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- Book Review of Rachel Leow’s, Corporation Attribution in Private Law
Book Review of Rachel Leow’s, Corporation Attribution in Private Law
Year of Publication: 2023
Month of Publication: 2
Author(s): Hans Tjio
Research Area(s): Corporate Law
Name of Working Paper Series:
NUS Law Working Paper No. 2023/008
NUS EW Barker Centre for Law & Business Working Paper 23/02
WPS Paper Number: LAW-WPS-2308
Abstract:
Attribution of the acts, knowledge and liability of employees and agents of a company is one of the most important and litigated parts of private law. Yet for a long time we relied on metaphysical concepts like “directing mind and will” in finding out who should be the company for a particular transaction. The courts then switched to an overly contextual approach that may have made things more uncertain. Dr Leow’s book is a laudable attempt at providing a conceptual framework that balances both doctrine and context by focusing on the delegation and the proper exercise of power within the company.