TY - BOOK ID - 8583125 TI - The Law of Business Organizations : A Concise Overview of German Corporate Law AU - Schulz, Martin. AU - Wasmeier, Oliver. PY - 2012 SN - 3642177921 3642438377 1280398450 9786613576378 364217793X PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Business law -- Germany. KW - Commercial law. KW - Commercial law -- Germany. KW - Corporation law -- Germany. KW - Industrial management. KW - Law. KW - Business enterprises KW - Commercial law KW - Corporation law KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Law - Non-U.S. KW - Law - Europe, except U.K. KW - Law, General & Comparative KW - Law and legislation KW - Leadership. KW - Private international law. KW - Conflict of laws. KW - International law. KW - Comparative law. KW - Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law. KW - Commercial Law. KW - Business Strategy/Leadership. KW - Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law . KW - Ability KW - Command of troops KW - Followership KW - Business KW - Business law KW - Commerce KW - Law, Commercial KW - Mercantile law KW - Law KW - Law merchant KW - Maritime law KW - Choice of law KW - Conflict of laws KW - Intermunicipal law KW - International law, Private KW - International private law KW - Private international law KW - Legal polycentricity KW - Civil law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8583125 AB - This book gives a concise introduction to the German law of business organizations. After outlining the corporate legal framework within Germany, the book addresses some basic issues of international and European business law, such as the law applicable to corporations engaged in cross-border activities. Special emphasis is placed on some recent developments in the European Common Market. The book then describes the various types of German business organizations with a special focus on the German Limited Liability Company (GmbH) and the German Stock Corporation (AG). Key issues such as the incorporation of various business forms, questions of designing corporate contracts, corporate governance issues and the liability of shareholders and managers are also explained. The book also provides a brief outline of some recent developments in European company law with a special focus on the new multinational corporate form of the European Company (SE). ER -