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Governance of Close Corporations and Partnerships: US and European Perspectives »

Authors: Joseph A. McCahery (Editor), Theo Raaijmakers (Editor), Erik P. M. Vermeulen
ISBN-13: 9780199264353, ISBN-10: 019926435X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: December 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Joseph A. McCahery

Joseph A. McCahery is Professor of International Business Law at Tilburg University and Research Fellow at the Tilburg Center for Law and Economics. Theo Raaijmakers is Professor of Corporate Law at Tilburg University. Dr. Erik P. M. Vermeulen is at the Center for Company Law, Tilburg University.

Book Synopsis

This book examines the limited liability business forms that have recently emerged, and seeks to identify the forces that have led to the emergence of new business forms for small and medium-sized businesses. Focusing on the US, UK, and continental Europe, the contributors analyse the Limited Liability Company, the Limited Liability Partnership, and the new business forms proposed in Europe.

	Tables of Cases
	Lists of Authorities
	List of Contributors
	Abbreviations
1	Introduction: Governance in Partnership and Close Corporation Law in Europe and the United States	1
2	The Essential Role of Organizational Law	23
3	An Economic Analysis of Shared Property in Partnership and Close Corporations Law	73
4	Waiting for the Omelet to Set: Match-Specific Assets and Minority Oppression in Close Corporations	93
5	Bracketed Flexibility: Standards of Performance Level the Playing Field	133
6	The Evolving Partnership	153
7	The Evolution of Closely Held Business Forms in Europe	191
8	Federalism, Regulatory Competition, and the Limited Liability Movement: The Coyote Howled and the Herd Stampeded	241
9	Transatlantic Perspectives on Partnership Law: Risk and Instability	275
10	Limited Liability Partnerships in the United Kingdom: Do They Have a Role for Small Firms?	293
11	Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnership Law Reform in the United Kingdom	317
12	'Drawing Near the Fastness?': The Failed US Experiment in Unincorporated Business Entity Reform	347
13	Pitfalls in Partnership Law Reform: Some US Experience	359
14	Private Companies in Europe and the European Private Company	375
15	The Reform Agenda for Partnerships and Closely Held Companies in the Netherlands and the European Union	399
16	Taxation of Partnerships/Hybrid Entities	415
App. 1	The European Private Company Draft Regulation: The Articles	427
App. 2	The European Private Company Draft Regulation: Schedule 1. Standard Form Articles of Association	441
	Index	457