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1 online resource (390 pages). |
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Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht ; v. 118
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Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht.
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Cover; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction ; Hideki Kanda: A Brief Guide to Japanese Company Law; I. Introduction; 1. Organization Forms; 2. Company Law; 3. Securities Regulation; 4. Stock Exchange Rules; II. Board Structure; III. Groups of Companies; IV. Recent Issues and Empirical Studies; 1. Defensive Measures against Hostile Takeovers; 2. Outside Directors; 3. Listing of Subsidiaries; 4. Shareholder Activism; Holger Fleischer: A Guide to German Company Law for International Lawyers -- Distinctive Features, Particularities, Idiosyncrasies. |
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I. Legal Sources and Types of Business Organisations in Germany1. No Code Unique, no Comprehensive Company Code, no Unitary Capital Company; 2. Multitude of Company Law Acts; 3. No Single Dominant Organisational Form; a) Statistical Data; b) Additional Explanations; 4. Popularity of Hybrid Business Organisations; II. Main Players in Company Law; 1. The Legislator; a) Stock Corporation Act; b) Limited Liability Companies Act; 2. Specialised Courts; 3. Company Law Scholarship; III. Distinctive Features of German Stock Corporation Law; 1. Interest of the Enterprise ("Unternehmensinteresse"). |
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2. Two-tier Board ("duale Führungsstruktur") and Codetermination ("Mitbestimmung")3. Mandatory Nature of the Stock Corporation Act ("aktienrechtliche Satzungsstrenge"); 4. Fiduciary Duties of Shareholders ("mitgliedschaftliche Treuepflichten"); 5. Rescission Suits ("Beschlussmängelklagen") as the Most Important Enforcement Mechanism; 6. Codified Law of Corporate Groups ("Konzernrecht"); IV. Gradual Erosion of German Particularities in Company Law; I. Directors' Liability ; Kenichi Osugi: Directors' Liability and Enforcement Mechanisms in Japan; I. Theme. |
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II. Brief Introduction to Japanese Laws and PracticesIII. How Derivative Suits Operate: A Rough Comparison between the US and Japan; 1. Shareholder Suits in the US; 2. Derivative Suits in Japan; 3. Rough Comparison between the US and Japan; IV. What Accounts for the Differences between the US and Japan; 1. Entry Cost; 2. Entry Barriers; 3. Involuntary Settlement; 4. Rules on Gathering Evidence; 5. Substantive Law; V. Why Shareholders Sue; VI. Other Findings; VII. Derivative Suits in Japan: Policy Evaluation. |
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Kyung-Hoon Chun: Corporate Opportunity Doctrine as a Basis for Directors' Liability -- A New Statutory Experiment in KoreaI. Introduction: Hypothetical Scenarios and Comparative Sketch; II. Overview of Korean Corporate Law on Directors' Duties and Liabilities; 1. Directors' Duties; a) Bases of Fiduciary Duties; b) Duty of Care; c) Duty of Loyalty; 2. Directors' Liability; a) Liability to the Company; b) Liability to Third Parties; c) Criminal Liability; III. Two Cases before the Legislation; 1. Glovis Case; 2. Gwangju Shinsegae Case; IV. New Legislation; 1. Art. 397-2 of the KCC. |
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2. Notes on Art. 397-2 of the KCC. |
| Summary |
Der vorliegende Band bietet eine umfassende rechtsvergleichende Analyse grundlegender Themen des Gesellschaftsrechts in Deutschland, China, Japan und Südkorea. Untersucht werden Fragen der Verantwortlichkeit von Organmitgliedern und der Kapitalerhaltung ebenso wie die Rolle der Aktionäre in börsennotierten Aktiengesellschaften und die Regulierung des Konzernrechts in diesen vier Rechtssystemen. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Corporation law -- Germany -- Congresses.
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Corporation law. |
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Germany. |
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Corporation law -- China -- Congresses.
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China. |
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Corporation law -- Japan -- Congresses.
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Japan. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Kanda, Hideki, 1953-
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Kim, Kŏn-sik, 1955-
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Mülbert, Peter.
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Print version: Fleischer, Holger. German and Asian Perspectives on Company Law : Law and Policy Perspectives. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, ©2016 9783161550263 |
| ISBN |
3161551389 |
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9783161551383 (electronic book) |
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