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

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

Ronald J. Gilson and Robert H. Mnookin, The Implicit Contract for Law Firm Associates: Ex post Opportunism and Ex Ante Bonding, in, The Firm as a Nexus of Treaties. Masahiko Aoki, Bo Gustafsson and Oliver E. Williamson, editors. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1990.
Ronald J. Gilson, An Overreaction in Pennsylvania, 4 Insights 2 (March 1990)
Ronald J. Gilson, A Fight for the Right to 'Just Say No' to Hostile Tender Offers, 12 Legal Times (June 29, 1989) p. 19.
Ronald J. Gilson and Reinier Kraakman, Delaware's Intermediate Standard for Definitive Tactics: Is there Substance to Proportionality Review?, 44 Business Lawyer 247-274 (1989).
Ronald J. Gilson and Robert H. Mnookin, Coming of Age in a Corporate Law Firm: The Economics of Associate Career Patterns, 41 Stanford Law Review 567-595 (1989)
Ronald J. Gilson, Market Review of Interested Transactions: The American Law Institute Proposal on Management Buyouts, in, Leveraged Management Buyouts : Causes and Consequences. Yakov Amihud, editor. Homewood, IL: Dow Jones-Irwin, 1989.
Ronald J. Gilson, MacMillan: Was It Worth the Wait?, 4 Mergers and Acquisitions Law Reporter 623 (1989).
Ronald J. Gilson, The Bench, the Bar, the Academics, and the ALI: A Short History of the Application of the Business Judgment Rule to Takeovers, in, Dynamics of Corporate Control IV: Evolving Legal Standards Applied to the Frontiers of Corporate Strategy. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association, 1989.
Thomas J. Campbell and Ronald J. Gilson, What's Next for Business Law: The School's Law and Business Program is Expanding and Changing. (Stanford)., 22 Stanford Lawyer 4-11 (Spring, 1988).
Ronald J. Gilson, Drafting an Effective Greenmail Prohibition, 88 Columbia Law Review 329-353 (1988)
Ronald J. Gilson, Myron S. Scholes and Mark A. Wolfson, Taxation and the Dynamics of Corporate Control: The Uncertain Case for Tax Motivated Acquisitions, in, Knights, Raiders, and Targets, The Impact of the Hostile Takeover. John C. Coffee, Jr., Louis Lowenstein, Susan Rose-Ackerman, editors. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Ronald J. Gilson, The Political Dimension of Insider Trading, 22 Stanford lawyer 34 (Fall 1987)
Ronald J. Gilson and Robert H. Mnookin, Dividing the Pie (Abridgment of "Sharing Among the Human Capitalists:An Economic Inquiry Into how Partners Split Profits" from Stanford Law Review), 31 Boston Bar Journal 20 (Nov-Dec 1987)
Ronald J. Gilson, The Outside View of Inside Trading, New York Times (February 8, 1987), p. E23.
Ronald J. Gilson, Evaluating Dual Class Common Stock: The Relevance of Substitutes, 73 Virginia Law Review 807-844 (1987)
Ronald J. Gilson, Odd Veto of Anti-Greenmail Measure, San Francisco Chroncile (October 12, 1987), p. C1.
Ronald J. Gilson, Robert H. Mnookin, and B. Peter Pashigian, Sharing Among the Human Capitalists: An Economic Inquiry Into the Corporate Law Firm and how Partners Split Profits (Symposium on the Law Firm as Social Institution, February 1984), 37 Stanford Law Review 313-397 (1985)
Ronald J. Gilson and Robert H. Mnookin, Dividing the Pie: An Economic Inquiry Into Law Firm Profit Sharing, 19 Stanford Lawyer 4 (Fall 1984)
Ronald J. Gilson, Value Creation by Business Lawyers: Legal Skills and Asset Pricing, 94 Yale Law Journal 239 (1984).
Ronald J. Gilson, The Case Against Shark Repellent Amendments: Structural Limitations of the Enabling Concept (Reprinted from 34 Stanford Law Review 775), 15 Securities Law Review 403-464 (1983)