Katharina Pistor

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author book legal scholar professor research center

Katharina Pistor is a legal scholar known for her influential work on the legal foundations of capitalism, comparative corporate governance, and the role of law in shaping global financial systems.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → book → legal scholar → professor → research center →
author	Katharina Pistor →
awardReceived	Allen & Overy Prize for Law and Economics (co-recipient) → Max Planck Research Award →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany →
educatedAt	Harvard Law School → University of Freiburg NERFINISHED → University of Munich NERFINISHED →
employer	Columbia Law School →
fieldOfWork	comparative corporate governance → comparative law → corporate law → financial regulation → institutional economics → law and finance → legal foundations of capitalism → property rights →
gender	female →
hasAcademicRole	director of the Center on Global Legal Transformation →
hasPublicationType	academic articles → book chapters → monographs →
hasTaughtAt	Columbia University → Harvard University → University of Pennsylvania Law School →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → German →
memberOf	Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (affiliated faculty) → European Corporate Governance Institute →
notableIdea	law as code of capital → legal coding of assets → role of private law in creating inequality →
notableWork	The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality →
occupation	researcher → university teacher → writer →
partOf	Columbia Law School →
positionHeld	Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law →
researchInterest	comparative corporate governance → global financial system → legal origins and economic development → role of law in capitalism → transition economies →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality →	author
Columbia Law School →	notableFaculty