A Casebook on Company Law: Materials and Commentary | 2021

A Casebook on Company Law: Materials and Commentary | 2021

This volume is among the first books to offer a curated collection of cases that have shaped the development of Company Law in Singapore. It covers all the essential topics in Company Law, with each chapter designed to guide readers through this complex area of law, supplemented by insightful commentary and thought-provoking questions. The book carefully extracts key decisions from Singapore courts and important foreign rulings to illuminate both the fundamental and more intricate aspects of Company Law. Its coverage mirrors the author's previous work (Company Law, 3rd Edition) and serves as a valuable companion to that text. Together, these books provide comprehensive material for anyone interested in a thorough study of Company Law.

- Extracts of Singaporean judgments, as well as relevant judgments from other Commonwealth jurisdictions including the UK, Australia, and Hong Kong
- Analytical commentary
- Comparative approach

Contents of A Casebook on Company Law: Materials and Commentary

Chapter 1: Introducing the company

Chapter 2: The company constitution

Chapter 3: Share ownership

Chapter 4: Company management

Chapter 5: Directors’ duties

Chapter 6: Shareholder actions

Chapter 7: Shareholder remedies

Chapter 8: Corporate contracting and liabilities

Chapter 9: Regulating the distribution of a company’s capital

Chapter 10: Corporate borrowing

Chapter 11: Liquidation

Chapter 12: Alternatives to liquidation

About the Author:

Pearlie Koh has been teaching and writing in the area of company law for many years. She started her academic career at the Nanyang Business School and is now teaching at the Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University. She studied law at the National University of Singapore and obtained her LL.M from the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

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