Introduction / Barnali Choudhury and Martin Petrin -- Four transformations of the corporate form / Reuven S. Avi-Yonah -- Comparative corporate governance : old and new / Martin Gelter -- Corporation's intrinsic attributes / Christopher M. Bruner -- Understanding the modern company through the...

This thesis consists of a study of English and US corporate finance law and, in particular, the law in relation to hybrid financial instruments. Hybrids of financial instrument presents a mix of equity and debt characteristics. Therefore this thesis excludes from examination all the derivative...