TY - BOOK AU - Milhaupt,Curtis J. AU - Pistor,Katharina TI - Law and capitalism: what corporate crises reveal about legal systems and economic development around the world SN - 9780226525273 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - K 487 .E3 M55 2008 U1 - 340/.11 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Law and economics KW - Local KW - Industrial organization (Economic theory) KW - Capitalism KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Law KW - Political aspects KW - LEMB KW - Industrial laws and legislation KW - Corporate governance KW - Law and legislation N1 - Includes bibliographical references( p. 249-262) and index; pt. 1. From Weber to the World Bank, and beyond -- The prevailing view : impact, assumptions, and problems -- Rethinking the relation between legal and economic development -- pt. 2. Institutional autopsies -- The Enron scandal : legal reform and investor protection in the United States -- The Mannesmann executive compensation trial in Germany -- The Livedoor bid and hostile takeovers in Japan : postwar law and capitalism at the crossroads -- Law, growth, and reform in Korea : the SK episode -- The China Aviation Oil episode : law and development in China and Singapore -- "Renationalizing" Yukos : law and control over natural resources in the Russian economy -- pt. 3. Implications and extensions -- Understanding legal systems -- Legal change -- Conclusion ER -