Law and capitalism what corporate crises reveal about legal systems and economic development around the world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Milhaupt, Curtis J., 1962-
Other Authors: Pistor, Katharina.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. From Weber to the World Bank, and beyond
  • The prevailing view : impact, assumptions, and problems
  • Rethinking the relation between legal and economic development
  • pt. 2. Institutional autopsies
  • The Enron scandal : legal reform and investor protection in the United States
  • The Mannesmann executive compensation trial in Germany
  • The Livedoor bid and hostile takeovers in Japan : postwar law and capitalism at the crossroads
  • Law, growth, and reform in Korea : the SK episode
  • The China Aviation Oil episode : law and development in China and Singapore
  • "Renationalizing" Yukos : law and control over natural resources in the Russian economy
  • pt. 3. Implications and extensions
  • Understanding legal systems
  • Legal change
  • Conclusion.