Derivative actions and corporate governance : theory and operation /

This volume examines the circumstances in which a shareholder can bring an action on behalf of a company (a derivative action), exploring how this remedy may be used to ensure good corporate governance and laying out a theoretical framework and practical guidance for future development of the law.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Reisberg, Arad, 1971-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Stockholders' derivative actions > Great Britain. Corporate governance > Great Britain. Actions dérivées > Grande-Bretagne. Gouvernement d'entreprise > Grande-Bretagne. Corporate governance Stockholders' derivative actions Great Britain Corporate governance. Aandeelhouders. Processen (rechtspraak) Engeland. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Shareholder litigation and corporate governance
The choice of rationales and the social meaning of derivative actions
The way to reform and a new statutory derivative action : much ado about nothing?
A proposed model for derivative action : the Functional and Focused Model (FFM): A. The foundations B. Procedural and substantive aspects
Funding derivative actions : costs and fees as incentives to commence litigation
Pursuing the resolution of the funding problem
The interrelationship between the derivative action and the unfair prejudice remedy
Conclusion and future directions.