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Introduction / Susan Watson and P.M. Vasudev -- Globalizing up corporate law / Franklin A. Gevurtz -- China's national champions : governance change through globaliation? / Li-Wen Lin -- The taxonomy of the modern company / Susan Watson -- Corporate governance codes as regulatory tools to advance stakeholder concerns in the corporation / Brigitte Haar -- Empire-building : the rise of the audit committee / Brenda Hannigan -- Answering the say for no pay / Christoph Van der Elst -- Banks, corporate governance and the public interest : the potential role of public interest directors / Gail E. Henderson -- Organizational form and financial stability : lessons from cooperative banks in the US and UK / Michael Marin.