Hidden Fallacies in Corporate Law and Financial Regulation
Reframing the Mainstream Narratives
Will be published approx. on 25. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-5099-7149-7 (ISBN)
Description
Challenge your understanding of corporate, securities, and financial law and regulation with this ground-breaking book.
Featuring incisive research from preeminent scholars in the field, this seminal work interrogates long-standing assumptions and beliefs that have remained unexamined for decades.
Taking a novel approach, the book serves as both a conceptual 'deconstruction' and a foundation for future research directions. Each chapter delves deep into the often-overlooked origins, mechanics and implications of outdated or misleading concepts (termed 'fallacies') that form the backbone of contemporary corporate and securities laws, financial regulations and related domains.
Beyond simply identifying these fallacies, the authors illustrate the profound implications of recalibrating our analytic perspectives. By expanding the spectrum of inquiry and moving along multiple continuums - such as public to private, micro to macro, transactional to structural, individual to systemic, and static to dynamic - this volume underscores the transformative potential of re-envisioning the fundamentals of these fields. An essential read, this book promises to be a catalyst for change and a must-have for anyone committed to staying at the forefront of law and policy.
Featuring incisive research from preeminent scholars in the field, this seminal work interrogates long-standing assumptions and beliefs that have remained unexamined for decades.
Taking a novel approach, the book serves as both a conceptual 'deconstruction' and a foundation for future research directions. Each chapter delves deep into the often-overlooked origins, mechanics and implications of outdated or misleading concepts (termed 'fallacies') that form the backbone of contemporary corporate and securities laws, financial regulations and related domains.
Beyond simply identifying these fallacies, the authors illustrate the profound implications of recalibrating our analytic perspectives. By expanding the spectrum of inquiry and moving along multiple continuums - such as public to private, micro to macro, transactional to structural, individual to systemic, and static to dynamic - this volume underscores the transformative potential of re-envisioning the fundamentals of these fields. An essential read, this book promises to be a catalyst for change and a must-have for anyone committed to staying at the forefront of law and policy.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
457 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5099-7149-7 (9781509971497)
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Persons
Alexandra Andhov is Professor, Chair in Law and Technology, and Director of the Center for Advancing Law and Technology Responsibly (ALTeR) at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Claire A Hill is the James L Krusemark Chair in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, USA.
Saule T Omarova is the Earle Hepburn Professor of Law at the Penn Carey Law, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Claire A Hill is the James L Krusemark Chair in Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, USA.
Saule T Omarova is the Earle Hepburn Professor of Law at the Penn Carey Law, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Content
1. Introduction, Saule T Omarova (Cornell Law School, USA) and Alexandra Andhov (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Part 1: Corporate Law
2. Tribes and Temperament(s): Two Underappreciated Determinants of Market Actor Behaviour, Motivations and Beliefs, Claire A Hill (University of Minnesota, USA)
3. Hidden Fallacies in the Agency Theory of the Corporation, Jennifer G Hill (Monash University, Australia)
4. The Pathology of Passivity: Shareholder Passivity as a False Narrative in Corporate Law, Sarah C Haan (Washington and Lee University, USA)
5. The Corporation and the Fallacy of the Public-Private Divide, Cherie Metcalf (Queen's University, Canada)
6. The False Narrative of 'Responsible Investment', Ellen Quigley (University of Cambridge, UK)
Part 2: Financial Regulation
7. The Fallacy of Disclosure in the Time of AI, Alexandra Andhov (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
8. The Fallacy of a Colour-Blind Fed, Nakita Q Cuttino (Georgetown Law, USA)
9. The Fallacy of Consumer Credit Regulation as the Path to Financial Inclusion, Iris H-Y Chiu (University College London, UK)
10. Financial Innovation: Three Fallacies in the Debate, Saule T Omarova (Cornell Law School, USA)
11. Boilerplate against Bailouts and the Regulatory Ride Fallacy, Anna Gelpern (Georgetown Law, USA)
12. By Way of Conclusion: Making Sense of Fallacies, Claire A Hill (University of Minnesota, USA)
Part 1: Corporate Law
2. Tribes and Temperament(s): Two Underappreciated Determinants of Market Actor Behaviour, Motivations and Beliefs, Claire A Hill (University of Minnesota, USA)
3. Hidden Fallacies in the Agency Theory of the Corporation, Jennifer G Hill (Monash University, Australia)
4. The Pathology of Passivity: Shareholder Passivity as a False Narrative in Corporate Law, Sarah C Haan (Washington and Lee University, USA)
5. The Corporation and the Fallacy of the Public-Private Divide, Cherie Metcalf (Queen's University, Canada)
6. The False Narrative of 'Responsible Investment', Ellen Quigley (University of Cambridge, UK)
Part 2: Financial Regulation
7. The Fallacy of Disclosure in the Time of AI, Alexandra Andhov (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
8. The Fallacy of a Colour-Blind Fed, Nakita Q Cuttino (Georgetown Law, USA)
9. The Fallacy of Consumer Credit Regulation as the Path to Financial Inclusion, Iris H-Y Chiu (University College London, UK)
10. Financial Innovation: Three Fallacies in the Debate, Saule T Omarova (Cornell Law School, USA)
11. Boilerplate against Bailouts and the Regulatory Ride Fallacy, Anna Gelpern (Georgetown Law, USA)
12. By Way of Conclusion: Making Sense of Fallacies, Claire A Hill (University of Minnesota, USA)