Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance

Corporate governance plays a key role in ensuring that companies act responsibly and legally in the pursuit of long-term, sustainable growth. Now in its fifth edition, Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance offers a comprehensive introduction to the rules and regulations of corporate governance systems. It takes an inclusive stakeholder approach to examine how companies apply corporate governance principles in the private sector. The four-part structure has been consolidated and streamlined to provide logical coverage of fundamental contemporary themes and issues. The text has been updated to include new case studies and discussion of recent developments, such as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the destruction of a sacred rock shelter at Juukan Gorge. A new section on corporate governance in Singapore offers insight into corporate governance internationally. Written by an expert author team, Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance remains an indispensable resource for business and law students studying corporate governance.

Jean Jacques du Plessis is a Professor (Corporate Law) in the Deakin Law School, Deakin University (Australia) and an Extraordinary Professor in the Faculty of Law, University the University of the Western Cape (South Africa). He developed and taught a 1-year corporate governance Graduate Diploma in South Africa in 1998 (this was one of the first such courses in the world) at the University of Johanesburg. He also developed a Corporate Governance Postgraduate Unit (MLM706) for Deakin University in 2004 and redirected the content of that Unit to reflect the content of the first edition of Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance. Jean also publishes actively in the area of corporate governance, with more than 100 articles published in refereed Australian and international journals. He is co-author of several books, published in Australia, Germany and South Africa. He is an Alexander von Humboldt Scholar and received the Anneliese Maier Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundations for a 5-year period (2013–18). He assisted the South African Government with its Corporate Law Reform Program. This resulted in the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008, which became law in April 2012. He has been involved in that Reform Program since 2004. He was also the Head of the Deakin Law School (2000–02), President of the Corporate Law Teachers Association (CLTA) (2008–09) and became a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) in October 2011. Jean teaches in the areas of corporate governance, corporate law and business law.

Anil Hargovan is an Associate Professor in the School of Management and Governance at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). His research interests are in the area of corporate and insolvency law, a discipline in which he has presented many conference papers and published widely in refereed Australian and international law journals. His academic work, which includes over 110 publications, has been cited by the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee and the judiciary. Anil has authored and co-authored several books, including Australian Corporate Law (LexisNexis, 2023). He was President of the Society of Corporate Law Scholars (SCOLA, formerly Corporate Law Teachers Association)in and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of SCOLA. Anil currently serves on the Corporate Governance Subject Advisory Committee and on the Applied Corporate Law Subject Advisory Committee at the Governance Institute of Australia. He has conducted the Corporate Governance course in the MBA program at the Australian Graduate School of Management at UNSW.

Beth Nosworthy is an Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide Law School who researches and teaches corporate law, with a focus on corporate structures and directors' duties. She worked as an Associate in the Supreme Court of South Australia and as a commercial lawyer with an Adelaide firm before commencing her career as an academic. Since joining the University of Adelaide, Beth has taught corporate law and equity at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and is the Director of the Entrepreneur and Venture Advice Clinic, a pro bono service for startups and new ventures within the Clinical Legal Education program at the Adelaide Law School. Beth has presented many conference papers and published widely in relation to directors' duties and corporate governance, and co-authored several books, including Contemporary Australian Corporate Law (CUP, 2nd Ed, 2021). She is a member of the Law Council of Australia, Business Law Section, and sits on the Executive Committee of the Society of Corporate Law Academics and the Education Committee of the Governance Institute of Australia.