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"TheSabanes-OxleyActhasbeenoneofthemostsignificantdevelopmentsincorporateandsecuritiesregulationsincetheNewDeal.ThiscollectionofimportantarticleswouldbeavaluableresourceforanyoneseekingtounderstandSabanes-Oxley'sfar-reachingeffectsoncorporategovernanceintheUnitedStatesandelsewhere."—JesseFried,coauthorofPayWithoutPerformance:TheUnfulfilledPromiseofExecutiveCompensationandProfessorofLawattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley"Theeditorshaveassembledthelatestcutting-edgeresearchoninternationalcorporategovernancebyrespectedacademicsinthisfield.Inthishandbook,theeditorsdealwithallaspectsofthesignificantlegislativechangestocorporategovernanceregulation.Itintroducesthereadertothenewrulesthatwillcertainlyimprovethereliabilityandtheaccuracyofdisclosuresmadebycorporations.ThebookcomesattherightmomentwiththerecentscandalssuchasEnron,whichwilleducateallreadersespeciallyshareholdersofcorporatestock."—KomlanSedzro,ProfessorofFinance,UniversityofQuebecatMontreal"Today,corporategovernanceisatopicatthecenterofpublicpolicydebateinmostindustrializedcountries.Therangeofconcerns;thevarietyofapproaches;andtheirtendencytoconvergeinsomeareasordivergeinothers(notalwaysintherightdirections)areemphaticallydemonstratedbytheseessays.Thereismaterialhereofenormousinterestforscholarsofcomparativelawandeconomicregulation.Andsignificantly,thepresentationofessaysfromlegal,financial,andregulatoryviewpointsdemonstratesthegrowingpracticalaswellastheoreticalutilityofinterdisciplinaryworkinthisarea.ProfessorsAliandGregoriouaretobewarmlycongratulatedfortheirskillandinitiativeinassemblinganimportantpublication,aswellasfortheirowncontributionstointerdisciplinaryscholarship."—R.P.Austin,BA,LLM(Sydney),DPhil(Oxon),SupremeCourtofNewSouthWales"Thisveryinternationalcollectionemphasizestheeconomiclineofdescent,whileincludinglegalandsocio-legalcontributions.Itfillsaveryimportantgapinourempiricalknowledgeofcorporategovernance.Itisaccessibleandcomprehensiveandwillgreatlyassistreadersfromallrelevantdisciplines,whoaretryingtodiscerntheshapeofcorporategovernanceasamaturefield."—DimityKingsfordSmith,ProfessorofLaw,UniversityofNewSouthWales