International Corporate Law Annual (International Corporate Law)

Half Title Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
List of Contributors......Page 7
Members of the Advisory Committee on International Corporate Law......Page 9
Contributors to the Next Volume of International Corporate Law......Page 11
Part I......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 15
GLOBALISING REGULATORY INNOVATION ENABLES GLOBALISING OFTHE CORPORATE FORM......Page 16
THE GLOBALISATION AND DECLINE OF GUILDS......Page 18
THE COMMENDA AND THE GLOBALISATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY......Page 19
JOINT -STOCK COMPANIES COLONISE THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES......Page 20
LIBERALISATION OF INCORPORATION AND THE GLOBALISATION OFTHE INSTITUTION OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE......Page 22
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND THE HEGEMONY OF LONDON AND NEW YORK......Page 25
THE RISE OF STATE REGULATION AROUND THE WORLD......Page 26
CROSS BORDER TRADING AND UNITED STATES RESISTANCE OF THE IMPETUS TO GLOBALISATION OF REGULATION......Page 28
FINANCIAL INNOVATION, DISASTERS AND PROGRESS WITH GLOBALISATION OF REGULATION......Page 30
ACTORS......Page 32
THE CONTEST OF PRINCIPLES......Page 41
MECHANISMS OF GLOBALISATION......Page 49
CONCLUSION......Page 53
INTRODUCTION......Page 57
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW AND THE POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF STATES......Page 58
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN NON-LIBERAL AND LIBERAL LEGAL SYSTEMS......Page 59
THE ENTERPRISE IN THE LIBERAL LEGAL SYSTEM......Page 61
THE ENTERPRISE AS A SUBJECT OF LEGAL ANALYSIS......Page 63
RÈGLEMENT INTÉRIEUR AND THE CONTROL OF PROPERTY RIGHTS......Page 64
PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ENTERPRISE AUTONOMY......Page 66
ENTERPRISE AUTONOMY IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT......Page 67
THE UNILATERAL EXERCISE OF “PRIVATE” POWER......Page 69
NON-RECOGNITION OF THE ENTERPRISE ASA LEGAL AND POLITICAL ORDER......Page 72
DEVELOPING A NEW CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE GLOBAL SOCIETY......Page 73
INTRODUCTION......Page 77
PART I: THE CORPORATION AS AN PUBLIC ENABLING ACT......Page 79
PART II: THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FICTIONAL CORPORATION......Page 86
PART III: THE EVOLUTION OF THE GLOBAL CORPORATION......Page 92
PART IV: PLOTTING AN ALTERNATIVE WAY FORWARD......Page 95
INTRODUCTION......Page 103
PART 1: CHANGING PATTERNS OF CORPORATE BEHAVIOUR......Page 106
PART 2: STAKEHOLDING AS AN ETHICAL INTERVENTION......Page 111
PART 3: THE WORLD OF VIRTUE ETHICS......Page 115
PART 4: THE NATURE OF THE ARISTOTELIAN POLITY......Page 122
PART 5: MACINTYRE AND BUSINESS ETHICS......Page 130
CONCLUSION......Page 133
INTRODUCTION......Page 135
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY......Page 137
THE “NEW GOVERNANCE” AGENDA......Page 143
A “EUROPEAN” STAKEHOLDER MODEL OF THE FIRM?......Page 144
EU INITIATIVES IN RELATION TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY......Page 148
CONCLUSIONS......Page 151
POSTSCRIPT......Page 152
INTRODUCTION......Page 153
THE STRUCTURE OF THE SDA IN AUSTRALIA......Page 155
CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATE PRACTICE, LAW AND REGULATION......Page 158
THE SDA IN AUSTRALIA: A BRIEF HISTORY......Page 161
CONCEPTUAL CONFUSION IN THE AUSTRALIAN SDA......Page 163
THE IMPORTANCE OF LEGISLATING FOR A DERIVATIVE ACTION......Page 165
CRITICISMS OF THE SDA......Page 171
CONCLUSION......Page 178
INTRODUCTION......Page 179
THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN NIGERIA: AN OVERVIEW......Page 180
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE......Page 182
THE OECD PRINCIPLES......Page 184
CORPORATE OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES......Page 186
SHAREHOLDERS’ RIGHTS AND PROTECTION......Page 189
DIVERSIFIED OWNERSHIP: MOBILIZING SHAREHOLDERS......Page 190
CORE/STRATEGIC INVESTORS......Page 191
ACTIVIST SHAREHOLDER BLOCS......Page 192
MASS PRIVATISATION: OTHER OPTIONS......Page 193
CONCLUSION......Page 194
INTRODUCTION......Page 197
TRANSPLANTATION THEORY......Page 198
IMPORTING A COMPANY LAW REGIME......Page 201
DRAFTING CORPORATE LAWS......Page 205
MARKET ENTRY IDEOLOGY......Page 210
BUREAUCRATIC CULTURE AND CONCESSIONARY PRIVILEGES......Page 219
MARKET ENTRY AND VIETNAMESE RELATIONAL CONFIGURATIONS......Page 228
CONCLUSION......Page 239
INTRODUCTION......Page 241
AN OVERVIEW OF THE 1999 AMENDMENTS TO THE JAPANESECOMMERCIAL CODE......Page 243
NEW CORPORATE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS......Page 252
PROPOSED NEW PROCEDURES FOR DE-MERGER......Page 254
LEGAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AMALGAMATION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS......Page 257
CONCLUSION......Page 259
POSTSCRIPT......Page 260
INTRODUCTION......Page 261
PART I: DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN FUTURES MARKET......Page 263
PART II: THE EXISTING REGULATORY ARRANGEMENTS......Page 267
PART III: EXISTING REGULATORY WEAKNESSES......Page 280
PART IV: PROPOSED REGULATORY CHANGES......Page 283
PART V: SUMMARY AND COMMENTS......Page 288
THE NATURE OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE......Page 291
THE WTO AND MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES......Page 294
MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES AND THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 298
UNITED NATIONS INITIATIVES......Page 302
OECD GUIDELINES FOR MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES......Page 306
NGO INITIATIVES......Page 310
OTHER INDIRECT INITIATIVES ON TRANSBOUNDARYENVIRONMENTAL HARM......Page 311
OTHER INDIRECT INITIATIVES ON TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER......Page 312
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: ISO 14001 AND THE WTOAGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE......Page 314
HAVE MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES BEEN GREENED?......Page 322
Part II......Page 325
INTRODUCTION......Page 327
CASE SUMMARY......Page 328
DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS......Page 329
CONCLUSION......Page 333
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF FRENCH COMPANY LAW......Page 335
REFORMS OF IMPORTANCE......Page 338
CONCLUSION......Page 340
UNIT TRUSTS......Page 341
THE INVESTORS PROTECTION FUND......Page 347
THE INVESTMENT AND SECURITIES TRIBUNAL......Page 348