Routledge Research in Corporate Law
About the Book Series
The credit crunch of 2007 and the ensuing financial crises have led to a renewed interest in the place of corporations in the modern world and the role of law and regulation in governing their behaviour. This series looks to survey the current developments within the field of corporate law as well as mapping out future opportunities for change. The series offers a comparative approach to the subject, looking not just at North America and Europe but also at the state of affairs elsewhere in the world. Written by influential scholars, the books offer thought-provoking and often critical analyses of corporate law. The functions and legal obligations and rights of multiple stakeholders including directors, investors, governments and regulators are examined from both empirical and theoretical standpoints. Whilst being grounded in law the series also draws upon research from the disciplines of economics, management studies, sociology and politics in order to explore the implications of corporate law in their wider social and economic context.
EU Sustainability Legislation and International Supply Chains: Enforcement and Impact on Chinese and US Companies
1st Edition
By Adolf Peter
September 30, 2025
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) – including the European Commission’s Omnibus Directive Proposal – focusing on civil liability, enforcement issues, climate-related transition plans and directors’ liabilities. It also discusses ...
Shareholder Remuneration and the Law: Shareholder Distributions and Creditor Protection in Comparative Perspective
1st Edition
By Xuedan Xiong
June 30, 2025
This book discusses the mechanism of shareholder distribution restriction for creditor protection through an interdisciplinary lens. Identifying an optimal model of shareholder distribution regimes through a comparative study of the UK and China, the book explores how these regimes can function as ...
Corporate Governance and Statutory Derivative Actions: Comparative Approach to Shareholder Litigation
1st Edition
By Lang Thai
May 06, 2025
This book is the first comprehensive study of the statutory derivative action in Australia, using the Australian model as a reference point and comparing it with the United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong and USA counterparts. The book includes an empirical study covering over a ...
Boardroom Behaviour and the Law: Corporate Governance and Risk Mitigation
1st Edition
By Samet Caliskan, Pereowei Subai
March 28, 2025
This book examines how various areas of law collectively influence the relationship between a company and its directors, particularly in safeguarding the long-term interests of stakeholders. Directors' inappropriate actions can expose a company to significant corporate risks, particularly in ...
Small and Medium Enterprises, Law and Business: Uncertainty and Justice
1st Edition
By Jan Winczorek, Karol Muszynski
December 18, 2024
The law plays an ambiguous role in running business. While legal tools can be used to tame uncertainties, for example, by concluding contracts to safeguard enforcement of future claims, they can also generate uncertainty. These secondary uncertainties like ones stemming from vague rights and ...
The Limits and Logic of Agency Theory in Company Law
1st Edition
By Jonathan Hardman
September 12, 2024
Agency theory is ubiquitous in company law. This book explores (a) the limits of such deployment, and (b) the logic of how to deploy it. The book makes five linked arguments in respect of the limits of agency theory in company law. First, it argues that agency theory has become so broad that it can...
Corporate Law and Climate Change: Theory, Risk, Governance
1st Edition
By Andrew Clarke
August 26, 2024
This book provides an analysis of the impact of the climate crisis on corporate law and theory in the coming decades as the world seeks to meet the target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Net zero targets are a particular challenge for an economy such as Australia which has a historical ...
Corporate Group Legitimacy: Reconceptualising the Corporate Group
1st Edition
By Peter Underwood
August 01, 2024
This book focuses on the legitimacy of corporate power wielded by corporate groups, integrating legal doctrine, economic analysis, and theoretical approaches. It reassesses how corporate groups can maintain legitimacy whilst exercising corporate power. Corporate groups are a prominent commercial ...
Legal and Ethical Standards in Corporate Insolvency
1st Edition
By Elizabeth Streten
June 17, 2024
Recent financial crisis and the global financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought renewed interest to the regulation and practice of corporate insolvency and restructuring. Modernisation of the insolvency profession, and the regulation of its practitioners, is a contemporary concern ...
Implementing Business and Human Rights Norms in Africa: Law and Policy Interventions
1st Edition
By Oyeniyi Abe
January 29, 2024
This book examines the contemporary and contentious question of the critical connections between business and human rights, and the implementation of socially responsible norms in developing countries, with particular reference to Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Business enterprises and ...
Adjudicating Global Business in and with India: International Commercial and Investment Disputes Settlement
1st Edition
Edited
By Leïla Choukroune, Rahul Donde
January 09, 2023
This edited collection on international commercial and investment disputes in, and with, India examines past and present landmark legislative and regulatory reforms initiated by the Indian government, including the 2015 new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) model, the 2015 amendments to the 1996 ...
The Enlightened Shareholder Value Principle and Corporate Social Responsibility: A theoretical and qualitative analysis
1st Edition
By Taskin Iqbal
January 09, 2023
The Enlightened Shareholder Value principle and Corporate Social Responsibility are areas of increasing academic and research interest. However, discussions on the ESV principle in relation to CSR are very limited. This book provides a critical analysis of the impact of the concept of ESV, embedded...