Christopher M. Bruner is a J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law. His teaching and scholarship focus on corporate law and securities regulation, including international and comparative dimensions of these subjects. Bruner's articles have appeared in a variety of law and policy journals. His comparative study of corporate governance in the United Kingdom and the United States, Power and Purpose in the 'Anglo-American' Corporation, won the 2010 Association of American Law Schools Scholarly Papers competition.

• Part I. Shareholder Orientation in the Common-Law World: 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Comparative theory and corporate governance; 3. The corporate governance role of shareholders in common-law jurisdictions; Part II. A Political Theory of Corporate Governance in the Common-Law World: 4. Comparative theories of corporate governance; 5. Shareholders, stakeholders, and social welfare policy; Part III. The Theory's Explanatory Domain: 6. Stability, change, and the future of corporate governance in the common-law world.

'… Bruner's insights are a revelation … [H]e has identified a critical, new dimension of our understanding of corporate law.' David Skeel, Texas Law Review

Christopher M. Bruner is a J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law. His teaching and scholarship focus on corporate law and securities regulation, including international and comparative dimensions of these subjects. Bruner's articles have appeared in a variety of law and policy journals. His comparative study of corporate governance in the United Kingdom and the United States, Power and Purpose in the 'Anglo-American' Corporation, won the 2010 Association of American Law Schools Scholarly Papers competition.

• Part I. Shareholder Orientation in the Common-Law World: 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Comparative theory and corporate governance; 3. The corporate governance role of shareholders in common-law jurisdictions; Part II. A Political Theory of Corporate Governance in the Common-Law World: 4. Comparative theories of corporate governance; 5. Shareholders, stakeholders, and social welfare policy; Part III. The Theory's Explanatory Domain: 6. Stability, change, and the future of corporate governance in the common-law world.

'… Bruner's insights are a revelation … [H]e has identified a critical, new dimension of our understanding of corporate law.' David Skeel, Texas Law Review

Christopher M. Bruner is a J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law. His teaching and scholarship focus on corporate law and securities regulation, including international and comparative dimensions of these subjects. Bruner's articles have appeared in a variety of law and policy journals. His comparative study of corporate governance in the United Kingdom and the United States, Power and Purpose in the 'Anglo-American' Corporation, won the 2010 Association of American Law Schools Scholarly Papers competition.

• Part I. Shareholder Orientation in the Common-Law World: 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Comparative theory and corporate governance; 3. The corporate governance role of shareholders in common-law jurisdictions; Part II. A Political Theory of Corporate Governance in the Common-Law World: 4. Comparative theories of corporate governance; 5. Shareholders, stakeholders, and social welfare policy; Part III. The Theory's Explanatory Domain: 6. Stability, change, and the future of corporate governance in the common-law world.

'… Bruner's insights are a revelation … [H]e has identified a critical, new dimension of our understanding of corporate law.' David Skeel, Texas Law Review