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Comparative Company Law: Text and Cases on the Laws Governing Corporations in Germany, the UK and the USA 2nd Edition

Comparative Company Law: Text and Cases on the Laws Governing Corporations in Germany, the UK and the USA 2nd Edition

Author: Andreas Cahn; David C. Donald
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781316637159

Previous Edition ISBN: 9780521143790
Published In: October 2018
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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When comparing the laws of different jurisdictions, one often sees only the forest or the trees. This is particularly problematic in comparative company law, where students hope both to understand the overall framework of the law and grasp its practical application. This text's structure solves that dilemma. Chapters open with discursive analyses of the law in each of Germany, the UK and the US (Delaware, the ABA Model Business Corporation Act, and federal securities laws) and set out the high-level governing framework, particularly for the EU and its member states.

This analysis is succinct and pointed, with numerous references to both the law and leading scholarship. The whole text is arranged to highlight comparative aspects. Diagrams are used where helpful. Chapters close with edited judicial decisions from at least two of the jurisdictions discussed, which allows fresh exploration of comparison in more detail, and pointed questions to guide class discussion.

Part I. The Essential Qualities of the Corporation:

Approaching comparative company law

2. Corporations in a global market: the law applicable to corporations

3. Corporations in a global market: harmonization, convergence and transplantation

Part II. The Corporation and its Capital:

4. The partnership as a business form of business organization

5. Incorporating the company

6. Constituting the company's share capital

7. Increasing the company's capital

8. Distribution of dividends and maintenance of share capital

9. Repurchases of shares

10. The nature of shares and classes of shares