Corporate Governance Seminar

This seminar provides an in-depth study of a series of corporate law and governance topics, from both theoretical and practical perspectives. We will focus primarily on the governance of for-profit, publicly traded corporations. The general topics include some or all of the following: theories of the corporation, corporate social responsibility, the role of the board of directors, board composition and structures, institutional investors, shareholder activism, executive compensation, corporate political spending, the financial crisis, and comparative corporate governance.