This volume makes a timely intervention into a field which is marked by a shift from unipolar
to multipolar order and a pluralization of constitutional law. It addresses the theoretical and …

Concentrated ownership companies are increasing worldwide, a significant percentage of
which are state-owned enterprises (SOEs), whose controller is the government. Government …

ABSTRACT The amended EU Shareholder Rights Directive introduces a comprehensive
regime of ex ante review for potentially conflicted transactions between listed companies …

The derivative action is widely acknowledged to be an important part of corporate law and
governance. Over a quarter century after the statutory derivative action landed in Singapore …

" This is the first book to provide a comparative and critical analysis of why and how
corporate governance and corporate law have been or can be used to promote and protect …

This book reconceptualises the role of the general meeting and shareholders in the listed
companies in four leading common law jurisdictions in Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong, India …

Since the Asian financial crisis of 1997, Hong Kong and Singapore have implemented
reforms that promote independence and monitoring competency of the boards of directors of …

Each year, hundreds of people in high-income countries take their own lives while they are
in prison. Thousands engage in self-harm and thousands abuse other prisoners. Such …

9.1 The authors have in previous editions of this work commented on the unsatisfactory state
of the law in this area. While the courts' discretion to ignore the separate personality of a …

Squeeze-outs entail the forcible acquisition of minority shares, thereby enabling the
controlling shareholder to gain complete control of the company. They epitomise the …