Foreword: To the First Edition

• Author: Ronald J Daniels
• Profession: Dean, Faculty of Law University of Toronto
• Pages: 21-21

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FOREWORD

To the First Edition

Canadian corporate law is messy. The federal government has its own

corporate law statute, as does each of t he ten provinces. Although there

are similarities among these statutes, there are also substantial differ-

ences. Not only that, but provincial secur ities regulation also regulates

corporate governance and needs to be accounted for in any tre atment of

the Canadian corporate law regime. Further complicating matters are

the many liabilities and duties, based on a range of statutes and com-

mon law doctrines, which regulate corporate behaviour.

Tony VanDuzer has written an indispensable book on the structure

and operation of Canadian partnership and corporate law. Ever mind-

ful of the complexities of the legal regime, he skillfully navigates his

treatise through a number of doctrinal areas and gives the reader an

appreciation of how the system works. He does so in a way that is

sensitive to the distinct market and regulatory environment in which

Canadian corporations operate.

All in all, this book is a distinguished piece of scholarship, and I

commend it to both practitioners and students of corporate law.

Ronald J Daniels

Dean, Faculty of Law

University of Toronto

July 1997