Boken behandlar centrala frågeställningar i modern bolagsrätt med nära koppling till det pågående strävandena att harmonisera den europeiska bolagsrätten. Artiklarna fokuserar på fyra sammanhängande teman;
- förhållandet mellan bolagsrätt och europeisk ekonomisk integration
- förhållandet mellan take over-direktivet och nationell bolagsrätt
- corporate governance
- regelbildning i europeisk bolagsrätt

The book deals with core problems of modern company law, closely linked to the ongoing efforts to further harmonize company law within Europe. The articles are based on papers presented by leading international experts an an international symposium in Stockholm.

The articles are focusing on four interrelated themes, viz.
- The relation between company law and European economic integration
- The relation between the recent EU Takeover Directive and national company law
- Corporate governance
- Regulation or deregulation in company law, in particular European law

Content
1. Preface by the Editor ULF BERNITZ
2. STIG STRÖMHOLM Welcome Address
3. JAN VON HEIN Competitive Company Law: Comparisons with the USA 4. MARCO BECHT Reciprocity in Corporate Takeovers
5. ANDRÉ NILSEN Finance, Hostile Takeovers, and Worker Participation A Cross-National Survey of Business Preferences
6. JAN ANDERSSON Competition between Member States as Corporate Legislator
7. ULF BERNITZ The Attack on the Nordic Multiple Voting Rights Model:Is There a Future under EU Law?
8. JONATHAN RICKFORD Takeovers in Europe Shareholder Decisions and Open Markets a UK Perspective
9. PIERRE-HENRI CONAC French Corporate Governance Law Current Issues
10. LARS PEHRSON Corporate Governance and European Companies11 CATARINA AF SANDEBERG Towards an Internordic Corporate Governance Code?
12. PAUL KRÜGER ANDERSEN Regulation or Deregulation in European Company Law A Challenge
13. NIS JUL CLAUSEN Financial Services Action Plan New Ways and Means in the Regulation of Listed Companies
14. ANDREAS CAHN Equitable Subordination of Shareholder Loans