Full Description
The fifth edition of The Law of Partnerships and Corporations provides an updated review of the law governing the most common forms of business organizations in Canada: the sole proprietorship, the partnership, and the corporation. This substantially revised text is as an approachable and applicable reference for law and business students, lawyers, accountants, and others concerned with understanding business organizations.
Professor J. Anthony VanDuzer explains how organizations are formed and the relationships between business stakeholders - including its owners, managers, customers, creditors, tort victims, and the public - and how the law provides an organizational structure for those relationships. In this updated edition, emphasis is placed on the practical application of legal rules in an everyday context and the role that lawyers play in advising their business clients. The text is fully updated to reflect developments in case law and statutory reforms and cites dozens of new cases. The chapters on corporate governance and corporate social responsibility have also been significantly revised to reflect changes in how businesses are responding to environmental, social, and governance issues.
The Law of Partnerships and Corporations is a comprehensive introduction to law and practice that has been cited more than fifty times by Canadian courts and frequently in academic writing on corporate law.
Contents
Foreword to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
List of Statutes, Regulations, and Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Partnerships
Chapter 3: Introduction to Corporate Law
Chapter 4: Incorporation: Considerations and Process
Chapter 5: The Corporation in Action
Chapter 6: Shares
Chapter 7: Management and Control of the Corporation: The Basic Legal Framework
Chapter 8: Corporate Changes and Reorganizations
Chapter 9: Duties and Liabilities of Directors and Officers
Chapter 10: Shareholder Remedies
Chapter 11: The Public Corporation and Securities Law
Chapter 12: Corporate Governance in Theory and Practice
Chapter 13: Corporate Social Responsibility
Glossary
Table of Cases
Index
About the Author
