Business Law Ultra Vires
British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Is the Doctrine of Ultra Vires Dead? Author(s): R. Baxt Source: The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr., 1971), pp. 301315 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/758032 . Accessed: 26/04/2013 02:48
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IS THE DOCTRINE OF ULTRA VIRES DEAD?
MOST traditions die hard and it seems that, despite a long and often
apparently successful defensive campaign, the supporters of the doctrine of ultra vires would probably now admit that if the doctrine is not dead it is no more than a "walking corpse." 2 In Australia this has been brought about by two developments, and in the U.K. the first development is expected shortly to be introduced by amendment to the Companies Act. The first, a statutory development, is seen in the introduction into the Companies Acts of the various Australian territories and states, of provisions which are aimed at giving to companies almost unlimited powers and
Is the Doctrine of Ultra Vires Dead? Author(s): R. Baxt Source: The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr., 1971), pp. 301315 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/758032 . Accessed: 26/04/2013 02:48
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IS THE DOCTRINE OF ULTRA VIRES DEAD?
MOST traditions die hard and it seems that, despite a long and often
apparently successful defensive campaign, the supporters of the doctrine of ultra vires would probably now admit that if the doctrine is not dead it is no more than a "walking corpse." 2 In Australia this has been brought about by two developments, and in the U.K. the first development is expected shortly to be introduced by amendment to the Companies Act. The first, a statutory development, is seen in the introduction into the Companies Acts of the various Australian territories and states, of provisions which are aimed at giving to companies almost unlimited powers and