Deborah DeMott

Duke University School of Law

David F. Cavers Professor of Law

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1.

Breach of Fiduciary Duty: On Justifiable Expectations of Loyalty and Their Consequences

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 48, 2006, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 113
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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When is a Principal Charged with an Agent's Knowledge?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Oct 2003
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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The Discrete Roles of General Counsel

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 74, December 2005, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 79
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 Sep 2005
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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general counsel, role, business law

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Guests at the Table?: Independent Directors in Family-Influenced Public Companies

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Guests at the Table?: Independent Directors in Family-Influenced Public Companies

Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 165
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 31 Aug 2007
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Guests at the Table?: Independent Directors in Family-Influenced Public Companies

Journal of Corporation Law, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2008, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 165
Posted: 12 Dec 2007
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law

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Shareholders as Principals

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Jun 2001
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Corporate Officers as Agents

Washington and Lee Law Review, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2017-18
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Feb 2017
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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corporate officer, agency, business judgment rule, fiduciary

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Fiduciary Principles in Agency Law

Forthcoming in Evan J. Criddle, Paul B. Miller and Robert H. Sitkoff, Eds., the Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law (New York: Oxford University Press 2018), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2018-18
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Feb 2018
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Agency law, Fiduciary Relationships, Fiduciary Duties,

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Whistleblowers: Implications for Corporate Governance

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 98, 2021, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2021-31
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Jun 2021
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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The Texture of Loyalty

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE POST-ENRON - COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2005, Duke Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 64
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Apr 2005
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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corporate governance, fiduciary duties, director's duties

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Inside the Corporate Veil: The Character and Consequences of Executives' Duties

Australian Journal of Corporate Law, Vol. 19, 2006, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 112
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Jul 2006
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Transatlantic Perspectives on Partnership Law: Risk and Instability

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Dec 2001
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Liability of Asset Managers (Introduction)

Danny Busch & Deborah A. DeMott, eds. Liability of Asset Managers (Oxford University Press, 2012)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 May 2012 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2014
Danny Busch and Deborah DeMott
Radboud University Nijmegen - Institute for Financial Law (IFR) and Duke University School of Law
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Disloyal Agents

Alabama Law Review, Vol. 58, No. 4, Spring 2007, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 146
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Feb 2007
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Culpable Participation in Fiduciary Breach

Forthcoming in Research Handbook on Fiduciary Law (D. Gordon Smith & Andrew S. Gold, Eds., Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2016-57
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 Sep 2016
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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accessory, aiding and abetting, fiduciary, tortious or wrongful interference with contract

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Irrevocable Proxies

Australian Law Journal, Vol. 82, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 206
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 18 Apr 2008
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Agency Law in Cyberspace

Duke Science, Technology & Innovation Paper No. 7, Australian Law Journal, Vol. 80, 2006
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 27 Mar 2006
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Ratification: Useful but Uneven

European Journal of Private Law, Vol. 17, No. 6, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 22 Sep 2009
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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ratification doctrince, agency, consent, fairness, unauthorized agent

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The First Restatement of Agency: What Was the Agenda?

Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 149, Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Vol. 32, 2007
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Mar 2007
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Fiduciary Contours: Perspectives on Mutual Funds and Private Funds

Research Handbook on Mutual Funds (William A. Birdthistle & John D. Morley eds., Edward Elgar Pub.) (2016 Forthcoming), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2016-38
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2016
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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The Fiduciary Character of Agency and the Interpretation of Instructions

Forthcoming in Philosophical Foundations of Fiduciary Law (Andrew S. Gold & Paul B. Miller Eds. Oxford Univ. Press 2014)
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Oct 2013
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Agency, authority, interpretation, fiduciary, revocation

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Forum-Selection Bylaws Refracted Through an Agency Lens

Arizona Law Review, Vol. 57, 2015, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2015-2
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 03 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2015
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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bylaws, contract, forum selection

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The Contours and Composition of Agency Doctrine: Perspectives from History and Theory on Inherent Agency Power

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2014, No. 5 (Oct. 2014 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Aug 2014
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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agency, apparent authority, inherent agency power

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Agency in the Alternatives: Common-Law Perspectives on Binding the Firm

Forthcoming in Research Handbook on Partnerships, LLCs and Alternative Forms of Business Organizations (Robert W. Hillman & Mark J. Loewenstein, Eds.)(Edward Elgar 2015)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Sep 2014
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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agency, partnerships, LLCs, apparent authority, actual authority, agency power

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The Domains of Loyalty: Relationships Between Fiduciary Obligation and Intrinsic Motivation

William & Mary Law Review, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2021-01
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 14 Jan 2021
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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fiduciary, duty of loyalty, intrinsic motivation, trust

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Rogue Brokers and the Limits of Agency Law

Forthcoming in Cambridge Handbook of Investor Protection (Arthur B. Laby, ed.), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2021-29
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Apr 2021
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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agency, brokers, investment advisers, rogues

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Accessory Disloyalty: Comparative Perspectives on Substantial Assistance to Fiduciary Breach

Forthcoming in Equity, Trusts and Commerce (Paul S. Davies & James E. Penner eds. Hart Publishing)
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Aug 2016
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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fiduciary, accessory, aiding and abetting

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Agency by Analogy: A Comment on Odious Debt

Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 70, 2007, Duke Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 154
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Apr 2007
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Fiduciary Duties on the Temporal Edges of Agency Relationships

Arthur B. Laby & Jacob Hall Russell, eds., Fiduciary Obligations in Business (Cambridge Univ. Press, Forthcoming), Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2019-85
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Dec 2019
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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agency, formation, termination, de facto officer, fiduciary duty, competition, brokers, lawyers, irrevocable power

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Restating the Law in the Shadow of Codes: The ALI in Its Formative Era, in The American Law Institute at 100: A Centennial History (Andrew S. Gold & Robert W. Gordon eds) forthcoming 2023, Oxford University Press

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2022-53
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Sep 2022
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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Looking Beyond the Easel: Artists' Contexts and Resale Payment

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2020, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2020-11
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 17 Mar 2020
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law
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visual artists, resale and royalty rights, feminist theory

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An Overview of Agency Doctrine

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2025-19
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Apr 2025
Deborah DeMott and Tan Cheng Han
Duke University School of Law and National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
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platform, products liability, agency, apparent authority

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The Figure in the Landscape: A Comparative Sketch of Directors' Self-Interested Transactions

Posted: 15 Sep 1999
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law

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A Revised Prospectus for a Third Restatement of Agency

U.C. Davis Law Review, Vol. 31, pp. 1035-1063, 1998
Posted: 17 Feb 1999
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law

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Organizational Incentives to Care About the Law

Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 60, No. 3, Autumn 1997 [Published: December 1998]
Posted: 26 Jan 1999
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law

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Agency Principles and Large Block Shareholders

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1997) (Symposium on the Essays of Warren Buffett).
Posted: 02 May 1997
Deborah DeMott
Duke University School of Law

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