股东知情权刍议

Discussion on the Theory of Shareholder's Right to Know

股东知情权制度的研究是当前我国公司法律制度研究中的新领域。股东知情权的出现及发展是建立在现代公司基于所有权和经营权相分离的基础之上的。股东知情权应当是指股东所享有并在法定许可范围内依法定方式积极行使的一项基础性权利,是一项拥有自益权、公益权、工具性、单独性的股东权。股东知情权具有基础性、独立性、义务相对性、限制性等特点,股东知情权产生的法理基础源于股东的所有者身份、两权分离、信息不对称、委托代理关系。

The research on shareholder＇s right to know is a new field in the current research on Chinese legal system of company. The appearance and development of such right is based on the separation of ownership from power of management for the modern companies. Shareholder＇s right to know should be a fun- damental right enjoyed and performed by shareholders within the law in lawful way. It is an instrumental and independent right of shareholder that includes the right of self-benefit and right of public welfare. Meanwhile, it summarizes the characteristics of the right, such as essentiality, independence, relativity in du- ty and restriction. Moreover, it puts forwards that the jurisprudential basis of the right is shareholder＇s capacity of owner, separation of two kinds of right and mandate relationship, etc.