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John Armour - Project Leader

Research
Economics of law, corporate law and finance, insolvency law and policy, corporate governance

Projects
Corporate Governance Programme
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Personal Background
M.A., B.C.L., University of Oxford; LL.M., Yale University; Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. John initially joined the CBR in January 1999 to work on the project on insolvency and stakeholding, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, taking leave from the School of Law, University of Nottingham, where he lectured in company law and the economics of law. From September 2001 he took up a Senior Research Fellowship in the CBR, directing a core-funded project on corporate law and economic performance, and in 2002 he became a Research Associate following his appointment to the Faculty of Law. He has published widely in the fields of corporate law, insolvency law and law and economics. He is a fellow of Trinity Hall.


Publications:

CBR Working Papers | Other Publications
Selected publications:

Armour, J. and McCahery, J.A. (2006) (eds.) After Enron: Reforming Corporate Governance and Capital Markets in Europe and the US (Oxford: Hart Publishing, forthcoming 2006) (693pp).

Armour, J. (2006) 'Should We Redistribute in Insolvency?' in Getzler, J. and Payne, J. (eds.) Company Charges: Spectrum and Beyond (Oxford: OUP, 2006), 189-226.

Armour, J. and Cumming, D.J. (2006) 'The Legislative Road to Silicon Valley', Oxford Economic Papers 58.

Armour, J. (2006) 'Legal Capital: An Outdated Concept?', European Business Organization Law Review 7: 5-27.

Armour, J. and Walters, A.J. (2006) 'Funding Liquidation: A Functional View', Law Quarterly Review 122: 303-334.

Armour, J. (2005) 'Who Should Make Corporate Law? EU Legislation versus Regulatory Competition', Current Legal Problems 58: 369-413.

Armour. J. and Skeel, D.A., Jr. (2005) 'An Ocean of Difference on Takeover Regulation', in J. Grant (ed.) European Takeovers: The Art of Acquisition (London: Euromoney, 2005), 353-359.

Armour, J. and Cumming, D.J. (2005) 'Bankruptcy Law and Entrepreneurship', ESRC Centre for Business Research Working Paper 300, June 2005.

Armour, J and Mokal, R.J. (2005) 'Reforming the Governance of Corporate Rescue: The Enterprise Act 2002', Lloyds' Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 28-64.

Armour, J. (2004) 'Personal Insolvency Law and the Demand for Venture Capital', European Business Organization Law Review 5: 87-118.

Armour, J. (2004) 'The Chequered History of the Floating Charge', Griffith Law Review 13: 27-57.

Armour, J and Bennett, H.N. (eds.) (2003) 'Vulnerable Transactions in Corporate Insolvency'. (Oxford: Hart Publishing.)

Armour, J, Deakin, S and Konzelmann, S. (2003) 'A Post-Stakeholder World? Reflections on the Trajectory of UK Corporate Governance', British Journal of Industrial Relations 41: 531-555.

Armour, J. (2003) 'Law, Finance and Innovation', in J.A. McCahery & L. Renneboog (eds.) Venture Capital Contracting and the Valuation of Hi-Tech Firms, (Oxford: OUP), 133-161.

Armour, J. Cheffins, B. and Skeel, D. A. Jr. (2002) 'Corporate ownership structure and the evolution of bankruptcy law: lessons from the UK', Vanderbilt Law Review, 55: 1699-1785.

Armour, J. and Deakin, S. (2003) 'Insolvency and employment protection: the mixed effects of the Acquired Rights Directive', International Review of Law and Economics, 22: 443-463

Armour, J and Frisby, S. (2001) 'Rethinking Receivership', Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 21: 73-102.

Armour, J and Deakin, S. (2001) 'Norms in Private Insolvency: The 'London Approach' to the Resolution of Financial Distress', Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 1: 21-51.

Armour, J. (2000) 'Share Capital and Creditor Protection: Efficient Rules for a Modern Company Law?', Modern Law Review, 63: 355-378.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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