Law and corporate finance
By: Frank B. Cross and Robert A. Prentice
Contributors: Prentice, Robert A., 1950-
Series: Elgar financial law series; Elgar financial law
Publisher: Edward Elgar; Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781847205346
Subjects: Corporations; Law and legislation; Finance; LAW; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
Description: In this thorough and enlightening book, the authors examine the role of law in developing the large financial markets necessary for national economic success. They discuss the basic foundational law of contracts, property and tort, corporate law, and securities law, providing both a broad theoretical and empirical case for its value in financial markets. The book begins with an historical analysis of the law's development, reviewing the legal governance of corporate finance with an emphasis on the development of US securities laws in the twentieth century. Also provided is an extensive empiric.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The role of law in corporate finance; title: The economics of the law and corporate finance; title: Behavioral analysis of law and corporate finance; title: History of law and corporate finance; title: Empirical analysis of the law and corporate finance; title: Current controversies in law and corporate finance.