Reading list titles
The following are held at the Reserve Collection Desk
The LawBod has earlier editions are at Cw UK 525 S449a (sec coll).
Corporate law quick start
Printed resources
General works on English corporation/company law are to be found in the main Reading Room with shelfmarks beginning Company/Corporation Law KN261. Use the Texts tab (above) to discover other important shelfmarks for this topic.
Works on corporation law for other jurisdications will be shelved within the textbooks for that country; comparative and surveys of corporation laws will be in the General section.
To search the catalogue for the subject use Corporation law +country(optional).
Law Library: Reserve Collection
When you search SOLO for texts you may find - especially if the text is recommended on an undergrad reading list - that the location is shown as "Law Library Reserve Collection." Armed with your University Card/Reader's Ticket and desk number, please ask for these books at the Reserve Collection desk in the Reading Room and they will be issued to you for use in the Library.
Encyclopedic approach
To learn the current state of English law on any particular subject from print sources, you need to consult
Halsbury’s Laws of England shelved in the main Reading Room at K1. This directs you to the key case law and legislation. Halsbury's Laws is a multivolume work, currently moving between editions. The volumes for this topic are:
Companies v. 7, v. 14 5th ed
Corporations v. 9
Financial Services v.18 4th ed, v.48 5th ed
You will also need to use the updating volumes.
Need to find leading cases?
The Digest : annotated British, Commonwealth and European cases shelved in the main Reading Room Cw UK 150 E58a3. This service uses the same subject headings as Halsbury’s Laws
Need to find key legislation?
Halsbury’s Statutes - shelved in the main Reading Room Cw UK 030 H196b. This services uses the same subject headings as Halsbury’s Laws
- Lexis®Library For OU members only. Among the UK Sources are Halsbury's Laws of England, Halsbury's Statutes, Halsbury's Is it in force?, Halsbury's Annotations, Halsbury's Statutes & SI Citators & Halsbury's Weekly Review. It is possible to brows titles individually or search across one or more.
- BIS: Company and partnership lawFree resource. Department for Business Information and Skills (BIS) portal to "Information on the law governing the establishment and operation of limited companies and partnerships - including Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs). Includes current policy developments, the implementation and evaluation of the Companies Act 2006 and European company law."
- FRC's Publications on Corporate GovernanceFree resource. The Financial Reporting Council is the UK’s independent regulator responsible for promoting high quality corporate governance inter alia. Publications available to download include UK Corporate Governance Code.
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