Talk:Companies law
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Can anyone add something me the legal discipline of corporate pyramids in the US, please? Regards, Ermes
[edit] The connection with other pages
There are pages on:
1. Companies law 2. Company law 3. Business organizations 4. Incorporation (business) 5. Corporation
...just for a start. Now the main problem is the terminology, which isn't entirely shared between the States on the one hand and England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, S. Africa, India, etc on the other hand. In the latter I think it's right to say that when we talk about "companies law" then that includes partnerships, etc - i.e. unincorporated companies, without separate legal personality and limited liability. Whereas in the States, obviously, corporations law is only about the companies which are "incorporated". Really, there ought to be two main pages, one on companies generally, one on the specific kind of company that everyone knows about, the ltd, the plc, the Inc, the pty ltd. In that list above, it seems to me that 4 and 5 ought to be merged, because they're already the same thing; and then 3 and 1 should cover the same subject matter (i.e. the wider scope of companies law). )2 4 and 5 are dealing with the same thing really, although 2 can focus more on law, while 4 and 5 can bring in all the sociological stuff that seems popular at the moment, criticisms etc). But what I am wondering is maybe this page, which is still rather stubbish (although has good content for the bits it covers) ought to be renamed Companies law, because you can't begin to talk partnerships when you refer to corporations, for instance. The current content then could be broadened into a wider discussion on all companies or moved into the Company law page. Hope that isn't all too complicated to follow! Please leave your thoughts. Wikidea 11:05, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- Or, having more of a think, perhaps Corporations law could be a page for the big type, and then companies law, for the whole spectrum of firms? Wikidea 11:14, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I think it might make more sense to have a 'business organizations' page that points to the various forms of organizations.
The Commonwealth and US law pages discussing forms of organizations used for business should be separated: 'companies law (commonwealth)' and 'US corporate law', perhaps. The substantive and terminology differences between US and Commonwealth jurisdictions really make it impractical and confusing to try to discuss details without being explicit about what jurisdiction is being discussed. Conant Webb 12:54, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Page merge
I've changed it to companies law, because this page is talking about all company forms, not only those who are incorporated (i.e. separte legal personality, usually with limited liability of members). I also want to suggest that this have the page "business organisations" merged in. There is no need to have two pages covering the same thing, and both need a legal perspective and the more general discussion. Wikidea 10:36, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
