As attention moves rapidly towards comparative approaches, the research and teaching of company law has somehow lagged behind. The overall purpose of this book is therefore to fill a gap in the literature by identifying whether conceptual differences between countries exist. Rather than concentrate on whether the institutional structure of the corporation varies across jurisdictions, the objective of this book will be pursued by focusing on specific cases and how different countries might treat each of these cases. The book also has a public policy dimension, because the existence or absence of differences may lead to the question of whether formal harmonisation of company law is necessary. The book covers 10 legal systems. With respect to countries of the European Union, it focuses on the most populous countries (Germany, France, the UK, Spain, Italy and Poland) as well as two smaller Member States (Finland and Latvia). In addition, the laws of two of the world's largest economies (the US and Japan) are included for the purposes of wider comparison. All of these jurisdictions are subjected to scrutiny by deploying a comparative case-based study. On the basis of these case solutions, various conclusions are reached, some of which challenge established orthodoxies in the field of comparative company law.
1. A Case-Based Approach to Comparative Company Law David Cabrelli and Mathias SiemsPART 1: DIRECTORS' DUTIES AND LIABILITY2. General Case on Directors' Duties Theis Klauberg3. Duties of Nominee Directors D Gordon Smith4. Obligations of Directors in Takeovers Pablo Iglesias-Rodriguez5. Cross-Border Takeovers and Takeover DefencesLena NordmanPART 2: CREDITOR PROTECTION6. Piercing the Corporate Veil Hisaei Ito and Hiroyuki Watanabe7. Capital Maintenance Michal Z?urek and Kamil SzmidPART 3: SHAREHOLDER PROTECTION8. Shareholders and Shareholder LawPierre-Henri Conac9. Abuse of Shareholder Rights? Mathias Siems10. Shareholders' Rights and Litigation David Cabrelli11. Limitations on the Shareholder's Right to Transfer Shares Marco Ventoruzzo and Corrado MalbertiPART 4: CONCLUSION12. Form, Style and Substance in Comparative Company Law Mathias Siems and David Cabrelli
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