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May 2022 384 pages • 234 x 156mm 9781509923625 Hart Publishing Series: Contemporary Studies in Corporate Law

May 2022 704 pages • 244 x 169mm 9781509929047 Hart Publishing Series: Studies in International Trade and Investment Law

June 2022 272 pages 234 x 156mm 9781509955367 Hart Publishing

The Making of the Modern Company

Susan Watson

A unique contribution to the literature on corporate law that provides an explanation for the success of the corporate form and a platform for solutions to the hard problems of corporate law.

Susan Watson adopts a historical perspective to highlight, and bring back into focus, the key features of the modern company. It discusses how it has changed over time, focussing on England in the key period between the enactment of the general incorporation statutes permitting limited liability in the mid-19th century and the legal recognition of the modern company as a separate legal entity at the end of the century. This is a valuable resource for corporate law academics, those who study the company from related disciplines and anyone questioning why there remains a lack of certainty about the structure of the most ubiquitous and important modern legal form; the limited liability company. Susan Watson is Dean of the Business School and holds joint chairs in the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Business and Economics, at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

International Investment Law

An Analysis of the Major Decisions Edited by Hélène Ruiz Fabri and Edoardo Stoppioni

A fresh, integrated, and interdisciplinary approach to the practice of international investment law.

Written by leading experts in the field, this collection offers a critical and comparative analysis of the existing case law on international investment law. Making a topical contribution to the existing literature, the book brings together over 40 international experts and legal traditions. It combines conceptual analysis and archival investigation of landmark case law to provide the reader with a fresh and innovative understanding of the breadth of international investment law. Hélène Ruiz Fabri is Professor of Law and Director and Edoardo Stoppioni is Research Fellow, both at the Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law, Luxembourg.

Making Laws That Work

Why Laws Fail and How We Can Do Better David Goddard

Examines why laws fail and presents strategies for making laws that work.

Why do some laws fail? And how can we make laws that actually work? This helpful guide provides answers to these questions and gives practical strategies for law-making. It looks at a range of laws which have failed and examines some of the reasons why such failures occur. It provides strategies to reduce the risk of failure of legislative projects and provides useful checklists of questions to ask and issues to consider, which will be invaluable to anyone involved in designing legislation. David Goddard is a Judge of the Court of Appeal, New Zealand.