Contemporary Issues in Corporate Governance

Arising from the Second Oxford Law Colloquium held in 1992, this volume addresses a topic that is highly topical but has a long intellectual pedigree. Since the formation of the joint stock company there has been continuing debate as to the structure of corporate governance and the controls, both legal and institutional, that are, or should be, exercised over corporate management. The volume provides a broad picture of what is currently happening in this debate in the U.K. and beyond.

The origins of this book lie in the Second Oxford Law Colloquium held in September 1992 and organized by the Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford and Allen & Overy. The subject of this volume, corporate governance, is one that is currently highly topical but which has a long intellectual pedigree. Ever since the formation of the first joint stock company there has been a continuing debate about the structure of corporate governance and the controls, both legal and institutional, that are, or should be, exercised over corporate management. The essays contained in the volume explore the debate from a variety of perspectives, but each keeps in mind that a clear understanding of the wider commercial and financial context is necessary before examining the relevant legal structures and rules. This wider picture is examined at both a national and comparative level, and the attitudes and practices of managers and investors are considered as part of the backdrop to competing theories on corporate governance. The contributors, drawn from the practising and the academic worlds, bring their own specialist knowledge to bear in a volume which will be required reading for all those interested in the subject. Contributors: Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Eddy Wymeersch, Sir Adrian Cadbury, Paul Rutteman, Paul Davies, Lord Alexander of Weedon, Paddy Linaker, Martin Lipton, Alan Paul, Theodor Baums, Geoff Stapledon

1 - The Corporate Governance Discussion in some European States
2 - Some Aspects of the Corporate Governance Debate
3 - Highlights of the Proposals of the Committee on Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance
4 - Corporate Governance and the Auditors
5 - Institutional Investors in the United Kingdom
6 - Corporate Governance - the Role of the Banks
7 - The Institutional Investor–Investment from M & G's Viewpoint
8 - Takeover Bids and United States Corporate Governance
9 - Corporate Governance in the Context of Takeovers of UK Public Companies
10 - Takeovers vs. Institutions in Corporate Governance in Germany
11 - The AWA Case: Non-Executive Directors, Auditors and Corporate Governance Issues in Court