Fuzzy law, the modernisation of corporate laws and the privatisation of takeover regulation by Professor John H Farrar ; Institutional investors as corporate monitors : are takeovers obsolete? by Professor John C Coffee ; Takeovers : the New Zealand experience by Peter McKenzie ; Takeovers : the Australian experience by Professor Robert Austin ; Takeovers : the United Kingdon experience by Peter Lee ; Economic aspects of takeovers regulation with particular reference to New Zealand by Amnon Mandelbaum ; Purchase of own shares and financial assistance in takeovers by R Dugan ; Application of competition laws to business acquisitions in New Zealand by Mark Berry ; Taxation aspects of corporate acquisitions in New Zealand : a brief overview by David McLay ; Accounting aspects of mergers and takeovers by Dr Fawzi Laswad and Professor Tony Van Zijl ; Business judgment and defensive tactics in hostile takeover bids by Professor John H Farrar ; Duties of controlling shareholders by John H Farrar ; Developments in takeover law in New Zealand by David Jones