Structure and liability of enterprise: the modern regulatory paradox

• Autor(a) principal: Antunes, José Engrácia
• Data de Publicação: 2005
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Direito GV
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/revdireitogv/article/view/35228
• topic: COMPANY LAW; GROUPS OF COMPANIES; LEGAL PERSONALITY; LIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDERS; ENTERPRISE; DIREITO DAS SOCIEDADES COMERCIAIS; GRUPOS DE SOCIEDADES; PERSONALIDADE JURÍDICA; RESPONSABILIDADE LIMITADA DOS ACCIONISTAS; EMPRESA

THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF ENTERPRISE LIABILITY IS, BY AND LARGE, TRIBUTARY OF THE LEGAL FORMS FOR THE ORGANISATION OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. BY SUPERSEDING THE TRADITIONAL FORMS OF THE UNINCORPORATED ENTERPRISE OWED BY AN INDIVIDUAL (“EMPRESA INDIVIDUAL”) AND THE SINGLE INCORPORATED ENTERPRISE OWED BY A LEGAL PERSON (“EMPRESA SOCIETÁRIA”), THE EMERGENCE OF THE NEW FORM OF THE GROUP ENTERPRISE (“EMPRESA DE GRUPO”) IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY OF THE XXI CENTURY OPENED A CRISIS IN THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF CLASSICAL COMPANY LAW. AFTER ANALYSING THE MAJOR TYPES OF REGULATORY STRATEGY IN COMPARATIVE LAW (THE AMERICAN “ENTITY LAW APPROACH”, THE EUROPEAN “ENTERPRISE APPROACH” AND THE GERMAN “DUALISTIC APPROACH”), THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES WITH WHAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AS A RATHER POLEMICAL PROPOSITION: THE GROUP ENTERPRISE IS A STRANGE BUSINESS CREATURE GENERATED IN THE WOMB OF A BRANCH OF LAW, COMPANY LAW, WHICH IS BASED UPON A PARADOX.