Frank Partnoy CGI Research Fellow University of San Diego School of Law

Selected Publications

Books

Jeffrey D. Bauman, Alan R. Palmiter, and Frank Partnoy. Corporations Law and Policy: Materials and Problems. 2005 and 2006 supplements, 6th ed. forthcoming 2007. Eagan, MN: Thomson West.

Frank Partnoy. 2003. Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets. New York: Henry Holt/Times Books.

Frank Partnoy. 1997. F.I.A.S.C.O.:  Blood in the Water on Wall Street. New York: W.W. Norton.

Articles and Chapters

Frank Partnoy and Randall Thomas. 2007. “Gap Filling, Hedge Funds, and Financial Innovation,” In Yasuyuki Fuchita and Robert E. Litan (Eds.), Brookings-Nomura Papers on Financial Services. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

Frank Partnoy and David A. Skeel, Jr. 2007.“The Promise and Perils of Credit Derivatives.” University of Cincinnati Law Review 76. (Invited symposium.)

Frank Partnoy. 2006. “Financial Innovation and Corporate Law.” Journal of Corporation Law. 36: 799-827. (Invited symposium.)

Frank Partnoy.  2006. “How and Why Credit Rating Agencies Are Not Like Other Gatekeepers.” In Yasuyuki Fuchita and Robert E. Litan (Eds.), Financial Gatekeepers: Can They Protect Investors? Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. 59-99.

Shaun P. Martin and Frank Partnoy. 2005.  “Encumbered Shares.” University of Illinois Law Review. 3: 775-813.

Frank Partnoy.  2004.  “Enron and the Derivatives World.”  In Nancy B. Rapoport and Bala G. Dharan (Eds.), Enron: Corporate Fiascos and Their Implications. New York: Thomson-Foundation Press. 169-186.

Frank Partnoy. 2004. “Strict Liability for Gatekeepers: A Reply to Professor Coffee.” Boston University Law Review. 84: 365-375. (Invited symposium.)

Frank Partnoy. 2003. “A Revisionist View of Enron and the Sudden Death of ‘May’.” Villanova Law Review. 48: 1245-1280. (Invited symposium.) 

Reprinted in Paul Dembinski, Carole Lager, Andrew Cornford, and Jean-Michel Bonvin (Eds.). 2005. Enron and World Finance: A Case Study in Ethics. 54-89.

Frank Partnoy. 2001. “Barbarians at the Gatekeepers? A Proposal for a Modified Strict Liability Regime.” Washington University Law Quarterly. 79: 491-547. (Invited symposium.)

Frank Partnoy. 1999. “The Siskel and Ebert of Financial Markets: Two Thumbs Down for the Credit Rating Agencies.”  Washington University Law Quarterly. 77: 619-712.

            Reprinted 2001 in Securities Law Review. 33: 161.