Preface Pierre-Henri Conac and Martin Gelter; Part I. General Report: 1. Introduction Martin Gelter; Part II. The Americas: 2. United States: the protection of minority investors and compensation of their losses Franklin A. Gevurtz; 3. Canada: the protection of minority investors and the compensation of their losses Stéphane Rousseau; 4. Brazil: the protection of minority investors and compensation for their losses Viviane Muller Prado; 5. Mexico: toward investor protection in global capital markets? The promise and challenges of Mexico's securities enforcement system Eugenio J. Cárdenas; Part III. European Union: 6. Austria: securities litigation and enforcement Martin Gelter and Michael Pucher; 7. Finland: protecting minority investors and compensating their losses Ville Pönkä; 8. France: the compensation of investors' losses for misrepresentation on financial markets Pierre-Henri Conac; 9. Germany: liability for incorrect capital market information Dirk A. Verse; 10. Greece: public enforcement and civil litigation in the Greek paradigm of minority investor protection Emmanuel P. Mastromanolis; 11. Italy: the protection of minority investors and the compensation of their losses Guido Ferrarini and Paolo Giudici; 12. Netherlands: protection of minority investors and the compensation of their losses Loes Lennarts and Joti Roest; 13. Poland: investor protection in the Polish capital market - selected issues Mariola Lemonnier; 14. Portugal: the legal framework of the Portuguese capital market Paulo de Tarso Domingues; 15. Romania: the protection of minority investors and the compensation of their losses Gheorghe Buta; 16. Spain: minority investors protection in Spain: civil liability remedies under securities law Mónica Fuentes Naharro; 17. United Kingdom: a confidence trick: Ex Ante versus Ex Post frameworks in minority investor protection Iris H.-Y. Chiu; Part IV. Other European Countries: 18. Russia: Russian capital markets and shareholder litigation: Quo Vadis? Yuliya Guseva; 19. Serbia: the protection of minority investors and the compensation of their losses Mirko Vasiljevi¿, Jelena Lepeti¿ and Jasna Vasiljevi¿; Part V. The Middle-East: 20. Israel: the protection of minority investors and the compensation of their losses Uriel Procaccia; 21. Turkey: the protection of minority investors and the compensation of their losses in Turkish capital markets Ferna ¿pekel Kayal¿; Part VI. Africa: 22. South Africa: investor protection Piet Delport; Part VII. The Indian Subcontinent: 23. India: the efficacy of India's legal system as a tool for investor protection Umakanth Varottil; 24. Pakistan: securities litigation and enforcement Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad and Rana Touseef Sami; Part VIII. East and Southeast Asia: 25. China: private securities litigation: law and practice Robin Hui Huang; 26. Japan: the protection of minority investors and the compensation of their losses Eiji Takahashi and Tatsuya Sakamoto; 27. Malaysia: protection of minority investors in the capital market: public enforcement and shareholders' litigation Aiman Nariman Mohd-Sulaiman; 28. South Korea: protection of minority investors in capital markets Kyung-Hoon Chun; 29. Taiwan: investor protection in Taiwan's capital market Wang-Ruu Tseng; Part IX. Australia: 30. Australia: the protection of minority investors and the compensation of their losses Olivia Dixon and Jennifer G. Hill.