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Convergence in Shareholder Law, by Mathias M. Siems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, xlix + 400 + (references + index) 70pp (£75 hardback). ISBN 978-0-521-87675-9.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

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Aston Business School
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Legal Studies , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , June 2009 , pp. 338 - 341
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References

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7 Ibid.

8 Siems, p 53.

9 Companies Act 2006, s 439.

10 See Combined Code on Corporate Governance (London: FRC, 2008)Google Scholar Provision A.2.1.

11 Siems, p 289.

12 See the website available at http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/company/epc/index_en.htm.

13 See the SEC's Roadmap for the Potential Use of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards by US Issuers, available at: http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2008/33-8982.pdf.

14 Siems, p 131.

15 Ibid, p 117.

16 Combined Code on Corporate Governance (London: FRC, 2008)Google Scholar Main Principle E.3.