Directors & Officers (D & O) Liability

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-11-048971-2
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 36, 1008 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1635 g

Reihe: Tort and Insurance Law

In recent years several cases concerning the liability of directors and officers have courted controversy. Arguments raised in such discussions oscillate between two extremes: on the one hand, the need for governing bodies to give a space to entrepreneurial discretion and on the other hand to ensure the protection of investors in and creditors of a company from the consequences of disadvantageous decisions by those bodies. In light of the geographical dispersal of the above stakeholders, the study offers a comparative insight into the liability of directors and officers in 10 key European jurisdictions (in particular, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and Switzerland) and 4 non-European jurisdictions (namely Brazil, Israel, Turkey and the United States). Amongst other things it investigates existing company law principles on the topic and examines their interaction with tort law and other fields with a view to suggesting principles for better stakeholder protection. National reports are complemented by an economic analysis and insurance, conflict of laws and comparative reports. The study also benefits from case study analyses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deakin, Simon

Riss, Olaf

Koziol, Helmut

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht Allgemeines Unternehmensrecht, Unternehmenskauf und -bewertung, M & A
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht Allgemeines und Gesamtdarstellungen (Gesellschaftsrecht)
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Recht mehrerer Jurisdiktionen, Synopsen

Über Autor(innen)

Simon F. Deakin, University of Cambridge; Olaf Riss, University of Linz; Helmut Koziol, ECTIL Vienna.

Simon F. Deakin, University of Cambridge; Olaf Riss, University of Linz; Helmut Koziol, ECTIL Vienna.