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Corporate Group Legitimacy: Reconceptualising the Corporate Group book cover

1st Edition

Corporate Group Legitimacy Reconceptualising the Corporate Group

By Peter Underwood Copyright 2025
222 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

222 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book focuses on the legitimacy of corporate power wielded by corporate groups, integrating legal doctrine, economic analysis, and theoretical approaches. It reassesses how corporate groups can maintain legitimacy whilst exercising corporate power. Corporate groups are a prominent commercial feature of many jurisdictions and present unique challenges. The book argues that when analysed... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Groups and their Use

3. Mapping the Corporate Group

4. The Rise of the Modern Corporate Group and its Effect

5. Corporate Power

6. Democratising the Corporate Group to Attain Legitimacy

7. Conclusion

 

Biography

Peter Underwood is Senior Lecturer at Auckland Law School. Prior to this, he was a lecturer in Law at the University of Exeter where he was awarded his PhD and served as a director for the Centre for Commercial and Corporate Law. His research focuses on corporate law and governance and legal issues arising from the imbalance and separation of power within modern corporations. This interest spans Corporate Governance and Responsibility, Corporate Social Responsibility, and the impact on society. He is also interested in the role Artificial Intelligence could play in the corporate governance framework.

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