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The Anatomy of Corporate Law - A Comparative and Functional Approach (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
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The Anatomy of Corporate Law - A Comparative and Functional Approach (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
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This is the long-awaited third edition of this highly regarded
comparative overview of corporate law. This edition has been
comprehensively revised and updated to reflect the profound changes
in corporate law and governance practices that have taken place
since the previous edition. These include numerous regulatory
changes following the financial crisis of 2007-09 and the changing
landscape of governance, especially in the US, with the ever more
central role of institutional investors as (active) owners of
corporations. The geographic scope of the coverage has been
broadened to include an important emerging economy, Brazil. In
addition, the book now incorporates analysis of the burgeoning use
of corporate law to protect the interests of "external
constituencies" without any contractual relationship to a company,
in an attempt to tackle broader social and economic problems. The
authors start from the premise that corporations (or companies) in
all jurisdictions share the same key legal attributes: legal
personality, limited liability, delegated management, transferable
shares, and investor ownership. Businesses using the corporate form
give rise to three basic types of agency problems: those between
managers and shareholders as a class; controlling shareholders and
minority shareholders; and shareholders as a class and other
corporate constituencies, such as corporate creditors and
employees. After identifying the common set of legal strategies
used to address these agency problems and discussing their
interaction with enforcement institutions, The Anatomy of Corporate
Law illustrates how a number of core jurisdictions around the world
deploy such strategies. In so doing, the book highlights the many
commonalities across jurisdictions and reflects on the reasons why
they may differ on specific issues. The analysis covers the basic
governance structure of the corporation, including the powers of
the board of directors and the shareholder meeting, both when
management and when a dominant shareholder is in control. It then
analyses the role of corporate law in shaping labor relationships,
protection of external stakeholders, relationships with creditors,
related-party transactions, fundamental corporate actions such as
mergers and charter amendments, takeovers, and the regulation of
capital markets. The Anatomy of Corporate Law has established
itself as the leading book in the field of comparative corporate
law. Across the world, students and scholars at various stages in
their careers, from undergraduate law students to well-established
authorities in the field, routinely consult this book as a starting
point for their inquiries.
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