1.
Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization
UCLA Law Review, Vol. 57, p. 1701, 2010, U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 9-12
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 13 Jul 2012
Last Revised: 22 Feb 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads
23,838
2.
What is Corporate Law?
Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 300
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 27 Jul 2004
Last Revised: 26 Jan 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
14,361
3.
The Essential Elements of Corporate Law
Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20/2009, Yale Law, Economics & Public Policy Research Paper No. 387, Harvard Law and Economics Research Paper No. 643, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 09-39, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 134/2009
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 21 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
12,700
4.
Corporate Governance in China: An Overview
Donald C. Clarke, "Corporate Governance in China: An Overview", China Economic Review, vol. 14, 2003, pp. 494-507
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 14 Aug 2003
Last Revised: 05 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
George Washington University Law School
Downloads
10,124
5.
A Theory of Corporate Scandals: Why the U.S. And Europe Differ
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 30 Mar 2005
Working Paper Series
Columbia Law School
Downloads
9,126
6.
Systemic Risk
Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 163, Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 97, No. 1, 2008
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 19 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 26 Sep 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Duke University School of Law
Downloads
9,082
7.
The State of U.S. Corporate Governance: What's Right and What's Wrong?
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 23/2003
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 08 Sep 2003
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
The State of U.S. Corporate Governance: What's Right and What's Wrong?
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 23/2003
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 08 Sep 2003
Downloads
8,349
The State of U.S. Corporate Governance: What's Right and What's Wrong?
NBER Working Paper No. w9613
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 11 Apr 2003
Last Revised: 04 Oct 2009
Downloads
197
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8,349
8.
Introduction to Theory and Method in Socio-Legal Research
THEORY AND METHOD IN SOCIAL-LEGAL RESEARCH, R. Banakar, M. Travers, eds., Oxford, Hart, 2005
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 11 Dec 2009
Last Revised: 16 Dec 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Lund University - Sociology of Law and University of Tasmania
Downloads
7,645
9.
Modern Company and Capital Market Problems: Improving European Corporate Governance after Enron
AFTER ENRON, IMPROVING CORPORATE LAW AND MODERNISING SECURITIES REGULATION IN EUROPE AND THE U.S., pp. 445-496, J. Armour, J. A. McCahery, eds., Oxford (Hart), 2006, ECGI Law Working Paper No. 05/2002, ECGI Finance Working Paper
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 11 Dec 2002
Last Revised: 06 Dec 2009
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Downloads
7,049
10.
Agency Problems, Legal Strategies, and Enforcement
Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21/2009, Yale Law, Economics & Public Policy Research Paper No. 388, Harvard Law and Economics Research Paper Series No. 644
, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 135/2009
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 21 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 10 Dec 2018
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
7,022
11.
Why Tolerate Religion?
Constitutional Commentary, Winter 2008
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 26 May 2006
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago
Downloads
6,476
12.
Corporate Governance Reforms in Continental Europe
Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 117-140, Winter 2007
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 16 Mar 2007
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford Faculty of Law and City University London - Faculty of Finance
Downloads
6,107
13.
Law and the Market: The Impact of Enforcement
Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 304
Number of pages: 82
Posted: 09 Mar 2007
Working Paper Series
Columbia Law School
Downloads
5,834
14.
Human Rights and Rule of Law: What's the Relationship?
Georgetown Journal of International Law, Vol. 36, 2005, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 05-31
Number of pages: 153
Posted: 04 Oct 2005
Last Revised: 14 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
La Trobe University - Faculty of Law and Management
Downloads
5,669
15.
The Declining Influence of the United States Constitution
New York University Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 762-858, June 2012, Washington University in St. Louis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-09-01, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2011-39
Number of pages: 97
Posted: 07 Sep 2011
Last Revised: 26 May 2012
Accepted Paper Series
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads
5,633
16.
Controlling Shareholders and Corporate Governance: Complicating the Comparative Taxonomy
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 49/2005, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 309, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 281
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 19 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
Stanford Law School
Downloads
5,570
17.
Pension Fund Asset Allocation and Liability Discount Rates
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 29 May 2012
Last Revised: 22 Feb 2017
Working Paper Series
University of Amsterdam, Maastricht University and University of Notre Dame
Downloads
5,541
18.
Cross-Country Determinants of Mergers and Acquisitions
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 29 May 2003
Working Paper Series
Bocconi University and City University London - Faculty of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
Cross-Country Determinants of Mergers and Acquisitions
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 29 May 2003
Downloads
5,398
Cross-Country Determinants of Mergers and Acquisitions
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 20 Jun 2003
Downloads
65
Downloads
5,398
19.
