The recent global financial crisis has challenged conventional wisdom, and our conception of globalisation has been called into question. This challenging and timely book revisits the relationship between globalisation, the crisis and the state from an interdisciplinary perspective, with law,...

Introduction / Susan Watson and P.M. Vasudev -- Globalizing up corporate law / Franklin A. Gevurtz -- China's national champions : governance change through globaliation? / Li-Wen Lin -- The taxonomy of the modern company / Susan Watson -- Corporate governance codes as regulatory tools to...

This Element deals with leadership and governance of corporations from the point of view of the board. We expand our understanding of board leadership by focusing on the modern company as a legal person comprised of a capital fund and the relationships among directors, shareholders, management...