The Yale Law School and CGCG are presenting a virtual workshop on ‘The History of the Corporation’ on 10 June 2021, beginning at 9:00 EDT. The program follows. All are welcome to register for the event by visting the following website: https://bit.ly/2PeXhGL
Introduction
Naomi Lamoreaux (Yale University)
Henry Hansmann (Yale Law School and ECGI)
Shareholder Democracy under Autocracy: Voting Rights and Corporate Performance in Imperial Russia
Amanda Gregg (Middlebury College), Steven Nafziger (Williams College)
Legal Origins of Corporate Governance: Choice of Company Law in Egypt, 1887-1913
Cihan Artunç (Middlebury College)
Legal Transplants and Local Custom in China: The Struggle over Apportioned Liability for External Debt of Partnerships
Madeleine Zelin (Columbia University)
Corporate Ownership and Control in the Gilded Age
Eric Hilt (Wellesley College)
Managerial Failure and Corporate Ownership in Edwardian Britain Revisited
Michael Aldous (Queen’s University, Belfast), Philip Fliers (Queen’s University, Belfast), John Turner (Queen’s University, Belfast)
General Discussion
Tim Guinnane (Yale University)
Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci (University of Amsterdam)
Concluding Remarks
Naomi Lamoreaux (Yale University)
Henry Hansmann (Yale Law School and ECGI)