A comparative study of selected aspects of corporate liability of directors under Swiss and South African law
| dc.contributor.advisor | Rademeyer, Conrad | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mueller, Dominique Chantal | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-12T07:06:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-12T07:06:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2024-04-12T06:46:38Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Corporate liability of directors is a current issue all over the world due to the financial failures of corporations in the United States and Europe in the past years. The current proceedings in Switzerland against former directors of Swissair, who are accused of having caused the grounding of the airline in October 2001, attracts not only the attention of the Swiss public but also the interest of the neighbouring countries. In this dissertation I will first point out the relevant principles of the Swiss corporate law dealing with liability of directors and then compare the legal situation in Switzerland with the legal situation in South Africa. As the analysis of the whole corporate liability issue would go beyond the scope of this dissertation I will focus on Article 754 of the Swiss Code of Obligations (organ liability) and compare it with the South African grounds of liability of directors for breach of their fiduciary duties and their duty of care and skill. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Mueller, D. C. (2008). <i>A comparative study of selected aspects of corporate liability of directors under Swiss and South African law</i>. (). ,Faculty of Law ,School For Advanced Legal Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39389 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Mueller, Dominique Chantal. <i>"A comparative study of selected aspects of corporate liability of directors under Swiss and South African law."</i> ., ,Faculty of Law ,School For Advanced Legal Studies, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39389 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mueller, D.C. 2008. A comparative study of selected aspects of corporate liability of directors under Swiss and South African law. . ,Faculty of Law ,School For Advanced Legal Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39389 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mueller, Dominique Chantal AB - Corporate liability of directors is a current issue all over the world due to the financial failures of corporations in the United States and Europe in the past years. The current proceedings in Switzerland against former directors of Swissair, who are accused of having caused the grounding of the airline in October 2001, attracts not only the attention of the Swiss public but also the interest of the neighbouring countries. In this dissertation I will first point out the relevant principles of the Swiss corporate law dealing with liability of directors and then compare the legal situation in Switzerland with the legal situation in South Africa. As the analysis of the whole corporate liability issue would go beyond the scope of this dissertation I will focus on Article 754 of the Swiss Code of Obligations (organ liability) and compare it with the South African grounds of liability of directors for breach of their fiduciary duties and their duty of care and skill. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Law LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2008 T1 - A comparative study of selected aspects of corporate liability of directors under Swiss and South African law TI - A comparative study of selected aspects of corporate liability of directors under Swiss and South African law UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39389 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39389 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Mueller DC. A comparative study of selected aspects of corporate liability of directors under Swiss and South African law. []. ,Faculty of Law ,School For Advanced Legal Studies, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39389 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | School For Advanced Legal Studies | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | |
| dc.subject | Law | |
| dc.title | A comparative study of selected aspects of corporate liability of directors under Swiss and South African law | |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters |