Evidence-based policymaking is a rigorous attempt to base policy decisions (e.g., new regulation) on scientific and empirical evidence, including...Read more
A significant development in the global economy over the last two decades has been the emergence of businesses that organize and define themselves...Read more
This Essay entertains the idea that Delaware’s corporate law is set on a trajectory that would eventually lead to reforming its doctrine...Read more
Data standardization – the process of developing and implementing rules for how data are described and recorded – offers significant benefits for...Read more
Accounting scandals have sprung up everywhere over the last two years: the U.S., Europe, South Africa -- and, most of all, the U.K. The political...Read more
The regulation of corporate behaviour has persisted in spite of peaks of neo-liberalism in many global jurisdictions, including the UK. This...Read more
The financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing sovereign debt crises of 2010 to 2012 had devastating consequences for European economies, not least...Read more
Because of their pernicious tendency to serve as a vehicle for extracting value from firms corporate related party transactions (RPTs)...Read more
Around 200 years ago Sir William Blackstone, the great commentator of English common law, used the metaphor of a shingle to describe the effects...Read more
Are regulatory interventions in financial markets delayed reactions to market failures, or can regulators pre-empt corporate misbehavior?...Read more
Before deciding on operations involving share issuance or sale, companies or shareholders may seek to disclose information to selected investors,...Read more
Despite the increasing importance of shareholder voting, regulators have paid little attention to the rights of retail investors who own...Read more