Steven Ramirez
Publications
(As of 2004)
Articles in Law Reviews and Other Scholarly Journals
Diversity
"A Flaw in the Sarbanes-Oxley Reform: Can Diversity in the Boardroom Quell Corporate Corruption?," 77 St. John's Law Review 837 (2003).
"A General Theory of Cultural Diversity," 7 Mich. J. Race & L. 33 (2001).
"The New Cultural Diversity and Title VII," 6 Mich. J. Race & L. 127 (2000).
"Diversity and the Boardroom," 6 Stanford J. L. & Bus. Finance. 85 (2000).
Securities
"Corporate Corruption and Wall Street Finagling: How Will it Play in Kansas After SLUSA?," 72 J. Kan. B.A. 14 (September 2003). Co-authored with Jeffrey S. Kruske.
"The Professional Obligations of Securities Brokers Under Federal Law: An Antidote for Bubbles?" 70 U. Cin. L. Rev. 527 (2002).
"Arbitration and Reform in Private Securities Litigation: Dealing with the Meritorious as Well as the Frivolous," 40 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1055 (1999).
"Caveat Plaintiff: Congress has Defederalized Private Securities Litigation," 67 J. Kan. B.A. 16 (1998).
"The Misappropriation Theory of Insider Trading Under United States v. O'Hagan: Why Its Bark Is Worse Than Its Bite," 26 Sec. Reg. L.J. 162 (1998) (with Christopher M. Gilbert).
General Financial Regulation
"Depoliticizing Financial Regulation," 41 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 503 (2000).
"The Chaos of 12 U.S.C. Section 1821(k): Congressional Subsidizing of Negligent Bank Director and Officers," 65 Fordham Law Review 625 (1996).
Law and Economics
"Bearing the Costs of Racial Inequality: Brown and the Myth of the Equality/Efficiency Trade-Off," 44 Washburn L.J. 87 (2004). (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
"What We Teach When We Teach About Race: The Problem of law and Pseudo-Economics," 54 Journal of Legal Education 365 (2004).
"The Law and Macroeconomics of the New Deal at 70," 62 Maryland Law Review 515 (2003).
"Fear and Social Capitalism: The Law and Macroeconomics of Investor Confidence," 42 Washburn L.J. 31 (2002). (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Corporate Governance
"Games CEOs Play And Interest Convergence Theory: Why Diversity Lags In America's Boardrooms And What To Do About It," 61 Washington and Lee Law Review 1583 (2004).
Book Reviews
"Market Fundamentalism's New Fiasco: Globalization as Exhibit B in the Case for a New Law and Economics [review of: Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz]," 24 Michigan Journal of International Law 831 (2003)
Other Publications
Federal Deposit Insurance Acts in II Major Acts of Congress 31 (Brian K. Landsberg, ed. 2004).
Federal Home Loan Bank Act (1932) in II Major Acts of Congress 46 (Brian K. Landsberg, ed. 2004).
Securities Act of 1933 in III Major Acts of Congress 170 (Brian K. Landsberg, ed. 2004).
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in III Major Acts of Congress 174 (Brian K. Landsberg, ed. 2004).
"Atherton Certain to Spawn More Litigation: How the Supreme Court Raised More Questions Than It Answered," 8 Bank Bailout Litigation News 3 (March 31, 1997).
Review Editor, Kansas Corporation Law and Practice. (1998)
Presentations
"Corporate Representation and Shareholder Protection: Rethinking the SEC?s New Federal Rules of Professional Responsibility," Washburn University School of Law, Recent Developments in the Law CLE, June 2004 (article forthcoming 2004-2005).
"What We Teach About When We Teach About Race: A Perspective from Law and Economics," AALS Workshop on Racial Justice in a New Millennium: From Brown to Grutter, Portland, Oregon, June 2004 (symposium article forthcoming, 2004).
"Diversity in Corporate America: From Brown v. Board of Education and Beyond," Washburn University School of Law, Business and Transactional Law Center, April 7 and 8, 2004.
"Games CEOs Play," Corporate Panel, Critical Race Theory: The Next Frontier Symposium, Washington & Lee University, School of Law, March 2004 (symposium article forthcoming, 2004).
"Race and the Increasing Concentration of Economic Power in the Law of Corporations: Coincidence or Inverse Affirmation of Convergence Theory?," AALS Annual Meeting, Section on Minority Groups, The Impact of Corporate Scandals on Communities of Color, January, 2004 (symposium article forthcoming, 2004).
"The Ever More Treacherous Terrain for Business and Transactional Lawyers: An Update on Sarbanes-Oxley and the New ABA Proposals," October 25, 2003 and November 7, 2003, Washburn University School of Law, Center For Business and Transactional Law, Annual Institute for Professional Responsibility for Business and Transactional Lawyers.
"A Flaw in the Sarbanes-Oxley Reform: Can Diversity in the Boardroom Quell Corporate Corruption?," The Intersection of Race and Corporate Law, Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference and The Ron Brown Center for Economic Development, St. John?s Law School, April, 2003 (leading to 2003 symposium article).
"Sarbanes-Oxley and the Corporate Counsel," Corporate Counsel Institute, Washburn University School of Law, Business and Transactional Law Center, March 2003.
"The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: The New Federal Rules of Professional Responsibility," Kansas Bar Association, Corporate & Commercial Law Conference, February 2003.
"The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Recent Developments in the War on Corporate Fraud," Washburn University School of Law, Business and Transactional Law Center, October 2002.
"Law and Macroeconomics," Central States Law School Association, Annual Meetings, Lexington, Kentucky, September 2002 and Lansing, Michigan September 2001 (leading to three law review articles).
"What to do With the Enronized and Other Victims of Burst Stock Market Bubbles?," Recent Developments in the Law CLE, Washburn University School of Law, June 21, 2002. (28 KB PDF; requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
"Recent Developments in the Law of Lawyering and the Corporate Client: Ethics 2000 and Beyond," Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, September 2001.
"'But my Lawyer Said I Could:' The Advice of Counsel Defense," Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 15th Annual Corporate Counsel Conference, June 2001.
"The New Cultural Diversity and the Old Racial Mythology," University of Nebraska, Hispanic National Bar Association, Law Student Division, Regional Meeting, April 2000 (leading to law review article).
"Diversity and the Boardroom," Midwestern People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, Sedona, Arizona, March 2000 and Northeast People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2000 (leading to two law review articles).
"Title VII Status of Diversity Initiatives," Topeka Corporate Counsel Association, Topeka, Kansas, March 2000 (leading to law review article).
"Arbitration of Securities Disputes: Past, Present and Future," Washburn University School of Law, Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution CLE, August 1997 (leading to law review article).
"A Retrospective Analysis of Smith v. Van Gorkom and its Ethical Implications," Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 11th Annual Corporate Counsel Conference, June 1997.
"Who's on First and What's the Issue: Keeping Track of the Players in Representing LLCs and Partnerships," Recent Developments in the Law, Washburn University School of Law, June 1997.
