Foundations of Business and Company Law

This textbook focuses on the interrelationships between economic elements and legal principles with regard to business and company law. Three jurisdictions are taken into consideration: US, UK, and Italian law (the last of which was chosen as a prototype of continental European legal systems). The economic elements underlying business and company law are actually common to the three legal systems and, consequently, their legal principles and rules are similar despite one jurisdiction (namely, Italy) being based on civil law and the other two on common law. Their similarities are also due to the historical origins of the legal instruments that are covered by the book: partnership law dates back to the Romans, while company law can be traced back to English law. Roman law and English law have influenced, respectively, partnership law and company law around the globe. The book addresses the following topics: proprietorship law, partnership law and company law. For each topic, it first identifies the economic and legal elements that are shared by the three jurisdictions, then explores each one separately to highlight the differences. The textbook is based on over thirty years of research on business and company law conducted by the author in Italy, the UK and US and more than fifteen years of teaching this subject to international students at Luiss G. Carli University of Rome as part of its Bachelor of Economics and Business program.

Presents an innovative and very useful original contribution in the field of business and company law Provides practical examples for readers to understand fundamental legal principles and rules on business and company law Uses a colloquial and dialectical language making the subject more interesting and understandable for students

Auteur

Professor Sabrina Bruno is Full Professor of Business and Company Law since 2024 and previously, since 2017, Full Professor of Private Comparative Law at University of Calabria, as well as Adjunct Professor of Law and Economics (Business and Company Law) at Luiss G. Carli, Rome since 2004. She was Associate Professor of Business and Company Law at University of Calabria (2002-2017). She obtained: a Degree of Master of Letters (M.Litt.) from University of Oxford, Linacre College, (1990-1994); a Ph.D. from University of Florence, (1992-1995); a Law Degree cum laude from Luiss G. Carli, Rome (1983-1987). She was: Visiting Scholar at Stanford Law School (CA, USA) in 2019; Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School (MA, U.S.A.) in 2010; Visiting Scholar at University of Oxford in 2004, 2002, 1999, 1996; Visiting Scholar at Southern Methodist University of Dallas (TX, USA) in 1998; Visiting Scholar at University of California, Davis (CA, USA) in 1995. She is the author of other two monographs (on Role of general meeting of shareholders in corporate governance, CEDAM, 2012 and Liability for damages for misleading information in financial markets, ESI, 2000) and of several articles and chapters published on Italian or international editions in particular on directors' duties and liabilities, sustainability and climate change covering European, Italian, UK and US jurisdictions.

Contenu

1 Introduction.- 2 The Sole Proprietor.- 3 Joint Ownerships: Partnerships.- 4 Public Companies: Introduction and US Law.- 5 Public Companies: UK Law.- 6 European Company Law. Special focus on Italian Company Law.