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UNINA9910782426303321 |
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Autore |
Milhaupt Curtis J. <1962-> |
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Titolo |
Law and capitalism [[electronic resource] ] : what corporate crises reveal about legal systems and economic development around the world / / Curtis J. Milhaupt, Katharina Pistor |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-96595-2 |
9786611965952 |
0-226-52529-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Law and economics |
Corporate governance - Law and legislation |
Industrial laws and legislation |
Law - Political aspects |
Capitalism - Moral and ethical aspects |
Industrial organization (Economic theory) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references( p. 249-262) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 com |
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