This paper provides an initial, schematic description for students beginning a course comparingthe "company laws"1 governing corporations formed under the Delaware General Corporation Law(also referred here to as "DGCL")2 and under the German Aktiengesetz (also referred to here as the"Stock...

This paper identifies some common errors that occur in comparative law, offers some guidelines tohelp avoid such errors, and provides a framework for entering into studies of the company laws ofthree major jurisdictions. The first section illustrates why a conscious approach to...