Camden Hutchison on the History of Canadian Corporate Law

In this episode, Camden Hutchison, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia Peter A. Allard School of Law, discusses his articles "Corporate Law Federalism in Historical Context: Comparing Canada and the United States," which will be published in the McGill Law Journal, and "The Patriation of Canadian Corporate Law," which will be published in the University of Toronto Law Journal. Hutchison begins by describing the similarities and differences between United States and Canadian corporate law. He then describes how both bodies of law reached a similar place via very different paths, focusing on how Canadian corporate law developed in relation to different incentives than United States law. He also discusses his empirical study of the influence of foreign courts on Canadian judicial decisions, including the surprising finding that United States law has had relatively little influence, even though modern Canadian corporations law is based primarily on United States law. Hutchison is on Twitter at @CamdenHutchison.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.