Robert Anderson

Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law

Professor of Law

24255 Pacific Coast Highway

Malibu, CA 90263

United States

  • Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law

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1.

The Merger Agreement Myth

Cornell Law Review, Forthcoming, 7th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2012
Jeffrey Manns and Robert Anderson
George Washington University Law School and Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Law

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Distinguishing Judges: An Empirical Ranking of Judicial Quality in the U.S. Court of Appeals

Missouri Law Review, Vol. 76, No. 315, 2010, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 16 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2013
Robert Anderson
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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federal appellate judges, United States Court of Appeals, evaluation, judicial opinions, quality, citation study, ranking, judicial performance, Sonia Sotomayor

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The Inefficient Evolution of Merger Agreements

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 1, 2017, Forthcoming, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2016-25, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-25
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2016
Robert Anderson and Jeffrey Manns
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law and George Washington University Law School
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Mergers & Acquisitions, Empirical Legal Studies

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The High Cost of Lowering the Bar

32 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 307 (2019)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 01 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2019
Robert Anderson and Derek T. Muller
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law and University of Iowa - College of Law
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Bar Exam, California, State Bar, Occupational Licensing, Attorney Discipline, Legal Education, Data

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The Delaware Delusion

North Carolina Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2015
Robert Anderson and Jeffrey Manns
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law and George Washington University Law School
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Corporate and Securities Law, Empirical Legal Studies

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The Long and Short of Corporate Governance

23 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 19 (2015), Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 6
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 22 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2016
Robert Anderson
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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corporate law, corporate governance, long term, short term, shareholder value

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A Property Theory of Corporate Law

Columbia Business Law Review, Vol. 2020, No. 1, 2020, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020/28
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 17 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2020
Robert Anderson
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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corporate law, corporations, law and economics, property law, shareholders

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The Delaware Trap: An Empirical Analysis of Incorporation Decisions

91 Southern California Law Review 657, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. # 2019/4
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 01 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2019
Robert Anderson
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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Delaware, Corporation, Empirical, Race to the Top, Race to the Bottom

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Engineering Greater Efficiency in Mergers and Acquisitions

72 The Business Lawyer (Summer 2017), GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2017-71, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-71
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2017
Jeffrey Manns and Robert Anderson
George Washington University Law School and Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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Mergers & Acquisitions, Legal Drafting

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Law, Fact, and Discretion in the Federal Courts: An Empirical Study

Utah Law Review, Vol. 2012, No. 1, 2012, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011/12
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Apr 2011
Robert Anderson
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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federal judiciary, trial courts, appellate courts, standard of review, reversal, empirical evidence, factual determinations, findings of fact, fact-finding, clear error

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Measuring Meta-Doctrine: An Empirical Assessment of Judicial Minimalism in the Supreme Court

Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 32, No. 1045, 2009
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 08 May 2015
Robert Anderson
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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Boiling Down Boilerplate in M&A Agreements: A Response to Choi, Gulati, & Scott

67 Duke Law Journal Online 2019, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2019-6, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019-6, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2019/7
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2019
Robert Anderson and Jeffrey Manns
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law and George Washington University Law School
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Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Empirical Legal Studies

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Contract Design, Default Rules, and Delaware Corporate Law

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 77, p.1197, 2020, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020/32
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 03 Dec 2020
Jeffrey Manns and Robert Anderson
George Washington University Law School and Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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Contracts, Corporate Law, Empirical Legal Studies, Mergers & Acquisitions

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Path Dependence, Information, and Contracting in Business Law and Economics

Wisconsin Law Review, Forthcoming, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020/20
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2020
Robert Anderson
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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incomplete contracts, law and economics, contract drafting

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Employee Incentives and the Federal Securities Laws

University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 1195, 2003, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 05 Feb 2013
Robert Anderson
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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employee, Securities and Exchange Commission, securities law, Exchange Act

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An Evolutionary Perspective on Contracting: Evidence from Poison Pills

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Sep 2019
Robert Anderson
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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law and economics, incompete contracts, evolution, corporate law, transactions

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Ascertained in a Different Way: The Treaty Power at the Crossroads of Contract, Compact, and Constitution

69 George Washington Law Review, Vol 69, No.189, 2001
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 15 Jan 2008
Robert Anderson
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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Treaty Power, Compact Clause, Constitution

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Re: Concept Release on Harmonization of Securities Offering Exemptions; File Number S7-08-19

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Oct 2019
Robert Anderson, Samantha Prince, John Neil Conkle and Sarah Zomaya
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law, Penn State Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Teaching and Learning the Law of Boats

St. Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 55, No. 549, 2011, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 27 Jan 2013
Robert Anderson
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law
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admiralty, maritime, teaching, course instruction

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Institutions and Equilibrium in the United States Supreme Court

American Political Science Review, Vol. 101, No. 4, 2007
Posted: 02 Dec 2007
Robert Anderson and Alexander Tahk
Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law and University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Supreme Court, Coalition-Proof Equilibrium, Issue-by-Issue Median, Part-by-Part Voting