The Trajectory of (Corporate Law) Scholarship: An Inaugural Lecture given in the University of Cambridge October 2003 [Paperback]

Brian R. Cheffins (Author)

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Publication Date: December 13, 2004 | ISBN-10: 052160639X | ISBN-13: 978-0521606394

Professor Cheffins' lecture offers a path-breaking examination of potential trajectories for legal scholarship. Considerable attention is devoted to academic writing on law, but little has been said about the process by which the relevant literature evolves. This lecture focuses directly on the evolution of legal scholarship. It identifies five potential trajectories, revolving around concepts such as 'progress', 'paradigms', the marketplace for ideas, intellectual cycles, and fads and fashions. Professor Cheffins offers a summary of each trajectory and then tests the propositions he has advanced by means of a case study dealing with corporate law. He argues that scholarly trends in law develop in a manner that is at least partially consistent with each of the trajectories he identifies, but acknowledges that none captures fully the dynamics at work.

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This lecture examines how legal scholarship evolves. It identifies five potential trajectories, revolving around concepts such as 'progress', 'paradigms', the marketplace for ideas, intellectual cycles, and fads and fashions. Cheffins summarises each trajectory and then tests the propositions advanced by means of a case study on corporate law.

About the Author

Brian R. Cheffins has been, since 1998, the S.J. Berwin Professor of Corporate Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. He was a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia from 1986 to 1997. He has held visiting appointments at Duke, Harvard, Oxford and Stanford. Professor Cheffins is author of Company Law: Theory, Structure and Operation and numerous articles on corporate law and corporate governance. He was awarded a John S. Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 2002.

Product Details

• Paperback: 92 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (December 13, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 052160639X
• ISBN-13: 978-0521606394
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,645,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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