Andrew Johnston：Introduction to English Legal System and Law of Contract
Topic：Introduction to English Legal System and Law of Contract
Speaker: Professor Andrew Johnston, University of Sheffield
Date: October 25th, 2019 (Friday morning)
Time: 10.00-11.30 (Beijing Standard Time)
Location: Conference Room 615, 6th floor , Wenzhi Building.
Speaker’s Biography: Andrew Johnston is a professor at the Law School of the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. He holds a doctoral degree in law and serves as the Director of the Sheffield Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law and the Director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Center at the University of Sheffield. His research mainly focuses on corporate law and corporate governance. He has published several highly-regarded academic monographs, such as “Great Debates in Critical Commercial and Corporate Law” (Routledge, 2019) and “EC Regulation of Corporate Governance” (Cambridge University Press, 2009). In addition, he has authored numerous high-quality academic papers, including “The separation of directors and managers: A historical examination of the status of managers” (2019) in the Journal of Management History, “From Balanced Enterprise to Hostile Takeover: How the Law Forgot about Management” (2019) in Legal Studies (SSCI, Q3), “The Shrinking Scope of CSR in UK Corporate Law” (2017) in the Washington and Lee Law Review, which was rated 3* in the University of Sheffield internal REF reading process.
