Dr Demetra Arsalidou
Position: Lecturer
School: Law
Tel: +44 (0)29 208 74347
Fax: +44 (0)29 208 74097
Email: ArsalidouD@cf.ac.uk
Ext: 74347
Point of contact:
Sharon Willicombe
Introduction
Dr Demetra Arsalidou is the Module Leader of Company Law (undergraduate level) and Comparative Corporate Governance (postgraduate level). She also teaches Trusts. Her research interests lie in the area of company law and corporate governance. Her most recent research addresses questions of corporate law theory, with a focus on the liability of bankers and the role of the law in holding them liable for the excesses. She has published widely in the area of company law in leading company law journals, such as the Journal of Business Law, the European Business Law Review and The Company Lawyer. She wrote a number of articles on UK and Australian Company law and is the author of 'The Impact of Modern Influences on the Traditional Duties of Care, Skill and Diligence of Company Directors', Kluwer Law International (2001).
Demetra holds an LL.B degree from the University of Lancaster, and and LL.M and Ph.D degree from the University of Exeter. She has a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Exeter. She moved to Cardiff from a lectureship at Monash University, Australia, and earlier held positions at the University of Exeter. During her time at Exeter, she also worked as a researcher on a major project on the disqualification of directors, published by the ACCA. In the Australian summer of 2003, Demetra was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London. She also has been a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Toulouse.
Selected Publications
- The Impact of Modern Influences on the Traditional Duties of Care, Skill and Diligence of Company Directors,
Arsalidou D, Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands (2001) ppv+240 ISBN 90-411-9851-2 - The Regulation of Executive Pay and Economic Theory,
Arsalidou D, The Journal of Business Law, 5 (2011) 431-456 ISSN 0021-9460 - The Banking Crisis: Rethinking and Refining the Accountability of Bank Directors,
Arsalidou D, The Journal of Business Law, 4 (2010) 284-310 ISSN 0021-9460 - Litigation Culture and the New Statutory Derivative Claim,
Arsalidou D, The Company lawyer, 7 (1) (2009) 205-210 ISSN 0144-1027 - Stakeholders, Directors' Duties and the Company Law Reform Bill 2005,
Arsalidou D, International and Comparative Corporate Law Journal, 5 (2) (2006) 1-20 ISSN 1388-7084 - Difficulties with Enforcing Western Standards of Corporate Governance in Asia,
Arsalidou D and Wang, M, European Business Law Review, 2 (2005) 329-340 ISSN 0959-6941
