Corporate Governance in the Common-Law World
Corporate Governance in the Common-Law World

Author: Christopher M. Bruner

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-03-29

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1107354900

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The corporate governance systems of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States are often characterized as a single 'Anglo-American' system prioritizing shareholders' interests over those of other corporate stakeholders. Such generalizations, however, obscure substantial differences across the common-law world. Contrary to popular belief, shareholders in the United Kingdom and jurisdictions following its lead are far more powerful and central to the aims of the corporation than are shareholders in the United States. This book presents a new comparative theory to explain this divergence and explores the theory's ramifications for law and public policy. Bruner argues that regulatory structures affecting other stakeholders' interests - notably differing degrees of social welfare protection for employees - have decisively impacted the degree of political opposition to shareholder-centric policies across the common-law world. These dynamics remain powerful forces today, and understanding them will be vital as post-crisis reforms continue to take shape.

The UN Global Compact
The UN Global Compact

Author: Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2015-01-29

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1784412945

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Since the launch of the UN Global Compact, over 12,000 organisations worldwide have voluntarily adopted and promoted its values and Ten Principles. This edited volume brings together international contributions that explore specific implications for business from managerial, legal, behavioural and sociological perspectives.

Comparative Corporate Governance
Comparative Corporate Governance

Author: Klaus J. Hopt

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 1304

ISBN-13: 9780198268888

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"This book goes back to a symposium held at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private and Private International Law in Hamburg on May 15-17 1997"--P. [v].

The Genius of American Corporate Law
The Genius of American Corporate Law

Author: Roberta Romano

Publisher: American Enterprise Institute

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780844738369

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This is a study of the structure of American corporate law, which combines economic analysis with empirical insights to produce a number of policy insights. It is suitable for anyone studying corporate law, securities regulation, comparative company law or federalism.

Disqualification of Company Directors
Disqualification of Company Directors

Author: Jean Jacques du Plessis

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-04-28

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1351795996

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation -- List of tables -- About the editors and authors -- Preface -- 1 Analyses, perspectives and jurisdictional overview -- 2 The United Kingdom -- 3 Australia -- 4 South Africa -- 5 The United States -- 6 Germany -- Index

The Corporate Objective
The Corporate Objective

Author: Andrew R. Keay

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 0857933124

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'This is legal scholarship of the finest kind, concerned with an issue of supreme political, economic and social importance. Professor Keay takes the debate on the object of the modern public corporation by the scruff of its neck and skilfully navigates between the Scylla and Charybdis of the shareholder/stakeholder debate. This book, characterised by admirable analytical clarity and a huge amount of research, faithfully summarises the debate hitherto, and propels us to the next stage with a powerful argument, which challenges, effectively, both the stakeholder and shareholder theories.' – Harry Rajak, University of Sussex School of Law, UK The Corporate Objective addresses a question that has been subject to much debate: what should be the objective of public corporations? It examines the two dominant theories that address this issue, the shareholder primacy and stakeholder theories, and finds that both have serious shortcomings. The book goes on to develop a new theory, called the Entity Maximisation and Sustainability Model. Under this model, directors are to endeavour to increase the overall long-run market value of the corporation as an entity. At the same time as maximising wealth, directors have to ensure that the corporation survives and is able to stay afloat and pursue the development of the corporation's position. Andrew Keay seeks to explain and justify the model and discusses how the model is enforced, how investors fit into the model, how directors are to act and how profits are to be allocated. Analysing in depth the existing theories which seek to explain the corporate objective, this book will appeal to academics in corporate law and corporate governance as well as law, finance, business ethics, organisational behaviour, management, economics, accounting and sociology. Postgraduate students in corporate law and corporate governance, directors, and government regulators will also find much to interest them in this study.