Corman Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law
Larry E. Ribstein is Corman Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law. He was previously George Mason Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University School of law. Ribstein is the author of leading treatises on limited liability companies (Ribstein & Keatinge on Limited Liability Companies), partnership law (Bromberg & Ribstein on Partnerships) and limited liability partnerships (Bromberg & Ribstein on LLPs), as well as two business associations casebooks (Unincorporated Business Entities and Ribstein & Letsou, Business Associations). He is also the co-author, with Henry Butler, of The Sarbanes-Oxley Debacle (with Butler, AEI Press 2006) and The Constitution and the Corporation (AEI Press 1995). Forthcoming books are The Economics of Federalism (with Kobayashi) and The Law Market (with O’Hara). Ribstein has written or co-authored over 100 articles on subjects including corporate, securities and partnership law, constitutional law, bankruptcy, film, the internet, family law, professional ethics and licensing, uniform laws, choice of law and jurisdictional competition. Articles over the last year have focused on Sarbanes-Oxley, corporate social responsibility, fiduciary duties in partnerships, fiduciary duties of corporate directors, the history of corporate and partnership law, the implications of behavioral finance for securities regulation, and the portrayal of business in film. Ribstein’s article, Are Partners Fiduciaries? was selected by a vote of corporate and securities laws scholars as one of the best articles of 2005. Ribstein is a member of the executive committee of the AALS sections on Business Associations and Agency, Partnerships, LLCs and Unincorporated Business Associations. From 1998-2001 he was co-editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review. Ribstein’s weblog focusing on business law is www.ideoblog.org and his webpage is www.ribstein.org.
Larry E. Ribstein is Corman Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law. He was previously George Mason Foundation Professor of Law, George Mason University School of law.
Ribstein is the author of leading treatises on limited liability companies (Ribstein & Keatinge on Limited Liability Companies), partnership law (Bromberg & Ribstein on Partnerships) and limited liability partnerships (Bromberg & Ribstein on LLPs), as well as two business associations casebooks (Unincorporated Business Entities and Ribstein & Letsou, Business Associations). He is also the co-author, with Henry Butler, of The Sarbanes-Oxley Debacle (with Butler, AEI Press 2006) and The Constitution and the Corporation (AEI Press 1995). Forthcoming books are The Economics of Federalism (with Kobayashi) and The Law Market (with O’Hara).
Ribstein has written or co-authored over 100 articles on subjects including corporate, securities and partnership law, constitutional law, bankruptcy, film, the internet, family law, professional ethics and licensing, uniform laws, choice of law and jurisdictional competition. Articles over the last year have focused on Sarbanes-Oxley, corporate social responsibility, fiduciary duties in partnerships, fiduciary duties of corporate directors, the history of corporate and partnership law, the implications of behavioral finance for securities regulation, and the portrayal of business in film. Ribstein’s article, Are Partners Fiduciaries? was selected by a vote of corporate and securities laws scholars as one of the best articles of 2005. Ribstein is a member of the executive committee of the AALS sections on Business Associations and Agency, Partnerships, LLCs and Unincorporated Business Associations. From 1998-2001 he was co-editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review.
Ribstein’s weblog focusing on business law is www.ideoblog.org and his webpage is www.ribstein.org.
