Yale's Roberta Romano to deliver 49th Miller Lecture
Sept. 23, 2011
ATLANTA -- Roberta Romano, Sterling Professor of Law and Director of the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law, will deliver the 49th Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture at noon on Thursday, November 3, 2011, at Georgia State University’s Student University Center State Ballroom.
The title of her presentation is "For Diversity in the International Regulation of Financial Institutions: Rethinking the Basel Architecture."
Romano’s research has focused on state competition for corporate charters, the political economy of takeover regulation, shareholder litigation, institutional investor activism in corporate governance, and the regulation of securities markets and financial instruments and institutions. Romano is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the European Corporate Governance Institute and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Romano is a past president of the American Law and Economics Association and the Society for Empirical Legal Studies, and a past co-editor of the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization. Romano is the author of "The Genius of American Corporate Law" and "The Advantage of Competitive Federalism for Securities Regulation," and series editor of the Foundations of Law reader series and editor of the volume in the series, Foundations of Corporate Law (2d ed.).
This event is free and open to the public. Business attire is required. Parking is available in Deck M on Auditorium Place for $6. RSVP to Vickie Dye at 404.413.9024 or vdye@gsu.edu. Vegetarian meal requests should be made with RSVP. Special meal requests can not be accommodated on the day of the event.
Reservations are required by October 14.
The Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture Series is sponsored by the Charles Loridans Foundation.
Contact:
Wendy Cromwell
Director of Communications
404.413.9050