This article examines different approaches to the challenge of more effective corporate law enforcement and governance in Australia. It also discusses the problem of assessing success in this area and how this might be evaluated. The article describes the barriers to measuring success of...

The maintenance of capital doctrine has generated considerable debate in corporate law since its heyday in the late nineteenth century. Capital rules continue to be debated in jurisdictions as diverse as the China and the United Kingdom. It was long assumed that the doctrine protected a...

This article discusses the extent to which rule of law principles have been embraced within the language, principles and practice of China’s Company Law. The paper discusses different understandings of the rule of law that are to be found in the wider literature. Whilst China has affirmed the...

Professor Rob McQueen's new social history of British company law reminds us that if we are to fully understand company law, it is useful to be historically informed. McQueen's book has nine chapters, including an Introduction and a conclusion chapter. Chapters 2 and 3 deal with social attitudes...

This paper seeks to identify some broad theoretical dimensions of Australian corporations law reform. It has been rare for corporations law reformers to present themselves as being motivated by a particular theoretical approach, although sometimes this may be evident, such as where an inquiry...