The International Corporate Law Series is dedicated to the publication of scholarly writing on issues in the area of international and comparative corporate law. This volume includes contributions from the following: Dr Adedeji Adekunle of the University of Lagos writing on Nigerian corporate regulation; Professor Stephen Bottomley of the Australian National University writing on corporate governance; Professor John Braithwaite of the Australian National University and Dr Peter Drahos of the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute writing on the globalisation of corporate regulation; Professor Yves Chaput of the Université de Paris I writing on developments in French corporate law; Rasiah Gengatharen of the University of Western Australia writing on corporate law reform and futures regulation in Australia; Dr John Gillespie of Deakin University writing on the transplantation of company law in Vietnam; Desmond Guobadia writing on developments in Nigerian corporate law; Jean-Phillipe Robe writing on the globalised enterprise within the world economy; Richard Tudway writing on the juridical nature of the corporation; and Professor Junko Ueda writing on recent developments in Japanese corporate law.

The International Trade and Business Law Annual is the official publication of the Australian Institute of Foreign and Comparative Law. The Annual publishes leading articles,casenotes, and comments, as well as book reviews dealing with international trade and business law issues.