Smith and Keenan's company law / Charles Wild, PhD, MBA, LLM, PCHE, LPC, CPE, BSc (Econ), Dean of the School of Law at the University of Hertfordshire, Professor of Legal Education, University of Hertfordshire, Head of the Centre for International Law, University of Hertfordshire; Stuart Weinstein, JD, MBA, BA, Head of Law Department, Coventry University, Professor of Practice Informed Legal Education, Coventry University, Solicitor, Supreme Court of England and Wales, Attorney-at-Law, New York, California, District of Columbia.

Includes index.

An overview of company law -- Promotion, incorporation and membership -- The corporate veil -- Corporate governance -- The memorandum of association -- The articles of association -- Altering the articles of association -- The company and its contracts -- Directors and management -- The duties of directors -- Vacation of office, disqualification and the personal liability of directors -- Meetings and resolutions -- Allotments, calls and forfeiture of shares -- Shares and share capital -- Shares : payment and transfer -- Company flotations and insider dealing -- Capital maintenance and distribution -- Debentures and charges -- The statutory derivative action -- The protection of minorities -- Corporate insolvency : company rescue -- Corporate insolvency : procedures other than rescue -- Corporate insolvency : winding-up in context.