Ten Lectures On Co Operative Law Second Revised Edition

This up-dated new edition of a textbook on co-operative law shows how political change and several new trends like economisation and approximation of co-operative law to company law, development of uniform legal designs for special matters like bookkeeping, audit and merger across legal patterns and national boundaries, the revised co-operative principles of the International Co-operative Alliance, a growing difference between small and large co-operatives, heterogeneous membership and extended solidarity, have affected co-operative legislation. Hans-H. Muenkner is Professor emeritus of law and theory of co-operation and was Managing Director of the Institute for Co-operation in Developing Countries of the University of Marburg, Germany from 1992 to 2000.

This textbook is a revised second edition of a "classic" on co-operative law, which has been translated into more than 20 languages. The book integrates an analysis of the 1995 Statement of the Co-operative Identity of the International Co-operative Alliance and the impact of political, economic, and social changes over the past 40 years. The original pattern of the book remains unchanged: Two questions are answered for each of the identified principles: What is the meaning of this co-operative principle? How is this principle translated into co-operative legislation? In this newest edition, two additional questions are discussed and answered for each of the chapters: What are the new development trends and what are the new rules in co-operative legislation? (Series: Economy: Research and Science / Wirtschaft: Forschung und Wissenschaft - Vol. 34) [Subject: Co-operative Law]

In times of globalisation, locally rooted co-operatives become more important. With transparent structures, member-support, and the mandate of member-promotion, they can build on the trust of their members through self-elected leadership and in the system. Being part of an integrated co-operative system, co-operatives can combine advantages of closeness to members with benefits of large scale enterprises. The present book combines the experience of three specialists from the fields of economic and agrarian policy, law of organisations, and business administration, all having thorough knowledge of co-operative theory and practice. It shows how "Our Co-op" is functioning and what co-operators should know about their organization. (Series: ?Economy: Research and Science / Wirtschaft: Forschung und Wissenschaft, Vol. 38) [Subject: Economics