Routledge Handbook of Corporate Law

PART A: THEORIES OF THE CORPORATION
1. The Rise of Limited Liability and the Legal History of the Corporation (Ron Harris, Tel Aviv, or P. Ireland, Kent)
2. Economic Theories: Agency Theory, Nexus of Contracts and their Critics (Stephen Bainbridge, UCLA)
3. Communitarian/Sociological theories of the Corporation (Lawrence Mitchell, Case Western Reserve University School of Law)
4. Legal Origins Debate and Comparative Corporate Law (Mathias Siems, Durham)
5. Convergence/Divergence and End of History/ Political Determinants of Corporate Law and Governance (Mark Roe, Harvard or John Farrar, Bond University)

PART B: THE CORPORATE CONSTITUTION & CORPORATE STRUCTURE
6. Corporate Constitutionalism and Shareholder Democracy (Steve Bottomley, ANU)
7. Public Corporations/ Companies (including Stock Exchange Listed Companies) (Marc T Moore, UCL)
8. Private and Closely Held and Family Corporations (Joseph McCahery, Amsterdam and/or Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Tilberg)
9. Government Controlled Companies and State-Owned Enterprises (Ross Grantham, Queensland University or Curtis Milhaupt, Columbia University.)
10. Corporate Groups and the Globalisation of Corporate Law (Cynthia Williams , (Illinois) and JM Conley (NC), or Alan Dignam, Queen Mary)

PART C: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CONTROL
11. Theories and Models of Corporate Governance (Simon Deakin, Cambridge or Thomas Clarke, UTS)
12. Corporate Structures: Unitary and Dual Boards, Board Sub-Committees, Shareholder Meetings, etc. (Klaus Hopt, Max Planck and Patrick Leyans, Hamburg Univ )
13. Directors’ Duties, Loyalty, Fiduciary Duties and the Director Primacy Model (John Lowry, Hong Kong U or Paul Davies, Oxford)
14. Independent Directors/Non-Executive Directors/ Supervisory Boards/ The Roles of the Chairman and Chief Executive, (Sally Wheeler, Queens, Belfast)
15. The Appointment and Disqualification of Directors (Adrian Walters, Chicago-Kent College of Law or Chris Riley, Durham)
16. Executive Remuneration, Performance and Corporate Governance (L Bebchuk Harvard Law School or Jennifer G Hill, Sydney)
17. Corporate Crime and Corporate Criminal Liability (N Ryder, UWE or Kent Greenfield, Boston College)

PART D: SHAREHOLDERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
18. Shareholder Primacy Theory and the Changing Nature of Shareholding (Lynn Stout, Cornel)
19. Shareholder Activism: The Rights of Shareholders, Derivative and Other Shareholder Actions (Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt, or Arad Reisberg, UCL)
20. Stakeholder Theory and Corporations Law (Roman Tomasic, UniSA)
21. Employee Protection, Rights and Participation in the Corporation ( P Zumbansen, Osgoode Hall or Ian Ramsay, Melbourne)
22. Creditor’s Rights and Protections (Andrew Keay, Leeds)
23. Institutional Shareholders and Stewardship Obligations (Geoff Stepledon, Melbourne/BHP)

PART E: CORPORATE FINANCE and DISCLOSURE (after Enron and the GFC)
23. Capital Raising, Shares and Types of Capital (Eilis Ferran, Cambridge or William Bratten,U Penn)
24. Corporate Reorganisation and Share Buy-Backs (Charlie Booth, Hawaii or Rebecca Parry, Nottingham Trent)
25. Corporate Disclosure and Transparency (Janice Sarra, UBC or Charlotte Villiers, Bristol)