Corporate Governance in Context: Corporations, States, and Markets in Europe, Japan, and the U.S. [Hardcover]

Klaus J. Hopt (Editor), Eddy Wymeersch (Editor), Hideka Kanda (Editor), Harald Baum (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0199290709 | ISBN-13: 978-0199290703

Significant increases in regulatory competition have sharpened the comparative awareness of advantages of different national models of political economy, governance and regulation. The most important change in this regard is a shift in governance from state to the market. The transition from corporatist governance to market governance poses a daunting challenge to regulators and academics. This book addresses these challenges in a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, including the world's three leading economies and their legal systems: the EU, the U.S., and Japan.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`Review from previous edition ... at the heart of this book lies a string of subjects connected to the present discussions on corporate governance.' International Business Lawyer

`... timely and significant collection of essays by a distinguished group of international scholars ... Throughout the collection is infused with the symbiosis between company law and the capital markets.' European Business Organization Law Review

`This thought-provoking, insightful, and timely collection gives the reader a uniquely diverse perspective on current research at the highest level. It is highly recommended and deserves a wide readership among company law and capital markets scholars.' European Business Organization Law Review

`The contributions offer a good deal of knowledge and a collection of insights into selected pieces of the cake.' Law Quarterly Review

`... this publication is to be welcomed for its propitious timing. It affords us the opportunity to reflect on recent developments in the United Kingdom against a broader international context.' Law Quarterly Review

About the Author

Klaus J. Hopt is Professor of Law and Director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private Law and Private International Law, Hamburg Hideki Kanda is Professor of Law, University of Tokyo. Mr Kanda served as Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago Law School in 1989, 1991, and 1993 and at Harvard Law School in 1996. His main areas of specialization include corporate law, securities regulation and banking regulation. Harald Baum is Senior Research Fellow and head of the Japan Law Department, Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private Law and Private International Law, Hamburg; senior lecturer in law, University of Hamburg; Research Associate, European Corporate Governance Institute, Brussels. PD Dr Baum has served as Alexander von Humboldt Foundation/Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow at Kyoto University. He is the founding and executive editor of the Journal of Japanese Law and has published intensely on business law, corporate governance, takeovers, and capital markets regulation in Germany, the EU, Japan, and the US Eddy Wymeersch, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Ghent

Product Details

• Hardcover: 964 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 2, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199290709
• ISBN-13: 978-0199290703
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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