Robert C. Clark

Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Austin Wakeman Scott Professor of Law

Research Interests

• Corporate Law
• Laws, Markets, and Religions
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Regulation of Financial Institutions

Education

• Maryknoll College B.A. 1966, Theology
• Columbia University Ph.D. 1971, Philosophy
• Harvard Law School J.D. 1972

Appointments

• Visiting Professor of Law, 1978
• Professor of Law, 1979
• Royall Professor of Law, 1989 -2003
• Dean of the Faculty of Law, 1989-2003
• Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Austin Wakeman Scott Professor of Law, 2003

Other Information

2011-2012 Faculty Disclosures re: Related Outside Interests and Activities

Representative Publications

• Lorsch, Jay W. & Robert C. Clark. "Leading from the Boardroom," 86, No. 4 Harvard Business Review 104 (2008).
  
• Clark, Robert C. "Major Trends Lead Us Back to Basics," 31 Journal of Corporate Law 591 (2006).
  
• Clark, Robert C. "Moral Systems in the Regulation of Nonprofits: How Value Commitments Matter," Hauser Center Working Papers, October 2006, at No. 33.6.
  Full text: WWW
  
• Clark, Robert C. "Corporate Governance Changes in the Wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: A Morality Tale for Policymakers Too," 22 Georgia State Law Review 251 (2005).
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• Clark, Robert C. "Why So Many Lawyers? Are They Good or Bad?" 61 Fordham Law Review 275 (1993).
  
• Clark, Robert C. "Contracts, Elites and Traditions in the Making of Corporate Law," 89 Columbia Law Review 7 (1989).
  
• Clark, Robert C. Corporate Law (Little, Brown 1986).
  Full text: AMAZON (Purchase)
  
• Clark, Robert C. "The Four Stages of Capitalism," 94 Harvard Law Review 561 (1981).
  
• Clark, Robert C. "Does the Nonprofit Form Fit the Health Care Industry?" 93 Harvard Law Review 1416 (1980).
  

Bibliography

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