Path Dependence in the Law: The Course and Pattern of Legal Change in a Common Law System Oona A. Hathaway Yale University – Law School The Iowa Law Review, Vol. 86, No. 2, January 2001 Abstract: Part I of this Article provides an overview of path dependence theory. It outlines the theory and briefly describes…
A Theory of Path Dependence in Corporate Ownership and Governance Lucian A. Bebchuk Harvard Law School ; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) ; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) Mark J. Roe Harvard Law School October 1, 1999 Stanford Law Review, Vol. 52, pp. 127-170, 1999 Columbia…
The History of Corporate Governance Brian R. Cheffins University of Cambridge – Faculty of Law; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) December 1, 2011 OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, Mike Wright, Donald Siegel, Kevin Keasey and Igor Filatotchev, eds., Oxford University Press, 2013 University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 54/2011 ECGI – Law…
Comparative Corporate Governance: The State of the Art and International Regulation Klaus J. Hopt Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) February 25, 2011 American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 59, p. 1, January 2011 ECGI – Law Working Paper No. 170/2011 Abstract: Corporate governance, i.e. the system…
What is Law and Development? Mariana Mota Prado University of Toronto – Faculty of Law October 1, 2010 Revista Argentina de Teoria Juridica, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2010 Abstract: Law & Development studies have been growing in the past few years, after having its death declared in the 1070s. There is, however, very little clarity…
“Law and economics,” also known as the economic analysis of law, differs from other forms of legal analysis in two main ways. First, the theoretical analysis focuses on efficiency. In simple terms, a legal situation is said to be efficient if a right is given to the party who would be willing to pay the…
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the legal system generally as well as to some core legal rules governing and regulating the operation of business in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Through lectures and guest lectures surrounding a variety of topics, students will get to know the legal culture in…
Republic of Law: Theory & Practice 