Stanford Journal of Law, Economics & Business (SJLEB)
The Stanford Journal of Law, Economics & Business is a student-run legal journal publishing leading scholarship at the interface of law, economics, business, and related emerging areas. Article topics have included but are not limited to antitrust, business and technology, cryptocurrencies, corporate law, economic analysis of law, finance, private equity, and tax law. We also welcome and publish submissions from a wide range of research methodologies (analytical, empirical, theoretical, etc.).
We publish two issues per academic year and review submissions on a rolling basis. Submissions for Volume 31, Issue 2 will be open early 2026.
For questions or further information, please see below and/or contact us at sjleb-board@stanford.edu.
Note: Volumes 29 and before were published under the name Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance. In 2024, the journal was rebranded to broaden its scope, improve positioning, and increase opportunities for growth. Articles from all previous issues can be viewed in our archive.
Most Recent Issue: Volume 30, Issue 2
Too Many Mergers? The Golden Parachute as a Driver of M&A Activity in the Twenty-First Century
Stanford Journal of Law, Economics & Business (SJLEB)
This Article argues that the corporate governance regime in the United States has produced a level of mergers and acquisition activity greater than the social optimum because of the current version of the “golden parachute,” a super-bonus payoff to a target CEO. In the late nineteenth through the twentieth century,…
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At its core, SJLEB is devoted to the discovery and transmission of legal knowledge. SJLEB cannot be limited in its methods and ways of thinking, or confined to one individual’s or a single community’s experiences. To further this mission, we must bring a broad range of ideas and approaches.
SJLEB strives to ensure that a diversity of cultures, races and ethnicities, genders, political and religious beliefs, physical and learning differences, sexual orientations and identities is represented. Such diversity will inspire new angles of inquiry, new modes of analysis, and new solutions, contributing to our core mission.
To advance legal scholarship, it is essential to be exposed to views and cultures other than one’s own and to have one’s opinions and assumptions challenged. Such engagement expands our horizons, enables understanding across difference, prevents complacency and promotes intellectual breadth.
Our diversity ensures our strength as an intellectual community. In today’s world, diversity represents the key to excellence and achievement.