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Global Markets, Domestic Institutions: Corporate Law and Governance in a New Era of Cross-Border Deals
November, 2003
Paper, 584 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12713-4
$38.00
/ £22.50
Cloth, 584 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12712-7
$83.50
/ £49.00
"The last several years saw a resurgence of both research and policy discussions on comparative corporate governance. This collection of papers represents some of the most original thinking on the topic, presented by the best scholars from around the world." — Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University
"Global Markets, Domestic Institutions is a major contribution to the literature on international corporate governance. Its twenty contributors include perhaps a majority of the most prominent scholars of comparative corporate law and governance in the English-speaking legal academy. It focuses on the large conceptual questions, but with consider attention to legal and institutional detail in individual essays. The major topics that it addresses include the relevance of fiduciary duties beyond their institutional and historical home in Anglo-American law, the extent of global convergence in the legal conception of the structure and purpose of the corporation, and the cross-border expansion of capital market institutions such as venture capital financing. This book is essential reading for anyone who wished to keep abreast of the most recent research on globalization and corporate governance." — Reinier Kraakman, Ezra Ripley Thayer Professor of Law, Harvard Law School