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The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach
from: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 346
EAN: 9780199260645
ISBN: 0199260648
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 248
Publication Date: May 20, 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Editorial Review:
This book is a concise analytical overview of the field of corporate law. The authors start from the premise that corporate (or company) law across jurisdictions addresses the same three basic agency problems:
(1) the opportunism of managers vis-a-vis shareholders;
(2) the opportunism of controlling shareholders vis-a-vis minority shareholders; and
(3) the opportunism of shareholders as a class vis-a-vis other corporate constituencies, such as corporate creditors and employees.
Every jurisdiction must address these problems in a variety of contexts framed by the corporation's internal dynamics and its interactions with the product, labor, capital, and takeover markets. The authors' central claim, however, is that corporate (or company) forms are fundamentally similar and that, to a surprising degree, jurisdictions pick from among the same handful of legal strategies--although not always the same strategy--to address the three basic agency issues.
This book explains in detail how (and why) the principal European jurisdictions, Japan, and the United States sometimes select identical legal strategies to address a given corporate law problem, and sometimes make divergent choices. After an introductory discussion of agency issues and legal strategies, the book addresses the basic governance structure of the corporation, including the powers of the board of directors and the shareholders meeting. It proceeds to creditor protection measures, related-party transactions, and fundamental corporate actions such as mergers and charter amendments. Finally, it concludes with an examination of friendly acquisitions, hostile takeovers, and the regulation of the capital markets. This book should be of great interest to scholars and students of corporate and comparative law and to persons interested in business, finance, and economics who wish to deepen their understanding of corporate law.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - The Anatomy of Corporate law: A comparative and funcional approach
Exccellent book, oth for lawyer and economists,
Katra
Rating: - Great book
I do agree with the former reviewer. This is a great book if you do want a comparative perspective of corporate law. It is concentrating on how different legal systems have solved the same problems with minority shareholders, agnecy costs etc. with examples from Japan to US to Europe. We are using it as required reading on two different law school courses.
Rating: - Work of excellene
A first time global review of corporate law explaining everything. I loved it
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