Testimony of Professor John C. Coates IV: John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School, Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate on Legislative Proposals to Examine Corporate Governance

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Coates
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Law And Economics ◽  
United States Senate ◽  
Law School ◽  
Urban Affairs ◽  
Legislative Proposals

Twentieth Century Legislative Proposals—Federal Incorporation and Related Efforts

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc I. Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Legislative History ◽  
Minimum Standards ◽  
Legislative Proposals ◽  
The Law

This chapter addresses the dozens of bills introduced in Congress as well as other proposals to mandate federal incorporation or to require the establishment of federal minimum standards. Indeed, at no point in U.S. history was the concept of federal incorporation more debated in Congress than the 1903–1914 period. Hence, the concept of federalizing corporate governance in the United States has been advocated, with varying degrees of vigor, for well over a century. Although none of these bills were enacted, they nonetheless play an ongoing role in the corporate governance dialogue. By providing this historical presentation in conjunction with analysis of the modern-day relevance of these legislative proposals, the chapter significantly contributes to the development of the law with respect to the federalization of corporate governance. The chapter also contains Appendices that provide highlights of the key legislative proposals as well as pertinent legislative history.

Conference report: 5th Lucerne Law and Economics Conference

elni Review ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 90-90
Author(s):  
Lynn Gummow
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Law And Economics ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Conference Report ◽  
The United States ◽  
Law School ◽  
Environmental Challenges ◽  
The University

This paper reports on the 5th Lucerne Law and Economics Conference that took place at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland on the 15th and 16th of April, 2016. The conference, on the topic of “Environmental Law and Economics”, was organized by Prof. Dr. Klaus Mathis, in partnership with Prof. Bruce Huber from Notre Dame University Law School. With the ever-increasing pressure to tackle environmental challenges, the interest in this conference was substantial, with participants from all over Europe and the United States.

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