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• Title:Directors' liability : a worldwide review / editor: Alexander Loos.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Loos, Alexander, 1950-
  Pereira, Miguel de Avillez, 1965-
  International Bar Association.
  
• Published/Created:Alphen aan den Rijn : Kluwer Law International/International Bar Association ; Frederick, MD : Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers, ©2010.
  

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  • Call Number: K1328 .D58 2010
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Directors of corporations--Legal status, laws, etc.
  Tort liability of corporations.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:lxxiv, 549 pages ; 25 cm.
  
• Series:International Bar Association series.
  
• Summary:This volume provides a comparative examination of the law on company directors' liabilities in 40 different national jurisdictions and with regards to the European Action Plan (coverage has been expanded for this second edition to such countries as the United Arab Emirates, Mongolia, China, Russia, Ukraine, and Vietnam). The chapters are presented according to a shared template covering such topics as "national basics" and national legal theories of directors' liabilities; recent cases; liability issues regarding who can sue or be sued, thresholds and limitations/caps of liabilities, joint liability/solidarity, derivative actions, class actions, and liability in the event of bankruptcy; indemnification and insurance; and possible future legislation development.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9789041132505 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:I. Africa. 1. South Africa / Eric Levenstein, David Gewer, David Walker, Patrick Mayer
  II. America. 2. Argentina / Javier M. Petrantonio, Laura Lavia Haidempergher
  3. Bermuda / Peter Bubenzer, John Riihiluoma
  4. Brazil / Walter Douglas Stuber
  5. Canada / Markus Koehnen, Erin Cowling
  6. Cayman Islands / Antony Duckworth, Alan de Saram, Wendy Stenning
  7. Chile / Jaime Carey, Cristián Eyzaguirre
  8. Mexico / Daniel Del Rio, Juan José López-de-Silanes
  9. United States of America / Robert Ripin, Christopher Winckler
  III. Asia. 10. Hong Kong / Allan Leung, Danny Leung
  11. India / Som Mandal
  12. Israel / Rachel Levitan, Yael Navon
  13. Japan / Norio Mitsuuchi
  14. Mongolia / Michael Aldrich, Byambaa Batbayar, Dashnyam Zoljargal
  15. The People's Republic of China / Michael Aldrich, Ke Chen
  16. The Russian Federation / Oxana Balayan
  17. Singapore / Andrew M. Lim
  18. Turkey / Serdar Paksoy
  19. United Arab Emirates / Imtiaz Shah, Charlotte Douglass
  20. Vietnam / Christian Schaefer, Phong Nguyen
  IV. Australia and New Zealand. 21. Australia / Fred Chilton, Michael Scarf
  22. New Zealand / Jeremy Steel, Mark Williamson, Jess Hogan
  V. Europe. 23. The European action plan / Thorsten M. Volz
  24. Austria / Christian Dorda
  25. Belgium / Roel Nieuwdorp, Jens Van Hecke
  26. Czech Republic / Dagmar Dubecká, Martin Šolc
  27. Denmark / Jørgen Boe, Mads Poulsen
  28. Finland / Kari Lautjärvi, Riikka Leinonen
  29. France / Jacques Buhart
  30. Germany / Alexander Loos
  31. Ireland / Michael Greene, David Dobbyn
  32. Italy / Guido Brosio, Gabriele Fagnano
  33. Luxembourg / Guy Harles, Saskia Konsbruck
  34. The Netherlands / Willem Calkoen, Martin Grablowitz
  35. Poland / Tomasz Żak
  36. Portugal / Miguel de Avillez Pereira, Bruno Sampaio Santos
  37. Spain / Enric Picanyol, Coro Fernández-Rañada, Idoya Fernández
  38. Sweden / Per Berglöf, Sverker Bonde
  39. Switzerland / Matthew T. Reiter, Felix R. Ehrat
  40. Ukraine / Timur Bondaryev, Pavlo Khodakovsky
  41. United Kingdom / Karla Dudek.