Jens Dammann

University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

Ben H. and Kitty King Powell Chair in Business and Commercial Law

727 East Dean Keeton Street

Austin, TX 78705

United States

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Research Member

c/o the Royal Academies of Belgium

Rue Ducale 1 Hertogsstraat

1000 Brussels

Belgium

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  • University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

  • European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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1.

Globalizing Commercial Litigation

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Globalizing Commercial Litigation

Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 357
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 26 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2008
Jens Dammann and Henry Hansmann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Yale University - Law School
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adjudication, arbitration, courts, competition, choice of forum, international litigation, choice of law, contracts, rule of law, regulatory competition, development

Globalizing Commercial Litigation

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 1, 2008, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 380
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 07 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2009
Jens Dammann and Henry Hansmann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Yale University - Law School
Downloads 417 (149,516)
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adjudication, arbitration, courts, competition, choice of forum, international litigation, choice of law, contracts, rule of law, regulatory competition, development

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Codetermination: A Poor Fit for U.S. Corporations

Columbia Business Law Review, Vol. 2020, No. 3, 2020/21, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 509/2020, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17/2020
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 09 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2020
Jens Dammann and Horst Eidenmueller
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
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Codetermination, Corporate Governance, Corporate Objectives, Shareholder Value, Comparative Law, United States Corporations, Sanders Proposal, Warren Proposal, German Law

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Where are Limited Liability Companies Formed? An Empirical Analysis

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Where are Limited Liability Companies Formed? An Empirical Analysis

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 126, 3rd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Papers
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 05 May 2008
Jens Dammann and Matthias Schundeln
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Goethe University Frankfurt
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incorporation, market for corporate law, limited liability company, LLC, regulatory competition, Centros, formation, race to the bottom, race to the top, Cary, fiduciary duties, oppression, dissolution, veil-piercing, veil, courts

Where are Limited Liability Companies Formed? An Empirical Analysis

Univ. of Texas School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 126, 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 04 Jul 2010
Jens Dammann and Matthias Schundeln
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Goethe University Frankfurt
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limited liability company, LLC, regulatory competition, Delaware

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Freedom of Choice in European Corporate Law

Yale Journal of International Law, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2004
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 04 Aug 2003 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2011
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Centros, regulatory competition, race to the bottom, race to the top, corporate law, European Community, Uberseering

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Extraterritorial Courts for Corporate Law

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 43/2005, U of Texas law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 056, Yale ICF Working Paper No. 05-12, Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 102, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 315
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 May 2005
Henry Hansmann and Jens Dammann
Yale University - Law School and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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extraterritorial, courts, Delaware, regulatory competition, arbitration, soverignity, jurisdiction

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Codetermination and the Democratic State

University of Illinois Law Review, Forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 536/2020
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 27 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2021
Jens Dammann and Horst Eidenmueller
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
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Codetermination, Corporate Governance, Democracy, Corporate Power, Anti-Domination Principle

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A New Approach to Corporate Choice of Law

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 38, No. 1, p. 51, 2005
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Sep 2003 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2011
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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regulatory competition, centros, uberseering, uberseering, ueberseering, charter competition, race to the top, race to the bottom, Delaware effect, charter market, double taxation, extraterritoriality

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Related Party Transactions and Intragroup Transactions

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. e583
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 13 May 2020
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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The Role of Comparative Law in Statutory and Constitutional Interpretation

St. Thomas Law Review, Vol. 14, p. 513, 2002
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Oct 2005
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Comparative, constitutional, interpretation, construction, Habermas, Breyer, Scalia, Printz, comparativism, reasoning, dicourse, consensus, truth, Alexy

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A Global Market for Judicial Services

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 98, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 347
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 31 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Jens Dammann and Henry Hansmann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Yale University - Law School
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Judicial services, arbitration, courts, competition, choice of forum, international litigation, choice of law, corporations, regulatory competition, development

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The Right to Leave the Eurozone

Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 48, No. 2, 2013, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 519
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 May 2013 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2015
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Eurozone, euro, European Central Bank, Eurocrisis, euro crisis, exit, Grexit

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The Incorporation Choices of Privately Held Corporations

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 119
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2008
Jens Dammann and Matthias Schundeln
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Goethe University Frankfurt
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The Future of Codetermination after Centros: Will German Corporate Law Move Closer to the U.S. Model?

Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law, Vol. 8, p. 607, 2003
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 04 Oct 2005
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Centros, Inspire Art, Uberseering, Ueberseering, codetermination, german, corporate, fundamental freedoms, freedom of estabishment, imperative requirements, mandatory requirements

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Publicly Traded Public Benefit Corporations: An Empirical Investigation

Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance, Forthcoming, U of Texas Law, Legal Studies Research Paper, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 788/2024
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 10 Apr 2024
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Benefit corporations, public benefit corporations, shareholder primacy, empirical, corporate governance

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Business Courts and Firm Performance

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 564, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 660
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2017
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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courts, business courts

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Corporate Ostracism: Freezing Out Controlling Shareholders

Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2008
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Nov 2008
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Adjudicative Jurisdiction and the Market for Corporate Charters

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Adjudicative Jurisdiction and the Market for Corporate Charters

Number of pages: 100 Posted: 08 Dec 2003
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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charter competition, regulatory competition, choice of forum, forum selection clause, jurisdiction, race to the top, race to the bottom, pseudo-foreign corporation, state competition, exposure to litigation, litigation, close corporations, full faith and credit clause

Adjudicative Jurisdiction and the Market for Corporate Charters

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 1, 2008, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 144
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2009
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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regulatory competition, market for corporate charters, delaware, centros, inspire art, jurisdiction, adjudication

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Paradise Lost: Can the European Union Expel Countries from the Eurozone?

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 47, No. 2, 2016
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 22 Aug 2016
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Grexit, Eurozone, Expulsion, EU, Euro

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Deference to Delaware Corporate Law Precedents and Shareholder Wealth: An Empirical Analysis

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 30 May 2019
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Majority Freezeouts

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 114
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 10 Sep 2007
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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controlling shareholder, private benefits, ostracism, expulsion, fiduciary duties, self-dealing

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CEOs’ Endorsements of Stakeholder Values: Cheap Talk or Meaningful Signal? An Empirical Analysis

Journal of Corporation Law (Forthcoming), U of Texas Law, Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 31 May 2023
Jens Dammann and Daniel Lawrence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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The Mandatory Law Puzzle: Redefining American Exceptionalism in Corporate Law

Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 65, No. 2, 2014, Forthcoming, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 545
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 31 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2014
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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mandatory, enabling, comparative, codetermination, co-determination

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Fee-Shifting Bylaws: An Empirical Analysis

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Feb 2020
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Fee-Shifting

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Homogeneity Effects in Corporate Law

Arizona State Law Journal, Forthcoming, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. E556
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2014
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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homogeneity, network effects, networks, mandatory

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Place aux Dames: The Ideological Divide Between U.S. and European Gender Discrimination Laws

Cornell International Law Journal, Forthcoming, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 152
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 08 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2015
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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discrimination, sex, gender, employment discrimination, gender discrimination, sex discrimination, Title VII, equal treatment, class

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Washington's Gender Quota for Corporate Boards: An Event Study Analysis

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Nov 2023
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Board quota, quota law, gender quota

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Electronic Word of Mouth and Consumer Protection: A Legal and Economic Analysis

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 3, 2021, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper , U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Mar 2022
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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e-WOM, electronic word of mouth, platforms, boilerplate, consumer protection, informational asymmetry, consumer contracts

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Codetermination’s Moment of Truth: Overseas Workers

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 809/2024, U of Texas Law, Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 23 Oct 2024 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2024
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Revoking Brexit: Can Member States Rescind Their Declaration of Withdrawal from the European Union?

Columbia Journal of European Law, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2017 , U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 673
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2018
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Brexit, Withdrawal, European Union, Revocation, May

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Contractual Symmetry: A Doctrinal & Economic Analysis

Denver Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 3, 2020, U of Texas Law, Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Mar 2022
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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contractual symmetry, warranties, boilerplate contracts, fairness, information asymmetries, arbitration

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Flytraps, Scarecrows, and the Transparency Paradox

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2018, No. 1, 2018
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Mar 2022
Jens Dammann
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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boilerplate contracts, informational asymmetry, unconscionability, deterrence, lemon markets