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PART I. COMPANIES AND COMPANY LAW -- 1. The nature and functions of companies -- 2. The origins of company law -- 3. Regulating companies -- Part II. A COMPANY AS A CORPORATE ENTITY -- 4. Incorporation and its consequences -- 5. Formation, promotion and establishment of a company -- Part III. THE LAW OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- 6. Corporate governance rules -- 7. The board of directors and the general meeting -- 8. Acting properly, in the interests of the company, and with care -- 9. Conflicts of interest and special cases -- 10. Members' remedies -- 11. Accounts, audit and disclosure -- PART IV. CORPORATE LIABILITY -- 12. Corporate capacity -- 13. Authority to act for a company -- 14. A company's assent to transactions -- 15. Validation and ratification of defective transactions -- 16. A company's liability for civil and criminal wrongs -- PART V. CORPORATE FINANCE -- 17. Equity finance -- 18. Dividends -- 19. Debt finance -- 20. Protection of creditors -- 21. Dealings with security holdings -- 22. Fundraising by issue and sale of securities -- PART VI. CORPORATE CONTROL AND RESTRUCTURING -- 23. Takeovers and disclosure of shareholdings -- 24. Corporate reorganisation and elimination of minority holdings -- Part VII. EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATION -- 25. Receivership -- 26. Voluntary administration -- 27. Winding up