전자주주총회에 관한 법적 연구

Nowadays rapid developments of the information and communication technologies bring about dramatic change of social life. Internet turns the world a huge network, which made possible multiple parties in a remote distance communicate at the same time. The Shareholders' Meeting is very important organization of corporation, but it is hard to assemble and making a decision because of there are so many shareholders in modern corporation. The electronization of the Shareholders' Meeting can provide efficiency and economic benefits such as acceleration of the company's decision-making process and reductions in costs. Since late nineties many countries have already begun to introduce information and communication technologies into regulations of the Shareholders' Meeting as a means to improve corporation governance. In Korea, 2001 revised Korean Commercial Code adopted electronic notice and 2009 revised Korean Commercial Code introduced electronic public notice, electronic list of shareholders and electronic voting system in the Shareholders' Meeting. In this paper, I examine the Electronic Shareholders’ Meeting on 2009 revised Korean Commercial Code and I express my opinions on some legal issues. The first chapter refers the objective and methods of this study. The second chapter explains the concept and necessity of the Electronic Shareholders’ Meeting. The third chapter examines electronic notice on the Shareholders' Meeting. The fourth chapter examines electronic public notice on the Shareholders' Meeting. The fifth chapter examines electronic list of shareholders. The sixth chapter arranges my opinions on current systems of Electronic Shareholders’ Meeting and suggests the resonable revised bill for amendment of regulations.