Law and capitalism : what corporate crises reveal about legal systems and economic development around the world / Curtis J. Milhaupt, Katharina Pistor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milhaupt, Curtis J., 1962-

Contributor:

Pistor, Katharina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and economics.

Corporate governance--Law and legislation.

Corporate governance.

Industrial laws and legislation.

Law--Political aspects.

Law.

Capitalism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Capitalism.

Industrial organization (Economic theory).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent high-profile corporate scandals—such as those involving Enron in the United States, Yukos in Russia, and Livedoor in Japan—demonstrate challenges to legal regulation of business practices in capitalist economies. Setting forth a new analytic framework for understanding these problems, Law and Capitalism examines such contemporary corporate governance crises in six countries, to shed light on the interaction of legal systems and economic change. This provocative book debunks the simplistic view of law's instrumental function for financial market development and economic growth. Using com

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

PART I: FROM WEBER TO THE WORLD BANK, AND BEYOND

PART II: INSTITUTIONAL AUTOPSIES

PART III: IMPLICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references( p. 249-262) and index.

ISBN:

9786611965952

9781281965950

1281965952

9780226525297

0226525295

OCLC:

351439380