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1 online resource (269 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-262) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. From Weber to the World Bank, and beyond -- The prevailing view : impact, assumptions, and problems -- Rethinking the relation between legal and economic development -- pt. 2. Institutional autopsies -- The Enron scandal : legal reform and investor protection in the United States -- The Mannesmann executive compensation trial in Germany -- The Livedoor bid and hostile takeovers in Japan : postwar law and capitalism at the crossroads -- Law, growth, and reform in Korea : the SK episode -- The China Aviation Oil episode : law and development in China and Singapore -- "Renationalizing" Yukos : law and control over natural resources in the Russian economy -- pt. 3. Implications and extensions -- Understanding legal systems -- Legal change -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Recent high-profile corporate scandals demonstrate challenges to the legal regulation of business practices in capitalist countries. Setting forth an analytic framework for understanding these problems, this work examines corporate governance crises in the US, China, Germany, Japan, Korea and Russia. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Law and economics.
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Law and economics. |
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Corporate governance -- Law and legislation.
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Corporate governance -- Law and legislation. |
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Industrial laws and legislation.
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Industrial laws and legislation. |
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Law -- Political aspects.
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Law -- Political aspects. |
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Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Industrial organization (Economic theory)
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Industrial organization (Economic theory) |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Law. |
| Added Author |
Pistor, Katharina.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Milhaupt, Curtis J., 1962- Law and capitalism. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2008 9780226525273 0226525279 (DLC) 2007035753 (OCoLC)167516298 |
| ISBN |
9780226525297 (electronic book) |
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0226525295 (electronic book) |
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9780226525273 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0226525279 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1281965952 |
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9781281965950 |
| Standard No. |
9786611965952 |
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