30-day risk-free examination
Secure checkout
Multiple copy discounts

Canadian Corporate Law - Cases, Notes & Materials, 4th Edition

This book provides a comprehensive review of Canadian corporate law and relevant cases. It is a useful learning tool for the study of corporate law and includes notes, questions and commentary throughout.

Publication Language: English
Book
$205.00
Quantity

Softcover | 648 pages

In Stock
Published: June 30, 2010
ISBN/ISSN: 9780433460336

Product description

This book provides a comprehensive review of Canadian corporate law and relevant cases. It is a useful learning tool for the study of corporate law and includes notes, questions and commentary throughout.

This edition features discussion of the new Quebec Business Corporations Act, which will bring much of Quebec law in line with the Canada Business Corporations Act, and the effect and ramifications of recent groundbreaking cases such as BCE Inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders, 2008 SCC 69 (S.C.C.), which has significant impact on director's obligations and minority shareholder's remedies.

 

Featured Authors

Table of contents

Chapter 1: Partnerships
Introduction
When Does a Partnership Exist?
The Legal Nature and Characteristics of Partnerships
How Partnerships Conduct Business
Dissolution of Partnerships
What is a Limited Liability Partnership?
When Does a Limited Partnership Exist?
The Legal Nature of a Limited Partnership
Chapter 2: The Canadian Constitution
The Constitutional Framework
Legislative Power to Create Corporations
Regulating Corporate Activity
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Chapter 3: The Corporate Constitution
The Function of a Constitution
Corporate Constituencies
Types of Corporate Constitution
Chapter 4: The Corporation as a Legal Person
What is a Corporation?
The Principle of Corporate Personality
Questioning the Principle: The "Corporate Veil" Theory
Corporate Personality in Practice: Some Problem Areas
Corporate Purpose
Chapter 5: Corporate Obligations
Introduction to Two Theories
Crime and Tort: Establishing Corporate Mens Rea
Contracts: Agents, Outsiders and Corporate Liability
Chapter 6: Incorporation and Pre-Incorporation Transactions
The Details of Incorporation
The Corporate Name
Pre-Incorporation Transactions
Chapter 7: Corporate Management
Management's Role: Theory and Practice
Management Positions
Managers' Legal Obligations
Managers' Fiduciary Obligations
Chapter 8: Majority Rule
Introduction
Directors
Shareholders
Are There Legal Restrictions on How Shareholders Vote?
Chapter 9: Minority Protection
The Reformed Statute Response
Statutory Representative Action
Compliance and Restraining Orders
The Oppression Remedy
Class Veto
Appraisal Remedy
Investigations, Audits and the "Big D" Director
Capital Punishment
Chapter 10: The Corporate Capital Structure
Debt and Shares Contrasted
Debt Capital
Share Capital