1 Introductory remarks 1.1 Position of shareholders under Dutch company law Historically, the position of shareholders in Dutch companies has been rather weak, especially when compared with that of the board of directors. As far as we know, no serious investigation has ever been conducted into the question of why the board of directors of a Dutch company has such a strong
There are no indigenous peoples - in the sense of “first nations” which have been overrun in a colonialist context - on the territory of the Netherlands. The information given below regards the linguistic and cultural minority of the Frisians, who inhabit
It may here be taken for grantedthat since the second half of the 20th century the Information Society may now be considered as running parallel to the 19th century Industrial Society. One of the striking effects of this development particularly made possible by the spread of digital technology is the commodification of information
1 Introduction The Kingdom of the Netherlands comprises three countries: the Netherlands in Europe, the Caribbean group of islands of the Netherlands Antilles, and the island of Aruba, which has a status aparte within the Kingdom. The Netherlands Antilles, for their part, comprise five insular land territories: Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint
