Universal Bibliography/Law/Company

Type classification: this is a bibliography resource.

This page is part of a pan-jurisdictional bibliography of law. This part of the Universal Bibliography is a bibliography of company law.

This section includes, in particular, books on the law of unincorporated companies (which is not corporate law).

  • Gore-Brown on Companies. 45th Ed: looseleaf: 2004 onwards. 44th Ed: looseleaf: 1986 onwards.
  • Mayson, French and Ryan on Company Law. 36th Ed: 2019: [1]
  • Smith and Keenan's Company Law. 18th Ed: 2019: [2]. 17th Ed: 2016: [3]. 16th Ed: 2013. 15th Ed: 2011. 14th Ed: 2009. 13th Ed: 2005: [4]. 12th Ed: 2002. 11th Ed: 1999. 10th Ed: 1996. 9th Ed: 1993. 8th Ed: 1990. 7th Ed: 1987. 6th Ed: 1986. 5th Ed: 1983. 4th Ed: 1981. 3rd Ed: 1976. 2nd Ed: 1970. 1st Ed: 1966.
  • Charlesworth's Company Law. 18th Ed: 2010: [5]
  • Gower: Principles of Modern Company Law. 11th Ed: 2021: [6]. Gower and Davies' Principles of Modern Company Law.  10th Ed: 2016. 9th Ed: 2012: [7]. 7th Ed: 2003: [8]. 8th Ed: 2008: [9]. Gower's Modern Company Law. Gower's Principles of Modern Company Law. The Principles of Modern Company Law. 1954. 2nd Ed: 1957. 3rd Ed: 1969. 4th Ed: 1979. 5th Ed: 1992. 6th Ed: 1997.
  • Sime and Taylor. Company Law in Practice. (The City Law School). 12th Ed: 2018: [10].
  • Stamp and Simons. Practical Company Law and Corporate Transactions. (The City Library). 3rd Ed: 2011: [11]. 2nd Ed: 2004. 1st Ed: 1998.
  • Tolley's Company Law Handbook. 23rd Ed: 2015: [12].
  • Pettet, Lowry & Reisberg's Company Law. 5th Ed: 2018: [13].
  • Dignam and Lowry. Company Law. (Core Texts). 11th Ed: 2020: [14].
  • Bourne on Company Law. 6th Ed: 2013: [15]
  • Boyle & Birds' Company Law. 9th Ed: 2014: [16].
  • Hannigan. Company Law. 4th Ed: 2016: [17].
  • Pennington. Company Law. 8th Ed: 2001: [18]. 3rd Ed: 1973: [19]. The Principles of Company Law. 1959. 2nd Ed: 1967.
  • Farrar's Company Law. 4th Ed: 1998: [20]. 3rd Ed: 1991. 2nd Ed: 1988.
  • Palmer's Company Law. 25th Ed: looseleaf: 1992 onwards. 24th Ed: 1987: [21]. 23rd Ed: 1982. 22nd Ed: 1976: [22]. 21st Ed: 1968. 1st Ed: 1898.
  • Palmer's Company Precedents. 17th Ed: 1956. Review: [23].
  • Topham and Ivamy's Company Law. 16th Ed: 1978. 15th Ed: 1974. 14th Ed: 1970. 13th Ed: 1967. Topham's Company Law.
  • Farrar, Harry. Elements of Company Law. 4th Ed: 1945: [24].
  • Applebee. The Essentials of Company Law. 1949. [25].
  • Emery. An Encyclopaedia of Company Law and Practice. 1920. [26]
  • Steibel. Company Law and Precedents. 2nd Ed: 1920: [27]
  • Lindley. Law of Partnership and Companies. 4th Ed: 1878.
  • McLaughlin. Unlocking Company Law. 3rd Ed: 2015: [28].
  • Davies. Introduction to Company Law. 2002. 2nd Ed: 2010: [29].

Scotland

  • Smith and Keenan's Company Law. Scottish Edition. 13th Ed: 2005: [30].
  • Pillans and Bourne. Scottish Company Law. 2nd Ed: 1999: [31].

Ireland

  • Keane on Company Law. 5th Ed: 2016: [32].
  • Courtney, Hutchinson and O'Leary. The Law of Companies. 4th Ed: 2016: [33].
  • Ellis. Modern Irish Company Law. Jordans. 2001. [34]
  • Thuillier. Company Law in Ireland. 2nd Ed: 2015: [35].
  • Callanan. An Introduction to Irish Company Law. 4th Ed: 2015: [36].

New Zealand

See Company law of New Zealand

Text, cases and materials

  • Sealy and Worthington's Text, Cases, and Materials in Company Law. 11th Ed: 2016: [37].

Metabibliography

  • Bibliography on Company Law. Commission of the European Communities. 1984. Documentation Bulletin B/15. Brussels. October 1983. Bibliographie sur le droit des sociétés. January 1979. Catalogues and commentary: [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43]
  • Hilderbert Kirchner (ed). Bibliographie zum Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht, 1950 bis 1985. Walter de Gruyter. 1989. [44]. Bibliographie zum Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht 1986 bis 1995. 1998. [45]. (German group law or company law)
  • "Bibliography on Company Law" (1981) 19 Company News and Notes 102
  • "Bibliography of Company Law" (1980) 18 Company News and Notes 69

History

  • Wells (ed). Research Handbook on the History of Corporate and Company Law. 2018. [46]
  • McQueen. A Social History of Company Law. Ashgate. 2009. Routledge. 2016. [47]
  • Formoy. The Historical Foundations of Modern Company Law. 1923. [48]

Joint stock companies edit

  • Thomas Eustace Smith. Smith on Joint Stock Companies. A Summary of the Law of Companies. 14th Ed: 1929: [49]. 13th Ed: 1923. Smith's Summary of Joint Stock Companies' Law under the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908. 11th Ed: 1909. Smith's Summary of Joint Stock Companies' Law. 10th Ed: 1908. 9th Ed: 1906. 8th Ed: 1903. 7th Ed: 1901. Review: [50]. 5th Ed: 1891: [51]. A Summary of the Law of Companies. 3rd Ed: 1885: [52]. A Summary of Joint Stock Companies Law. 2nd Ed: 1881. 1st Ed: 1878: [53].
  • Thring on Joint Stock Companies. Thring's Joint Stock Companies Law. 5th Ed: 1889. 4th Ed: 1880. 3rd Ed: 1875: [54]. Commentary: [55]. 2nd Ed: 1867 or 1868. Supplement: 1863. 1st Ed: 1861.
  • Jordan's Joint Stock Companies. Jordan on Joint Stock Companies. 11th Ed: 1887. 6th Ed: 1878.
  • Healy on Joint Stock Companies. 1875.
  • Cox on Joint Stock Companies. 7th Ed: 1870.
  • Shelford on Joint Stock Companies. 2nd Ed: 1870. 1863: [56].
  • Wordworth. The Law of Joint Stock Companies. 3rd Ed: 1842: [57]. 4th Ed: 1845: [58].

Scotland

  • Cameron on Joint Stock Companies. 1874.
  • Clark on Partnership and Joint Stock Companies in Scotland. 1866.

Canada

  • Stephen's Joint Stock Companies in Canada. Canadian Joint Stock Companies. 1881. [59]

Periodicals edit

  • The Company Lawyer (1980 onwards) (Oyez, Sweet & Maxwell) [60]. Commentary: [61] [62]
  • Company Law Journal [63]
  • International Company and Commercial Law Review

Australia

  • Company and Securities Law Journal