In this paper, we explain the methodological shifts that have occurred over time in the study of company law. Our hypothesis is that comparative company law has developed and evolved as a bridge between two extremes. On the one hand, the doctrinal, black-letter law approach to company law,...

In this paper we provide a simple and general framework that explains the nature of groups, their corporate governance problems and their ownership structures as the result of the double nature of the controlling shareholder in the group as both shareholder and stakeholder of the subsidiary. We...