Universal Bibliography/Law/Corporations

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

This section includes, in particular, books on the law of corporations sole (which is not necessarily company law).


 * Gordon and Ringe (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance. 2018.
 * Fletcher Cyclopedia of the Law of Corporations
 * Hamilton and Freer. The Law of Corporations in a Nutshell. 6th Ed: 2011:.
 * Emanuel. Corporations and other Business Entities. (Emanuel Law Outlines). 8th Ed: 2020:.


 * Soderquist on Corporate Law and Practice. 3rd Ed: 2007: . 4th Ed: 2012.


 * Deutsch and Bianco. The Law of Corporations. 1976.
 * White, William R. Law of Corporations. (Pace Business Law Series, unit 4). Pace & Pace. 1959.
 * Ballantine on Corporations. 1927. 2nd Ed: 1946:.
 * Ballantine's Manual of Corporation Law and Practice. 1930.
 * Thompson on Corporations. Thompson and Thompson. Commentaries on the Law of Corporations. 3rd Ed: 1927: . Commentaries on the Law of Private Corporations. 1895: . 2nd Ed: 1908:.
 * Cook. The Principles of Corporation Law. 1925.
 * Cook on Corporations. Cook on Corporations as affected by Statutes and Constitutions. 1889: . Review:.
 * Cook on Corporations. Cook on Stock and Stockholders. 1887: . Cook on Stock and Stockholders and General Corporation Law. 2nd Ed: 1889: . A Treatise on the Law of Corporations having a Capital Stock. 4th Ed: 1898: . 5th Ed: 1903. 6th Ed: 1908. 7th Ed: 1913: . 8th Ed: 1923: . Commentary:.
 * Machen. A Treatise on the Modern Law of Corporations. 1908.
 * Carr. The General Principals of the Law of Corporations. 1905.
 * Root on Corporations. Root's Corporation Laws. The Law of Corporations. 1872: . 4th Ed: 1890.
 * Haviland on Corporations. 1890.
 * Waterman on Corporations. 1888.
 * Binmore. Corporator's Manual. 1881: . 2nd Ed: 1884.


 * Overland. A Manual of Statutory Corporation Law.
 * Cumming and Gilbert. Corporation Laws of all the States.
 * Corbin's Corporation Laws. Corbin's New Jersey Corporation Laws. The Act Concerning Corporations in the State of New Jersey. 5th Ed: 1888. 7th Ed: 1892: . 14th Ed: 1908:.
 * Freedley's Corporation Laws. General Corporation Laws of Pennsylvania. 1882: . 2nd Ed: 1890.
 * Meredith's Corporation Laws of Pennsylvania. Corporation Laws. Formation and Regulation of Corporations in Pennsylvania.
 * Watts' Corporation Laws. Watts' Missouri Corporation Laws. 1889. Review: . 3rd Ed: 1903.


 * Brewer and Laubscher. Corporations other than Municipal. 2nd Ed: 1886.
 * Southworth and Jones on Manufacturing and Business Corporations. 2nd Ed: 1890.
 * Tucker on Business Corporations. 1883.
 * McMaster. Certain Business Corporations. 1890.
 * Hunt. Laws relating to Religious Corporations. 1882.


 * Wait on Insolvent Corporations. 1888.

Australia
 * Harris, Hargovan and Adams. Australian Corporate Law. 6th Ed: 2017. 5th Ed: 2016: . 3rd Ed: 2011. 2nd Ed: 2009.
 * Bottomley, Hall, Spender and Nosworthy. Contemporary Australian Corporate Law. 1st Ed: 2018: . 2nd Ed: 2020:.

New Zealand

See Corporate law of New Zealand

Private corporations
 * Kyd, Stewart. Kyd on Corporations. London. 1793 to 1794.
 * Grant, James. Grant on Corporations. London: 1850: . Philadephia: 1854:.


 * Taylor on Private Corporations. Law of Private Corporations. 2nd Ed: 1888. 3rd Ed: 1894: . 5th Ed: 1902.
 * Clark and Marshall. Marshall on Private Corporations. 1901.
 * Smith, W W. Smith on Private Corporations. 1889. Review:.
 * Beach on Private Corporations. 1891.
 * Morawetz on Private Corporations. 1882. 2nd Ed: 1886.
 * Angell and Ames on Corporations. Angell and Ames on Private Corporations. 11th Ed: 1882.
 * Boone on Corporations. 1882.
 * Potter on Corporations. 1879. 1881:.
 * Field, GW. Field on Corporations. Field on Private Corporations. 1877. 2nd Ed: 1883.


 * Brice's Ultra Vires. Brice on Ultra Vires. 2nd Ed: 1877. 2nd American Ed: 1880.
 * Green's Edition of Brice on Ultra Vires.
 * Thompson, S D. Thompson on Liability of Officers of Corporations. 1880.
 * Thompson, S D. Thompson on Liability of Stockholders. 1879.
 * Shirley, John M. The Dartmouth College Case. 1879.


 * Benjamin V Abbott and Austin Abbott. Digest of the Law of Corporations. Volume 1. 1869. Volume 2: Supplementary Volume. 1879. Supplement: 1882:.

Cases
 * Withrow and Binmore. American Corporation Cases. 1872 onwards.
 * American and English Corporation Cases. 1884 onwards.

Cases and materials
 * Coffee, Gilson, Quinn. Cases and Materials on Corporations. 9th Ed: 2022: . Choper, Coffee and Gilson. Cases and Materials on Corporations. Aspen Publishers. 7th Ed: 2008.
 * Bauman. Corporations: Law and Policy: Materials and Problems. (American Casebook Series). 7th Ed: 2010: . Thomson-West. 5th Ed: 2005: . ISBN 9780314162052. 4th Ed: 1998: . 2001 Supplement. 2002 Supplement:.
 * Cary and Eisenberg's Cases and Materials on Corporations. Cary. 4th Ed. 1977 Supplement: . 1978 Special Supplement:.
 * Hamilton's Cases on Corporations.
 * Jennings and Buxbaum's Cases and Materials on Corporations
 * Henn. Cases and Materials on the Laws of Corporations. (American Casebook Series). 3rd Ed: 1974:.
 * Prashker. Cases and Materials on the Law of Corporations. 2nd Ed: 1949:.
 * Ballatine and Lattin. Cases and Materials on the Law of Corporations. 1939.
 * Warren. Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Private Corporations. 2nd Ed: 1916:
 * Wormser. Illustrative Cases on Corporations. 3rd Ed: 1916:.
 * Tompkins. Cases on Corporations. 2nd Ed: 1903:.
 * Shepard. Cases on Corporations. 1896.
 * Smith, Walter Denton. Cases on the Law of Corporations. 1896.
 * Cummings Cases on Corporations.

Manufacturing corporations
 * John F Baker. Baker's New York Corporation Laws. Baker on Manufacturing Corporations in New York. 1876.
 * Batchelder's Law of Massachusetts Manufacturing Corporations.  Manufacturing Corporations in Massachusetts. 1869.

Periodicals
 * Australian Journal of Corporate Law