Crypto-Securities Regulation: ICOs, Token Sales and Cryptocurrencies under EU Financial Law
15 European Company and Financial Law Review 645-696 (2018)
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 30 Nov 2017
Last Revised: 17 Apr 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Humboldt University of Berlin and University of Vienna, Faculty of Law
Downloads
5,242
20.
Human Rights and Intellectual Property: Conflict or Coexistence?
Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, Vol. 5, p. 47, 2003, Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2003-27, Princeton Law and Public Affairs Working Paper No. 04-003
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 15 Oct 2003
Accepted Paper Series
Duke University School of Law
Downloads
5,113
21.
European Company Law 1999-2010: Renaissance and Crisis
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 175/2011, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 63/2010
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 14 Oct 2010
Last Revised: 27 Jan 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
Downloads
5,111
22.
Comparative Company Law
ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 77/2006, THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE LAW, Mathias Reimann & Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., p. 1161-1191, Oxford University Press, 2006
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 17 Apr 2007
Last Revised: 04 Jul 2011
Working Paper Series
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Downloads
5,052
23.
International Law versus Municipal Law: A Case Study of Six African Countries; Three of Which are Monist and Three of Which are Dualist
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 07 Sep 2012
Working Paper Series
LEGAL EMPERORS
Downloads
4,807
24.
Keynote Address: Understanding the Subprime Financial Crisis
South Carolina Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 3, 2009
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 23 Oct 2008
Last Revised: 28 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Duke University School of Law
Downloads
4,459
25.
Agency Problems and Legal Strategies
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 13 Dec 2004
Accepted Paper Series
Yale University - Law School and Harvard Law School
Downloads
4,423
26.
Comparative Corporate Governance: The State of the Art and International Regulation
American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 59, p. 1, January 2011, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 170/2011
Number of pages: 83
Posted: 25 Nov 2010
Last Revised: 10 Mar 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Downloads
4,292
27.
China's Financial System: Past, Present, and Future
Number of pages: 63
Posted: 05 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
Imperial College London, Fanhai International School of Finance, Fudan University and Australian National University (ANU) - College of Business and Economics
Downloads
4,270
28.
Multinational Corporations, Transnational Law: The United Nation's Norms on the Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations as Harbinger of Corporate Responsibility in International Law
Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 37, 2005
Number of pages: 92
Posted: 05 Apr 2005
Accepted Paper Series
The Pennsylvania State University (University Park) – Penn State Law
Downloads
4,255
29.
Toward Supranational Copyright Law? The WTO Panel Decision and the 'Three-Step Test' for Copyright Exceptions
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 05 Jan 2001
Accepted Paper Series
Columbia University - Law School
Downloads
4,222
30.
Police Structure: A Comparative Study of Policing Models
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 12 May 2010
Last Revised: 14 Jun 2010
Working Paper Series
Kerala Judicial Service
Downloads
4,205
31.
Outside Director Liability Across Countries
as published in Texas Law Review, Vol. 84, pp. 1385-1480, 2006, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 71/2006, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 266, Univ of Texas Law and Economics Research Paper No. 31
Number of pages: 97
Posted: 20 Jan 2005
Last Revised: 29 Jun 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law and Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law
Downloads
4,119
32.
Five Years of China WTO Membership: EU and US Perspectives About China's Compliance With Transparency Commitments and the Transitional Review Mechanism
Legal Issues of Economic Integration, Kluwer Law International, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 263-304, August 2006
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 04 Aug 2006
Last Revised: 29 Nov 2013
Accepted Paper Series
West Virginia University (WV, USA)
Downloads
4,105
33.
Global Data Privacy Laws: 89 Countries, and Accelerating
Privacy Laws & Business International Report, Issue 115, Special Supplement, February 2012, Queen Mary School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 98/2012
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 06 Feb 2012
Last Revised: 02 Jul 2017
Accepted Paper Series
University of New South Wales, Faculty of Law
Downloads
4,040
34.
Is There a Relationship between Guns and Freedom? Comparative Results from 59 Nations
Texas Review of Law and Politics, Vol. 13
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 06 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 24 Dec 2008
Working Paper Series
Independence Institute, College of William and Mary - Department of Economics and Independent
Downloads
3,967
35.
