YLS Podcasts : corporate law

A conversation about environmental law at YLS

tyson — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:14:00 GMT

A conversation about environmental sustainability in the 21st century

tyson — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:09:00 GMT

October 9, 2008
Daniel C. Esty ’86, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; and Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Professor Esty discusses environmental sustainability issues of the 21st century, including the central role of the private sector in the development of clean energy technology. Professor Esty is co-author (with Andrew Winston) of “Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage.”

A conversation about “Corporate Governance: Promises Kept, Promises Broken”

tyson — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:09:00 GMT

October 27, 2008
Jonathan Macey ’82, Deputy Dean and Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, and Securities Law
Professor Macey discusses his new book, “Corporate Governance” in which he examines different mechanisms of corporate governance and ultimately argues that market-driven mechanisms of corporate governance (ie., trading and takeovers) are more effective solutions than non-market devices such as boards of directors, shareholder voting, credit-rating agencies, and whistle-blowers.

“The Declining Number of Players in the Retirement Income Game: The Implications for the Individual and Government”

gracep — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:17:00 GMT

March 6, 2007
Alicia H. Munnell, Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
Alicia Munnell, discusses the implications of the number of players in the retirement income game dropping from three (government, employers, and the individual) to just two (government and the individual). This lecture is part 2 of the two-part annual Storrs Lecture Series at Yale Law School.

“The Declining Number of Players in the Retirement Income Game: The Withdrawal of Business”

gracep — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:01:00 GMT

March 5, 2007
Alicia H. Munnell, Peter F. Drucker Professor of Management Sciences, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
Alicia Munnell discusses the implications of the number of players in the retirement income game dropping from three (government, employers, and the individual) to just two (government and the individual). This lecture is part 1 of the two-part annual Storrs Lecture Series at Yale Law School.

"Where's the Theory in Corporate Governance?"

gracep — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:09:00 GMT

October 9, 2006
Jonathan R. Macey '82, Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law, Yale Law School
Jonathan Macey delivers his inaugural lecture as the Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law, examining four of the most important institutions of corporate governance: the market for corporate control, the jurisdictional competition for corporate charters, shareholder voting, and corporate boards of directors.