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The emerging critiques toward the conception of directors' duties

It has long been established that directors and other officers owe their duties to the company alone. Originated from common law, this rule, although have been strictly applied by the courts in Malaysia to draw the borderline between the interests of a company and its members, it does not mean th...

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Main Authors: Hussin@Mohamad, Ab Rahman, Kamaliah, Salleh
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2016
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K Law (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1007/1/FH03-FUHA-17-08050.pdf
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spelling my-unisza-ir.10072020-11-05T06:20:15Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1007/ The emerging critiques toward the conception of directors' duties Hussin@Mohamad, Ab Rahman Kamaliah, Salleh K Law (General) It has long been established that directors and other officers owe their duties to the company alone. Originated from common law, this rule, although have been strictly applied by the courts in Malaysia to draw the borderline between the interests of a company and its members, it does not mean that directors can simply act without taking into account the interests of members who invested their monies into the company‘s capital. This study aims to investigate the reasons for the critiques against the rule arise. The methodology used in this study is an analysis of the literature review, such as books, articles, and court cases related. The study exposes various views highlighted by the experts commenting on the rule and its application in law, as well as the needs for the rule to be revisited. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1007/1/FH03-FUHA-17-08050.pdf Hussin@Mohamad, Ab Rahman and Kamaliah, Salleh (2016) The emerging critiques toward the conception of directors' duties. In: ICLAS 2016, 18-19 Apr 2016, THAILAND.
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Hussin@Mohamad, Ab Rahman
Kamaliah, Salleh
The emerging critiques toward the conception of directors' duties
description It has long been established that directors and other officers owe their duties to the company alone. Originated from common law, this rule, although have been strictly applied by the courts in Malaysia to draw the borderline between the interests of a company and its members, it does not mean that directors can simply act without taking into account the interests of members who invested their monies into the company‘s capital. This study aims to investigate the reasons for the critiques against the rule arise. The methodology used in this study is an analysis of the literature review, such as books, articles, and court cases related. The study exposes various views highlighted by the experts commenting on the rule and its application in law, as well as the needs for the rule to be revisited.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Hussin@Mohamad, Ab Rahman
Kamaliah, Salleh
author_facet Hussin@Mohamad, Ab Rahman
Kamaliah, Salleh
author_sort Hussin@Mohamad, Ab Rahman
title The emerging critiques toward the conception of directors' duties
title_short The emerging critiques toward the conception of directors' duties
title_full The emerging critiques toward the conception of directors' duties
title_fullStr The emerging critiques toward the conception of directors' duties
title_full_unstemmed The emerging critiques toward the conception of directors' duties
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