Do Constitutions Requiring Adherence to Sharia Threaten Human Rights?: How Egypt's Constitutional Court Reconciles Islamic Law with the Liberal Rule of Law
American University International Law Review, Vol. 21, pp. 379-435, 2006
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 22 Jun 2006
Accepted Paper Series
University of Washington School of Law and George Washington University - Department of Political Science
Downloads
3,950
36.
Reconciling Personal Information in the United States and European Union
102 California Law Review 877 (2014), UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2271442, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-77, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-77
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 29 May 2013
Last Revised: 18 Oct 2015
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and George Washington University Law School
Downloads
3,919
37.
Universal Moral Grammar: Theory, Evidence, and the Future
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, April 2007, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 954398
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 02 Jan 2007
Last Revised: 08 Aug 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads
3,884
38.
The PII Problem: Privacy and a New Concept of Personally Identifiable Information
New York University Law Review, Vol. 86, p. 1814, 2011, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1909366, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 584, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 584
Number of pages: 81
Posted: 15 Aug 2011
Last Revised: 11 Mar 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and George Washington University Law School
Downloads
3,844
39.
The Independent Director in Chinese Corporate Governance
Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 125-228, 2006, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 204, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 204
Number of pages: 104
Posted: 15 Apr 2006
Last Revised: 25 Jul 2014
Accepted Paper Series
George Washington University Law School
Downloads
3,790
40.
Weber’s Definition of the State as an Ethnographic Tool for Understanding the Contemporary Political Science State of the Discipline
Canadian Political Science Association, May 2011
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 26 Apr 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Montreal
Downloads
3,740
41.
The Relationship between Public Antitrust Enforcement and Private Actions for Damages
World Competition, Vol. 32, No. 1, March 2009
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 07 Nov 2008
Last Revised: 27 Nov 2013
Accepted Paper Series
King's College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law
Downloads
3,718
42.
Party Autonomy in the Private International Law of Contracts: Transatlantic Convergence and Economic Efficiency
CLPE Research Paper No. 4/2007, CONFLICT OF LAWS IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD, Eckart Gottschalk, Ralf Michaels, Giesela Rühl & Jan von Hein, eds., Cambridge University Press
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 08 Aug 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Humboldt University of Berlin
Downloads
3,707
43.
The Relationship Between Law and Development: Optimists versus Skeptics
American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 56, No. 4, 2008, NYU Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-14, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 08-24
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 23 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 27 Jan 2009
Accepted Paper Series
New York University School of Law and University of Toronto - Faculty of Law
Downloads
3,684
44.
Whistleblowing: International Standards and Developments
CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY: DEBATING THE FRONTIERS BETWEEN STATE, MARKET AND SOCIETY, I. Sandoval, ed., World Bank-Institute for Social Research, UNAM, Washington, D.C., 2011
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 02 Feb 2011
Accepted Paper Series
ARTICLE 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression
Downloads
3,684
45.
A Review on Judicial Activism in Pakistan
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 20 Feb 2018
Last Revised: 21 Feb 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Karachi
Downloads
3,662
46.
Institutions, Power and Institutional Balance
THE EVOLUTION OF EU LAW, p. 41, Paul Craig and Grainne de Burca, eds., Oxford University Press, 2011, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 48/2011
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 19 Aug 2011
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
Institutions, Power and Institutional Balance
THE EVOLUTION OF EU LAW, p. 41, Paul Craig and Grainne de Burca, eds., Oxford University Press, 2011, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 48/2011
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 19 Aug 2011
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3,622
Institutions, Power and Institutional Balance
P Craig and G de Burca, The Evolution of EU Law (OUP, 3rd edn 2021)
Number of pages: 86
Posted: 16 Dec 2020
Downloads
14
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3,622
47.
What Works in Securities Laws?
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 29 Dec 2004
Working Paper Series
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business, SKEMA Business School and Harvard University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
What Works in Securities Law?
NBER Working Paper No. w9882
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 05 Aug 2003
Last Revised: 04 Nov 2010
Downloads
191
Downloads
3,612
48.
The New Regionalism Approach
Politeia, Vol 17, No 3, pp. 6-21, 1998
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 22 Feb 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Gothenburg - School of Global Studies and University of Gothenburg, School of Global Studies
Downloads
3,583
49.
Comparative Corporate Governance and the Theory of the Firm: The Case Against Global Cross Reference
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 26 Feb 2000
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Tilburg University - School of Law; European Banking Center (EBC)
Downloads
3,571
50.
The Exceptional First Amendment
KSG Working Paper No. RWP05-021
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 18 Feb 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Virginia School of Law
Downloads
3,566
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