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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Rationality in Company Law: Essays in Honour of DD Prentice by Edited by Jennifer Payne Edited by John Armour Contributions by Mary Arden Contributions by Brian R. Cheffins Contributions by Eilis Ferran Contributions by Professor Sir Roy Goode Contributions
This collection of essays is a festschrift to honour Professor Dan Prentice who retired in 2008 from the Allen & Overy Professorship of Company Law in the University of Oxford. Dan Prentice has been deeply involved in corporate law from all perspectives: as a scholar teacher law reformer and practising member of Erskine Chambers. His interests have covered the full range of corporate law finance and insolvency. The occasion of his retirement from his Professorship has afforded a number of leading corporate law experts from around the world many of whom are his former students and colleagues an opportunity to address some of the most important issues in corporate law today in his honour. Corporate law has always been a fast-moving area but the present pace of change seems quicker than ever. The Companies Act 2006 by some way the longest piece of legislation ever passed by the UK Parliament is reshaping the landscape of domestic company law. At the same time legislative and judicial developments at the European level in corporate and securities law are of unprecedented importance for corporate lawyers based in the UK.This outstanding series of papers addresses a number of the most important issues currently facing the subject including the impact of the new Companies Act on directors duties shareholder litigation and capital maintenance; aspects of insolvency and banking regulation the Capital Requirements Directive and a new Convention on Intermediated securities. It will be essential reading for all those interested in the field.show more