Piercing the Corporate Veil in Latin American Jurisprudence: A comparison with the Anglo-American method

ISBN-13: 9781138840850 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 160 str.

Jose Maria Lezcano; Josae Maria Lezcano Navarro

Opis

This book is a comparative law study exploring the piercing of the corporate veil in Latin America within the context of the Anglo-American method. The piercing of the corporate veil is a remedy applied, in exceptional circumstances, to prevent and punish an inappropriate use of the corporate personality. The application of this remedy and the issues it involves has been widely researched in Anglo-American jurisdictions and, until recently, little attention has been given to this subject in Latin America. This region has been through internal political conflicts that undermined economic development. However, rise of democratic governments has created the political stability necessary for investment and economic development meaning that the corporate personality is now more commonly used in Latin America. Consequently, corporate personality issues have become a subject of study in this region. Drawing on case studies from Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina, Piercing the Corporate Veil in Latin American Jurisprudence examines the ingenuity of Latin American jurisdictions to deal with corporate personality issues and compares this method with the Anglo-American framework. Focusing in particular on the influence of two key factors- legal tradition and the uniqueness of each legal system- the author highlights both similarities and differences in the way in which the piercing of the corporate veil is applied in Latin American and Anglo-American jurisdictions. This book will be of great interest to scholars of company and comparative law, and business studies in general.

Spis treści

1. General Aspects regarding the Piercing of the Corporate  Veil 2. Piercing the Corporate Veil in an Anglo-American Context  3. Corporate Veil in Latin America; general aspects about Franco-Hispanic civil law that has influenced the development of piercing the corporate veil in Latin America  4. The Piercing of the Corporate Veil in Mexico  5. The Piercing of the Corporate Veil in Colombia  6. The Piercing of the Corporate Veil in Brazil  7. The Piercing of the Corporate Veil in Argentina  8. Comparative Study between the Anglo-American and Latin American Piercing of the Corporate Veil 

O autorze

José Maria Lezcano Navarro is a Panamanian Licenciado (lawyer) graduated from the University of Panama in 2007, has a LLM in International Commercial Law awarded by the University of Westminster in 2009, and his Ph.D. was awarded by City University London in 2014.