Law and capitalism : what corporate crises reveal about legal systems and economic development around the world / Curtis J. Milhaupt, Katharina Pistor.
2008
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Milhaupt, Curtis J., 1962-
Title
Law and capitalism : what corporate crises reveal about legal systems and economic development around the world / Curtis J. Milhaupt, Katharina Pistor.
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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K487.E3 M55 2008
ISBN
9780226525273 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226525279 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226525279 (cloth : alk. paper)
Description
x, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)167516298
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Includes bibliographical references( pages 249-262) and index.
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Pistor, Katharina.
Table of Contents
Pt. I
From Weber to the World Bank, and beyond
1
The prevailing view : impact, assumptions, and problems
17
2
Rethinking the relation between legal and economic development
27
Pt. II
Institutional autopsies
3
The Enron scandal : legal reform and investor protection in the United States
47
4
The Mannesmann executive compensation trial in Germany
69
5
The Livedoor bid and hostile takeovers in Japan : postwar law and capitalism at the crossroads
87
6
Law, growth, and reform in Korea : the SK episode
109
7
The China aviation oil episode : law and development in China and Singapore
125
8
"Renationalizing" Yukos : law and control over natural resources in the Russian economy
149
Pt. III
Implications and extensions
9
Understanding legal systems
173
10
Legal change
197
11
Conclusion
219
Notes
225
References
249
Index
263