Research handbook on directors' duties
By: edited by Adolfo Paolini
Series: Research handbooks in corporate law and governance; Research handbooks in corporate law and governance
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781781004401; 9781781004418
Subjects: Directors of corporations; Legal status, laws
Description: 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 book 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 book 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Evolving directors' duties in the common law world  -- Jennifer G. Hill; title: Directors' duties in Canada : paintings in a stream?  -- Jeff MacIntosh; title: Directors' duties in the UK  -- Andrea Lista; title: Almost codified almost 20 years on : the effect of the Companies Act 1993 on the development of directors' duties in New Zealand  -- Susan Watson; title: Directors' duties in Italy  -- Carlo Amatucci; title: Directors' duties in China  -- Marcos Jaramillo; title: A brief note on directors' duties of care and loyalty in Portugal  -- Pedro Pais de Vanconcelos; title: The limits of directors' duties in fostering corporate social responsibility and the idea of a multi-stakeholder board  -- S.H. Goo and Désirée Klingler; title: In loco parentis : directorial duties to consumers  -- Theresa A. Gabaldon; title: Connections between ethics and directors' duties in Australia  -- Vivienne Brand; title: Navigating financial turbulence : directors' duties in the face of insolvency  -- Michelle M. Harner; title: Non-executive directors in financial institutions : a demanding standard of care  -- Adolfo Paolini; title: The relationship between investors and corporations after the financial crisis -- Anita Anand.