In the face of declining prominence and influence under industrial relations laws regulating Australian workplaces, Australian trade unions appear increasingly to be directing their attention to Corporations Law as a mechanism for pursuing union and employee "voice" within corporate business...

One of the more significant debates in company law concerns the extent to which the interests of creditors should form a part of company law. In recent years, companies, courts and regulators have had to address this issue. Yet there is generally insufficient appreciation of the fact that...

A current securities regulation issue concerns the incorporation, by reference, of documents into prospectuses. The Australian federal government and the Australian Securities Commission have each advanced proposals dealing with this issue. The two proposals are outlined and then a series of...

This brief commentary was presented as part of a round table panel discussion on corporate law research methods and theory. The author outlines a theoretical shift in law and economics as it applies to corporate law. The theoretical shift is from the Berle and Means analysis of the corporation...

This is a revised version of a paper presented at the University of Connecticut. The theme of the conference was corporate groups and the conference was held in honor of Professor Philip Blumberg who is the author of the 7 volume treatise on the Law of Corporate Groups. The article is in four...