of directors, New Zealand company law gives shareholders significant control rights.Comparing New Zealand company law to …

This article examines shareholders' contractual freedom in company law by providing a considered analysis of the … validity of shareholders' agreements in private companies. It explores a line of Hong Kong cases where the principles … by applying it restrictively: the invalidation of shareholders' agreements was based entirely on public policy of an …

This paper investigates the role that shareholders may play in corporate governance by analysing the European … aiming at strengthening shareholders' voice in general meetings on the assumption that this is a prerequisite for sound … same time, may play a significant role in improving corporate governance by balancing the power of dominant shareholders …

For the greater part of the twentieth century the role of shareholders within the public corporation has been … the shareholders do not wish to be involved with the corporation's management, nor do they gain any benefits from an …-legal obstacles to shareholders' active involvement. Through most of the twentieth century, this contractarian orthodoxy of the rather …

current proposal relies exclusively on shareholders to drive the shift to a longer-term perspective. Especially after the … financial crisis, there is no clear reason for this exclusive reliance on shareholders. Although shareholders have and should … have specific rights in corporate governance, shareholders do not own companies. Their relationship with the company is a …