Corporate law
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Corporate law (also "company" or "corporations" law) is the study of how shareholders, directors, employees, creditors, and other stakeholders such as consumers, the community and the environment interact with one another. Corporate law is a part of a broader companies law (or law of business associations). Other types of business associations can include partnerships (in the UK governed by the Partnership Act 1890), or trusts (like a pension fund), or companies limited by guarantee (like some community organisations or charities). Under corporate law, corporations of all sizes have separate legal personality, with limited liability or unlimited liability for its shareholders. Shareholders control the company through a board of directors which, in turn, typically delegates control of the corporation's day to day operations to a full-time executive. Corporate law deals with firms that are incorporated or registered under the corporate or company law of a sovereign state or their subnational states. The four defining characteristics of the modern corporation are:
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- Related: United Kingdom company law, United States corporate law, German company law, European company law, Types of companies, Quasi corporation, Race to the bottom
| A Comparative Bibliography: Regulatory Competition... A Comparative Bibliography: Regulatory Competition on Corporate Law ssrn.com/abstract=1103644 - Web |
| The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law www.djcl.org - Web |
| International Financial Law Review International Financial Law Review www.iflr.com - Web |
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