The constitutional corporation : rethinking corporate governance / Stephen Bottomley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bottomley, Stephen.

Series:

Applied legal philosophy.

Applied legal philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate governance--Law and legislation--United States.

Corporate governance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book argues that instead of consigning shareholders to a passive role, they should be given opportunities to be active members of corporations. The ideas of accountability, deliberation and contestability provide a valuable framework for assessing corporate structures and process and for encouraging greater shareholder participation.

Contents:

Corporations and shareholders

From contract to constitution

Corporate constitutionalism

Corporate accountability

Corporate decisions and deliberation

Contesting corporate decisions

The prospects for corporate constitutionalism.

Notes:

Series statement from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-61498-7

1-317-03739-1

1-317-03738-3

1-281-09877-9

9786611098773

0-7546-8580-2

9781315614984

OCLC:

476277557