International Corporate Law - Volume 1

Fiona Macmillan is Professor of Law at Birkbeck College,University of London.

Part 1: The role of the state in corporate law formation, Gregory A. Mark; public beginnings, private ends - should corporate law privelege the interests of shareholders?, Jennifer Hill; scenes from a wharf - containing the morality of coporate law, Peta Spender; directors' liabilities to third parties, Mitsumasa Tanabe; protecting minority and public interests in Nigerian company law - the Corporate Affairs Commission asa corporations ombudsman, Ameze Guobadia; the current US tax controversy over international hybrid entities, Keith E. Engel; environmental challenges for Japanese corporations in the twenty-first century - aspects of environmental risk management, Junko Ueda; takeover bids in Japan, Mami Sakaue; legitimating global corporate power, Fiona MacMillan. Part 2 Country reports: Australia - Australia and the UK on the quest for best corporate governance practice, Fiona Ellett; Japan - Japan's current move toward corporate statutory reform - is it a breakthrough to a new era?, Junko Ueda; Nigeria - improving Nigeria's investment climate, C.O. Okonkwo; United Kingdom - recent developments in UK company law, D. R. MacDonald.