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German and Nordic Perspectives on Company Law and Capital Markets Law.

Dieser Band behandelt aktuelle und grundlegende Themen des Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrechts in Deutschland und den nordischen Staaten. Erörtert werden charakteristische Merkmale des Gesellschaftsrechts in Skandinavien und Deutschland, die neu geschaffene Unternehmergesellschaft in Deutschland...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fleischer, Holger
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mohr Siebeck, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Part I
  • Overview of Company Law and Types in Germany and the Nordic Countries ; Holger Fleischer: A Guide to German Company Law for International Lawyers
  • Distinctive Features, Particularities, Idiosyncrasies; A. Legal Sources and Types of Business Organisations in Germany; I. No Code Unique, no Comprehensive Company Code, no Unitary Capital Company; II. Multitude of Company Law Acts; III. No Single Dominant Organisational Form; 1. Statistical Data; 2. Additional Explanations; IV. Popularity of Hybrid Business Organisations.
  • B. Main Players in Company LawI. The Legislator; 1. Stock Corporation Act; 2. Limited Liability Companies Act; II. Specialised Courts; III. Company Law Scholarship; C. Distinctive Features of German Stock Corporation Law; I. Interest of the Enterprise ("Unternehmensinteresse"); II. Two-tier Board ("duale Führungsstruktur") and Codetermination ("Mitbestimmung"); III. Mandatory Nature of the Stock Corporation Act ("aktienrechtliche Satzungsstrenge"); IV. Fiduciary Duties of Shareholders ("mitgliedschaftliche Treuepflichten").
  • V. Rescission Suits ("Beschlussmängelklagen") as the Most Important Enforcement MechanismVI. Codified Law of Corporate Groups ("Konzernrecht"); D. Gradual Erosion of German Particularities in Company Law; Jan Andersson: The Making of Company Law in Scandinavia and Europe
  • Experimentation and Innovation versus Harmonization; A. Introduction; B.A Brief History of the Scandinavian Work in Company Law until the 1970s
  • the Period of "Resulting Harmonization"; C.A Brief Overview of What Happened Next in Nordic Countries until 2014
  • the Period of "Experiments."
  • D. The Scandinavian Period of "Resulting Harmonization" and the Subsequent Period of "Experiments"
  • an Evaluation of the ExperiencePart II
  • The Law of Private Limited Companies ; Frauke Wedemann: Reforming the Law of Limited Liability Companies in Germany; A. Introduction; B. Modernization of the GmbH; I. Unternehmergesellschaft (haftungbeschränkt) = Entrepreneurial Company (with Limited Liability); 1. No Significant Capital Stock Amount; 2. Company's Name; 3. Statutory Reserve; 4. Raising of Capital; 5. Conversion into a "Normal" GmbH; 6. Range of Use; II. Sample Protocol.
  • III. Acquisition of Shares from an Unentitled PersonC. Combating Misuses; I. Measures against "Burying of Firms"; II. Disqualification of Managing Directors; D. Conclusion; Troels Michael Lilja: Entrepreneur Companies in Denmark and Germany
  • On the Danish IVS and the German UG (haftungsbeschränkt); A. Background; B. The Purpose of this Chapter; C. Why Has Denmark "Copied" the UG?; I. The Danish s.m.b.a. (Company with Limited Liability); II. The Purpose of the Legislative Proposal; III. Criticism of the IVS (Hearing); IV. The Cross-border Alternatives; 1. Competition between Legal Systems.