German and Asian Perspectives on Company Law

Der vorliegende Band bietet eine umfassende rechtsvergleichende Analyse grundlegender Themen des Gesellschaftsrechts in Deutschland, China, Japan und Südkorea. Untersucht werden Fragen der Verantwortlichkeit von Organmitgliedern und der Kapitalerhaltung ebenso wie die Rolle der Aktionäre in börsennotierten Aktiengesellschaften und die Regulierung des Konzernrechts in diesen vier Rechtssystemen.Introduction
Hideki Kanda: A Brief Guide to Japanese Company Law - Holger Fleischer: A Guide to German Company Law for International Lawyers. Distinctive Features, Particularities, Idiosyncrasies

I. Directors' Liability
Kenichi Osugi: Directors' Liability and Enforcement Mechanisms in Japan - Kyung-Hoon Chun: Corporate Opportunity Doctrine as a Basis for Directors' Liability. A New Statutory Experiment in Korea - Jianbo Lou: Ordinary Corporate Conduct Standard vs. Business Judgment Rule. A Review of Case Rulings by Beijing Courts between 2005 and 2014 - Hans Christoph Grigoleit: Directors' Liability and Enforcement Mechanisms from the German Perspective. General Structure and Key Issues

II. Capital Maintenance
Gen Goto: Legal Capital in Japan and the Influence of German Law - Andreas Cahn: Capital Maintenance - Ruoying Chen: From Legal Capital to Subscribed Capital. Capital Rule in China and its Economic Background

III. The Role of Shareholders
Gerald Spindler: The Role of Shareholders in Public Companies - Kon-SikKim/Moon-Hee Choi: Declining Relevance of Lawsuits on the Validity of Shareholder Resolution in Korea. A Comparative Essay - Hiroyuki Kansaku: The Role of Shareholders in Public Companies
IV. Groups of Companies
Junhai Liu: Regulation of Corporate Groups in China - Hyeok-Joon Rho: Corporate Groups in Korea. Reconciliation of Individualism with Collectivism - Eiji Takahashi: Recht und Wirklichkeit der verbundenen Unternehmen in Japan - Katja Langenbucher: Do We Need a Law of Corporate Groups?