Rationality in Company Law: Essays in Honour of DD Prentice [Hardcover]

John Armour (Editor), Jennifer Payne (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 12, 2009 | ISBN-10: 1841138061 | ISBN-13: 978-1841138060

This collection of essays is a festschrift to honor Professor Dan Prentice who retires in 2008 from the Allen & Overy Professorship of Company Law at the University of Oxford. Dan Prentice has been deeply involved in corporate law from all perspectives — as a scholar, teacher, law reformer, and practicing member of Erskine Chambers. His interests have covered the full range of corporate law, finance, and insolvency. The occasion of his retirement has afforded a number of leading corporate law experts from around the world, many of whom are his former students and colleagues, an opportunity to address, in his honor, some of the most important issues in corporate law today. Corporate law has always been a fast-moving area, but the present pace of change seems quicker than ever. The UK's Companies Act 2006, by some way the longest piece of legislation ever passed by the Parliament, is reshaping the landscape of domestic company law. At the same time, legislative and judicial developments at the European level in corporate and securities law are of unprecedented importance for corporate lawyers based in the UK. This outstanding series of papers address a number of the most important issues currently facing the subject, including the impact of the new Companies Act on directors' duties, shareholder litigation, and capital maintenance; aspects of insolvency and banking regulation; the Capital Requirements Directive; and a new Convention on Intermediated securities.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The readers will find this book rich in scholarship and of practical use in some instances.The essays in this collection show by proxy Professor Prentice's high academic standard and, like Professor Prentice himself make a great contribution to company law scholarship.Look Chan Ho Law Quarterly Review April 2010, Volume 126

About the Author

John Armour is Lovells Professor of Law and Finance in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Oriel College.Jennifer Payne is Reader in Corporate Finance Law at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Hart Publishing (February 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841138061
• ISBN-13: 978-1841138060
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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