Comparative Corporate Governance

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Introduction

   Pages 1-8

3. Comparative Law and Corporate Governance

   Pages 9-34

4. The Law of the European Union

   Pages 35-78

5. The United Kingdom

   Pages 79-238

6. Germany

   Pages 239-388

7. Comparison

   Pages 389-429

8. Back Matter

   Pages 431-445

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It is fairly easy for a Finnish Jurist to understand German Company law. On the other hand, UK Company law seems very confusing. What is even more confusing is that the UK corporate govemance model is often regarded as one of the best in the World. Clearly German law cannot be as bad as it is often said to be. This books results from these kinds of thoughts and an interest in comparative law, Company law and securities markets law. I wanted to find out whether the functional method would give anything new to say about the regulation of corpo­ rate govemance in Germany and the UK. As I have been lecturing on Company law and corporate govemance myself, I also wanted to write a book that I could use as a textbook in my courses. For this reason, I focused on one of the key questions in corporate govemance: the regula­ tion of shareholder activism.

• Company law
• Corporate Governance
• English law
• German law
• Governance
• comparative law

• HANKEN Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Vaasa, Finland

  Petri Mäntysaari

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