Global Governance and the Quest for Justice - Volume II : Corporate Governance.

Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Corporate Governance and the Regulation of Business Behaviour -- INTRODUCTION -- MODEST CSR -- REFORMING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE -- RADICAL CSR -- 2. Corporate Governance and Constitutional Law: A Legal Pluralist Perspective -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL RELEVANCE OF THE CORPORATION -- CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGAL PLURALISM -- A (CRITICAL) LEGAL PLURALIST ANALYSIS OF RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONALISM -- CONCLUSION -- 3. Enron and the End of Corporate Governance -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSION -- 4. European Integration and Globalisation: The Experience of Financial Reporting Regulation -- INTRODUCTION -- EU FINANCIAL REPORTING POLICY IN A GLOBALISED CONTEXT -- THE NEW ACCOUNTING LEGISLATION -- THE NEW ACCOUNTING REGIME -- COMING BACK TO GLOBALISATION-THE GENERAL IMPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 5. Imperialism and Accountability in Corporate Law: The Limitations of Incorporation Law as a Regulatory Mechanism -- INTRODUCTION -- VARIETIES OF NATIONAL CONTROL -- MATCHING THE REGULATION TO THE REGULATED -- 6. Creating a Globalised Insolvency Law -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND -- THE EC REGULATION 1346 ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS -- THE MODEL LAW ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY -- OTHER CO-ORDINATION AND HARMONISATION MEASURES -- CONCLUSION -- 7. Global Transparency -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ARGUMENT -- CONCLUSION -- 8. Ecological Modernisation and Environmental Regulation: Corporate Compliance and Accountability -- INTRODUCTION -- CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND EXTERNAL REGULATION -- ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION THROUGH THE LENS OF ECOLOGICAL MODERNISATION -- CORPORATE POWER AND THE CHALLENGE FOR NATIONAL REGULATION -- CONCLUSION -- 9. Legislating for Responsible Corporate Behaviour: Domestic Law Approaches to an International Issue.

ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- IS SELF-REGULATION THE SOLUTION? -- DOMESTIC LAW AND POLICY APPROACHES -- WHAT ACTIONS HAVE GOVERNMENTS TAKEN? -- CONCLUSIONS -- 10. Self-Regulation of Transnational Corporations: Neither Meaningless in Law Nor Voluntary -- INTRODUCTION -- PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE -- LIABILITY OF PARENT COMPANIES -- CONCLUSION -- 11. The IMF and its Relation to Private Banks: Risk Free Banking? -- INTRODUCTION -- THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE IMF -- 12. Towards an Acquisition of Human Rights by way of Business Practices -- INTRODUCTION -- CORPORATIONS AS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE PARTNERS -- SETTING THE SCENE FOR CORPORATE VOLUNTARISM: THE IGO INITIATIVES -- THE VOLUNTARY CODES OF CONDUCT AND HUMAN RIGHTS NEXUS -- CORPORATE VOLUNTARISM: QUO VADIS? -- CONCLUSIONS.

This book focuses on the role of corporations in an increasingly globalised world.

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