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Notable Governance Failures: Enron, Siemens And Beyond, Michael Primbs, Clara Wang

Comparative Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation

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Gender Diversity On Corporate Boards: The Competing Perspectives In The U.S. And The Eu, Tyler Winters, Madhuri Jacobs-Sharma

Comparative Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation

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The Role Of Private Litigation, Benedict Heil, Benjamin Lee

Comparative Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation

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The Manner In Which Corporate Law And Financial Regulations Are Made, Supawich Sirikanchana, Sharareh Zand

Comparative Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation

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The New Governance And The Challenge Of Litigation Bylaws, Jill E. Fisch

All Faculty Scholarship

Corporate governance mechanisms designed to ensure that managers act in shareholders’ interest have evolved dramatically over the past forty years. “Old governance” mechanisms such as independent directors and performance-based executive compensation have been supplemented by innovations that give shareholders greater input into both the selection of directors and ongoing operational decisions. Issuer boards have responded with tools to limit the exercise of shareholder power both procedurally and substantively. This article terms the adoption and use of these tools, which generally take the form of structural provisions in the corporate charter or bylaws, the “new governance.”

Delaware law has largely taken …