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"AN OUTSTANDING HANDBOOK ON THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF SOCIAL LAW"
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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.

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Growing numbers of employees, consumers, and investors want companies to be truly good; 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. Yet, unlike traditional business ventures, social enterprises have no obligation to maximize profits, even on a long-term basis. In this comprehensive volume, Benjamin Means and Joseph W. Yockey bring together leading legal scholars and practitioners to offer an authoritative guide to social enterprise law and policy. The Cambridge Handbook of Social Enterprise Law takes stock of the field and charts a course for its future development. 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.

Author Biography:

Benjamin Means is a Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law. He teaches business associations, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, and family business law. His scholarship appears in journals including the Emory Law Journal, the Georgetown Law Journal, the Vanderbilt Law Review, and the Washington University Law Review. He serves on the executive committee of the American Association of Law Schools Section on Business Associations. Professor Means practiced law at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Satterlee Stephens LLP, and he clerked for Judge Rosemary S. Pooler (United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit). Joseph W. Yockey is a Professor of Law and the Michael and Brenda Sandler Faculty Fellow in Corporate Law at the University of Iowa School of Law. He teaches courses on business associations, compliance, and higher education, and he has been voted law school professor of the year. He writes extensively on social enterprise law and corporate governance. Professor Yockey practiced corporate litigation at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, Illinois, and he clerked for Judge John Daniel Tinder (formerly United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit).
Release date Australia
January 3rd, 2019
Contributors
  • Edited by Benjamin Means
  • Edited by Joseph W. Yockey
Pages
462
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 5 Tables, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
185x262x30
ISBN-13
9781107186552
Product ID
27882502

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