Law & Economics
Portrait of John C. Coffee Jr.
Scholar portraitSource: Columbia Law School

Coffee

John C. Coffee Jr.

Securities-law and corporate-governance scholar

securities regulationgatekeepersmandatory disclosure

Official Source Note

Columbia Law School lists Coffee as the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law and describes him as a leading authority on securities law, corporate governance, white-collar crime, complex litigation, and class actions.

Within the archive, Coffee anchors the securities-regulation strand: mandatory disclosure, gatekeeper liability, enforcement architecture, class actions, and market-failure arguments for regulation.

Source: Columbia Law School

Relevance to the Archive

Coffee is essential for understanding why securities law relies on disclosure, intermediaries, professional verification, and enforcement institutions.

Representative Contributions

  • Market Failure and the Economic Case for a Mandatory Disclosure System (1984)
  • What Caused Enron? (2002)
  • Gatekeepers (2006)

Works Included Here