Companies law

Company · Business Sole proprietorship

Partnership (General · Limited · LLP)

Corporation Cooperative

United States

S corporation · C corporation LLC · LLLP · Series LLC Delaware corporation Nevada corporation Massachusetts business trust

UK / Ireland / Commonwealth

Limited company (by shares · by guarantee Public · Proprietary)

Community interest company

European Union / EEA

SE · SCE · SPE · EEIG

Elsewhere

AB · AG · ANS · A/S · AS · GmbH K.K. · N.V. · OY · S.A. · more

Doctrines

Corporate governance Limited liability · Ultra vires Business judgment rule Internal affairs doctrine

De facto corporation and corporation by estoppel

Piercing the corporate veil Rochdale Principles

Related areas

Contract · Civil procedure

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Commercial law (sometimes known as business law) is the body of law which governs business and commercial transactions. It is often considered to be a branch of civil law and deals both with issues of private law and public law.

Commercial law includes within its compass such titles as principal and agent; carriage by land and sea; merchant shipping; guarantee; marine, fire, life and accident insurance; bills of exchange and partnership. It can also be understood to regulate corporate contracts, hiring practices, and the manufacture and sales of consumer goods. Many countries have adopted civil codes which contain comprehensive statements of their commercial law. In the United States, commercial law is the province of both the United States Congress under its power to regulate interstate commerce and the states under their police power. Efforts have been made to create a unified body of commercial law in the US; the most successful of these attempts has resulted in the general adoption of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Various regulatory schemes control how commerce is conducted. Privacy laws, safety laws (i.e. the Occupational Safety and Health Act in the United States), food and drug laws are some examples.

[edit] See also

• List of business law topics
• Contracts
• Corporate law
• Intellectual property
• Letter of credit
• Negotiable instrument
• Property law
• Financial regulation
• Tax law
• Arbitration

[edit] External links

• topical listing of US commercial law from Cornell's Legal Information Institute
• http://www.llmstudy.com/editorial/llmbusiness/ Useful Info about Commercial Law masters programmes
• 100s of Answers to Basic Business Law Questions

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