{"title":"The Shaping Force of Corporate Law in the New Economic Order","authors":"Jeffrey N. Gordon","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.169030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.169030","url":null,"abstract":"This article, based on an invited lecture, argues that the current corporate governance regime plays an insufficiently appreciated role as a shaping force in the current U.S. economic framework. The dominant corporate law norms and the particular distribution of shareownership have combined to produce a responsiveness to capital market signals that has made U.S. firms especially strong worldwide competitors. This responsiveness, and the associated economic success, is at risk because of continuing state legislative and judicial changes that increase management's ability to resist a hostile takeover bid. Institutional investor ownership and activism is insufficient; legal rules matter because they set the framework within which institutions (and catalytic forces like control entrepreneurs) can act. The paper traces the emergence of this corporate governance regime in the 1980s and 1990s, explains its importance to the emerging economic order, and focuses specifically on the Virginia antitakeover statutes and cases as a particularly troubling development.","PeriodicalId":83423,"journal":{"name":"University of Richmond law review. University of Richmond","volume":"165 1","pages":"1473-1495"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86432589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women's Rights","authors":"M. Urofsky","doi":"10.5860/choice.32-5152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.32-5152","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83423,"journal":{"name":"University of Richmond law review. University of Richmond","volume":"68 1","pages":"401-420"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74805330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"As We Forgive Our Debtors: Bankruptcy and Consumer Credit in America","authors":"M. Herbert","doi":"10.5860/choice.27-4631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.27-4631","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83423,"journal":{"name":"University of Richmond law review. University of Richmond","volume":"6 1","pages":"221-232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79634476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Attorney-Client Privilege","authors":"Thomas C. Dawson, John T. Tucker, Kevin J. Whyte","doi":"10.4135/9781452229300.n142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452229300.n142","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83423,"journal":{"name":"University of Richmond law review. University of Richmond","volume":"87 1","pages":"559-600"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74958651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Contractual Analysis of the Military Enlistment","authors":"N. Dilloff","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2495584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2495584","url":null,"abstract":"Since July 1, 1973, this nation has had what is termed an \"all volunteer military.\" As a result, the primary means available for an individual to enter military service has become the enlistment contract. This article will explore whether or not this type of agreement is, in fact, a contract. We shall analyze what documents or acts are necessary to comprise this agreement between a volunteer and the United States; whether a military enlistment agreement satisfies the traditional contractual elements, such as mutual assent, consideration, and capacity to contract; what is the effect of conditions stated in the contract; and, finally, breach and remedies for breach.","PeriodicalId":83423,"journal":{"name":"University of Richmond law review. University of Richmond","volume":"11 1","pages":"121-149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1974-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89340309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY","authors":"P. T. Distanislao, A. Reid","doi":"10.1080/00094056.1939.10724355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00094056.1939.10724355","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83423,"journal":{"name":"University of Richmond law review. University of Richmond","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75358074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}