Oxford Business Law Blog

Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, the (further) harmonization of insolvency laws pertaining to credit institutions was firmly in the crosshairs of EU regulators and policy makers. The principal arguments...

Covering unwelcome uncertainties of the future, yet inherently uncertain and ambiguous by themselves, material adverse change/effect (‘MAC’) clauses have evolved into important risk-allocation...

A remarkable wave of bankruptcy reforms has washed over the MENA region, from Morocco to Saudi Arabia. News headlines have heralded these reforms as a great boon in particular to the thousands of...

The exposition of the law of fiduciary accountability has been negligently disintegrating for some time. I say negligently because the numerous departures from principle that presently agitate the...

Amidst the flurry of legislative activity presaging the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act, longstanding concerns over the perceived abuses associated with connected party pre-pack sales...

The Oxford Business Law Blog is launching the ‘European Commission Initiative on Directors' Duties and Sustainable Corporate Governance Series’ or, for brevity, ‘the EC Corporate Governance...

In the history of international monetary and payment systems, very few developments have witnessed the same breadth and intensity of change in a short period of time as cryptoassets. Over the past...

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted normal life and triggered massive economic slowdowns. In the United States, consumer spending has dropped dramatically and unemployment temporarily hit the highest...

Research into legal reasoning has long been the exclusive purview of legal theorists, despite the central role that legal reasoning plays in real life. However, the recent surge of interest in legal...

The term ‘disruption’ has been used frequently, and rather indiscriminately, in recent years, particularly in legal writings on the many facets of digitalisation. In my recent paper, I argue that a...

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020—as well as government orders to contain it—have prevented countless people, babysitters to basketball players, from fulfilling their contracts. Are all of these parties...

When should specific performance be available for breach of contract? Civil law systems make it the primary remedy for breach, while the common law treats it as a humble exception with limited...

In its July 2020 Digital Trust Report, AustCyber estimated that a four week disruption to digital infrastructure caused by a major cyber attack would cost the Australian economy $30 billion (1.5% of...

Should corporate disputes be subject to mandatory arbitration? Over the last decade, the debate relating to implementing mandatory arbitration provisions in a firm’s articles or bylaws has been...

The onset of Covid-19 has accelerated the adoption of telemedicine by consumers in India. Reports indicate that the popular Indian healthcare application Practo has witnessed a steep 500% increase in...

The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has, in recent years, made it clear that it wants to promote the UAE as a country in which environmental and social issues are prioritised. It has...

The economic devastation caused by Covid-19 triggered a slew of new research on law’s role in mediating the business cycle, economic growth, and inequality. We welcome submissions for an online...

One of the historical mysteries of modern UK company law was its sudden emergence. The passage of statutes in 1855 and 1856 transformed one of the strictest company law regimes into among Europe’s...