Aimed at undergraduate law students, this work provides concise yet thorough coverage of the main principles of company law, including the legal definition, liabilities and responsibilities of a company.
Aimed at undergraduate law students, this work provides concise yet thorough coverage of the main principles of company law, including the legal definition, liabilities and responsibilities of a company.
"Progressive Corporate Governance for the 21st Century is a wide ranging and ambitious study of why corporate governance is in the shape that it is, and how it can be improved. The book sets out the emergence of a shareholder primacy orientated corporate governance using a study…
"The globalization of capital markets since the 1980s has been accompanied by a vigorous debate over the convergence of corporate governance standards around the world towards the shareholder model. But even before the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009, the dominance of…
"The globalization of capital markets since the 1980s has been accompanied by a vigorous debate over the convergence of corporate governance standards around the world towards the shareholder model. But even before the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009, the dominance of…
"In recent years, the UN Human Rights Council has approved the 'Respect, Protect, and Remedy' Framework and endorsed the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. These developments have been welcomed widely, but do they adequately address the challenges concerning the hu…
"This investigation of the barriers to and opportunities for promoting environmental sustainability in company law provides an in-depth comparative analysis of company law regimes across the world. The social norm of shareholder primacy is the greatest barrier preventing progres…
With particular emphasis on corporate governance and the theoretical bases underlying company law, this book focuses on key principles taught on undergraduate courses and is highly praised for its clarity of explanation and authoritative style.
With particular emphasis on corporate governance and the theoretical bases underlying company law, this book focuses on key principles taught on undergraduate courses and is highly praised for its clarity of explanation and authoritative style.
This is the long-awaited second edition of this highly regarded comparative overview of corporate law. This edition has been comprehensively updated to reflect profound changes in corporate law. It now includes consideration of additional matters such as the highly topical issue…