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Description
Theoretical writing on the company and company law has been dominated in recent years by economics. This collection of essays by a distinguished team of authors drawn from a variety of disciplines seeks to build on the insights of this economic analysis and broaden understanding by examining the company in a wider historical,legal, political, and sociological context.
Issues discussed include the attitudes of political parties in the UK to the company, the rise of the non-executive director, institutional activism and stakeholder protection, and the evolution of the nexus of contracts theory of the company. There is also a strong comparative theme, with discussions of the political and sociological context of corporate governance in France, Germany, and Japan, together with developments at the European level.
Table of Contents
ANDREW GAMBLE, GAVIN KELLY, AND JOHN PARKINSON
2. The Politics of the Company
ANDREW GAMBLE AND GAVIN KELLY
3. The Labour Party and the Company
BEN CLIFT, ANDREW GAMBLE, AND MICHAEL HARRIS
4. The Public Interest and the Company in Germany
SHAWN DONNELLY
5. Worker Rights and Responsibilities in the Modern Company
ROBERT TAYLOR
6. The Conceptual Foundations of the Company: A Pluralist Approach
GAVIN KELLY AND JOHN PARKINSON
7. Defending the Rentier: Corporate Theory and the Reprivatization of the Public Company
PADDY IRELAND
8. Corporate Governance in a Political Climate: The Impact of Public Policy Regimes on Corporate Governance in the UK
SUE BOWDEN
9. Institutional Investors: What Are Their Responsibilities as Shareholders?
G P STAPLEDON
10. Evolution and Policy in Company Law: The Non-Executive Director
JOHN PARKINSON
11. Comparative Corporate Governance: Sociological Perspectives
GREGORY JACKSON
Product details
Published | Feb 28 2001 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 256 |
ISBN | 9781841131207 |
Imprint | Hart Publishing |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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…a valuable and timely contribution to current debates about the regulation of (large) companies in the United Kingdom. The individual essays are thoughtful and scholarly, and the text is given an overall coherence by the editors introductory chapter, which summarises well the subsequent essays whilst highlighting the principal themes of the text.
Chris Riley, Legal Studies
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The text offers a valuable collection of reflective essays on the nature, scope and change in the U.K. corporate governance theory. For the North American reader, the collection provides key insights into the development of U.K. company law An easy and interesting read, the book makes a most helpful contribution to the corporate governance debate.
Janis Sarra, Canadian Business Law Journal

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