Directors & Officers (D & O) Liability / / Simon Deakin, Helmut Koziol, Olaf Riss.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Deakin, Simon,; Koziol, Helmut,; Riss, Olaf,
• MitwirkendeR: Cabrelli, D.,; Deakin, S.,; Faure, M.G.,; Gilead, I.,; Gouvêa, C. Portugal,; Hrádek, J.,; Kapsch, G.,; Karollus, M.,; Kirshner, J.A,; Klein, F.,; Krauskopf, F.,; Leyens, P.C.,; Ludwichowska-Redo, K.,; Machnikowski, P.,; Mattioni, M.,; McAlpine, A.,; Märki, R.,; Olmo, P. del,; Pargendler, M.,; Podleś, M.,; Riedler, K.,; Riss, O.,; Scarso, A.P.,; Skjefstad, A.,; Sommer, J.K.,; Spann, E.,; Strandberg, M.,; Thiede, T.,; Wagner, G.,; Wolf, R.A.,; Wuisman, I.S.,; Önay, I .,
• TeilnehmendeR: Messner, David.; Wilcox, Vanessa.
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Tort and Insurance Law ; 36
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XI, 1008 p.)

In recent years several cases concerning the liability of directors and officers have courted controversy. Arguments raised in such discussions oscillate between two extremes: on the one hand, the need for governing bodies to give a space to entrepreneurial discretion and on the other hand to ensure the protection of investors in and creditors of a company from the consequences of disadvantageous decisions by those bodies. In light of the geographical dispersal of the above stakeholders, the study offers a comparative insight into the liability of directors and officers in 10 key European jurisdictions (in particular, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain and Switzerland) and 4 non-European jurisdictions (namely Brazil, Israel, Turkey and the United States). Amongst other things it investigates existing company law principles on the topic and examines their interaction with tort law and other fields with a view to suggesting principles for better stakeholder protection. National reports are complemented by an economic analysis and insurance, conflict of laws and comparative reports. The study also benefits from case study analyses.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Questionnaire -- Country Reports -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in Austria -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in Brazil -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in the Czech Republic -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in Germany -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in Israel -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in Italy -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in the Netherlands -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in Norway -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in Poland -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in Spain -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in Switzerland -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in Turkey -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in the United Kingdom -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability in the United States -- Special Reports -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability: Economic Analysis -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability and Insurance from a Conflict of Laws Perspective -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability from an Insurance Law Perspective -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability and Legal Policy from an Austrian Entrepreneur’s Perspective -- Comparative Report -- Directors’ and Officers’ Liability: Comparative Report -- List of Contributors and Editors -- Publications -- Index