Kenneth E. Scott
Ralph M. Parsons Professor of Law and Business, Emeritus

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

Ken Scott and John Taylor, It's Worth the Trouble to Value Toxic Assets, Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2009, pg. A10.
Kenneth E. Scott and John B. Taylor, Why Toxic Assets Are So Hard to Clean Up, Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2009, pg. A13.
Kenneth E. Scott and Edward J. Kane, Mortgage Delinquencies and Foreclosures, Statement No. 259 of the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, May 5, 2008.
Kenneth E. Scott, The Role of Corporate Governance in Coping with Risks and Unknowns, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper, No. 356 (April 2008).
Kenneth E. Scott, Facilitating Mortgage Renegotiations: The Policy Issues, Statement No. 255 of the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, February 11, 2008.
Franklin Edwards and Kenneth Scott, Statement on 'The International Competitiveness of U.S. Capital Markets, Financial Economists Roundtable, September 7, 2007.
Kenneth E. Scott and Richard J. Herring, The Usefulness of Hedge Fund Post-Mortems, Statement No. 244 of the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, May 7, 2007.
Kenneth E. Scott, Structured Products and ETFs, in New Financial Instruments and Institutions, Y. Fuchita and R. Litan, eds., 2007.
Kenneth E. Scott. With Theodor Baums, Taking Shareholder Protection Seriously? Corporate Governance in the U.S. and Germany, in Reform of Chinese Corporate law: International Observations, X. Zhao, ed., 2007 / 8 Korean Journal of Securities Law 373 (2007) / 17 Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 44 (2005), 53 Am. J. Comparative L 31 (Winter 2005).
Kenneth E. Scott. Decision Cycling: Corporate Dilemma or Academic Frolic? Comment, 162 Journal of Institutional And Theoretical Economics 76 (2006).
Kenneth E. Scott, Corporate Governance in the New Institutional Economics, in Institutions in Perspective: Festschrift in Honor of Rudolf Richter on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday, Ulrich Bindseil, Justus Haucap and Christian Wey, eds., Tubingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 2006.
Kenneth E. Scott and Theodor Baums, Taking Shareholder Protection Seriously? Corporate Governance in the United States and Germany, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 17/2003, 57 pages, (November 2003).
Kenneth E. Scott, The Autonomous Board: Corporate Governance Reform?, 159 Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 701-706 (December 2003).
Kenneth E. Scott, Guest on Forum with Michael Krasny; Forum Looks at the Role, Responsibilities, and Effectiveness of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Forum with Michael Krasny, One hour broadcast, (November 19, 2002).
Kenneth E. Scott, What are the Lessons from History?, 156 JITE 207-211 (March 2000)
Kenneth E. Scott, What Role is There for Independent Directors of Mutual Funds?, 2 Villanova Journal of Law and Investment Management 1-8 (Spring 2000).
Kenneth E. Scott, Institutions of Corporate Governance: Implications for Korea, Agenda for Economic Reform in Korea: International Perspectives. K. Judd and Y. Lee, eds. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2000.
Kenneth E. Scott, Institutions of Corporate Governance, 155 Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics 3-13 (1999).
Kenneth E. Scott, Electronic Commerce Revisited, 51 Stanford Law Review 1333-42 (1999).
Kenneth E. ScottCorporate Governance and East Asia, Financial Markets and Development: The Crisis in Emerging Markets. A. Harwood, R. Litan and M. Pomerleano, eds. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 1999.

kenscott@stanford.edu

650 723.3070

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

BA College of William and Mary 1949
MA Princeton University Graduate School 1953
LLB Stanford Law School 1956

Expertise:

Banking and Financial Institutions
Business and Corporate Law
Securities Regulation