Corporate Governance in Global Capital Markets

Janis Sarra editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of British Columbia Press

Published:1st Jul '04

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This collection of legal essays explores the theoretical underpinnings of corporate governance and provides concrete illustrations of different models and their outcomes.

The recent failures of Enron, WorldCom, and other large publiclytraded corporations have catapulted the issue of corporate governanceonto the international stage. In this timely book, Janis Sarra drawstogether the work of legal scholars and practitioners from across NorthAmerica to provide a comprehensive analysis of corporate governanceissues in global capital markets.

The contributors to this collection explore the theoreticalunderpinnings of corporate governance and provide concrete illustrationof different models and their outcomes. While the perspectives of theauthors sometimes differ, their common project is to explore differentnormative conceptions of the corporation in order to contribute to ananalysis of global trends in corporate governance. The book measuresdiverse theoretical perspectives against the reality of corporateoperations in current capital markets, exploring the norms that informshifts in governance practice and the influence of regulatory regimeson governance change. Relationships both within and outside the firmare explored, including issues of accountability, ethics in decisionmaking, and notions of efficiency in generation of corporatewealth.

Legal scholars and practitioners with an interest in corporations,insolvency, and securities, as well as corporate directors will welcomethis addition to their libraries.

Informative and thorough. -- Jim Stanford, Canadian Auto Workers * Labour/Le Travail, Issue 56, Fall 2005. *
This collection of advisory essays addressed in a useable way the need for accountability in the boardroom. Coming as it does on the heels of exposed CEO avarice and the accompanying criminal and civil litigation it is an educational read for trial and corporate lawyers. -- Ronald F. MacIsaac * The Barrister *

ISBN: 9780774810050

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 520g

400 pages