Ronald J. Gilson
Charles J. Meyers Professor of Law and Business

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

Ronald J. Gilson, Lipton and Rowe's Apologia for Delaware: A Short Reply, 27 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 37-52 (2002).
Ronald J. Gilson, UNOCAL (Unocal v. Mesa Petroleum Co., 493 A.2d 946 (Del. 1985)) fifteen years later (and what we can do about it), 26 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 491-513 (2001).
Ronald J. Gilson and Alan Schwartz, Sales and Elections as Methods for Transferring Corporate Control, 2 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 783-814 (2001).
Ronald J. Gilson, Globalizing Corporate Governance: Convergence of Form or Function, 49 American Journal of Comparative Law 329-358 (2001).
Ronald J. Gilson, Unocal Fifteen Years Later (And What We Can Do About It), Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper, No. 177 and Stanford Law and Economics, Olin Research Paper, No. 201 (June 2000). 31 pages.
Ronald J. Gilson, Globalizing Corporate Governance: Convergence of Form or Function, Stanford Law & Economics, Olin Research Paper No. 192; and Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No. 174 (May 2000). 35 pages.
Ronald J. Gilson, Jesse H. Choper and John C. Coffee, Cases and Materials on Corporations, Gaithersburg, MD : Aspen Law & Business, 5th edition, 2000. 1157 pages.
Ronald J. Gilson and Alan Schwartz, Sales and Elections as Methods for Transferring Corporate Control, Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 206 (November 2000). 43 pages.
Joseph Bankman and Ronald J. Gilson, Why Start-ups?, 51 Stanford Law Review 289-307 (1999).
Ronald J. Gilson and Mark J. Roe, Lifetime Employment: Labor Peace and the Evolution of Japanese Corporate Governance, 99 Columbia Law Review 508-40 (March 1999).
Bernard S. Black and Ronald J. Gilson, The Law and Finance of Corporate Acquisitions, Supplement., Westbury, NY: Foundation Press, 1999. 231 pages
Ronald J. Gilson, The Legal Infrastructure of High Technology Industrial Districts: Silicon Valley, Route 128, and Covenants not to Compete, 74 New York University Law Review 575-629 (1999)
Ronald J. Gilson and Mark J. Roe, The Political Economy of Japanese Lifetime Employment, in, Employees and Corporate Governance. Margaret M Blair and Mark J Roe, editors. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 1999. p. 239-274.
Bernard S. Black and Ronald J. Gilson, Does Venture Capital Require an Active Stock Market?, 11 Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 36-48 (1999).
Bernard S. Black and Ronald J. Gilson, Does Venture Capital Require an Active Stock Market?, Stanford Law John M. Olin Working Paper No. 174; and Columbia Law Working Paper No. 166. (January 1999). 30 pages.
Bernard S. Black and Ronald J. Gilson, Venture Capital and the Structure of Capital Markets: Banks Versus Stock Markets, 47 Journal of Financial Economics 243-277 (1998).
Joseph Bankman and Ronald J. Gilson, Why Startups?, in Corporate Governance Today. New York: Columbia Law School, 1998. p.43-59.
Ronald J. Gilson and Bernard S. Black, Venture Capital and the Structure of Capital Markets, in, Corporate Governance Today. New York: Columbia Law School, (1998) p.1-36.
Ronald J. Gilson, The Legal Infrastructure of High Technology Industrial Districts: Silicon Valley, Route 128, and Covenants Not to Compete, Stanford Law School, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper No. 163. (July 1998). 67 pages.
Ronald J. Gilson, Reflections in a Distant Mirror: An American View of Japanese Corporate Governance, 1998 Columbia Business Law Review 203-21 (1998).