Washington and Lee law professor Christopher Bruner’s recent book, Corporate Governance in the Common-Law World (Cambridge), was recently recommended by the Aspen Institute’s Corporate Values Strategy Group.
The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Aspen Corporate Values Strategy Group (CVSG) is focused on ensuring that corporate and investment practice better supports the long-term health of society.
Published earlier this year, Prof. Bruner’s book examines the corporate governance powers possessed by shareholders in the U.S. and other common-law countries. Bruner finds, contrary to popular belief, that shareholders in the U.K. and other common-law jurisdictions are both more powerful and more central to the aims of the corporation than are shareholders in the U.S. The vexing question, explored by Bruner’s book, is why.
You can read more about Professor Bruner’s new book here.