Klaus J. Hopt Ordre des livres

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- The Contributors -- Part One: Essays -- The German Two-Tier Board (Aufsichtsrat) A German View on Corporate Governance -- The Cadbury Report, Two Years Later -- Institutional Investors as Corporate Monitors in the UK -- Holding Companies in Belgium -- The Corporate Governance Debate in Belgium -- A Note on the Typology of Financial Systems -- Path Dependence, Political Options, and Governance Systems -- Trends in Japanese Corporate Governance -- Corporate Governance and Corporate Performance: A Comparison of Germany, Japan and the U. S. -- Part Two: Materials -- I. United Kingdom -- II. USA -- III. Canada -- IV. France -- V. Germany -- VI. The Netherlands -- VII. Belgium

The text includes a comprehensive overview of horizontal groups and joint ventures, detailing practical experiences and legal frameworks across Europe. It begins with a foreword and tables of contents for both volumes. The first chapter discusses horizontal groups and joint ventures in Europe, presenting concepts and realities. The second chapter examines groups of companies within major European legal systems, including insights from Germany, France, Belgium, England, Switzerland, and Scandinavian law. The third chapter focuses on groups of companies under European Community law, offering a critical examination of European projects and a practitioner's perspective on group accounts related to the proposed Seventh EEC Directive. The fourth chapter addresses multinational groups, covering topics such as banking, labor law, and taxation, alongside the administrative oversight of multinational banks and critiques of unitary taxation. The annexes include a discussion report from a colloquium on multinational corporations and relevant legal provisions from various countries, including Germany, France, and Sweden. The text concludes with a list of abbreviations, a table of cases and enterprises, and an index, providing a structured and detailed resource for understanding the complexities of company groups in European law.