2.2: Corporation—General Characteristics and Formation
After reading this chapter, you should understand the following:
- The historical background of the corporation
- How partnerships compare with corporations
- What the corporation is as a legal entity, and how corporate owners can lose limited liability by certain actions
- How corporations are classified
The corporation is the dominant form of the business enterprise in the modern world. As a legal entity, it is bound by much of the law discussed in the preceding chapters. However, as a significant institutional actor in the business world, the corporation has a host of relationships that have called forth a separate body of law.