Company law in context: Text and materials - Softcover

Kershaw, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199215944 ISBN 13: 9780199215942

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Company Law in Context is an ideal main text for company law and corporate governance courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. In this sophisticated book, David Kershaw combines commentary and explanation (55%) with the primary case and statutory materials (45%). The book places the study of company law in its economic, business, and social context in order to make more accessible and relevant the cases, statutes, and other forms of regulation that make up company law. One technique deployed by the book to contextualize company law is the use of a simple case study that tracks, through the different chapters of the book, the development and expansion of a business - from sole trader to listed company.

Online Resource Center

Company law in context is accompanied by an Online Resource Center offering the following features for students:

- twice-yearly updates to changes in cases and legislation (particularly important given the recent implementation of the Companies Act 2006)

- annotated web links to key online sources, directing students to the most accurate, up-to-date and relevant information on the web

- podcasts accompanying each chapter, to be used when the subject is first studied and during revision

- interactive ('flashcard') glossary, so that students can familiarize themselves with and test themselves on the complex terminology and jargon of company law

- pointers as to how to approach selected questions posed in the book, to ensure students benefit fully from the book's critical and contextual approach

- timeline illustrating implementation of Companies Act 2006
- The following resources are also provided for lecturers:

- diagrams and charts in PowerPoint to show in lectures and seminars to facilitate students' understanding of challenging cases and concepts

About this title

About the Author

David Kershaw is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics. He qualified as a solicitor at Herbert Smith and practiced corporate law with Wolf Theiss, Vienna and in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of Shearman & Sterling in New York and London. He holds degrees from the University of Warwick and Harvard Law School.

Review

--Chris Riley, Reader in Law, Durham University

"The book is very readable, and the focus on 'real-world' scenarios and illustrations adds a dimension that is often lacking."

--Dr Sandra Frisby, Baker and McKenzie Associate Professor and Reader in Company and Commercial Law, University of Nottingham

"The material is put together in a very refreshing way with excellent commentary; the questions are invaluable for seminar-based work"

--Dr Paul Omar, Senior Lecturer, Sussex Law School

"If I could go back in time I would have definitely purchased the book; it would have assisted me greatly."
--Jamie Cowan, undergraduate law student, University of Hull and Antwerpen

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199215944
• ISBN 13: 9780199215942
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 872