Janis Sarra
Biographic Data
| ID | 2789446 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janis Sarra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janis |
| FAMILY NAME | Sarra |
| SIGNATURE | SARRA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Topography of Effective Climate Governance in Canada
Directors’ fiduciary duties in Canada include an obligation to identify and oversee management of the company’s climate-related risks and opportunities. The precise contours of these obligations need further articulation. Internationally adopted financial disclosure accounting standards and green and transition finance taxonomies help to clarify the reasonable expectations of regulators, investors, creditors, and other stakeholders in respect of …
A Visual Conversation From South Africa
As the world copes with two parallel catastrophic events-climate change and COVID-19, this article examines how visual art students in South Africa used the pandemic period to imagine a better world, a green economic recovery, and a closer connection with nature and biodiversity. The visual conversation that this new generation of artists created provides a lens for engaging with a world in change. They generate inspirational and resourceful idea…
Predatory Lending and the Destruction of the African-American Dream
Since the Great Recession of 2008, the racial wealth gap between black and white Americans has continued to widen. In Predatory Lending and the Destruction of the African-American Dream, Janis Sarra and Cheryl Wade detail the reasons for this failure by analyzing the economic exploitation of African Americans, with a focus on predatory practices in the home mortgage context. They also examine the failure of reform and litigation efforts ostensibl…
Les leçons de la crise financière mondiale
Dr. Janis Sarra, Professeur à l’Université de Colombie Britannique, Canada Les leçons de la crise financière mondiale La crise financière mondiale a entraîné des préjudices sans précédent pour des millions de personnes qui ont perdu leur épargne, leur entreprise, leur emploi et leur foyer. Les conséquences de la crise financière sont nombreuses ; ici je me concentrerai sur deux des enseignements à en tirer. Le premier est que les « chiffres » à e…
Giving Voice to Reality
This article explores how Michael Trebilcock's multidimensional and pragmatic approach to the governance issues arising from limited liability in corporate law and the problems of assigning the task of protecting corporate employees to private contracting have widespread application in many areas where parties’ relationships are not confined to a single isolated transaction, including employment-based pension plans. Observations about the potenti…
Balancing Social and Corporate Culture in the Global Economy
Japanese corporate law is undergoing a transition with new Commercial Code amendments in 2003 that allow corporations to opt for an Anglo‐American model of governance. Combined with shifts in securities regulation, shareholder activism, and the notion of Japanese lifetime employment, there is an important issue of whether these shifts represent a move towards an optimal corporate governance paradigm. The evolution is tempered by particular cultur…
Balancing Social and Corporate Culture in the Global Economy
Japanese corporate law is undergoing a transition with new Commercial Code amendments in 2003 that allow corporations to opt for an Anglo‐American model of governance. Combined with shifts in securities regulation, shareholder activism, and the notion of Japanese lifetime employment, there is an important issue of whether these shifts represent a move towards an optimal corporate governance paradigm. The evolution is tempered by particular cultur…
Balancing Social and Corporate Culture in the Global Economy
Japanese corporate law is undergoing a transition with new Commercial Code amendments in 2003 that allow corporations to opt for an Anglo‐American model of governance. Combined with shifts in securities regulation, shareholder activism, and the notion of Japanese lifetime employment, there is an important issue of whether these shifts represent a move towards an optimal corporate governance paradigm. The evolution is tempered by particular cultur…
Giving Voice to Reality
This article explores how Michael Trebilcock's multidimensional and pragmatic approach to the governance issues arising from limited liability in corporate law and the problems of assigning the task of protecting corporate employees to private contracting have widespread application in many areas where parties’ relationships are not confined to a single isolated transaction, including employment-based pension plans. Observations about the potenti…
Les leçons de la crise financière mondiale
Dr. Janis Sarra, Professeur à l’Université de Colombie Britannique, Canada Les leçons de la crise financière mondiale La crise financière mondiale a entraîné des préjudices sans précédent pour des millions de personnes qui ont perdu leur épargne, leur entreprise, leur emploi et leur foyer. Les conséquences de la crise financière sont nombreuses ; ici je me concentrerai sur deux des enseignements à en tirer. Le premier est que les « chiffres » à e…
Predatory Lending and the Destruction of the African-American Dream
Since the Great Recession of 2008, the racial wealth gap between black and white Americans has continued to widen. In Predatory Lending and the Destruction of the African-American Dream, Janis Sarra and Cheryl Wade detail the reasons for this failure by analyzing the economic exploitation of African Americans, with a focus on predatory practices in the home mortgage context. They also examine the failure of reform and litigation efforts ostensibl…
A Visual Conversation From South Africa
As the world copes with two parallel catastrophic events-climate change and COVID-19, this article examines how visual art students in South Africa used the pandemic period to imagine a better world, a green economic recovery, and a closer connection with nature and biodiversity. The visual conversation that this new generation of artists created provides a lens for engaging with a world in change. They generate inspirational and resourceful idea…
A Topography of Effective Climate Governance in Canada
Directors’ fiduciary duties in Canada include an obligation to identify and oversee management of the company’s climate-related risks and opportunities. The precise contours of these obligations need further articulation. Internationally adopted financial disclosure accounting standards and green and transition finance taxonomies help to clarify the reasonable expectations of regulators, investors, creditors, and other stakeholders in respect of …
Political science (6 works) · Business (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Corporate governance (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Finance (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Law (2 works)