Enforcement of Corporate and Securities Law : China and the World (Paperback)

Part I. Theoretical Framework: 1. The financial crisis: why have no high-level executives been prosecuted? Jed S. Rakoff; 2. Private enforcement in the United States and in Europe: a comparatist's ruminations and potential lessons for Asia Mathias Reimann; 3. Disclosure regulation and the rise of capital markets: nineteenth-century Britain and Germany compared Carsten Gerner-Beuerle; 4. Mandatory arbitration in consumer finance and investor contracts Michael S. Barr; 5. The bonding effect in cross-listed Chinese companies: is it real? Donald Clarke; Part II. China (Mainland): 6. Improving the civil liability system for false and misleading disclosure in the Chinese securities markets Liming Wang; 7. A question of class action in China Xianchu Zhang; 8. Private enforcement of securities law in China: past, present and future Robin Hui Huang; 9. Improving investor-friendly legal environment in Chinese capital markets Junhai Liu; 10. Enforcing fiduciary duties as tort liability in Chinese courts Jiangyu Wang; 11. China's free trade zone and latest development of the resolution mechanism for financial disputes: a perspective from the innovation of Qianhai international arbitration Xiaochun Liu; Part III. Common Law Jurisdictions: 12. Curbing managerial agency costs: private litigation and its substitutes in the US James D. Cox and Randall S. Thomas; 13. Private enforcement of corporate law: an empirical comparison of the UK and US John Armour, Bernard Black, Brian Cheffins and Richard Nolan; 14. Securities law enforcement and the rule of law Jeffrey G. MacIntosh; 15. Securities regulation in Australia - the role of the class action Michael Legg; 16. Enforcement of corporate and securities laws in India: the arrival of the class action? Vikramaditya Khanna; 17. Enforcement of Hong Kong's securities law - the underpinning philosophy Alexa Lam; Part IV. Civil Law Jurisdictions: 18. Enforcement of company and securities laws in Germany: an exercise in diversity Rainer Kulms; 19. Liability for misstatements to the market: the post-Parmalat years Guido Ferrarini and Paolo Giudici; 20. Growing securities litigation against issuers in Japan: its background and reality Gen Goto; 21. Private enforcement of company law and securities regulation in Korea Hwa-Jin Kim; 22. The IPC model for securities law enforcement in Taiwan Wen-yeu Wang; 23. Building enforcement capacity for Brazilian corporate and securities law John Armour and Caroline Schmidt; Conclusion Robin Hui Huang and Nicholas Calcina Howson; Index.