Professor of Corporate Law (S.J. Berwin)
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):
Publications
Books
The Public Company Transformed (OUP, 2018)

Publisher:
OUP
Link:
ISBN 13:
9780190640323
Published Sep 2018
The History of Modern U.S. Corporate Governance (ed) (Edward Elgar, 2011)
Publisher:
Edward Elgar
ISBN 13:
978 1 84980 761 6
Published Dec 2011
Corporate Ownership and Control: British Business Transformed (OUP, 2008)
Publisher:
OUP
ISBN:
0199236976
ISBN 13:
978-0199236978
Published Oct 2008
The Trajectory of (Corporate Law) Scholarship: Inaugural Lecture Delivered (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN:
052160639X
ISBN 13:
9780521606394
Published Oct 2003
Company Law: Theory, Structure and Operation (Clarendon Press, 1997)
Publisher:
Clarendon Press
ISBN:
0198259735
ISBN 13:
978-0198259732
Published May 1997
Articles
"Corporate Law’s Critical Junctures" Business Lawyer
"Team Production Theory Across the Waves" Vanderbilt Law Review
Citation:
Vanderbilt Law Review
DOI:
https://ssrn.com/abstract=3751392
Published: Forthcoming
"The Rise and Fall(?) of the Berle-Means Corporation" 42 Seattle University Law Review 445-98
Citation:
42 Seattle University Law Review 445-98
Published: Apr 2019
"Corporate Governance and Countervailing Power" Business Lawyer 74: 1-52
"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
"Stop Blaming Milton Friedman!" 98 Washington University Law Review 1607-44
Citation:
98 Washington University Law Review 1607-44
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, 2021), pp. 2-26

Publisher:
Edward Elgar
Pages:
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
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
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
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages:
253-76
ISBN 13:
978-0-230-10732-8
Published Sep 2011