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Proxy Voting Reform: What Is On The Agenda, What Is Not On The Agenda, And Why It Matters For Asset Owners., Cynthia A. Williams May 2019

Proxy Voting Reform: What Is On The Agenda, What Is Not On The Agenda, And Why It Matters For Asset Owners., Cynthia A. Williams

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Investor proxy voting practices have entered the public spotlight again in 2018 as Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") consider changes to the rules which govern proxy voting and regulation of proxy advisors. The focus has largely been on companies 'frustration with an asserted out-sized influence of proxy advisory firms and the corporate community's long standing pushback to shareholder proposals, especially those dealing with environmental, social, and governance ("ESG') issues. However, an accurate recognition of the longstanding principles which underlie institutional investors 'fiduciary duties and provide the legal context for the exercise ofproxy voting rights has been largely …


The Case Of Natural Obligations, David V. Snyder Jan 1995

The Case Of Natural Obligations, David V. Snyder

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Whose Nature? Practical Reason And Patriarchy, Lynne N. Henderson Jan 1990

Whose Nature? Practical Reason And Patriarchy, Lynne N. Henderson

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Statutes As Judgments: The Natural Law Theory Of Parliamentary Activity In Medieval England, Morris S. Arnold Jan 1977

Statutes As Judgments: The Natural Law Theory Of Parliamentary Activity In Medieval England, Morris S. Arnold

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The proposition that late medieval English lawgivers believed themselves to be exercising a declarative function has been so frequently put forward and so widely accepted that it is in danger of being canonized by sheer dint of repetition; and thus one who would deny the essential validity of that notion bears the virtually insuperable burden of proof commonly accorded an accused heretic. Nevertheless, it will be argued here that natural law notions are attributed to the medieval English legislator with only the slightest support from the sources, and after only the most rudimentary and uncritical analyses of the implications of …


Legal Sanctions, Jerome Hall Jan 1961

Legal Sanctions, Jerome Hall

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The Present Position Of Jurisprudence In The United States, Jerome Hall Jan 1958

The Present Position Of Jurisprudence In The United States, Jerome Hall

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Book Review. Sutherland, A. E., The Law And One Man Among Many, Kenneth B. Hughes Jan 1957

Book Review. Sutherland, A. E., The Law And One Man Among Many, Kenneth B. Hughes

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Book Review. Haines, C. G., The Revival Of Natural Law Concepts, Fowler Vincent Harper Jan 1931

Book Review. Haines, C. G., The Revival Of Natural Law Concepts, Fowler Vincent Harper

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Natural Law In American Constitutional Theory, Fowler V. Harper Jan 1927

Natural Law In American Constitutional Theory, Fowler V. Harper

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