German and Nordic Perspectives on Company Law and Capital Markets Law |
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| Editor:
| Fleischer, Holger
Hansen, Jesper Lau
Ringe, Wolf-Georg |
| Series title: | Beitrage Zum Auslandischen und Internationalen Privatrecht Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-16-153907-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2015 |
| Publisher: | Mohr Siebeck
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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The volume traces back to a symposium held at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg and offers a broad comparative analysis of company and capital markets law in Germany and the Nordic states. It details the special elements of company law in Scandinavia that developed amid the twin forces of innovative experimentation and the drive for harmonization, contrasting them with the distinctive features of German company law. Further contributions...
More DescriptionThe volume traces back to a symposium held at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg and offers a broad comparative analysis of company and capital markets law in Germany and the Nordic states. It details the special elements of company law in Scandinavia that developed amid the twin forces of innovative experimentation and the drive for harmonization, contrasting them with the distinctive features of German company law. Further contributions deal with the newly created entrepreneur company in Germany and Denmark, as well as the role of shareholders and boards in public companies. It also contains detailed analyses of the law of company groups in Germany and the Nordic states. the volume is further rounded out with contributions on capital markets law and takeover law, including issues involving acting in concert, ownership disclosure and the interaction between the legislator and the takeover panel in Sweden.