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7 Eur. Company L. 1 (2010)

handle is hein.kluwer/eurcompl0007 and id is 1 raw text is: VOLUME 7, ISSUE 1          KLUWER LAW          INTERNATIONAL                       FEBRUARY 2010
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4 EDITORIAL
Responsible Corporate Governance
Beate Silffell
SShareholder Democracy A la Dworkin
5  Ronald Div~orkin's latest book,1Is Demiocracy Possible Herc?, inspired the author to transpose the Amecricanl
philosopher's ideas expressed therein to the corporate gov-ernance debate and in particular- to the position
of shareholders in corporate disputes.
SteefM. Bartmn
 Golden Shares: A New Approach
13  In Comiission v. Italy 2009 the ECJ abandoned its formecr approach to assess all golden shares onl the
basis of article 56 EC. The author demionstrates that this newV approach inter alia creates a legal basis
for Memnber States to use golden shares to restrict the intluence of non-EU investors in European comnpanies.
Jaron vani Bkkmnil
20Modernizing the GmbH: Germany's Move in Regulatory Competition
20  The ECJ's Inspire Art decision has boosted the UK Ltd's popularity as a Vehicle to do business
in Germnany. In response a newv bill entered into force in Novmber 2008 inter alia reducing the
financial and bureaucratic burdens for mncorporatmng a limited liability comnpany (Gesellschaft
iinit beschrinkter H1a ftung - GmblH) under Germian Law.%
Christop~h MTeiclunann1
25Pro Forma Registration of Companies: Why a Brass Plate in the Host Country Is Enough
25  in Some Respects, but Not in Others
EC law\ has accepted pro-formna establishmient of comnpanies as a consequence of the freedomn
of establishmnrt. Although in this context comipanlies mnay also speculate onl national differences
in tax law\, here they are required to show Some1 substance. Werlauff explains the state of affairs
and it consequences.
Erik Wercilauff
31COLUMNS
31  Survey of Legislationi anid Case Law
34CONFERENCE REPORT
34  Coniferece onl Sharecholder- Democracy
C.A. Sc/nvar- and C.E. vani Basteni-Boddin7
37      BOOK REVIEW
0.. Wolters Kluwer
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