Corporate governance today is an integral part of European Union law. This survey addresses selected legal developments with a view to foundations and perspectives of interdisciplinary research on corporate governance. To start with, the most important institution of internal corporate...

Statutory auditors serve as an integral device to safeguard confidence in European financial markets. The market for corporate auditing is highly concentrated. A collapse of one of the top four auditing firms could cause a severe lack in the availability of auditing services. In a 2007 Staff...