Company law

This book examines the intersection between contemporary International Commercial Arbitration and Shari?

E-voting is the use of electronic means in the casting of the vote at political elections or referendums.

As the radical reforms contained in the Enterprise Act 2002 have come fully on-stream, Personal Insolvency Law has become a major focus of attention.

There is increasing regulatory interdependence amongst Central, East and South East Asia, European and North American financial markets, and these markets account for over one-third of the world's population and global financial markets.

Contemporary concern about technological hazards posed by business enterprises has intensified interest in the criminality of corporations.

Japanese corporate governance and managerial practice is at a critical juncture.

Mergers and acquisitions occur for many legitimate reasons and should be encouraged as a matter of general policy, yet the resulting increase in the level of market concentration and market strength can lead to concerns that certain 'deals' may irreparably damage the market structure and create anti-competitive effects.

This volume examines the evolution of Central European product liability systems, with particular reference to the effect of the implementation of the Product Liability Directive in the context of the recent enlargement of the EU.

The concept of tax compliance is as old as the tax itself, but staying compliant with tax regulations has become increasingly demanding.

The rapid globalization of capital markets has increased attention toward examining the quality of the disclosure practices implemented by companies, as internationalization and globalization are the most important motives of the harmonization of financial statements preparation and presentation.

Since the implementation of the European Directive on Takeover Bids, a European common legal framework governs regulation of takeovers in EU Members States.

This book is the result of the collective effort of some of the foremost experts and scholars of Chinese law, Asian law, and Chinese economics and carefully examines the relationship between law and China's economic development.

Presenting readers with all the need-to-know information on complex construction projects within a single publication, this book expertly focuses on practical issues whilst also providing insights on the law applying to construction projects.

This book discusses court-oriented legal reforms across Asia with a focus on the creation of 'new courts' over the last 20 years.

The standard approach to the legal foundations of corporate governance is based on the view that corporate law promotes separation of ownership and control by protecting non-controlling shareholders from expropriation.

This volume presents a new approach to today's tax controversies, reflecting that debates about taxation often turn on the differing worldviews of the debate participants.

Business Negotiations and the Law: The Protection of Weak Professional Parties in Standard Form Contracting aims to explore the issues surrounding contract negotiations between entrepreneurs and other professionals when one of the parties does not have the same level of bargaining power as the other.

The articles selected for this volume draw on game theory, political science, psychology, sociology and anthropology to consider how the process of dispute resolution is altered, challenged and made more complex by the presence of multiple parties and/or multiple issues.

Regulation and control of the financial industry has become the weapon of choice for governments struggling to control the rise in global crime and terrorism.

Offers a set of approaches from leading experts, covering the major areas of corporate governance reform and analyzing a range of issues and concerns.

When people pay bribes to foreign public officials, how should the law respond?

Keane on Company Law, Fifth Edition (previously: Company Law by Justice Ronan Keane) covers the Companies Act 2014 and is essential reading for students, solicitors and barristers alike.

This book charts the difficulties encountered by vulnerable consumers in their access to justice, through the contributions of prominent authors (academic, practitioners and consultants) in the field of consumer law and access to justice.

Modern corporations are key participants in the new globalized economy.

This book demonstrates the need to coordinate private and corporate actors with national and global sustainable climate policies, with conventions in the spheres of green energy laws, as well as from the spheres of commercial, trade, and other private law.

Dalvinder Singh provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the legal aspects of prudential supervision.

This book provides an original and critical analysis of the most contentious subjects being negotiated in the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI).

The most comprehensive guide to all techniques available to European companies, European Cross-Border Mergers and Reorganisations is the ideal reference tool for lawyers, auditors, notaries and scholars working in the field.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, there has been a worldwide search for alternative investment opportunities, away from advanced markets.

The contributors in this volume address the fundamental relationship between the state and its citizens, and among the people themselves.

This collection explores the practical operation of the law in the area of litigation costs and funding, and confronts the issue of how exposure to cost risks affects litigation strategy.

Focusing on anti-corruption as a corporate social responsibility issue, Adefolake O.

This successful textbook remains the only offering for students of European company law, and has been fully updated.

Exploring obstacles to effective compensation of victims of competition infringements, this book categorises the types of victims harmed and the types of losses arisen from these infringements to identify to what extent there is a need for enhanced private competition law enforcement in the European Union (EU) and the best way to address this need.

This book discusses the economic models and quantitative research involved in merger control forecasts and the relationship between antitrust law and economics.

This timely work is the first to comprehensively examine directors' responsibilities to creditors in times of financial strife, as well as addressing when these responsibilities arise, and what directors should have to do to ensure that they comply with their obligations.

Cavendish lawcards are complete pocket sized guides to the key examinable areas of law.

Cartels, trusts and agreements to reduce competition between firms have existed for centuries, but became particularly prevalent toward the end of the 19th century.

Institutional shareholder participation has long been considered as vital to good corporate governance yet its potential does not seem to have been realized.

A discussion of the EC Regulation and Directive in all Member States with respect to cross-border mergers (28 countries).

First published in 1984, this book examines corporate crime in the pharmaceutical industry.

Dissolving the Family Company, 3rd edition supplies a detailed review of the complicated legal issues and tax planning problems that occur when dissolving a family company and ensuring that there is a resultant correct and tax-efficient distribution of assets to shareholders.

The introduction of self-assessment for income tax collection in the late 1990s marked a striking moment of cultural convergence between the UK and the US.

Marking the 50-year anniversary of modern statutory competition law in Australia, this two-volume set brings together more than 40 leading experts to discuss the most important issues and developments arising under Australian competition law, economics, and policy.

To what extent did English law facilitate trade before the advent of general incorporation and modern securities law?

In 1998 Gower published the highly successful third edition of Corporate Fraud by Michael Comer.

This book seeks reasons for the failure of the globalisation of trade to reduce poverty.

This book is the first to address the multi-faceted influence of the global financial crisis on the national constitutions of the countries most affected.