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Gatekeepers: The Professions and Corporate Governance
John C. Coffee Jr, a leading international expert on business and law, traces the evolution of the four main 'gatekeeping' professions: auditors, lawyers, securities analysts, and credit-rating agencies, and examines the role and development of these professions.
| Author(s) | By John C. Coffee Jr. (Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law, Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law, Columbia Law School). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 400 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 11 Apr 2019 |
| Availability | Available |
John C. Coffee Jr, a leading international expert on business and law, traces the evolution of the four main 'gatekeeping' professions: auditors, lawyers, securities analysts, and credit-rating agencies, and examines the role and development of these professions.
1: Introduction Part I: What Happened? 2: The Failure of Gatekeepers 3: Explaining Gatekeeper Failure? 4: A Comparative Perspective Part II: The Development of Gatekeepers 5: The Rise, Fall, and Redefinition of the Auditor: From Bookkeeper to Profes
John C. Coffee Jr. is the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law and Director of the Center on Corporate Governance at Columbia Law School. He is a fellow at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and has been repeatedly listed by the National Law Journal as am
