The governance of close corporations and partnerships : US and European perspectives

The governance of close corporations and partnerships : US and European perspectives / edited by Joseph A. McCahery, Theo Raaijmakers and Erik P.M. Vermeulen.

This is an examination of the limited liability business forms that have recently emerged, and seeks to identify the forces that have led to the emergence of new business forms for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Other Authors: McCahery, Joseph, Raaijmakers, M. J. G. C., Vermeulen, Erik M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Partnership > United States.
Close corporations > United States.
Private companies > United States.
Partnership > Europe.
Close corporations > Europe.
Private companies > Europe.
Close corporations.
Partnership.
Private companies.
Law, General & Comparative.
Law, Politics & Government.
Europe.
United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Governance in partnership and close corporation law in Europe and the United States / Joseph A. McCahery
  • pt. I. Theory: partnership law and close corporations. The essential role of organizational law / Henry Hansmann, Reinier Kraakman ; An economic analysis of shared property in partnership and close corporations law / John Armour, Michael J. Whincop ; Waiting for the omelet to set: match-specific assets and minority oppression in close corporations / Edward B. Rock, Michael L. Wachter ; Bracketed flexibility: standards of performance level the playing field / Claire Moore Dickerson
  • pt. II. Evolution of partnerships and closely held businesses. The evolving partnership / Larry E. Ribstein ; The evolution of closely held business forms in Europe / Joseph A. McCahery, Erik P.M. Vermeulen ; Federalism, regulatory competition, and the limited liability movement: the coyote howled and the herd stampeded / J. William Callison
  • pt. III. Legeslative reform initiatives in the United Kingdom and the United States. Transatlantic perspectives on partnership law: risk and instability / Deborah A. DeMott ; Limited liability partnerships in the United Kingdom: do they have a role for small firms? / Judith Freedman ; Limited liability partnerships and partnership law reform in the United Kingdom / Geoffrey Morse ; 'Drawing near the fastness?': the failed US experiment in unincorporated business entity reform / Allan Walker Vestal ; Pitfalls in partnership law reform: some US experience / Donald J. Weidner
  • pt. IV. The European private company and partnership law reform in the European Union. Private companies in Europe and the European private company / Robert R. Drury ; The reform agenda for partnerships and closely held companies in the Netherlands and the European Union / Theo Raaijmakers ; Taxation of partnerships/hybrid entities / Peter Essers, Gerard T.K. Meussen
  • app. 1. The European Private Company draft regulation: the articles
  • app. 2. The European Private Company draft regulation: schedule 1. Standard form articles of association.

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