ from Austin & Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay’s Principles of Corporations Law, 17th ed, 2018
Topic 3 – Managing Companies
‘Internal Management and Meetings’ from Harris, Company Law: Theories, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed, 2015
‘The Board of Directors and the General Meeting’ from Austin & Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay’s Principles of Corporations Law, 17th ed, 2018
Topic 4 – Duties and Liabilities of Directors and Officers – Framework of Duties, Duty to Act in Good Faith and Duty to Act for a Proper Purpose
‘Managing Companies’ from Harris, Company Law: Theories, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed, 2015
‘Directors’ and Officers’ Duties: Good Faith and Proper Purposes’ from Harris, Anil Hargovan & Michael Adams, Australian Corporate Law, 6th ed, 2018
‘Acting Properly, in the Interests of the Company, and with Care’ from Austin & Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay’s Principles of Corporations Law, 17th ed, 2018
‘Regulating Companies’ from Austin & Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay’s Principles of Corporations Law, 17th edition, 2018
Topic 5 – Duties and Liabilities of Directors and Officers – Duty of Care
‘Directors and Officers: Conflicts of Interest’ from Harris, Hargovan & Adams, Australian Corporate Law, 5th ed, 2018
Topic 6 – Duties and Liabilities of Directors and Officers - Loyalty
Conflicts of Interest and Special Cases’ from Austin & Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay’s Principles of Corporations Law, 17th ed, 2018
Topic 7 – Shareholder Actions
‘Members’ Remedies’ from Harris, Company Law: Theories, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed, 2015
‘Members’ Remedies’ from Austin & Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay’s Principles of Corporations Law, 17th ed, 2018
Topic 8 – Corporate Liability
‘Contractual, Tortious and Criminal Liability’ from Gooley, Zammit, Dicker & Russell, Corporations and Associations Law: Principles and Issues, 6th ed, 2015
Topic 9 – Share Capital
‘Shares and Shareholders’ from Harris, Company Law: Theories, Principles and Applications, 2nd ed, 2015
‘Share Capital and Transactions Affecting Share Capital’ from Harris, Hargovan & Adams, Australian Corporate Law, 6th ed, 2018
‘Accounts, Auditors and Dividends’ from Harris, Hargovan & Adams, Australian Corporate Law, 6th ed, 2018,
‘Dividends’ from Austin & Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay’s Principles of Corporations Law, 17th ed, 2018
‘Corporate Reorganisation’ from Austin & Ramsay, Ford, Austin and Ramsay’s Principles of Corporations Law, 17th ed, 2018
Topic 10 – Introduction to Corporate Insolvency
‘External Administration and Insolvency’ from Harris, Hargovan & Adams, Australian Corporate Law, 6th ed, 2018
Professor Ian Ramsay is the Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, and the Director of the Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation. Professor Ramsay has published widely on corporate law and corporate governance both in Australia and internationally.
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