#Booku project series

Practitioners and academics must express their interest in a Topic to reserve one of the remaining topics or to propose a new topic. The bibliography cited should be attached to the chapter submitted. The insertion of diagrams or graphs for illustrative purposes is strongly encouraged. It must also be in line with the editorial instructions that will be sent to the authors. The document must be between 10 and 15 pages in Word, font-size12, Times New Roman, without line spacing. Therefore, at least 50% of the article should be devoted to a presentation of the literature.

This innovation allows such companies, at least for a certain period, to gain a competitive advantage and therefore has a place in the Law & Management approach.Ģ) the book aims at presenting the existing literature for persons who want to learn about Law & Management. On the other hand, the development of effective legal arrangements adopted by pioneering companies before they are copied by others is. The diffusion of a legal innovation such as the extension of the institution of marriage to same-sex couples, while of fundamental importance in our society, is not relevant to the Law & Management approach. It is crucial that authors bear in mind that:ġ) topics should be treated with a systematic focus on the applications and implications for business of the legal or legal-managerial techniques studied.įor example, the phenomenon of the diffusion of legal innovations may concern not only companies but also other social actors. Accordingly, for example, use -zation instead of -sation American English instead of British English is to be used. Regarding the mode of citation, as indicated, the Harvard method is requested.

#Booku project series

Our model is the Oxford Handbook series which offers authoritative and up-to-date surveys of original research. (2008), “Pathways of legal strategy”, Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance, 14:1. (2008) “Winning Legally : the Value of Legal Astuteness”, Academy of Management Review, 33(2), 378 In order to understand what the concerns of the Law & Management approach are, it is essential to read the following articles: It is also possible to propose to the Editors and the Scientific Board other authors or topics, which may be approved if they prove to make a significant contribution to the Law & Management approach. The authors will naturally be asked to complete these initial bibliographies. On request, the editors can provide a description of each of these subjects and an indicative bibliography. Sociology of the legal ecosystem of firms.Legal information & Knowledge management.Application of organizational architecture to Legal forms/structures.

Firm theory and its relevance to understand firms legal performance.

Analysis of the legal decisions-making Institutional and Regulatory entrepreneurship.

– An interdisciplinary theory of law and management for thinking and managing normative flowsĪlthough we have already received a large number of proposals (more than 40) we are still looking for contributions on the following subjects (frequently updated) : – Towards the emerging of a real business ecosystem in the legal sector – Systems Thinking in Proactive Approach to Law in Business – Proactive law and collaborative contracting – Business strategy literature for law firms – Institutional Approaches to Law & Management – Role of Taxation in Normative Theories of Corporate Social Responsibility – Proactive legal design/information design as a management tool to foster business collaboration – Approaches to the legal psychology of economic actors (excluding taxation) – Application of Law and Economics Theory on Legal Design – Preventive law, Proactive Law, Comprehensive law, Collaborative law – Application of game theory and other strategies to contract, company and public-private partnership law – Management of non-legal risks through law and on the management of legal risks – Law & Management: The Ethical Dimensions – Legal culture and internal legal organization – Transposition of Porter’s 5 forces model to law This project is open to all researchers, whether they are practitioners or academics. We intends to publish a book introducing the “law & management” by presenting the existing literature on the topic.