Company Law in Malaysia

Description

This book adopts a practical approach to the exposition of what is generally a complex subject, It attempts to state the principles of company law plainly and directly to drive home the relevant points. It draws from case law of various jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and Australia. wherever relevant, in considering the local cases. A salient feature of the text is that the facts of most of the cases referred to have been set out in some detail to facilitate a better understanding of the decisions and underlying legal principles. The provision of the facts also obviates the necessity for the reader to refer to a casebook or original report for the basic facts.

Another salient feature of the text is that it draws liberally and sets out excerpts from some of the more important judgments under consideration so as to enable the reader to appreciate the judicial process in arriving at the decisions.

CONTENTS: 

Chapter 1: Background to Company Law
Chapter 2: Incorporation of Companies
Chapter 3: Classifcation of Companies
Chapter 4: Pie-Incorporation Contracts
Chapter 5: Memorandum and Articles
Chapter 6: Prospectuses
Chapter 7: Share Capital
Chapter 8: Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Directors and Other Officers
Chapter 9: Membership
Chapter 10: Dividends
Chapter 11: Meetings
Chapter 12: Accounts and Audit
Chapter 13: Majority Control and Minority Interests
Chapter 14: Debentures and Charges
Chapter 15: Arrangements and Reconstructions
Chapter 16: Receivership
Chapter 17: Companies Winding-up
Chapter 18: Liquidators
Chapler 19: Take-Overs and Mergers
Chapter 20: The Securities and Futures: Regime

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

Krishnan Arjunan is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Law at the School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was formerly Associate Professor of Law at the University of Malaya and The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Queensland. He has for many years taught Corporate Law and Advance Corporate Law in these Universities in undergraduate and graduate courses. Prior to this he was a legal practitioner in Malaysia for over a decade and was a former Director of the Certiticate in Legal Practice Course (CLP). He is the author of several other texts in law and has also published extensively in leading company and business law journals. He is the Section Editor for Hong Kong. Singapore and Malaysia for the Companies and Securities Law Journal (C & SLJ). Australia