Professor of Corporate Law (S.J. Berwin); Director of the MCL
B.A., LL.B. (Vict. B.C.), LL.M. (Cantab.);
Interests
Company law. Corporate governance. Law and economics. Business history.
Research centres and interest groups
CV / Biography
Multimedia resources
- LLM Corporate Governance Introductory Lectures (University of Cambridge, October 2020):
Selected publications
Books
Advanced Introduction to Corporate Governance Law and Regulation (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024)
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ISBN 13:
978 1 03531 633 5
The Public Company Transformed (Oxford University Press, 2018)
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Link:
ISBN 13:
9780190640323
The History of Modern U.S. Corporate Governance (ed) (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011)
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Link:
ISBN 13:
978 1 84980 761 6
Corporate Ownership and Control: British Business Transformed (Oxford University Press, 2008)
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ISBN:
0199236976
ISBN 13:
978-0199236978
The Trajectory of (Corporate Law) Scholarship: Inaugural Lecture Delivered, 2003)
ISBN:
052160639X
ISBN 13:
9780521606394
Company Law: Theory, Structure and Operation (Clarendon Press, 1997)
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ISBN:
0198259735
ISBN 13:
978-0198259732
Articles
'Team Production Theory Across the Waves' Vanderbilt Law Review 74: 1583-1621 (2021)
Citation:
Vanderbilt Law Review 74: 1583-1621 (2021)
DOI:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3751392
Published: Forthcoming
'The Past, Present and Future of Corporate Purpose' Delaware Journal of Corporation Law
Citation:
Delaware Journal of Corporation Law
Published: Forthcoming
'Deconstructing the "Anglo-American" Corporate Model' Harvard Business Law Review
Citation:
Harvard Business Law Review
Published: Forthcoming
'Getting Antitrust and History in Tune' Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium 14: 67-131 (2024)
Citation:
Accounting, Economics and Law: A Convivium 14: 67-131 (2024)
Published: Feb 2024
'Law and Stock Market Development in the UK Over Time: An Uneasy Match' Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 43: 725-52 (2023)
Citation:
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 43: 725-52 (2023)
Published: Oct 2023
'Murder on the City Express: Who is Killing the London Stock Exchange’s Equity Market?' Company Lawyer 44: 215-26 (2023)
Citation:
Company Lawyer 44: 215-26 (2023)
Published: Aug 2023
'Will Listing Rule Reform Deliver Strong Public Markets for the UK?' 86 Modern Law Review 176-213 (2023)
Citation:
86 Modern Law Review 176-213 (2023)
Published: Jul 2023
'Thirty Years and Done – Time to Abolish the UK Corporate Governance Code' Journal of Corporate Law Studies 22: 709-48 (2022)
Citation:
Journal of Corporate Law Studies 22: 709-48 (2022)
Published: Oct 2022
'Corporate Law’s Critical Junctures' Business Laywer 77: 1-49 (2021)
Citation:
Business Laywer 77: 1-49 (2021)
Published: Oct 2021
'History and Turning the Antitrust Page' Business History Review 95: 805-21 (2021)
Citation:
Business History Review 95: 805-21 (2021)
Published: Oct 2021
'Stop Blaming Milton Friedman!' 98 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1607 (2021)
Citation:
98 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1607 (2021)
Published: Dec 2020
Book Chapters
"What Jensen and Meckling Really Said About the Public Company" in Elizabeth Pollman and Robert Thompson (ed(s)), Research Handbook on Corporate Purpose and Personhood (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021), pp. 2-26
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2-26
Published Oct 2021
"The History of Corporate Governance" in Mike Wright, Donald Siegel, Kevin Keasey and Igor Filatotchev (ed(s)), The History of Corporate Governance/Oxford Handbook of Corporate Governance (Oxford University Press, 2013), pp. 46-64
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Pages:
46-64
Published May 2013
"Origins of ‘Offensive’ Shareholder Activism in the United States" in Jonathan G.S. Koppell (ed(s)), The Origins of Shareholder Advocacy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), pp. 253-76
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Pages:
253-76
ISBN 13:
978-0-230-10732-8
Published Sep 2011
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