European Comparative Company Law - Softcover

Andenas, Mads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107407648 ISBN 13: 9781107407640

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Company law is undergoing fundamental change in Europe. All European countries have undertaken extensive reform of their company legislation. Domestic reform has traditionally been driven by corporate failures or scandals. Initiatives to make corporate governance more effective are a feature of recent European law reform, as are measures to simplify and ease burdens on smaller and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). An increasing EU harmonisation is taking place through the Company Law Directives, and the free movement of companies is also facilitated by the case law of the European Court of Justice on the directives and the right to free movement and establishment in the EC Treaty. New European corporate forms such as the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) and the European Company (SE) have added new dimensions. At a time of rapid development of EU and national company laws, this book will aid the understanding of an emerging discipline.

About this title

Book Description:

Recent attempts to harmonise company law within the EU have led to major reform. Using seven countries as case studies, this examination of European company law takes into account reform, EU harmonisation, the case law of the European Court and the extensive action plan adopted by the European Commission.

About the Author:

Mads Andenas is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oslo and the UN Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary Detention and the Chair of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which reports to the UN Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly. He has held senior academic appointments in the United Kingdom, including as Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London and Director of the Centre of European Law at King's College London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107407648
• ISBN 13: 9781107407640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 648