Between citizen and state
Subtitle: an introduction to corporation law
By: David A. Westbrook.
Series: Great Barrington books
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781594514043
Subjects: Corporation law -- United States; Corporate governance -- United States; Corporations -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Stock characters and ordinary scripts; title: Why corporation law matters; title: Capital structure, dramatic structure; title: Understanding the moral (learning from cases); title: Directors' fiduciary duties: loyalty; title: Directors' fiduciary duties: due care; title: Managers as heroes; title: Shareholders as strategic actors; title: Struggles for control of the corporation; title: Agency, responsibility, and limited liability; title: Views of the institution; title: Corporations and the state; title: The mirror of securities law; title: The corporation's place in civil society.