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Path Dependence And Durability Of Hong Kong's Existing Corporate Reorganization System, Charles Zhen Qu Dr
Path Dependence And Durability Of Hong Kong's Existing Corporate Reorganization System, Charles Zhen Qu Dr
Charles Zhen Qu Dr
A corporate reorganization system that ensures optimal deployment of distressed companies’ assets helps promote economic development. In many developed economies, faltering firms are reorganized through a formal corporate reorganization procedure. The Hong Kong government has recently recommended the enactment of such a procedure on the assumption that the existing corporate and insolvency framework is ill-equipped to restructure failing companies. This article rebuts this assumption through an assessment of the efficiency of the judicially-developed reorganization system that has emerged as a result of the failure to introduce a formal reorganization procedure a decade ago. It argues that since an efficient alternative …
Directors In The Dock: An Analysis In The Light Of Maksud Sayid Case, Jitendra Soni
Directors In The Dock: An Analysis In The Light Of Maksud Sayid Case, Jitendra Soni
Jitendra Soni
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On The Formation Of The American Corporate State: The Fuller Supreme Court, 1888-1910, George Skouras
On The Formation Of The American Corporate State: The Fuller Supreme Court, 1888-1910, George Skouras
George Skouras
This paper deals with the formation and legitimation of the American Corporate State by the Fuller Supreme Court. It argues that the Fuller Court was wrong to use the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment and natural law to support laissez-faire capitalism and the emergent corporate structure at the expense of labor and labor unions. It also argues that the corporatization of America has created a social and cultural environment that places business as the center of the American universe. This has led to a very asymmetrical relationship between corporations and citizens. It further argues that recent revisionist scholarship …