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Legal Transplants, Law Books, and the History of Anglo-American Corporate Fiduciary Duties

How, and when, did the law of American corporate fiduciary duties begin to develop differently? Kershaw shows that the Delaware variant of the business judgment rule emerged in the twentieth...

20 November 2020

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Victoria Barnes

How Do Legal Traditions Communicate With Each Other? The Case of England and Scotland

Comparative lawyers have long been fascinated with the study of how legal ideas circulate across jurisdictions and legal traditions. In some cases, this circulation has led to the creation of...

18 February 2020

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Alexandra Braun

The Diffusion of the Sandbox Approach to Disruptive Innovation and Its Limitations

Faced with the challenges posed by the rise and evolution of disruptive technologies and innovations, countries have adopted differing regulatory approaches and adapted institutional structures and norms to maximize benefits...

17 February 2020

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Chang-hsien Tsai

Hostile Takeover Regimes in Asia: A Comparative Approach

The market for corporate control (operating through hostile takeovers) acts as a key corporate governance mechanism to discipline corporate managers. However, the process and substance of the regulation of hostile...

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Umakanth Varottil

Board Independence as Panacea to Tunnelling? An Empirical Study of Related Party Transactions in Hong Kong and Singapore

In this article, we examine a general question: is the legal transplantation of corporate governance rule effective in curtailing agency costs? Entering into the 21st century, we have seen reforms...

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Christopher Chen

Varieties of Independent Directors in Asia: A Taxonomy

The rise of the independent director in Asia is an issue of global consequence that has been largely overlooked. Less than two decades ago, independent directors were oddities in Asia’s...

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