Executive liability and the law
By: David Debenham
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Carswell
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 561
ISBN-13: 9780779836451
Subjects: Executives; Legal status, laws; Liability (Law); Chefs d'entreprise; Droit; Responsabilité (Droit)
Description: "Executive Liability and the Law, 2nd Edition represents a new perspective on a topic that is of significance and relevance in the world of employment, corporate and commercial law. This comprehensive publication provides the reader not only all the relevant legislative provisions and case law in each subject area, these same provisions and case law are explained in the context of a theoretical framework that attempts to make sense of the various disparate strands of jurisprudential viewpoints that perplex practitioners and professors alike. This text goes beyond a mere summary of the law &#x2013; it explains why the law is the way it is and where it is likely to go."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to the post-Enron age of executive liability; title: The slippery Salomon: personal liability for entering into "company" contracts; title: The agony of ADGA: intentional tort liability; title: Look who's talking: claims of negligence and negligent misrepresentation; title: The myth of Mentmore: strict liability torts; title: The chimaera of piercing the corporate veil: how to avoid using a pleading as a Bellerophontic letter; title: A jack of all trades and a servant of all: equitable and fiduciary claims and the duty of good faith of executives; title: Beyond the corporate gates: a re-capitulation and re-evaluation of common law claims against executives; title: The balance sheet, the razor's edge, and the tipping point; title: the myth and reality of director's statutory obligations; title: Personal liability for environmental damage; title: J'accuse: pleading claims against executives; title: Employee's right of indemnification and immunity, and potentially new sources of personal liability, and the calculation of damages.