| Description |
xx, 189 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in private international law ; v. 9 |
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Studies in private international law ; v. 9
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: 3.The Plural Aims of Conflict of Corporate Laws -- 3.1.Introduction -- 3.1.1.The Real Seat Theory -- 3.1.2.The Incorporation Theory -- 3.2.Targeted Protective Mechanisms -- 3.2.1.Shareholders' Rights -- 3.2.2.The Limits of Shareholders' Liability -- 3.2.3.Creditor Protection -- 3.2.4.Employees -- 3.2.5.Accountability of Directors -- 3.3.Enduring Divergence in Corporate Law, and Potential Exceptions in Private International Law -- 3.4.Conclusions -- 4.Party Autonomy in European Law -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.The Constitutional Treatment of Party Autonomy -- 4.3.The Origins and Purpose of Article 50 -- 4.3.1.Article 50(2)(g) after Centros -- 4.4.The Substantive Effects of Harmonisation on Party Autonomy -- 4.4.1.The Cross-Border Merger Directive -- 4.4.2.The Works Council Directive -- 4.4.3.The Directives that Never Were, and a New Basis for Harmonisation -- 4.5.Supranational Business Vehicles -- 4.5.1.Introduction -- 4.5.2.The Societas Europaea (SE) -- |
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Contents note continued: 4.5.3.The Societas Privata Europaea (SPE) -- 4.6.Conclusions -- 5.The Freedom of Establishment Judgments -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Centros et al in Context: the Treaty Provisions, the 1968 Convention and Daily Mail -- 5.2.1.The 1968 Convention -- 5.2.2.The TFEU -- 5.2.3.Daily Mail -- 5.3.The ECJ's Liberalising Judgments -- 5.3.1.Centros -- 5.3.2.Uberseering -- 5.3.3.Inspire Art -- 5.3.4.de Lasteyrie du Saillant, Marks and Spencer, and Cadbury Schweppes -- 5.3.5.Sevic Systems -- 5.4.Cartesio -- 5.4.1.AG Maduro's Opinion -- 5.4.2.The Court's Judgment -- 5.5.The Present State of EU Law -- 5.6.Conclusions -- 6.Options for Future Development -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Option 1: the Status Quo -- 6.3.Option 2: the Status Quo Ante -- 6.4.Option 3: Unification or Supranationalisation of Corporate Law -- 6.5.Option 4: a New Regulatory Framework -- 6.5.1.Legal Basis -- 6.5.2.Aims and Principles -- 6.5.3.An Electronic Solution -- |
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Contents note continued: 6.5.4.Substantive Matters to be Included in Future Legislation -- 6.5.5.Legal Certainty -- 6.5.6.An Obligation to Incorporate ̀Foreign' Companies -- 6.5.7.Determining the State of the Real Seat, and Applying its Laws -- 6.5.8.Enforcement Mechanisms: the Challenge of the Privity of Contract -- 6.6.Conclusions -- 7.Concluding Remarks |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Aims -- 1.2.Scope -- 1.3.A History in Brief -- 1.3.1.International and Regional Unification -- 1.4.Are Conflicts of Corporate Laws Still Relevant? -- 1.5.Provisional Conclusions -- 2.The Principle of Party Autonomy -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.A Global Movement Towards Party Autonomy? -- 2.3.Analogies with Contract Law -- 2.3.1.Lex Societatis or Lex Contractus? -- 2.3.2.Displacing Contractual Covenants - Protection of the Weaker Party -- 2.3.3.A Standard Form Contract? -- 2.3.4.Reincorporation as Novation -- 2.3.5.Provisional Conclusions -- 2.4.Economic Analyses of the Conflict of Corporate Laws -- 2.4.1.The Authority of Entrepreneurs: Direction, and Monitoring of Team Production -- 2.4.2.The Firm as a Nexus of Contracts, or a Nexus of Specific Investments -- 2.4.3.Property Rights and the Nature of Shareholding -- 2.4.4.Efficiency: Choice of the Best Law -- 2.4.5.Efficiency: Legal Certainty -- 2.5.Conclusions -- |
| Notes |
Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Aberdeen, 2011 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-184) and index |
| Subject |
Conflict of laws -- Corporations -- European Union countries.
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Corporate governance -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries.
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Corporation law -- European Union countries.
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| LC no. |
2012357343 |
| ISBN |
1849462968 |
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9781849462969 |
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