Corporate Law and the Theory of the Firm

<p>Dozens of judicial opinions have held that shareholders own corporations that directors are agents of shareholders and even that directors are trustees of shareholders’ property. Yet until now it has never been proven. These doctrines rest on unsubstantiated assumptions. </p><p>In this book the author performs a rigorous systematic analysis of common law contract law property law agency law partnership law trust law and corporate statutory law using judicial rulings that prove shareholders do not own corporations that there is no separation of ownership and control directors are not agents of shareholders and shareholders are not investors in corporations. Furthermore the author proves the theory of the firm which is founded on the separation of ownership and control and directors as agents of shareholders promotes an agenda that wilfully ignores fundamental property law and agency law. However since shareholders do not own the corporation and directors are not agents of shareholders the theory of the firm collapses.</p><p>The book corrects decades of confusion and misguided research in corporate law and the economic theory of the firm and will allow readers to understand how property law agency law and economics contradict each other when applied to corporate law. It will appeal to researchers and upper-level and graduate students in economics finance accounting law and sociology as well as attorneys and accountants.</p>