Contracting with Companies
Contracting with Companies by Andrew Griffiths, published by Hart Publishing on May 23, 2005, is a comprehensive examination of the rules of Company Law that govern contracts with companies. This edition, consisting of 321 pages, presents an economic perspective on these legal frameworks, focusing on how risks are distributed between companies and their contracting parties. The book delves into the application of economic principles in the analysis of Company Law, providing insights into corporate contracting practices.
Readers will find a thorough exploration of various legal issues related to corporate contracts, including the authority of corporate agents, mechanisms of corporate decision-making, and the identification of contracting parties. The text also addresses pre-incorporation contracts, the powers of a company’s board, and the protections available for parties dealing with subordinate corporate agents. Additionally, it discusses the regulation of contracts involving potential conflicts of interest for directors, making it a valuable resource for those interested in the intersection of law and corporate practices.
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This book surveys the main rules of Company Law governing the making of contracts with companies. It adopts an economic perspective, examining these rules in terms of the risks they apportion between companies and parties contracting with them. It reviews the use that has been made of economics in the analysis of Company Law and considers what guidance this can provide in analysing corporate contracting. The book then examines the relevant law and the issues raised by this law, covering the role of corporate constitutions as the source of the authority of corporate agents, the mechanisms of corporate activity and decision-making, the identification of corporate contracting parties, pre-incorporation contracts and other contracts with non-existent companies, the contractual power of a company’s board, the protection of parties dealing with subordinate corporate agents and the regulation of contracts in which a director has a conflict of interest.
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