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10 - The Evolution of Company Law in Taiwan

A Focus on the Blockholder-Centric Model

from Part II - Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2016

By
Ching-Ping Shao
Edited by
Yun-chien Chang ,
Wei Shen  and
Wen-yeu Wang
Yun-chien Chang
Affiliation:
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Wei Shen
Affiliation:
Shandong University, People's Republic of China
Wen-yeu Wang
Affiliation:
National Taiwan University
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Private Law in China and Taiwan
Legal and Economic Analyses
 , pp. 275 - 303
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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