Democracy at Work: A Comparative Sociology of Environmental Regulation in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States. By Richard  Münch with, Christian  Lahusen, Markus  Kurth, Cornelia  Borgards, Carsten  Stark, and Claudia  Jauss. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2001. Pp. xii+262. $67.50.

2002 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-219
Author(s):  
Eugene A. Rosa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Comparative Sociology ◽  
The United Kingdom

scholarly journals A Comparative Discussion of the Judicial Disqualification of Directors under the South African Companies Act

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Rehana Cassim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
South African ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
The South ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Locus Standi

Abstract Section 162 of the South African Companies Act 71 of 2008 empowers courts to declare directors delinquent and hence to disqualify them from office. This article compares the judicial disqualification of directors under this section with the equivalent provisions in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States of America, which have all influenced the South African act. The article compares the classes of persons who have locus standi to apply to court to disqualify a director from holding office, as well as the grounds for the judicial disqualification of a director, the duration of the disqualification, the application of a prescription period and the discretion conferred on courts to disqualify directors from office. It contends that, in empowering courts to disqualify directors from holding office, section 162 of the South African Companies Act goes too far in certain respects.

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