Joseph A. McCahery is Professor of International Business Law at Tilburg University and Research Fellow at the Tilburg Center for Law and EconomicsTheo Raaijmakers is Professor of Corporate Law at Tilburg UniversityDr. Erik P.M. Vermeulen is at the Center for Company Law, Tilburg University

...insightful and lucid collection of papers. Overall, the collection provides an invaluable and authoritative perspective on how to approach law, reform, and the risks of legal intervention, in the complex context of the small firm.

• I. INTRODUCTION ; COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNINCORPORATED FIRM ; II. THEORY: PARTNERSHIP AND CLOSE CORPORATION LAW ; THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL LAW ; AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SHARED PROPERTY IN PARTNERSHIP AND CLOSE CORPORATIONS LAW ; MATCH-SPECIFIC ASSETS AND MINORITY OPPRESSION IN THE CLOSE CORPORATION ; BRACKETED FLEXIBILITY: STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD ; III. EVOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP AND CLOSE CORPORATION LAW ; THE EVOLVING PARTNERSHIP ; FEDERAL TAX LAW AND THE LIMITED LIABILITY MOVEMENT ; THE EVOLUTION OF CLOSELY HELD BUSINESS FORMS IN EUROPE ; TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVES ON PARTNERSHIP LAW: RISK AND STABILITY ; IV. LEGISLATIVE REFORM INITIATIVES: THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ; LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS IN THE UK: DO THEY HAVE A ROLE FOR SMALL BUSINESS ; PARTNERSHIP LAW REFORM IN THE UK ; THE FAILED UNITED STATES EXPERIMENT IN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS ENTITY REFORM ; PITFALLS IN PARTNERSHIP LAW REFORM: THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE ; THE EUROPEAN PRIVATE COMPANY ; REFORMS IN DUTCH PARTNERSHIP LAW ; THE TAXATION OF HYBRID ENTITIES IN EUROPE

Joseph A. McCahery is Professor of International Business Law at Tilburg University and Research Fellow at the Tilburg Center for Law and EconomicsTheo Raaijmakers is Professor of Corporate Law at Tilburg UniversityDr. Erik P.M. Vermeulen is at the Center for Company Law, Tilburg University

...insightful and lucid collection of papers. Overall, the collection provides an invaluable and authoritative perspective on how to approach law, reform, and the risks of legal intervention, in the complex context of the small firm.

• I. INTRODUCTION ; COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNINCORPORATED FIRM ; II. THEORY: PARTNERSHIP AND CLOSE CORPORATION LAW ; THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL LAW ; AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SHARED PROPERTY IN PARTNERSHIP AND CLOSE CORPORATIONS LAW ; MATCH-SPECIFIC ASSETS AND MINORITY OPPRESSION IN THE CLOSE CORPORATION ; BRACKETED FLEXIBILITY: STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD ; III. EVOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP AND CLOSE CORPORATION LAW ; THE EVOLVING PARTNERSHIP ; FEDERAL TAX LAW AND THE LIMITED LIABILITY MOVEMENT ; THE EVOLUTION OF CLOSELY HELD BUSINESS FORMS IN EUROPE ; TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVES ON PARTNERSHIP LAW: RISK AND STABILITY ; IV. LEGISLATIVE REFORM INITIATIVES: THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ; LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS IN THE UK: DO THEY HAVE A ROLE FOR SMALL BUSINESS ; PARTNERSHIP LAW REFORM IN THE UK ; THE FAILED UNITED STATES EXPERIMENT IN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS ENTITY REFORM ; PITFALLS IN PARTNERSHIP LAW REFORM: THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE ; THE EUROPEAN PRIVATE COMPANY ; REFORMS IN DUTCH PARTNERSHIP LAW ; THE TAXATION OF HYBRID ENTITIES IN EUROPE

Joseph A. McCahery is Professor of International Business Law at Tilburg University and Research Fellow at the Tilburg Center for Law and EconomicsTheo Raaijmakers is Professor of Corporate Law at Tilburg UniversityDr. Erik P.M. Vermeulen is at the Center for Company Law, Tilburg University

...insightful and lucid collection of papers. Overall, the collection provides an invaluable and authoritative perspective on how to approach law, reform, and the risks of legal intervention, in the complex context of the small firm.

• I. INTRODUCTION ; COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNINCORPORATED FIRM ; II. THEORY: PARTNERSHIP AND CLOSE CORPORATION LAW ; THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL LAW ; AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SHARED PROPERTY IN PARTNERSHIP AND CLOSE CORPORATIONS LAW ; MATCH-SPECIFIC ASSETS AND MINORITY OPPRESSION IN THE CLOSE CORPORATION ; BRACKETED FLEXIBILITY: STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD ; III. EVOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP AND CLOSE CORPORATION LAW ; THE EVOLVING PARTNERSHIP ; FEDERAL TAX LAW AND THE LIMITED LIABILITY MOVEMENT ; THE EVOLUTION OF CLOSELY HELD BUSINESS FORMS IN EUROPE ; TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVES ON PARTNERSHIP LAW: RISK AND STABILITY ; IV. LEGISLATIVE REFORM INITIATIVES: THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ; LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS IN THE UK: DO THEY HAVE A ROLE FOR SMALL BUSINESS ; PARTNERSHIP LAW REFORM IN THE UK ; THE FAILED UNITED STATES EXPERIMENT IN UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS ENTITY REFORM ; PITFALLS IN PARTNERSHIP LAW REFORM: THE UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE ; THE EUROPEAN PRIVATE COMPANY ; REFORMS IN DUTCH PARTNERSHIP LAW ; THE TAXATION OF HYBRID ENTITIES IN EUROPE