"Contents" [2014] ELECD 852; in Paolini, Adolfo (ed), "Research Handbook on Directors’ Duties" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) v

Book Title: Research Handbook on Directors’ Duties

Editor(s): Paolini, Adolfo

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781004401

Section Title: Contents

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Contents
List of contributors vii
Introduction xv

PART I DIRECTORS' DUTIES IN THE COMMON LAW
LEGAL SYSTEM

1. Evolving directors' duties in the common law world 3
Jennifer G. Hill
2. Directors' duties in Canada: paintings in a stream? 44
Jeff MacIntosh
3. Directors' duties in the UK 72
Andrea Lista
4. Almost codified almost 20 years on: the effect of the
Companies Act 1993 on the development of directors' duties
in New Zealand 105
Susan Watson

PART II DIRECTORS' DUTIES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS

5. Directors' duties in Italy 141
Carlo Amatucci
6. Directors' duties in China 154
Marcos Jaramillo
7. A brief note on directors' duties of care and loyalty in
Portugal 175
Pedro Pais de Vanconcelos

PART III DIRECTORS' DUTIES BEYOND COMPANY LAW

8. The limits of directors' duties in fostering corporate social
responsibility and the idea of a multi-stakeholder board 185
S.H. Goo and Désirée Klingler

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9. In loco parentis: directorial duties to consumers 211
Theresa A. Gabaldon
10. Connections between ethics and directors' duties in Australia 239
Vivienne Brand

PART IV DIRECTORS' DUTIES IN TIMES OF FINANCIAL
TURMOIL

11. Navigating financial turbulence: directors' duties in the face
of insolvency 271
Michelle M. Harner
12. Non-executive directors in financial institutions: a demanding
standard of care 298
Adolfo Paolini
13. The relationship between investors and corporations after the
financial crisis 321
Anita Anand

Index 339