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In this short study, the author examines three major §company law models in Europe with respect to §minority §shareholder protection. Starting with §a general analysis of companies and the different §groups of interest, the research focuses on §understanding the social and economic reasons behind §minority shareholder protection. Minority §shareholder protection may be provided by general §principles of law, by statutory remedies and §procedural instruments. In this paper, an overview §is given on the key instruments of protection, also §revealing the differences between German, French and §English court practice. Furthermore, author calls §readers' attention to the numerous alternatives, §which are at the hands of minority shareholders to §protect their interests in any case of abuse. At the §same time, minority shareholder protection is not §a bad or good question: in each phase of policy-§making there are competing values and legislator has §only a narrow pathway to satisfy all legitimate §interests.
