Independent Directors in Asia - A Historical, Contextual and Comparative Approach

The first in-depth analysis of the independent director in Asia: who they are, what they do and how they are regulated.

List of contents

Part I. Theoretical Framework: Introduction Dan W. Puchniak, Harald Baum and Luke Nottage; 1. The rise of the independent drector in the West: understanding the origins of Asia's legal transplants Harald Baum; 2. Independent directors: a theoretical framework Wolf-Georg Ringe; 3. Varieties of independent directors in Asia: a taxonomy Dan W. Puchniak and Kon Sik Kim; Part II. Asian Jurisdiction-Specific Chapters: 4. Japan's gradual reception of independent directors: an empirical and political-economic analysis Gen Goto, Manabu Matsunaka and Souichirou Kozuka; 5. Korea's mandatory independent directors: expected and unexpected roles Kyung-Hoon Chun; 6. Independent directors in China: facts and reform proposals Xin Tang; 7. From double board to unitary board system: the corporate governance reform in Taiwan Hsin-Ti Chang, Yu-Hsin Lin and Ying-Hsin Tsai; 8. Independent directors in Hong Kong Vivienne Bath; 9. Independent directors in Singapore: a corporate governance outlier? Dan W. Puchniak and Luh Luh Lan; 10. Board independence in India: from form to function? Vikramaditya Khanna and Umakanth Varottil; Part III. Alternative Perspectives and Conclusions: 11. The rise and unlikely demise of independent directors in Australia Fady Aoun and Luke Nottage; 12. Case studies of independent directors in Asia Bruce Aronson; 13. Independent directors in Asia: theoretical lessons and practical implications Souichirou Kozuka and Luke Nottage; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This book provides the first in-depth analysis of the independent director in Asia, describing who they are, what they do and how they are regulated in seven of Asia's most important and dynamic economies and Australia. It will appeal to comparative corporate law and governance scholars, regulators and lawyers interested in new developments in the field.

Product details

• Authors: EDITED BY DANIEL W., Dan W. Puchniak, Dan W. (National University of Singapore Puchniak, Dan W. Baum Puchniak
• Assisted by: Harald Baum (Editor), Harald (Max-Planck-Institut fur auslandisches und internationales Privatrecht Baum (Editor), Luke Nottage (Editor), Luke (University of Sydney) Nottage (Editor), Dan W Puchniak (Editor), Dan W. Puchniak (Editor), Dan W. (National University of Singapore) Puchniak (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781107179592
• ISBN: 978-1-107-17959-2
• No. of pages: 634
• Series: International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation; International Corporate Law an; International Corporate Law an; International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law