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The Competing Paradigms Of Securities Regulation, James J. Park Dec 2007

The Competing Paradigms Of Securities Regulation, James J. Park

Duke Law Journal

Although the securities industry is primarily regulated by specific rules, it is also governed by general principles. When conduct violates a rule, the regulatory response is obvious-enforce the rule. The issue is more difficult when conduct does not violate a rule but violates a principle. A regulator can excuse the conduct on the ground that the law is unclear and prohibit the conduct going forward through rulemaking. Or, the regulator can punish the conduct through what I call a "principles-based" enforcement action. Since 2002, there has been a surge of principles-based enforcement actions, provoking criticism that regulators are engaging in …


Exchange Consolidation And Models Of International Securities Regulation, Bo Harvey Oct 2007

Exchange Consolidation And Models Of International Securities Regulation, Bo Harvey

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


Stock Market, Corporations And Their Regulation: A Few Glimpses Into Reality, Palladam M. Vasudev Jul 2007

Stock Market, Corporations And Their Regulation: A Few Glimpses Into Reality, Palladam M. Vasudev

Palladam M Vasudev

The paper examines events in three public companies – Enron Corp., Sycamore Networks and Amazon.com, from the perspective of corporate law and securities law. The events are interpreted in terms of the applicable law, and explain how it influences them. In particular, the paper demonstrates how the prevailing loose legal regime for corporations and the stock market-centricity of corporate arrangements give rise to specific varieties of negative behaviour. The paper adopts a critical approach, and is an effort to describe the consequences of the minimalist philosophy underlying corporate and securities regulation.


Buy, Sell Or Hold? Analyst Fraud From Economic And Natural Law Perspectives, Ronald J. Colombo Feb 2007

Buy, Sell Or Hold? Analyst Fraud From Economic And Natural Law Perspectives, Ronald J. Colombo

Ronald J Colombo

Investor protection and healthy capital markets are commonly acknowledged as the objectives historically driving U.S. federal securities legislation and policy. Less commonly appreciated, or perhaps intentionally neglected, is the critical role that virtue was understood to play in realizing these objectives by the architects and original enforcers of the securities laws. This understanding has largely been lost, in no small part, due to the success that “law and economics” has had in dominating securities law thinking. This Article posits that this original understanding can be rediscovered, and the role of virtue restored to its rightful place in securities regulation, via …


Laws Against Bubbles: An Experimental-Asset-Market Approach To Analyzing Financial Regulation, Erik F. Gerding Jan 2007

Laws Against Bubbles: An Experimental-Asset-Market Approach To Analyzing Financial Regulation, Erik F. Gerding

Publications

This article analyzes the effectiveness of proposed and actual securities, financial, and tax laws designed to prevent, or dampen the severity of asset price bubbles, including laws designed to mitigate excessive speculation. The article employs experimental asset market research to measure the effectiveness of these anti-bubble laws in correcting mispricings. Experimental asset markets represent complex simulations of stock markets in which subjects trade securities over a computer network. These markets allow scholars to test causal links between legal policies and market effects in ways that empirical research alone cannot. With these virtual markets, researchers can identify asset price bubbles - …


股权分置改革中的行政授予与补偿协商:公法与私法的融合, Wen-Yeu Wang, Jianlin Chen Jan 2007

股权分置改革中的行政授予与补偿协商:公法与私法的融合, Wen-Yeu Wang, Jianlin Chen

Jianlin Chen

中国的股权分置改革一方面要使非流通股股东取得流通权,另一方面也要让流通股股东获得合理补偿以求改革能够稳定推进. 传统观点下的契约理论和行政征收理论并不能适切解释中国的股权分置改革方案. 在公,私法融合背景下,美国学者新近提出的行政授予 (regulatory givings)学说,可与大陆法上的行政行为附款理论相互协力,为改革方案提供正当性基础。改革中采用财产法则而非补偿法则保障流通股股东的权益,实属符合经济效率之举. 然而,本方案仍有诸多值得改进之处.


Laws Against Bubbles: An Experimental-Asset-Market Approach To Analyzing Financial Regulation, Erik F. Gerding Jan 2007

Laws Against Bubbles: An Experimental-Asset-Market Approach To Analyzing Financial Regulation, Erik F. Gerding

Erik F. Gerding

This article analyzes the effectiveness of proposed and actual securities, financial, and tax laws designed to prevent, or dampen the severity of asset price bubbles, including laws designed to mitigate "excessive" speculation. The article employs experimental asset market research to measure the effectiveness of these "anti-bubble laws" in correcting mispricings. Experimental asset markets represent complex simulations of stock markets in which subjects trade securities over a computer network. These markets allow scholars to test causal links between legal policies and market effects in ways that empirical research alone cannot. With these virtual markets, researchers can identify asset price bubbles - …


The Fall And Rise Of Federal Corporation Law, Richard A. Booth Jan 2007

The Fall And Rise Of Federal Corporation Law, Richard A. Booth

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.