Contemporary Australian Corporate Law (2^nd Ed.)

Contemporary Australian Corporate Law is a highly-regarded introduction to corporate law in Australia that provides an authoritative, contextual and critical analysis of the law governing Australian corporations and financial markets. It explores the rules, principles, doctrines and policies that constitute corporate law in Australia within their legal, social, economic and political contexts. Clearly and precisely written, this edition has been thoroughly updated and refined to reflect current Australian corporate law, including recent case law, changes to the Corporations Act 2001 and the impact on the corporate sector of the Financial Services Royal Commission. Written by leading legal scholars, Contemporary Australian Corporate Law will assist students to develop a critically informed understanding of corporate law and the role of corporations in contemporary society.

1. Context, history and regulation; 2. Corporate law theory and debates; 3. The company as a separate legal entity; 4. Formation and types of companies; 5. The internal rules of a company; 6. Corporate contracting; 7. Decision-making, meetings and reporting; 8. Corporate finance; 9. Corporate fundraising; 10. An overview of directors' duties; 11. Duty of care, skill and diligence; 12. Duty of good faith; 13. Conflicts of interest; 14. Members' rights and remedies; 15. Receivership, schemes of arrangement and voluntary administration; 16. Winding up and liquidation; 17. Financial markets and financial services; 18. Takeovers.

Stephen Bottomley has been researching and teaching corporate law for over thirty-five years. He has taught undergraduate courses in corporate law, takeovers and securities markets law, and postgraduate courses in corporate governance and government corporations. He is a highly distinguished scholar with the following affiliations: Member of the Corporate Law Teachers Association of Australia and New Zealand since its inception, and President in 2002 and 2003; member and past Chair and Executive member of the Australasian Law Academics Association; and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. From 2013–2017 he was Dean of the Australian National University College of Law.
Kath Hall has been researching and teaching corporate law for nearly twenty years. She has taught undergraduate courses on corporate law, and postgraduate courses on corporate governance, and transnational anti-corruption law. Her research reflects a strong theoretical and practical understanding of the complexities involved in regulating global corporations and transnational corruption. In 2013, she was awarded an Australian National University College of Law Award for Excellence in Teaching and in 2014 a Vice-Chancellors Commendation for Teaching Excellence. In 2012–2014 she was a non-residential Fellow at Harvard University's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, and between 2016–2019 she was a lead researcher on a large empirical project investigating positive organizational responses to whistleblowing. Kath is a member of the Corporate Law Teachers Association of Australia and New Zealand Committee; Deputy Director, of the Transnational Research Institute on Corruption at ANU; and member, International Bar Association Anti-Corruption Committee.
Peta Spender has been researching and teaching corporate law for many decades. She has taught courses in corporate law, financial markets law, takeovers, corporate governance and litigation. She is the co-author of leading Australian textbooks on li