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This highly accessible textbook offers an overview of company law, covering a typical undergraduate company law syllabus. It enables students to see the area in its full context, discussing the current debates surrounding company law. Particular emphasis is given to corporate governance and the theoretical bases underlying company law. This third edition now covers new material on the implications of new veil lifting cases such as Koninklijke Phillips Electronics NV v Princo Digital Disc GmbH [2004] 2 BCLC 50; developments in post Enron intiatives such as the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill and the impact of Sarbones-Oxley on UK companies and incorporates recent information on ostensible authority and the complexities of its application in group structures MCI WorldCom International Inc v Primus Telecommunications Inc [2004] 1 BCLC 42. 'This text; although one of many traditional books aimed at the student market, stands out for its clarity, whilst still demonstrating the depth of study needed in relation to some of the more complex areas of company law.' - "Journal of Busines Law", September 2004.