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Contents: 1. Introduction Claire A. Hill and Brett H. McDonnell PART I: CORPORATE CONSTITUENCIES 2. Director Primacy Stephen M. Bainbridge 3. Corporate Law and the Team Production Problem Margaret M. Blair 4. The Role of Shareholders in the Modern American Corporation D. Gordon Smith 5. Creditors and Debt Governance Charles K. Whitehead 6. Employees and the Boundaries of the Corporation Matthew T. Bodie 7. The Role of the Public Interest in Corporate Law Ian B. Lee PART II: INSIDER GOVERNANCE 8. Fiduciary Duties: The Emerging Jurisprudence Claire A. Hill and Brett H. McDonnell 9. Empirical Studies of Representative Litigation Randall S. Thomas and Robert B. Thompson 10. The Elusive Quest for Director Independence Lisa M. Fairfax 11. 'Low-Cost' Shareholder Activism: A Review of the Evidence Fabrizio Ferri 12. Takeover Theory and the Law and Economics Movement Steven M. Davidoff 13. The Law and Economics of Executive Compensation: Theory and Evidence David I. Walker PART III: GATEKEEPERS 14. Transaction Cost Engineers, Loophole Engineers or Gatekeepers: The Role of Business Lawyers After the Financial Meltdown Richard W. Painter 15. Credit Rating Agencies and Regulatory Reform Aline Darbellay and Frank Partnoy 16. The Influence of Law and Economics on Law and Accounting: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Lawrence A. Cunningham 17. The Role and Regulation of the Research Analyst Jill E. Fisch 18. D & O Insurance and the Ability of Shareholder Litigation to Deter Sean J. Griffith 19. Investment Banks' Influence on Corporate Governance Tamar Frankel PART IV: JURISDICTION 20. Varieties of Corporate Law-Making: Competition, Preemption, and Federalism Robert Ahdieh 21. The Past and Future of Comparative Corporate Governance Donald C. Clarke PART V: NEW THEORY 22. Law and Tunneling Vladimir Atanasov, Bernard Black and Conrad S. Ciccotello 23. Behavioral Approaches to Corporate Law Donald C. Langevoort 24. Market Efficiency After the Fall: Where Do We Stand Following the Financial Crisis? Ronald J. Gilson and Reinier Kraakman

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