Reliance Chair on Corporate Law Governance | Reading Group on Critical Corporate Law
March 15, 2024
The Reliance Chair on Corporate Law Governance at NLSIU, invites expressions of interest from students to join a reading group on Critical Corporate Law.
About the Reading Group
The objective of constituting and supporting the reading group is to popularise critical approaches to corporate law, and to engage students in contextualising corporate law within the contemporary political economy. As a group, which will be anchored by the students, members will read and discuss a single text book on contemporary Law and Political Economy over at least 6 meetings spread across a trimester. The choice of the text book will be based on majority votes of members on a list of nominations. The first two nominations, to be finalised soon, are: a) Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty First Century (2014); and (b) Katharina Pistor, The Code of Capital (2019).
In holding discussions, the group will read and share their views on the book, and draw connections (in their discretion) with the doctrinal corporate law currently in force. The discussions of the group, in reading the text, may encourage members to write short articles in a blog format either in collaboration or by themselves. The Chair will coordinate with the student led NLS Journal of Business Law and support the publications of these blogs on the website of the journal, subject to its approval by the editorial board.
Depending on the tenor of the discussions during the group meetings, the frequency of such meetings, and the topics, the Chair will also facilitate inviting external members with interest in relevant topics to join the group.
Who can Apply?
Students from the following batches can apply to join the reading group:
i) 5-Year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) – 3rd year onwards
ii) 3-Year LL.B. (Hons.) – all batches
iii) LLM
**Please note that the the spots are limited to 4 students from each batch. In case of applications exceeding that number, those students with a clearer expression of motivation who have applied earlier, will be prioritized.
How to Apply?
Interested students may please apply to join the group by clicking here. While filling this form, please also upload a short statement of your motivation to join the group (200 words; optional but encouraged). The deadline for applications is March 31, 2024.