International Corporate Law - Volume 1.

Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Members of the Advisory Committee on International Corporate Law -- Contributions to the Next Volume of International Corporate Law -- 1. The Role of the State in Corporate Law Formation -- 2. Public Beginnings, Private Ends - Should Corporate Law Privilege the Interests of Shareholders? -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC BEGINNINGS, PRIVATE ENDS -- CORPORATE FINANCE-THE BLURRING OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN DEBT AND EQUITY -- THE CORPORATION AS EMPLOYER-THE BLURRING OFTHE BOUNDARY BETWEEN EMPLOYEES AND SHAREHOLDERS -- NORMATIVE ASPECTS-COLLECTIVISATION OF SHAREHOLDER/MANAGEMENT INTERESTS AND 'THE SUPERMODEL SYNDROME' IN EXECUTIVE REMUNERATION -- 3. Scenes From a Wharf: Containing the Morality of Corporate Law -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PATRICK DISPUTE -- CORPORATE LAW MORALITY EXPLORED -- 'THE UPROAR OUTSIDE' -- THE FEDERAL COURT -- THE HIGH COURT: STRATEGIC INSOLVENCY AND MURDER BY DEATH -- CONCLUSION -- 4. Director's Liabilities to Third Parties -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW OF SOME EUROPEAN LAWS -- THE JAPANESE SITUATION -- CONCLUSION -- 5. Protecting Minority and Public Interests in Nigerian Company Law: The Corporate Affairs Commission as Corporations Ombudsman -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CAC: ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS -- THE CAC AND THE POWER OF INVESTIGATION -- WINDING UP OF COMPANIES IN LIQUIDATION: THE ROLE OF THE CAC -- POWER OVER MORIBUND COMPANIES -- EXPANDING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CAC? -- A GENERAL OVERVIEW -- CONCLUSION -- 6. The Current US Tax Controversy over International Hybrid Entities -- INTRODUCTION -- DOMESTIC US DEVELOPMENT -- INTERNATIONAL US DEVELOPMENT -- THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL BATTLEGROUND -- CONCLUSION.

7. Environmental Challenges for Japanese Corporations in the Twenty-first Century: Legal Aspects of Corporate Environmental Risk Management -- INTRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY OF CORPORATIONS AND CORPORATE MANAGEMENT: LEGAL THEORETICAL APPROACH -- CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS -- THE ROLE OF INSURANCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- 8. Takeover Bids in Japan -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TOB REGULATION -- THE CURRENT SITUATION AND ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE -- 9. Legitimating Global Corporate Power -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERNATIONALISATION VERSUS GLOBALISATION -- IS THERE A GLOBAL CORPORATE SECTOR? -- GLOBALISATION THROUGH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT -- 10. Australia and the UK on the Quest for Best Corporate Governance Practice -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND TO CLERP AND THE CLER BILL -- THE PROPOSED REFORMS -- CURRENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK -- COMPARING THE UK AND AUSTRALIAN APPROACHES TO DISCLOSURE -- SUCCESS OF THE PROPOSED REFORMS -- CONCLUSION -- 11. Japan's Current Move Towards Corporate Statutory Reform: Is it a Breakthrough to a New Era? -- INTRODUCTION -- ENACTMENT OF SPECIAL LEGISLATION -- PROPOSED CORPORATE LEGAL REFORM REGARDING PARENT-SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES -- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- REFORM FOR RESURGENCE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- FUTURE PROSPECTS -- 12. Improving Nigeria's Investment Climate: Recent Developments -- INTRODUCTION -- THE NIPC DECREE -- THE FEMM DECREE -- OTHER MEASURES -- 13. Recent Developments in UK Company Law -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONTEXT OF REFORM -- THE TIME SCALE FOR REFORM -- THE SHAPE OF LAW REFORM -- CONCLUSION -- Index.

This book contains essays and country reports from across the globe in the area of international and comparative corporate law.

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