Corporate Governance after the Financial Crisis

Edited by P.M. Vasudev, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada and Susan Watson, Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Contents:

Introduction
P.M. Vasudev and Susan Watson

PART I: THE ‘GREAT DEBATE’
1. New Thinking on ‘Shareholder Primacy’
Lynn A. Stout

2. Shareholder Primacy in Corporate Law – A Response to Professor Stout
Peter Watts

3. Derivation of Powers of Boards of Directors in UK Companies
Susan Watson

4. Enlightened Shareholder Value, Social Responsibility and the Redefinition of Corporate Purpose Without Law
David Millon

5. Re-evaluating the Basis of Corporate Governance in the Post, Post-Enron Era
Leonard I. Rotman

6. Corporate Stakeholders in New Zealand – The Present, and Possibilities for the Future
P.M. Vasudev

7. Institutional Investors as Blockholders
Aviv Pichhadze

PART II: PRIVATE REMEDY IN CORPORATE LAW AND ITS LIMITS
8. The Role of Corporate Law in Preventing a Financial Crisis – Reflections on In re Citigroup Inc Shareholder Derivative Litigation
Franklin A. Gevurtz

PART III: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND GLOBALIZATION
9. How Public Regulation Changes Corporate Governance Practice – Corporate Board Reform in Taiwan
Yu-Hsin Lin

10. Corporate Law Reform and Corporate Governance in Malaysia – Responses to Globalization
Aishah Bidin

PART IV: CORPORATE ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY
11. Public Regulatory Encouragement to the Adoption of Private Ordering Systems to Achieve Environmental Protection through Sustainable Commerce
Peter A. Appel and T. Rick Irvin

12. Codes of Ethics and Corporate Governance – A Study of New Zealand Listed Companies
Trish Keeper

Index