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Torys Lecture Given by Top Author in Business Field
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| Ronald Gilson (Danny Abriel) |
The Torys Lecture in Business Law was given by Ronald Gilson, one of the foremost authors in the business field. It was an honour to have the Meyers Professor of Law and Business from Stanford Law School give the lecture, “Deconstructing Equity”, on March 14, 2008.
While touching on many aspects of equity, the two feature points of the lecture were how capital market evolution drives corporate governance evolution and that the rate of change in these areas is likely to increase. “These are interesting times to be concerned about how capital markets function and about corporate governance,” said Mr. Gilson. The point was made while discussing how what has become familiar in corporate governance over the last 30 years is changing.
Each year for the past five years, a pre-eminent business law scholar has visited Dalhousie Law School to teach a course in his or her area of specialty. This year the course was replaced by the lecture, which was generously sponsored by Torys law firm.