The authors argue that the rules and practices of corporate law mimic contractual provisions that parties involved in corporate enterprise would reach if they bargained about every contingency at zero cost and flawlessly enforced their agreements. But bargaining and enforcement are costly, and corporate law provides the rules and an enforcement mechanism that govern relations a...(展开全部)

The authors argue that the rules and practices of corporate law mimic contractual provisions that parties involved in corporate enterprise would reach if they bargained about every contingency at zero cost and flawlessly enforced their agreements. But bargaining and enforcement are costly, and corporate law provides the rules and an enforcement mechanism that govern relations a...(展开全部)

This is a concise analytical overview of the field of corporate law. The authors start from the premise that corporate (or company) law across jurisdictions addresses the same three basic agency problems: the opportunism of managers vis-a-vis shareholders; the opportunism of controlling shareholders vis-a-vis minority shareholders; and the opportunism of shareholders as a class...(展开全部)

Fully updated from the previous edition with recent law reforms around the world, including the numerous changes that have taken place following the global financial crisis Provides the reader with a solid framework to understand corporate law from a comparative perspective Lays out a well-informed, functional, and updated description of corporate law in key jurisdictions (US, ...(展开全部)

This is the long-awaited second edition of this highly regarded comparative overview of corporate law. This edition has been comprehensively updated to reflect profound changes in corporate law. It now includes consideration of additional matters such as the highly topical issue of enforcement in corporate law, and explores the continued convergence of corporate law across juri...(展开全部)

Fully updated from the previous edition with recent law reforms around the world, including the numerous changes that have taken place following the global financial crisis Provides the reader with a solid framework to understand corporate law from a comparative perspective Lays out a well-informed, functional, and updated description of corporate law in key jurisdictions (US, ...(展开全部)

This is a concise analytical overview of the field of corporate law. The authors start from the premise that corporate (or company) law across jurisdictions addresses the same three basic agency problems: the opportunism of managers vis-a-vis shareholders; the opportunism of controlling shareholders vis-a-vis minority shareholders; and the opportunism of shareholders as a class...(展开全部)

he most comprehensive and interdisciplinary anthology of corporate law material available, this reader reflects the enormous changes that have occurred in business organization and legal scholarship since the hostile takeover was introduced in the 1980s. The second edition has both completely revised and expanded the material covered in the first edition. New and revised topics...(展开全部)

耶鲁大学法学院公司法研究中心主任，耶鲁大学最高讲席--斯特林讲席教授（Sterling Professor），1998－1999年任美国法律经济学协会主席。她在公司法与金融法领域的研究享有全球盛誉。近年来在公司法与证券法领域的论文引用率排名中，其论文多次名列全美前十。罗培新，北京大学法学博士，中国社会科学院法学所博士后，耶鲁大学法学院访问学者。华东政法大学科研处处长，国际金融法律学院院长，教授，博士生导师。