Mathias Siems is Professor of Commercial Law at Durham University.
David Cabrelli is Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law at Edinburgh University.

1. A Case-Based Approach to Comparative Company Law
David Cabrelli and Mathias Siems
PARTS 1 to 3
COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES
Country reports by Sonja Siggberg, Jesse Collin and Lena Nordman (Finland),
Pierre-Henri Conac (France), Mathias Siems (Germany), Marco Ventoruzzo and
Corrado Malberti (Italy), Hisaei Ito and Hiroyuki Watanabe (Japan), Theis Klauberg
(Latvia), Mieke Olaerts and Bastiaan Kemp (the Netherlands), Michal Zurek and
Kamil Szmid (Poland), Irene-marié Esser and Piet Delport (South Africa), Pablo
Iglesias-Rodríguez (Spain), David Cabrelli (UK), Martin Gelter, Nemika Jha and
D Gordon Smith (US)

PART 1
DIRECTORS' DUTIES AND LIABILITY
2. General Case on Directors' Duties
Edited by Theis Klauberg
3. Duties of Nominee Directors
Edited by Martin Gelter, Nemika Jha and D Gordon Smith
4. Obligations of Directors in Takeovers
Edited by Pablo Iglesias-Rodriguez
5. Cross-Border Takeovers and Takeover Defences
Edited by Sonja Siggberg, Jesse Collin and Lena Nordman

PART 2
CREDITOR PROTECTION
6. Piercing the Corporate Veil
Edited by Hisaei Ito and Hiroyuki Watanabe
7. Capital Maintenance
Edited by MichalZurek and Kamil Szmid

PART 3
SHAREHOLDER PROTECTION
8. Shareholders and Shareholder Law
Edited by Pierre-Henri Conac
9. Abuse of Shareholder Rights
Edited by Mathias Siems
10. Shareholders' Rights and Litigation
Edited by David Cabrelli
11. Limitations on the Shareholder's Right to Transfer Shares
Edited by Corrado Malberti and Marco Ventoruzzo

PART 4
CONCLUSION
12. A Rule-Based Comparison and Analysis of the Case Studies
David Cabrelli and Irene-marie Esser
13. A Quantitative Analysis of Similarities and Diff erences in Form, Style and Substance
Mathias Siems