Directors and Standards: The Problem of Insufficient Guidance

This thesis identifies two areas within Canadian corporate law where the case law has provided insufficient guidance, and tests the usefulness of an American theory of director liability as an aid to understanding this case law and the legislation it interprets. This theory has been termed the “implied contract approach”, and was developed by Robert J. Rhee. The two areas concern: if and when directors must consider the interests of stakeholder groups, otherwise known as the “stakeholder debate”, and when directors should be protected from personal liability when acting in the course of their duties.

Name thesis:degree_name

LLM

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Law

Grantor dc:publisher

The University of Western Ontario

Year dc:date.issued

2016

Author dc:creator

• Sopow, Nikolas

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Randal Graham

• corporate law
• director liability
• stakeholder
• personal liability
• business judgment rule

Language dc:language.iso

en_ca

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14721/34112

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uwo.scholaris.ca:20.500.14721/34112