Editors:
- Uniquely, compares work on the interface of company law and the law of successionIdentifies the role of foundations and trusts as substitutes for wills
- Focuses on family businesses within the law of succession
- Works out the main developments in European countries enriched by the experience of other countries and legal cultures
Part of the book series: Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law (GSCL, volume 5)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Report
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Front Matter
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National Reports
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book is one of the first to link company law to the law of succession by concentrating on family businesses. It shows that, to understand the legal framework underlying the daily operations of family businesses, one needs legal analysis, empirical data, psychological and sociological knowledge. The book works on the premise that, since many businesses have been founded by families, practitioners need to develop an understanding of the legal background of such businesses and build up experience to be able to create contracts, trusts, foundations and other legal mechanisms to give shape to systems and procedures for the transfer of shares and control within the family. Comparing the national legal order, techniques, and mechanisms in a range of countries, the book examines parallel developments in these fields of law across the world. Finally, it demonstrates the room for companies, shareholders and the members of a family to develop individual solutions within the legal framework for transferring businesses and shares to the next generation.
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Editors and Affiliations
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Institute for Civil and Business Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria
Susanne Kalss
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Company Law and the Law of Succession
Editors: Susanne Kalss
Series Title: Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18011-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18010-6Published: 03 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37192-4Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18011-3Published: 21 October 2015
Series ISSN: 2214-6881
Series E-ISSN: 2214-689X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 411
Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Philosophy of Law, Financial Law/Fiscal Law
Industry Sectors: Finance, Business & Banking, Law