International corporate law annual. Vol. 2 (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Fiona Macmillan.
• Other Names: Macmillan, Fiona, 1958-
• Contents: Half Title Page; Title Page; Title verso; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Members of the Advisory Committee on International Corporate Law; Contributors to the Next Volume of International Corporate Law; Part I; 1. Globalisation of Corporate Regulation and Corporate Citizenship; INTRODUCTION; GLOBALISING REGULATORY INNOVATION ENABLES GLOBALISING OFTHE CORPORATE FORM; THE GLOBALISATION AND DECLINE OF GUILDS; THE COMMENDA AND THE GLOBALISATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY; JOINT -STOCK COMPANIES COLONISE THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES. LIBERALISATION OF INCORPORATION AND THE GLOBALISATION OFTHE INSTITUTION OF THE STOCK EXCHANGETECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND THE HEGEMONY OF LONDON AND NEW YORK; THE RISE OF STATE REGULATION AROUND THE WORLD; CROSS BORDER TRADING AND UNITED STATES RESISTANCE OF THE IMPETUS TO GLOBALISATION OF REGULATION; FINANCIAL INNOVATION, DISASTERS AND PROGRESS WITH GLOBALISATION OF REGULATION; ACTORS; THE CONTEST OF PRINCIPLES; MECHANISMS OF GLOBALISATION; CONCLUSION; 2. Enterprises and the Constitution of the World Economy; INTRODUCTION; INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW AND THE POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF STATES. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN NON-LIBERAL AND LIBERAL LEGAL SYSTEMSTHE ENTERPRISE IN THE LIBERAL LEGAL SYSTEM; THE ENTERPRISE AS A SUBJECT OF LEGAL ANALYSIS; RÈGLEMENT INTÉRIEUR AND THE CONTROL OF PROPERTY RIGHTS; PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ENTERPRISE AUTONOMY; ENTERPRISE AUTONOMY IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT; THE UNILATERAL EXERCISE OF "PRIVATE" POWER; NON-RECOGNITION OF THE ENTERPRISE ASA LEGAL AND POLITICAL ORDER; DEVELOPING A NEW CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE GLOBAL SOCIETY; 3. The Juridicial Paradox of the Corporation; INTRODUCTION; PART I: THE CORPORATION AS AN PUBLIC ENABLING ACT. PART II: THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FICTIONAL CORPORATIONPART III: THE EVOLUTION OF THE GLOBAL CORPORATION; PART IV: PLOTTING AN ALTERNATIVE WAY FORWARD; 4. Towards Ethics for the Corporation; INTRODUCTION; PART 1: CHANGING PATTERNS OF CORPORATE BEHAVIOUR; PART 2: STAKEHOLDING AS AN ETHICAL INTERVENTION; PART 3: THE WORLD OF VIRTUE ETHICS; PART 4: THE NATURE OF THE ARISTOTELIAN POLITY; PART 5: MACINTYRE AND BUSINESS ETHICS; CONCLUSION; 5. The European Union: Promoting a Framework for Corporate Social Responsibility?; INTRODUCTION; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. THE "NEW GOVERNANCE" AGENDAA "EUROPEAN" STAKEHOLDER MODEL OF THE FIRM?; EU INITIATIVES IN RELATION TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; CONCLUSIONS; POSTSCRIPT; 6. The Relative Importance of the Statutory Derivative Action in Australia; INTRODUCTION; THE STRUCTURE OF THE SDA IN AUSTRALIA; CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATE PRACTICE, LAW AND REGULATION; THE SDA IN AUSTRALIA: A BRIEF HISTORY; CONCEPTUAL CONFUSION IN THE AUSTRALIAN SDA; THE IMPORTANCE OF LEGISLATING FOR A DERIVATIVE ACTION; CRITICISMS OF THE SDA; CONCLUSION.
• Publisher Details: Oxford Portland, Or : Hart
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource ([xi], 337 pages)
• Subjects: 346/.066; Corporation law; International business enterprises -- Law and legislation; LAW -- Corporate; Corporation law; International business enterprises -- Law and legislation; Internationaal recht; Vennootschapsrecht; Electronic books; Jaarboeken (vorm); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847311900; 1847311903
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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