Douglas M. Branson

Douglas M. Branson, one of the top corporate law experts in the country, is a prolific writer whose work has been described as the best "traditional" corporate scholarship currently being done. The most recent book on his impressive bibliography is the widely and favorably reviewed 1993 treatise, Corporate Governance (Michie & Co.).

Branson, a professor at Seattle University School of Law for more than 20 years, joined the Pitt Law faculty in the fall of 1996. He has been a visiting profesor or lecturer at several law schools, including: the University of Alabama, as Charles Tweedy Distinguished Visiting Professor; the University of Oregon; Cornell University; Arizona State University; and universities in New Zealand and England. He also holds a permanent faculty appointment at the University of Melbourne, Australia, in its Master of Laws program.

His reputation as one of the country's most productive and thoughtful business law scholars has earned Professor Branson an especially influential role in framing the highly prestigious American Law Institute's recommendations for corporate governance. In addition, he is considered the world's leading expert on the corporate law aspects of Alaska native corporations.

Currently Teaching

• Business Organizations (Fall 08)
• Securities Regulation (Fall 08)
• Diversity in Corporate Governance Seminar (Spring 09)

Selected Publications

Books:

• Douglas M. Branson, The Last Male Bastion – the CEO Suite at America’S Public Companies and Gender (2008)(forthcoming)
• Douglas M. Branson, Cases and Materials On Business Organizations (with Joan  Hemminway, Marc Steinberg, et al.)(LexisNexis Pub.)(forthcoming 2008).
• Douglas M. Branson, No Seat At The Table: How Corporate Governance and Law Keep Women Out of the Boardroom, (New York University Press, 2007).
• Douglas M. Branson, Forensic Social Work (2D ED. 2005)(with B. Barker)
• Douglas M. Branson, Questions & Answers: Business Associations (LexisNexis 2004).       
• Arthur R. Pinto & Douglas M. Branson, Understanding Corporate Law (LexisNexis 2d 2004).         
• Douglas M. Branson, Questions & Answers: Business Organizations Law (Lexis Law Publishing 2003).

Scholarly Articles:

• Douglas M. Branson, Still Square Pegs in Round Holes? A Look at ANCSA Corporations, Corporate Governance, and Indeterminate Form or Operation of Legal Entities, 24 Duke Akaska L. Rev. 203 (2007).
• Douglas M. Branson, Too Many Bells?  Too Many Whistles?  Corporate Governance in the Post Enron, Post WorldCom Era, 58 S.C. L. Rev. (2006).
• Douglas M. Branson, Governance: Operations and Choice of Form in Schizophrenic or Indeterminate Entities, Haw. L. Rev.  (2006).
• Douglas M. Branson & Low Chee Keong, Balancing the Scales: A Statutory Business Judgment Rule for Hong Kong?, 34 Hong Kong L. J. 303 (2004).
• Douglas M. Branson, Symposium, Enron--When All Systems Fail: Creative Destruction Or Roadmap To Corporate Governance Reform?, 48 Vill. L. Rev. 989 (2003).          
• Douglas M. Branson, Indiana Supreme Court Lecture: The Rule That Isn’t a Rule - The Business Judgment Rule, 36 Valparaiso L. Rev. 631 (2003).
• Douglas M. Branson, Enron -- When All Systems Fail:  Creative Destruction or Roadmap to Corporate Governance Reform?, 48 Vill. L. Rev. 989 (2003).
• Douglas M. Branson, The Social Responsibility Of Large Multinational Corporations, 33 Transnat'l Law. 121 (2002).

Other Publications:

• Douglas M. Branson, Criminal Excess: Backdating Stock Options, Jurist November 29, 2006
• Douglas M. Branson, Schadenfreude and Martha Stewart, Jurist June 6, 2003.