Contracting with companies. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Griffiths.
• Other Names: Griffiths, Andrew
• Contents: Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1. Attribution and Risk Assignment:An Introduction to the Legal and Economic Dimensions of Contracting with Companies; ATTRIBUTION; SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE LAW GOVERNING ATTRIBUTION; ATTRIBUTION AS ASSIGNMENT OF RISK; 2. Assigning Risk: An Economic Perspective on the Law Governing Contracting with Companies; THE AIMS OF THIS CHAPTER; AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF RULES OF LAW; STANDARDS OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF THE COMPANY. AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF CORPORATE MANAGEMENTAN ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSING THE RULES GOVERNING CONTRACTING WITH COMPANIES; ANALYSING THE LAW GOVERNING CONTRACTING WITH COMPANIES; 3. The Power to Make Contracts for a Company; THE LEGAL SOURCE OF CONTRACTUAL POWER; THE CONSTITUTION OF A COMPANY; THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF A COMPANY; THE ACTUAL AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD TO MAKE CONTRACTS; CONTRACTING BEYOND THE LIMITS ON THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY; CONCLUSIONS AND REVIEW; 4. Issues of Identity and Existence; INTRODUCTION; THE IDENTIFICATION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTING PARTIES. THE NON-EXISTENCE OF A CORPORATE CONTRACTUAL PARTY:PRE-INCORPORATION CONTRACTS AND OTHER SCENARIOSSTATUTORY REFORM; THE MEANING AND EFFECT OF SECTION 36C; THE CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999; CONCLUSIONS AND REVIEW; 5. Contracting with the Board; INTRODUCTION; 6. Contracting with Other Corporate Agents; INTRODUCTION; THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LAW; THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LAW; THE INDOOR MANAGEMENT RULE; THE INDOOR MANAGEMENT RULE; THE DIPLOCK APPROACH TO CORPORATE AGENCY; THE DIPLOCK APPROACH TO CORPORATE AGENCY; AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOUR CONDITIONSOF OSTENSIBLE AUTHORITY. AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOUR CONDITIONS OF OSTENSIBLE AUTHORITYTHE ABOLITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF CONSTRUCTIVE OR DEEMED NOTICE; THE ABOLITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF CONSTRUCTIVE OR DEEMED NOTICE; CONCLUSIONS AND REVIEW; CONCLUSIONS AND REVIEW; 7. Contracts Involving Self-Dealing; INTRODUCTION; IDENTIFYING CONTRACTS INVOLVING SELF-DEALING; THE EFFECT OF SELF-DEALING ON THE POWER TO MAKE CONTRACTS FOR COMPANIES; SELF-DEALING AND THE OVERRIDING RULES OF ATTRIBUTION; THE ADDITIONAL LAW GOVERNING THE VALIDITY OF CONTRACTS INVOLVING SELF-DEALING. THE REQUIREMENT TO DECLARE OR DISCLOSE AN INTEREST IN A CONTRACT INVOLVING SELF-DEALINGSPECIAL REGIMES UNDER PART X OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985; SECTION 320 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985; CONCLUSIONS AND REVIEW; Index.
• Publisher Details: Oxford Portland, Or : Hart
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 321 pages)
• Subjects: 346.4202; Contracts -- England; Contracts -- Wales; Commercial law -- England; Commercial law -- Wales; LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; Commercial law; Contracts; England; Wales; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847312228; 1847312225
• Related ISBNs: 1841131547
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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