B.A., LL.B. (Vict. B.C.), LL.M. (Cantab.);
S J Berwin Professor of Corporate Law; Director of the MCL
Interests
Company law. Corporate governance. Law and economics. Business history.
CV / Biography
Multimedia resources
Publications
Books
"The Public Company Transformed" (OUP)

Publisher:
OUP
Link:
ISBN 13:
9780190640323
Published Sep 2018
"The History of Modern U.S. Corporate Governance" (Edward Elgar) (Ed)
Publisher:
Edward Elgar
ISBN 13:
978 1 84980 761 6
Published Dec 2011
"Corporate Ownership and Control: British Business Transformed" (OUP)
Publisher:
OUP
ISBN:
0199236976
ISBN 13:
978-0199236978
Published Oct 2008
"The Trajectory of (Corporate Law) Scholarship: Inaugural Lecture Delivered" (Cambridge University Press)
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN:
052160639X
ISBN 13:
9780521606394
Published Oct 2003
"Company Law: Theory, Structure and Operation" (Clarendon Press)
Publisher:
Clarendon Press
ISBN:
0198259735
ISBN 13:
978-0198259732
Published May 1997
Articles
"Stock Market Prices and the Market for Corporate Control" University of Illinois Law Review [2016] 761-820
Citation:
University of Illinois Law Review [2016] 761-820
Published: Sep 2016
"Shareholder Protection Across Time" University of Florida Law Review 68: 691-763 (2016)
Citation:
University of Florida Law Review 68: 691-763 (2016)
Published: Sep 2016
"Executive Pay: What Worked?" Journal of Corporation Law 42: 59-107 (2016)
Citation:
Journal of Corporation Law 42: 59-107 (2016)
Published: Sep 2016
"Delaware and the Transformation of Corporate Governance" Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 40: 1-76 (2015)
Citation:
Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 40: 1-76 (2015)
Published: Jun 2015
"The Rise of Corporate Governance in the U.K.: When and Why" Current Legal Problems (2015): 1-43
Citation:
Current Legal Problems (2015): 1-43
Published: May 2015
"Corporate Governance Since the Managerial Capitalism Era" Business History Review 89: 717-44 (2015)
Citation:
Business History Review 89: 717-44 (2015)
Published: Mar 2015
"The Origins of the Market for Corporate Control" University of Illinois Law Review (2014): 1835-66
Citation:
University of Illinois Law Review (2014): 1835-66
Published: Aug 2014
"Law and History by Numbers: Use, But With Care" University of Illinois Law Review (2014): 1739-64
Citation:
University of Illinois Law Review (2014): 1739-64
Published: May 2014
"Hedge Fund Activism Canadian Style" University of British Columbia Law Review 47: 1-58 (2014)
Citation:
University of British Columbia Law Review 47: 1-58 (2014)
Published: Feb 2014
Book Chapters
"The History of Corporate Governance", The History of Corporate Governance/Oxford Handbook of Corporate Governance (Oxford University Press), pp. 46-64
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
46-64
Published May 2013
"Origins of ‘Offensive’ Shareholder Activism in the United States" in Jonathan G.S. Koppell, The Origins of Shareholder Advocacy (Palgrave Macmillan) (Ed), pp. 253-76
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages:
253-76
ISBN 13:
978-0-230-10732-8
Published Sep 2011
"Law, the Market and Corporate Enterprise: The Case of the Industrial Revolution" in John Armour and Jennifer Payne, Rationality in Company Law: Essays in Honour of DD Prentice (2009) (Hart Publishing) (Ed), pp. 297-318
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
Pages:
297-318
ISBN 13:
978-1841138060
Published Jan 2009