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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453791503321

Autore

Milhaupt Curtis J. <1962->

Titolo

Law and capitalism [[electronic resource] ] : what corporate crises reveal about legal systems and economic development around the world / / Curtis J. Milhaupt, Katharina Pistor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-96595-2

9786611965952

0-226-52529-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PistorKatharina

Disciplina

340/.11

Soggetti

Law and economics

Corporate governance - Law and legislation

Industrial laws and legislation

Law - Political aspects

Capitalism - Moral and ethical aspects

Industrial organization (Economic theory)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references( p. 249-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: FROM WEBER TO THE WORLD BANK, AND BEYOND -- PART II: INSTITUTIONAL AUTOPSIES -- PART III: IMPLICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Recent high-profile corporate scandals—such as those involving Enron in the United States, Yukos in Russia, and Livedoor in Japan—demonstrate challenges to legal regulation of business practices in capitalist economies. Setting forth a new analytic framework for understanding these problems, Law and Capitalism examines such contemporary corporate governance crises in six countries, to shed light on the interaction of legal systems and economic change. This provocative book debunks the simplistic view of law's instrumental function for financial market development and economic growth. Using



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