Company Law

The Transfer of the Company's Seat in European Company Law

European Company Law 1999-2010: Renaissance and Crisis

European corporate law has enjoyed a renaissance in the past decade. Fifteen years ago, this would have seemed most implausible. In the mid-1990s, the...

The States as a Laboratory: Legal Innovation and State Competition for Corporate Charters

Corporate law is an arena in which the metaphor of the states as a laboratory describes actual practice, and, for the most part, this is a laboratory that...

Law, Finance, and Politics: The Case of India

  The process of liberalization of India's economy since 1991 has brought with it considerable development both of its financial markets and the legal...

Foundations of Corporate Law

This paper is the first chapter of the third edition of The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach, by Reinier Kraakman, John...

Corporate Law of Israel

This chapter provides a concise survey of Israeli corporate law. The chapter opens with a description of the law’s approach to corporate legal...

Centros and the Internal Market

How special is Centros? This contribution places Centros in internal market law. It starts by turning the judgment on its head and imagines an...

Internal Investigations, Whistleblowing and External Monitoring: Comparative Experiences, Economic Insights, Findings from Corporate Practice

Internal investigations, whistleblowing and external monitoring, are three information and enforcement channels and part of the corporate...

Codification In Company Law of General CSR Requirements: Pioneering Recent French Reforms and EU Perspectives

This paper deals mainly with recent French and European developments regarding integration of CSR requirements into company law. The new provisions of...

Corporate Disclosure in a Competitive Environment - The ECJ's Axel Springer Case and the Quest for a European Framework for Mandatory Disclosure

Corporate Governance in Europe: A Critical Review of the European Commission?s Initiatives on Corporate Law and Corporate Governance

European corporate law and corporate governance are moving ahead beyond expectation. Some British voices called this ?a renaissance in the past...

Outside Director Liability: A Policy Analysis

Outside directors of public companies play a central role in overseeing management. Nonetheless, they have rarely incurred personal, out-of-pocket...