Law and capitalism : what corporate crises reveal about legal systems and economic development around the world / Curtis J. Milhaupt, Katharina Pistor.

By:

Milhaupt, Curtis J, 1962-

Contributor(s):

Pistor, Katharina

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226525297
0226525295
9780226525273
0226525279
1281965952
9781281965950

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Law and capitalism.DDC classification:

340/.11 22

LOC classification:

K487.E3 M55 2008eb

Other classification:

86.03
PI 4090
QD 110
KA70.E2

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-262) and index.

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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.

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