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The Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 1998

The Corporate Practice Commentator is pleased to announce the results of its annual poll on the 10 best corporate and securities articles. (Because of ties there are 12 on this year’s list.)  Teachers in corporate and securities laws were asked to select the best corporate and best securities articles from a list of all articles published during 1998. Because of the vagaries of publication and mailing some articles published in 1998 contain a 1997 date and not all articles containing a 1998 date were published in time to be included in this list.

 The articles, listed in author alphabetical order, are:

• Carney, William J., The Production of Corporate Law, 71 S. Cal. L. Rev. 715-780 (1998).
  Choi, Stephen, Market Lessons for Gatekeepers, 92 Nw. U. L. Rev. 916-966 (1998).  
• Coffee, John C., Jr.,  Brave New World?:  The Impact(s) of the Internet on Modern Securities Regulation. 52 Bus. Law. 1195-1233 (1997).  
• Langevoort, Donald C.,  Organized Illusions:  A Behavioral Theory of Why Corporations Mislead Stock Market Investors (and Cause Other Social Harms). 146 U. Pa. L. Rev. 101-172 (1997).  
• Langevoort, Donald C.,  The Epistemology of Corporate-Securities Lawyering:  Beliefs, Biases and Organizational Behavior. 63 Brook. L. Rev. 629-676 (1997).  
• Mann, Ronald J. The Role of Secured Credit in Small-Business Lending. 86 Geo. L.J. 1-44 (1997).  
• Milhaupt, Curtis J.,  Property Rights in Firms. 84 Va. L. Rev. 1145-1194 (1998).  
• Rock, Edward B.,  Saints and Sinners:  How Does Delaware Corporate Law Work?  44 UCLA L. Rev. 1009-1107 (1997).  
• Romano, Roberta,  Empowering Investors:  A Market Approach to Securities Regulation. 107 Yale L.J. 2359-2430 (1998).  
• Schwab, Stewart J. and Randall S. Thomas,  Realigning Corporate Governance:  Shareholder Activism by Labor Unions. 96 Mich. L. Rev. 1018-1094 (1998).  
• Skeel, David A., Jr.,  An Evolutionary Theory of Corporate Law and Corporate Bankruptcy. 51 Vand. L. Rev. 1325-1398 (1998).  
• Thomas, Randall S. and Martin, Kenneth J.,  Should Labor Be Allowed to Make Shareholder Proposals?  73 Wash. L. Rev. 41-80 (1998).

The "Best Articles" were chosen from more than 350 corporate and securities articles published during the year. Thirty law professors participated in this year’s selection.