Corporate Governance

Marc Moore is Reader in Corporate Law, and Director of the Masters in Corporate Law (MCL) degree and the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL) at the University of Cambridge. He has previously held teaching positions at University College London and the University of Bristol, and is the author of Corporate Governance in the Shadow of the State (2013).Martin Petrin is a Senior Lecturer at University College London, where he is also the Deputy Director of the Centre for Commercial Law. He holds an S.J.D. specializing in corporate law from the University of California, Los Angeles, a Ph.D. from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and an LL.M. from Columbia University. Martin has published widely in the area of corporate governance law.

At long last we have a book that can be used as a text for undergraduate and postgraduate corporate governance modules designed for law students. It is well-written and covers many of the subject areas that are likely to feature in corporate governance modules offered to law students.

• Part I: Introduction to corporate governance1. What is corporate governance?2. Corporate governance and theory of the firm3. The corporate governance regulatory architecturePart II: Relational aspects of corporate governance: Shareholders, boards, managers and employees4. Board authority and shareholders' right of intervention5. Institutional investors and shareholder engagement6. Corporate governance and labourPart III: Corporate risk management and oversight7. The monitoring board and independent directors8. Internal control and risk managementPart IV: Managerial incentives and disciplines9. Design and control of executive remuneration10. Regulation of the market for corporate control.