International Corporate Law

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Table of Contents......Page 5
List of Contributors......Page 7
Members of the Advisory Committee on International Corporate Law......Page 9
Contributions to the Next Volume of International Corporate Law......Page 11
1.  The Role of the State in Corporate Law Formation......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 29
PUBLIC BEGINNINGS, PRIVATE ENDS......Page 30
CORPORATE FINANCE—THE BLURRING OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN DEBT AND EQUITY......Page 33
THE CORPORATION AS EMPLOYER—THE BLURRING OFTHE BOUNDARY BETWEEN EMPLOYEES AND SHAREHOLDERS......Page 39
NORMATIVE ASPECTS—COLLECTIVISATION OF SHAREHOLDER/MANAGEMENT INTERESTS AND ‘THE SUPERMODEL SYNDROME’ IN EXECUTIVE REMUNERATION......Page 42
INTRODUCTION......Page 49
THE PATRICK DISPUTE......Page 50
CORPORATE LAW MORALITY EXPLORED......Page 55
‘THE UPROAR OUTSIDE’......Page 63
THE FEDERAL COURT......Page 65
THE HIGH COURT: STRATEGIC INSOLVENCY AND MURDER BY DEATH......Page 70
CONCLUSION......Page 79
OVERVIEW OF SOME EUROPEAN LAWS......Page 81
THE JAPANESE SITUATION......Page 84
CONCLUSION......Page 88
INTRODUCTION......Page 91
THE CAC: ESTABLISHMENT, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS......Page 94
THE CAC AND THE POWER OF INVESTIGATION......Page 98
WINDING UP OF COMPANIES IN LIQUIDATION: THE ROLE OF THE CAC......Page 103
POWER OVER MORIBUND COMPANIES......Page 106
EXPANDING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CAC?......Page 107
A GENERAL OVERVIEW......Page 111
CONCLUSION......Page 112
INTRODUCTION......Page 113
DOMESTIC US DEVELOPMENT......Page 114
INTERNATIONAL US DEVELOPMENT......Page 120
THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL BATTLEGROUND......Page 122
CONCLUSION......Page 136
INTRODUCTION......Page 137
ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY OF CORPORATIONS AND CORPORATE MANAGEMENT: LEGAL THEORETICAL APPROACH......Page 139
CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS......Page 143
THE ROLE OF INSURANCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT......Page 153
CONCLUSION......Page 154
CONTENT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF TOB REGULATION......Page 155
THE CURRENT SITUATION AND ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE......Page 161
INTERNATIONALISATION VERSUS GLOBALISATION......Page 167
IS THERE A GLOBAL CORPORATE SECTOR?......Page 169
GLOBALISATION THROUGH INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT......Page 171
INTRODUCTION......Page 183
THE PROPOSED REFORMS......Page 184
CURRENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK......Page 185
COMPARING THE UK AND AUSTRALIAN APPROACHES TO DISCLOSURE......Page 187
SUCCESS OF THE PROPOSED REFORMS......Page 188
CONCLUSION......Page 189
INTRODUCTION......Page 191
ENACTMENT OF SPECIAL LEGISLATION......Page 192
PROPOSED CORPORATE LEGAL REFORM REGARDING PARENT–SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES......Page 193
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE......Page 194
REFORM FOR RESURGENCE OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS......Page 196
FUTURE PROSPECTS......Page 197
INTRODUCTION......Page 199
THE NIPC DECREE......Page 200
OTHER MEASURES......Page 202
THE CONTEXT OF REFORM......Page 205
THE TIME SCALE FOR REFORM......Page 208
THE SHAPE OF LAW REFORM......Page 209
CONCLUSION......Page 214
Index......Page 215