Introduction / Susan Watson and P.M. Vasudev -- Globalizing up corporate law / Franklin A. Gevurtz -- China's national champions : governance change through globaliation? / Li-Wen Lin -- The taxonomy of the modern company / Susan Watson -- Corporate governance codes as regulatory tools to...

Misreporting of borrowing rates by large banks and the resulting manipulation of LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) has been the subject of headlines news recently. Confronted with charges from regulators several banks, such as Barclays, UBS, and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), have paid huge...

The article analyzes Canadian pension funds from the perspectives of corporate governance and the capital markets. It reviews their investment allocations and revenue patterns since the 1990s and identifies significant changes. The article finds that pension funds, as shareholders, have turned...

Credit derivatives played an important role in the Credit Crisis of 2008-09. The US Congress enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in 2010 as a comprehensive response to the Credit Crisis. Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO) and Credit Default Swaps (CDS), which...

The current model in corporate governance theory is predicated on management by CEO and a team of executives, with directors in charge of oversight and monitoring. Corporate law endorses this model by authorizing directors to supervise management, rather than manage corporations by themselves....