WP 02 | 09 Italian Co-operative Law Reform and Co-operative Principles
Publication date:
18 March 2009
Research areas:
Legal framework
Publication categories:
Working papers
Tags:
cooperatives,
membership,
democratic participation,
mutuals,
cooperative,
partecipazione democratica
This paper presents the principal characteristics of the new Italian co-operative law and seeks to evaluate the relationship of some of its main provisions to traditional co-operative principles. Using the Italian reforms as a starting point for debate, this paper puts forth the possibility of generalising a modified approach to co-operative regulation and principles, taking into account efficiency issues, while preserving the co-operative identity.
Paper presented at the symposium “Co-operatives, legislation and public policy” (Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada, 19-21 June 2009)
