Corporate governance in context : Corporations, states and markets in Europe, Japan, and the U S

Table of Contents
Introduction
Abbreviations
The Contributors
I Change of Governance in Historic Perspective: From State to Market - Pathways of Change in the 20th Century
1:Change of Governance in Historic Perspective: The German Experience, Harald Baum
2:Corporate Governance in the 20th Century: A View from Italy, Guido A. Ferrarini
3:Historical Pathways of Reform: Foreign Law Transplants and Japanese Corporate Governance, Curtis J. Milhaupt
4:Asking the Wrong Question: Changes of Governance in Historical Perspective?, Yoshiro Miwa, J. Mark Ramseyer
5:Politics on Wall Street: The Implications of Eliot Spitzer on State-Federal Relations in the Regulation of Public Corporations and Capital Markets in the United States, Jonathan R. Macey
6:Scandals, Regulation, and Supervising Agencies: The European Perspective, Gerald Spindler
II Corporations: Changing Models of Corporate Governance
7:European Company Law and Corporate Governance: Where Does the Action Plan of the European Commission Lead?, Klaus J. Hopt
8:Changing Models in Corporate Governance - Implications of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Gary M. Brown
9:Enron and Corporate Law Reform in the UK and the European Community, Paul L. Davies
10:Ongoing Modernization of Japanese Company Law, Misao Tatsuta
11:Japanese Perspectives, Autonomous Firms and the Aesthetic Function of Law, John O. Haley
12:Corporate Governance Crises and Related Party Transactions: A Post-Parmalat Agenda, Joseph A. McCahery, Erik P. M. Vermeulen
III Bureaucracy and Regulations
13:Legal Ground Rules in Coordinated and Liberal Market Economies, Katharina Pistor
14:Corporatist versus Market Approaches to Governance, Horst Siebert
15:Regulatory Paternalism: When is it Justified?, Anthony I. Ogus
16:The Regulation of Regulation: Judicialization, Convergence and Divergence in Administrative Law, Thomas B. Ginsburg
17:The Proper Role of Bureaucracy in a Modern Market Economy: The Case of Japan, Christian Kirchner
18:The Role of Bureaucracy in Deregulation - The Case of Justice System Reform in Japan, Kahei Rokumoto
19:The Transatlantic Financial Markets Regulatory Dialogue, Hans-Jürgen Hellwig
IV Markets - Creation, Risks, Safeguards
20:Market Discipline, Information Processing, and Corporate Governance, Martin F. Hellwig
21:Implementation of the Corporate Governance Codes, Eddy Wymeersch
22:The Market for Corporate Control: The Legal Framework, Alternatives and Policy Considerations, Stefan Grundmann
23:Antitrust, State Aid and the Governance of Public Undertakings, Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker
24:Sector - Specific Regulations and Antitrust: Corporate Governance of Public Undertakings in Japan, Fumio Sensui
V Intermediaries: Functions and Responsibility
25:Information Theory and the Role of Intermediaries, Reinhard H. Schmidt / Marcel Tyrell
26:Using Basel II to Facilitate Access to Finance: The Disclosure of Internal Credit Ratings, Gérard Hertig
27:The Multiple Roles of Banks? Convenient Tales from Modern Japan, Yoshiro Miwa / J. Mark Ramseyer
28:Legal Explanations on Bank Behaviour, Hideki Kanda
29:Redirecting Japan's Multi-level Governance, Luke Nottage
30:Gatekeeper Failure and Reform: The Challenge of Fashioning Relevant Reforms, John C. Coffee, Jr.
31:The Changing Worlds of the CPAs in Japan, Hiroshi Oda
Summary of Discussions
32:Changes of Governance in Europe, Japan, and the U.S.: Discussion Report, Christoph Kumpan, Heike Schweitzer
Annexes
Annex 1: Modernising Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union - A Plan to Move Forward (EU)
Annex 2: Combined Code on Corporate Governance (US)
Annex 3: Sarbanes-Oxley Act (UK)