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Corporate Finance Under The Georgia Business Corporation Code Of 1968, Pasco M. Bowman Ii
Corporate Finance Under The Georgia Business Corporation Code Of 1968, Pasco M. Bowman Ii
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This Article will review the financial provisions of the new Georgia Business Corporation Code (B.C.C.), which will become effective April 1, 1969. On that date, the Code will automatically apply to virtually all existing domestic business corporations, other than banks, trust companies, railroads, and the several other types of corporations which obtain their charters from the Secretary of State. Existing domestic insurance companies will be subject to the B.C.C. to the same extent as they are now subject to the present general corporation law. The financial provisions of the B.C.C. are found primarily in Chapter 22.5, entitled "Corporate Finance." Key …
The Texas Gulf Sulphur Opinion In The Appellate Court: An Open Door To Federal Control Of Corporations, Robert N. Leavell
The Texas Gulf Sulphur Opinion In The Appellate Court: An Open Door To Federal Control Of Corporations, Robert N. Leavell
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has written an opinion in the Texas Gulf Sulphur case which seems to me unfortunate and in large part unnecessary. This comment is a brief statement of why I feel this to be the case.
Georgia's New Statutory Liability For Manufacturers: An Inadequate Legislative Response, E. Hunter Taylor Jr.
Georgia's New Statutory Liability For Manufacturers: An Inadequate Legislative Response, E. Hunter Taylor Jr.
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During its 1968 session the Georgia Legislature passed a bill intending to create a right of action in tort, independent of negligence, in favor of consumers, users or other foreseeably affected parties against manufacturers of defective products. While Georgia has been in need of judicial or legislative action in this realm, it is the author's thesis that the recently enacted statute is unsatisfactory and should be redrafted. The purpose of this article is as follows: (1) to describe and trace historically the problems which have been encountered in providing legal protection to the individual for injury caused by defective goods; …