German and Asian Perspectives on Company Law

Introduction
Hideki Kanda: A Brief Guide to Japanese Company Law - Holger Fleischer: A Guide to German Company Law for International Lawyers. Distinctive Features, Particularities, Idiosyncrasies

I. Directors' Liability
Kenichi Osugi: Directors' Liability and Enforcement Mechanisms in Japan - Kyung-Hoon Chun: Corporate Opportunity Doctrine as a Basis for Directors' Liability. A New Statutory Experiment in Korea - Jianbo Lou: Ordinary Corporate Conduct Standard vs. Business Judgment Rule. A Review of Case Rulings by Beijing Courts between 2005 and 2014 - Hans Christoph Grigoleit: Directors' Liability and Enforcement Mechanisms from the German Perspective. General Structure and Key Issues

II. Capital Maintenance
Gen Goto: Legal Capital in Japan and the Influence of German Law - Andreas Cahn: Capital Maintenance - Ruoying Chen: From Legal Capital to Subscribed Capital. Capital Rule in China and its Economic Background

III. The Role of Shareholders
Gerald Spindler: The Role of Shareholders in Public Companies - Kon-Sik Kim/Moon-Hee Choi: Declining Relevance of Lawsuits on the Validity of Shareholder Resolution in Korea. A Comparative Essay - Hiroyuki Kansaku: The Role of Shareholders in Public Companies
IV. Groups of Companies
Junhai Liu: Regulation of Corporate Groups in China - Hyeok-Joon Rho: Corporate Groups in Korea. Reconciliation of Individualism with Collectivism - Eiji Takahashi: Recht und Wirklichkeit der verbundenen Unternehmen in Japan - Katja Langenbucher: Do We Need a Law of Corporate Groups?