Part I. Theory: 1. The regulation of entry S. Djankov et al.; 2. New company law: traditional and innovative approaches to legal reform J. McCahery et al.; 3.
The new business entities in evolutionary perspective H. Hansmann et al.; Part II. Private Company Law Reform in the US: 4. The evolving partnership L. Ribstein; 5. Veil piercing in the LLC S. Bainbridge; 5.
The economics of limited liability: an empirical study of New York law firms S. Baker and K. Krawiec; 6. Ethics in the age of unincorporation: a return to ambiguity of pre-incorporation or an opportunity to contract for clarity? R. Painter; 7. Not 'like sailors or idiots or infants': social welfare based limits on private ordering in business association law A. Vestal; Part III. Private Company Law Reform in the Netherlands: 8.
Reform of the private limited company M. Langendon; 9. Welfare, fairness and the role of courts in a simple and flexible private company law L. Timmerman; 10. Private ordering and buy-out remedies within private company law: towards a new balance between fairness and welfare H. J. de Kluiver; 11. Flexibility and fairness of private company statutes M.
J. Kroeze; 12. Directors' and shareholders' liability as a means of protecting creditors of the BV L. Lennarts; Part IV. Private Company Law Reform in Europe: 13. Close corporations - reforming private company law: European and international perspectives U. Seibert; 14. The Austrian GmbH & Co.
KG S. Kalss; 16. Private companies: a 'conservative' perspective pleading for a minimum EU harmonization K. Geens.