AN OUTSTANDING HANDBOOK ON THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF SOCIAL LAW
An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers and Reviews Editor, “The Barrister”
The publishers, Cambridge University Press, have identified that growing numbers of employees, consumers, and investors look for “companies to be truly good”. Such a mark of excellence is very much in keeping with modern corporate policy, so we welcome this book edited by Benjamin Means and Joseph W Yockey and the 27 contributors to this work.
The authors state in this excellent and valuable new handbook that “these stakeholders will accept lower economic returns in order to support companies that prioritize sustainability, fair wages, and fair trade. Unlike charities or non-profit organizations, such companies – or social enterprises – are not only permitted but also expected to produce an economic return for investors”. Such views are clearly the wave of the future for good corporate governance.
Yet, unlike traditional business ventures, social enterprises do not have an obligation to maximize profits, even for the long-term. In this comprehensive volume, the editors Means and Yockey have drawn together leading legal scholars and practitioners to offer an authoritative guide to social enterprise law and policy. The latest Cambridge Handbook covering Social Enterprise Law has rightly been described as taking stock of the field and it charts a course for its future development.
We feel that the handbook will be of general interest to a very wide readership in the future, and it should be read by entrepreneurs, investors, practitioners, academics, students and anyone else interested in how companies are evolving to address new demands for capitalism with a conscience.
The 27 expert contributors have covered some important areas for those researching or practising in the main areas of social law. They include the following: providing a diverse set of legal perspectives in the emerging social enterprise field; contributions from the United States of America and international scholars and practitioners which will appeal to readers in America, the UK, Europe, and elsewhere. We consider that this title will serve as a one-stop legal resource for scholars and practitioners working in social enterprise and corporate law and will be a welcome addition to your law library. This hardback book was first published on 3rd January 2019.