Commonwealth Caribbean Corporate Governance


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Corporate governance initiatives have been developing at a rapid pace in the Commonwealth Caribbean through legislation, case law and codes. Commonwealth Caribbean Corporate Governance offers an overview of current practice and legal developments in corporate governance, highlighting the interpretation of the legislation through case law and the codes of corporate governance which have now been implemented. It also considers the challenges which emerging markets face in an attempt to adopt the corporate governance initiatives of developed markets. This text explores the emergence and development of corporate governance in the region from a range of angles, including the protection and empowerment of shareholders, the impact on government agencies, and the role and responsibilities of directors and officers in companies and in government agencies. Written by a panel of academics, legal practitioners and experts working in business, this book will be an invaluable resource for judges, lawyers, corporate executives and students of business, corporate law and corporate management.




Corporate Governance in Commonwealth Countries


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This book is a compendium of contributions from accomplished authors, which examines how Commonwealth member states have achieved a degree of consensus in developing and promoting standards of corporate governance both in the public and the private sectors and how they are tackling the problem of corruption.




Commonwealth Caribbean Company Law


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In the last twenty five years, company law in the Commonwealth Caribbean has undergone dramatic changes, from a model influenced by English law to a new, harmonised collection of regional legislation based on the Caricom and CLI model Acts that vary substantially across Caricom member states. The variation within Caribbean company law presents an enormous challenge, both in terms of the breadth of the subject and in addressing the difference in provisions of one state’s Company Law Act as opposed to another. Using the Caricom model Act and CLI model Act as a basis for its structure, Commonwealth Caribbean Company Law examines and compares regional implementation of company law in an accessible and comprehensive manner that will be invaluable to students and practitioners in the region.




Effective Corporate Governance


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Commonwealth Caribbean Insurance Law


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This book sets out in a clear and concise manner the central principles of insurance law in the Caribbean, guiding students through the complexities of the subject. This book features, among several other key themes, extensive coverage of: insurance regulation; life insurance; property insurance; contract formation; intermediaries; the claims procedure; and analysis of the substantive laws of several jurisdictions. Commonwealth Caribbean Insurance Law is essential reading for LLB students in Caribbean universities, students in CAPE Law courses, and practitioners.







Caribbean Corporate Governance


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There are many challenges to establishing good corporate governance standards in developing countries like the members of CARICOM, such as: -Minority investor protection isn't available or adequately enforced; -Costly corporate and securities law reforms are deemed unjustified, or of low priority; -Few firms are publicly listed and many lack true liquidity; and -Corporate governance is not seen as applying to non-listed companies.




Corruption


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An exploration of why corruption exists, how governments can address the problem, the law on the subject, including bribery, misconduct in public office and anti-corruption legislation. Special emphasis is placed on the Contractors General in Belize and Jamaica, as important agencies in the anti corruption struggle. McKoy advances his own theories on anti corruption to advance the development of corruption free governments and politics.




CACG Guidelines


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Corporate Governance and Regulation in an Era of Corruption


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Recent episodes of global corporate corruption indicates that current mechanisms of corporate regulation such as corporate governance procedures that focuses on directors duties and existing legislation has been found wanting as it concerns protecting shareholder's interests from acts of corporate malfeasance. The current law appears to inadequately balance shareholder's rights against the power of corporate control held by directors. As a result, it has proven easy for directors and managers to perpetrate all kinds of corporate improprieties. Globally there are encouraging signs that such imbalances and loopholes are being plugged in order to ensure that the interests of the company are not callously pilfered. In the United States for example the Sarbanes - Oxley reform of 2001 is noteworthy, and in the Commonwealth Caribbean countries like Jamaica, especially after the financial sector collapse of the 1990's, have reformed its company and insurance laws, to incorporate stringent measures and mechanisms to prevent corporate corruption.