The Reasons for formaing companies -- Stating a company -- Corporate personality -- The Memorandum of association -- The Articles of association -- Promoters -- Public issues of securities -- The Regulation of investment business -- Maintenance of capital -- The Balance of power inside the company: corporate governance -- Directors' duties -- Statutory duties of directors -- Suing the company, suing for the company, enforcing directors' duties -- Shares -- Lending money and securing loans -- Takeovers, reconstructions and amalgamations -- Insolvency and corporate rescue -- The Effect of the EU on English company law -- The New company laws of Eastern Europe -- Transglobal corporations and world development