Corporate Governance: Law, Regulation and Theory

by Marc Moore, Martin Petrin

Overview

This textbook on corporate governance is written for advanced undergraduate and graduate law students, as well as scholars working in the field. It offers clear insight into this fascinating area of financial law, from the analysis of the legal and regulatory framework of corporate governance in the UK to the core laws and regulatory principles that determine the allocation of decision-making power in UK public companies.

This book also highlights how prevailing corporate governance norms operate within their broader market and societal context. In doing so, it seeks to encourage readers to develop their own critical opinions on the topic by reference to leading strands of theoretical and inter-disciplinary literature, along with relevant comparative and historical insights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137403315
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/30/2017
Series:	Corporate and Financial Law , #1
Edition description:	1st ed. 2017
Pages:	315
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Marc Moore is Reader in Corporate Law, and Director of the Masters in Corporate Law (MCL) degree and the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL) at the University of Cambridge. He has previously held teaching positions at University College London and the University of Bristol, and is the author of Corporate Governance in the Shadow of the State (2013).
Martin Petrin is a Senior Lecturer at University College London, where he is also the Deputy Director of the Centre for Commercial Law. He holds an S.J.D. specializing in corporate law from the University of California, Los Angeles, a Ph.D. from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and an LL.M. from Columbia University. Martin has published widely in the area of corporate governance law.
Marc Moore is Reader in Corporate Law, and Director of the Masters in Corporate Law (MCL) degree and the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL) at the University of Cambridge. He has previously held teaching positions at University College London and the University of Bristol, and is the author of Corporate Governance in the Shadow of the State (2013).

Martin Petrin is a Senior Lecturer at University College London, where he is also the Deputy Director of the Centre for Commercial Law. He holds an S.J.D. specializing in corporate law from the University of California, Los Angeles, a Ph.D. from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and an LL.M. from Columbia University. Martin has published widely in the area of corporate governance law.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to corporate governance
1. What is corporate governance?
2. Corporate governance and theory of the firm
3. The corporate governance regulatory architecture
Part II: Relational aspects of corporate governance: Shareholders, boards, managers and employees
4. Board authority and shareholders' right of intervention
5. Institutional investors and shareholder engagement
6. Corporate governance and labour
Part III: Corporate risk management and oversight
7. The monitoring board and independent directors
8. Internal control and risk management
Part IV: Managerial incentives and disciplines
9. Design and control of executive remuneration
10. Regulation of the market for corporate control.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“At long last we have a book that can be used as a text for undergraduate and postgraduate corporate governance modules designed for law students. It is well-written and covers many of the subject areas that are likely to feature in corporate governance modules offered to law students.” (Andrew Keay, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK)

“In this important new work, two globally recognized corporate scholars provide an engaging and insightful guide to the complex array of legal, regulatory, and market structures conditioning internal governance of U.K. public companies. Moore and Petrin deftly blend theoretical rigor with pragmatic grounding, and bring considerable comparative sophistication to bear upon their analyses of U.K. corporate governance dynamics. The result is at once exacting and readable, offering great rewards for students, scholars, and practitioners alike.” (Christopher Bruner, University of Georgia School of Law, USA)

“Over the past decade courses on Corporate Governance have proliferated but without a central text that could be used to teach those courses. Here at last is a suitably erudite and well written text that students and academics can use for Corporate Governance and as a supplementary text for Company Law courses.” (Alan Dignam, School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK)

“The book offers a very thorough and comprehensive discussion of what has now emerged as the stand alone subject of corporate governance. It covers extremely well both the theoretical and the regulatory aspects. It is by far the best academic textbook out there and will be an invaluable and irreplaceable source for related postgraduate and undergraduate courses.” (Michael Galanis, School of Law, The University of Manchester, UK)

Editorial Reviews

"At long last we have a book that can be used as a text for undergraduate and postgraduate corporate governance modules designed for law students. It is well-written and covers many of the subject areas that are likely to feature in corporate governance modules offered to law students." --Andrew Keay, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK

"In this important new work, two globally recognized corporate scholars provide an engaging and insightful guide to the complex array of legal, regulatory, and market structures conditioning internal governance of U.K. public companies. Moore and Petrin deftly blend theoretical rigor with pragmatic grounding, and bring considerable comparative sophistication to bear upon their analyses of U.K. corporate governance dynamics. The result is at once exacting and readable, offering great rewards for students, scholars, and practitioners alike." --Christopher Bruner, University of Georgia School of Law, USA

"Over the past decade courses on Corporate Governance have proliferated but without a central text that could be used to teach those courses. Here at last is a suitably erudite and well written text that students and academics can use for Corporate Governance and as a supplementary text for Company Law courses." --Alan Dignam, School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

"The book offers a very thorough and comprehensive discussion of what has now emerged as the stand alone subject of corporate governance. It covers extremely well both the theoretical and the regulatory aspects. It is by far the best academic textbook out there and will be an invaluable and irreplaceable source for related postgraduate and undergraduate courses." --Michael Galanis, School of Law, The University of Manchester, UK

From the Publisher