Research Handbook on Directors’ Duties

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

The 2008 financial crisis brought increased scrutiny to the ways in which the directors of the world's major financial institutions handle their duties and how they impact investors, shareholders and consumers. In this comprehensive Handbook, leading scholars from around the world explore the nature of the relationship between a company and its directors, assessing issues such as how duties are discharged, what liabilities may arise and whose interests directors should consider before embarking on commercial ventures.The Handbook begins with chapters that explore the range of company law developments in several common law countries, with further chapters examining the law in several civil law jurisdictions. The Handbook then looks beyond company law to issues such as the role of directors in fostering corporate social responsibility and directors' duties to consumers. The final chapters consider directors' duties in times of financial turmoil.A comprehensive and ground-breaking book of original scholarly research, the Handbook will be a valuable contribution to the libraries of company law scholars and students, as well as to business people with a professional interest in the topic.Contributors: C. Amatucci, A. Anand, V. Brand, T.A. Gabaldon, M.M. Harner, J.G. Hill, S.H. Goo, M. Jaramillo, D. Klingler, A. Lista, J. MacIntosh, A. Paolini, P. Pais de Vanconcelos, S. Watson

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-05-27
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781784711511

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Edited by Adolfo Paolini, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, University of Buckingham Law School and Consultant, DACBeachcroft LLP, London, UK

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‘If you are professionally involved in, or merely interested in the financial services industry and its collective stance on such issues as social responsibility as well as profit, you should really acquire this absorbing, carefully researched and very timely book.’

Innehållsförteckning

Contents:PrefacePART I: DIRECTORS’ DUTIES IN THE COMMON LAW LEGAL SYSTEM1. Evolving Director’s Duties in the Common Law World Jennifer G. Hill2. Directors' Duties in Canada: Paintings in a Stream?Jeff Mackintosh3. Directors’ Duties in the UKAndrea Lista4. Almost Codified almost 20 years on: The Effect of the Companies Act 1993 on the Development of Directors’ Duties in New ZealandSusan WatsonPART II: DIRECTORS’ DUTIES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS 5. Directors’ Duties in ItalyCarlo Amatucci6. Director’s Duties in ChinaMarcos Jamaramillo7. A Brief Note on Directors’ Duties of Care and Loyalty in Portugal Pedro Pais de VanconcelosPART III: DIRECTORS’ DUTIES BEYOND COMPANY LAW8. The Limits of Directors' Duties in Fostering Corporate Social Responsibility and the Idea of a Multi-stakeholder BoardS. H. Goo and D. Klingler9. In Loco Parentis: Directorial Duties to ConsumersTheresa A. Gabaldon10. Connections between Ethics and Directors’ Duties in AustraliaVivienne BrandPART IV: DIRECTORS’ DUTIES IN TIMES OF FINANCIAL TURMOIL 11. Navigating Financial Turbulence: Directors’ Duties in the Face of InsolvencyMichelle M. Harner12. Non-executive Directors in Financial Institutions: A Demanding Standard of CareAdolfo Paolini13. The Relationship between Investors and Corporations after the Financial CrisesAnita AnandIndex