- published: 23 Jun 2012
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Corporate law (also "company" or "corporations" law) is the study of how shareholders, directors, employees, creditors, and other stakeholders such as consumers, the community and the environment interact with one another. Corporate law is a part of a broader companies law (or law of business associations). Other types of business associations can include partnerships (in the UK governed by the Partnership Act 1890), or trusts (like a pension fund), or companies limited by guarantee (like some community organizations or charities). Under corporate law, corporations of all sizes have separate legal personality, with limited or unlimited liability for its shareholders. Shareholders control the company through a board of directors which, in turn, typically delegates control of the corporation's day-to-day operations to a full-time executive. Corporate law deals with firms that are incorporated or registered under the corporate or company law of a sovereign state or their subnational states. The four defining characteristics of the modern corporation are:
Lines in your forehead, I can see
All your attention divert from me
What could possibly weigh on you so heavily
I can tell you really need some perspective here
Take one small step outside of yourself
The grass looks no greener right here
Take one small step outside of yourself and you’ll find
You’re not the only one
Weight on your shoulders, a tragedy
Is making you older in front of me
Oh, why can’t you see that you’re here in good company
I can see you really need some perspective here
And you’ve fallen out of love with yourself
Yah, well, we’re just all pillars of self-esteem
Take one small step outside of yourself and you’ll find