The Derivative Action in Asia

Introduction Brian R. Cheffins; 1. The derivative action: an economic, historic and practice-oriented approach Harald Baum and Dan W. Puchniak; 2. The complexity of derivative actions in Asia: an inconvenient truth Dan W. Puchniak; 3. Land of the rising derivative action: revisiting irrationality and Japan's unreluctant shareholder litigant Masafumi Nakahigashi and Dan W. Puchniak; 4. Invigorating shareholder derivative actions in Korea Hyeok-Joon Rho and Kon-Sik Kim; 5. Derivative actions in Taiwan: legal and cultural hurdles with a glimmer of hope for the future Wang Ruu Tseng and Wallace Wen Yeu Wang; 6. Pathway to minority shareholder protection: derivative actions in the People's Republic of China Donald C. Clarke and Nicholas C. Howson; 7. A parallel path to shareholder remedies: Hong Kong's derivative actions Paul von Nessen, S. H. Goo and Low Chee Keong; 8. Singapore derivative actions: mundanely non-Asian, intriguingly non-American and at the forefront of the Commonwealth Meng Seng Wee and Dan W. Puchniak; 9. The rarity of derivative actions in India: reasons and consequences Vikramaditya Khanna and Umakanth Varottil; 10. The derivative action in Asia: some concluding observations Dan W. Puchniak and Harald Baum.