Jonathan Hardman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5579692 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Hardman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Hardman |
| SIGNATURE | HARDMAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1794-0424 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tensions in Corporate Contractarianism
The dominant conceptual approach in Anglo-American corporate law literature is to represent the company as a series of voluntary bilateral arrangements. Under such a contractarian approach, the role for company law is to facilitate private bargaining and transactions. This representation is far from uncontroversial, and is frequently challenged on both descriptive grounds (that it does not accurately describe company law) and normative grounds (t…
Regulating the very limited partnership
Limited partnerships (LPs) have received considerable press and policy attention over the past five years, culminating in legal reforms which provide an ability to align LP law more closely to company law. This paper challenges the wisdom of exercising this ability without prior analysis. It draws on historical, conceptual, and empirical methodologies to make three arguments. First, the LP is conceptually different from the company, with LPs bein…
Fixing the misalignment of the concession of corporate legal personality
The nature of separate legal personality is a perennial debate in corporate law. This paper uses insights from a previous iteration of the debate to argue that separate legal personality is best seen as a two-step process: it is a concession from the state to something real. That real thing is the economic concept of the firm, which has been recently debated within institutional economics. Viewing separate legal personality as a two-step process …
Succession ’s Lessons for the UK’s Dual Class Shares Debate
UK law is currently debating whether companies whose founders have enhanced voting rights, known as a ‘dual class share’ structure, should be allowed to be listed on the premium list of the London Stock Exchange. This article posits that those arguing for dual class shares argue, ultimately, that founders may be benign geniuses who should be freed from market forces. It argues that the television show Succession illustrates that it is not inevita…
Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd
In Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd the Supreme Court considered the ambit of the prohibition on a shareholder recovering losses from third parties for the reduction in the value of their shares or loss of dividend income arising from a wrong suffered by the company. This prohibition on ‘reflective loss’ had been growing in scope in recent years, leading to a lack of clarity as to whether it is taxonomically situated in company law or in private l…
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Succession ’s Lessons for the UK’s Dual Class Shares Debate
UK law is currently debating whether companies whose founders have enhanced voting rights, known as a ‘dual class share’ structure, should be allowed to be listed on the premium list of the London Stock Exchange. This article posits that those arguing for dual class shares argue, ultimately, that founders may be benign geniuses who should be freed from market forces. It argues that the television show Succession illustrates that it is not inevita…
Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd
In Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd the Supreme Court considered the ambit of the prohibition on a shareholder recovering losses from third parties for the reduction in the value of their shares or loss of dividend income arising from a wrong suffered by the company. This prohibition on ‘reflective loss’ had been growing in scope in recent years, leading to a lack of clarity as to whether it is taxonomically situated in company law or in private l…
Fixing the misalignment of the concession of corporate legal personality
The nature of separate legal personality is a perennial debate in corporate law. This paper uses insights from a previous iteration of the debate to argue that separate legal personality is best seen as a two-step process: it is a concession from the state to something real. That real thing is the economic concept of the firm, which has been recently debated within institutional economics. Viewing separate legal personality as a two-step process …
Regulating the very limited partnership
Limited partnerships (LPs) have received considerable press and policy attention over the past five years, culminating in legal reforms which provide an ability to align LP law more closely to company law. This paper challenges the wisdom of exercising this ability without prior analysis. It draws on historical, conceptual, and empirical methodologies to make three arguments. First, the LP is conceptually different from the company, with LPs bein…
Tensions in Corporate Contractarianism
The dominant conceptual approach in Anglo-American corporate law literature is to represent the company as a series of voluntary bilateral arrangements. Under such a contractarian approach, the role for company law is to facilitate private bargaining and transactions. This representation is far from uncontroversial, and is frequently challenged on both descriptive grounds (that it does not accurately describe company law) and normative grounds (t…
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