Discusses corporate social responsibility in the context of the 2008 global financial crisis. Considers the failure of corporate governance as one of the causes of the crisis. Examines how company law might be used to promote corporate social responsibility, noting in particular the concept of...

Since the Financial Crisis of 2008, most reform measures and discussions have asked how the law of financial regulation could be improved to prevent or mitigate future crises. These discussions give short shrift to the role played by corporate law during the Financial Crisis of 2008 and other...

This chapter discusses the legal issues of rescue and corporate social responsibility during times of public crisis. It analyzes a corporate board's fiduciary duty related to the management of a public crisis and the provision of aid to government and the public. The thesis is that American...

This article uses recent events and litigation involving Citigroup to ask whether corporate law as created and enforced by state legislatures and courts - such as the legislature and courts of the State of Delaware - is capable of reducing the possibilities for a replay of the recent financial...