Laura Beny

Laura N. Beny

Professor of Law
Member of University of Michigan Law School Faculty 2003-

Forthcoming

• Review of South Sudan: A Slow Liberation, by E. Thomas. The Historian (Forthcoming).

Books

• Co-editor. Sudan's Killing Fields: Political Violence and Fragmentation. S. Hale, co-editor. New Jersey: Red Sea Press, 2014.
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Book Chapters

• "Beyond Economics: Slavery in the Sudan." In Sudan's Killing Fields: Political Violence and Fragmentation, edited by L. N. Beny and S. Hale, 217-29. New Jersey: Red Sea Press, 2014.
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• "The Political Economy of Insider Trading Laws and Enforcement: Law vs. Politics? International Evidence." In Research Handbook on Insider Trading, edited by S. Bainbridge, 266-98. Research Handbooks in Corporate Law and Governance. Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2013.
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• Co-author. "Has Illegal Insider Trading Become More Rampant in the United States? Empirical Evidence from Takeovers." N. Seyhun, co-author. In Research Handbook on Insider Trading, edited by S. Bainbridge, 211-29. Research Handbooks in Corporate Law and Governance. Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2013.
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• Co-author. "Seychelles (County Profiles)." L. D. Cook, co-author. In Africa Competitiveness Rep, vol. 2000/2001, 196-9. New York, N.Y.: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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Journal Articles

• "A National Adaptation Programme of Action: Ethiopia's Responses to Climate Change." World Development Perspectives 1 (2016).
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• "Introductory Note to United Nations Security Council Resolution on Targeted Sanctions in South Sudan." Int'l Legal Materials 54, no. 5 (2015): 945-54.
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• Co-author. "Private Regulation of Insider Trading in the Shadow of Lax Public Enforcement: Evidence from Canadian Firms." A. I. Anand, co-author. Harv. Bus. L. Rev. 3, no. 2 (2013): 215-56.
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• Co-author. "Metals or Management? Explaining Africa's Recent Economic Growth Spurt." L. D. Cook, co-author. Am. Econ. Rev. 99, no. 2 (2009): 268-74.
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• "Do Investors in Controlled Firms Value Insider Trading Laws? International Evidence." J. L. Econ. & Pol'y 4, no. 2 (2008): 267-310.
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• "Insider Trading Rules Can Affect Attractiveness of Country's Stock Markets." Law Quad. Notes 50, no. 1 (2007): 73-5.
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• "Insider Trading Laws and Stock Markets Around the World: An Empirical Contribution to the Theoretical Law and Economics Debate." J. Corp. L. 32, no. 2 (2007): 237-300.
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• "Why Sudan? Ambiguous Identities Forge Persistent Conflict." Law Quad. Notes 49, no. 2 (2006): 14-5.
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• "A Comment on Nielsen's and Albiston's Sample Selection Methodology, and Implications for the 'Have-Nots'." N.C. L. Rev. 84, no. 5 (2006): 1623-34.
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• "Do Insider Trading Laws Matter? Some Preliminary Comparative Evidence." Am. L. & Econ. Rev. 7, no. 1 (2005): 144-83. (Symposium on Comparative Law and Economics.)
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• Co-author. "Questions to Ask Before You Join a Club." P. S. Bird et al., co-authors. Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report 3, no. 2 (2003): 1, 14-6.
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• "U. S. Secondary Stock Markets: A Survey of Current Regulatory and Structural Issues and a Reform Proposal to Enhance Competition." Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 2002, no. 2 (2002): 399-473. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
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• "Insider Trading Law, Enforcement, Ownership Structure and Stock Market Liquidity: A Comparative Empirical Analysis." FSR F. 2, no. 5 (2000): 13-25. (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
• Co-author. "In Search of a Transformative Feminist Paradigm to Guide the Sudanese Women's Movement." Z. Eyega, co-author. Articles & Views (Sudan Women Alliance) (2000). (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)
• "Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Slavery in the Sudan - The Failure to Address Victims' Testimony." Articles & Views (Sudan Women Alliance) (1999). (Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty.)

Other Publications

• "Preserving Self-Determination in the Search for Peace in South Sudan." Berkeley J. Int'l L. Blog (May 2017).
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• "Self-determination is the key for peace in South Sudan." Al Jazeera.com (May 14, 2017.
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• Co-author. S. Hale, co-author. Introduction to Sudan's Killing Fields: Political Violence and Fragmentation, by L. N. Beny and S. Hale, editors, xiii-xxxi. New Jersey: Red Sea Press, (2014).
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• Co-author. "South Sudan Crisis: Will the Peace Last?" A. H. Adam, co-author. Al Jazeera.com (2014).
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• "A Roadmap for Peace in South Sudan." M. Blackings, co-author. endgenocide.org (January 17, 2014).
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• "Think Courts Aren't Relevant? Ask the Victims." endgenocide.org (February 25, 2014).
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• "If Managed Properly, Oil Need Not Be a Curse for South Sudan." Gurtong Focus Magazine (2012). 
• "South Sudan and the East African Community: Pros, Cons and Strategic Considerations." New Times (S. Sudan), S. Sudan News Agency, 2012.
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• "Out of Struggle, Nationhood: South Sudan's New Leader Must Build a State from a Legacy of Violence." Newsweek (2011).
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• "Southern Sudan: When the Lights and Curains Fade, Back to the Hard Work of Nation-Building." The New Sudan Vision, January 15, 2011.
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Reprints (Articles and other publications reprinted in full and Law Quadrangle)

• Co-author. "Questions to Ask Before You Join a Club." P. S. Bird et al., co-authors. In Fifth Annual Private Equity Forum: Legal and Financial Strategies for Dealmaking in a New Regulatory Regime, 65-73. Corporate Law and Practice Course Handbook Series, Number B-1393. New York, N.Y.: Practising Law Institute, 2003. (Originally published under the same title in Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report 3, no. 2 (2003): 1, 14-6.)
• Co-author. "Questions to Ask Before You Join a Club." P. S. Bird et al., co-authors. Private Equity Int'l 15 (2003): 30-3. (Originally published under the same title in Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report 3, no. 2 (2003): 1, 14-6.)

Works in Progress & Working Papers

• The Law and Economics of Public Global Efforts to Prevent and Punish Genocide. Working Paper.
• The Empirical Evidence on the Regulation of Insider Trading. Working Paper.
• Co-author. Analysis of the Republic of South Sudan's Accession to the East African Community: Benefits, Detriments and Recommendations. M. Snyder, co-author. U of Michigan Public Law & Legal Theory Research Paper No. 337. Working Paper.
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• Diversity Among Elite American Law Firms: A Signal of Quality and Prestige. U of Michigan Law & Economics. Working Paper. (Last revised November 2006.)
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