John Edward Parkinson

John Edward Parkinson (1955-2004) was Professor of Law at Bristol University and a key member of the Company Law Review Steering Group which worked towards the recent Companies Act 2006. He died prematurely at age 48. He attended Prescott Grammar School and was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He worked briefly for city law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer briefly before moving to Bristol to teach.

Parkinson rose to real prominence with the publication of his book, "Corporate Power and Responsibility: Issues in the Theory of Company Law" (1993). This book was unique in British scholarship for addressing the theoretical debates and engaging in the economic arguments in company law from a progressive perspective. The message of the work was that company law needs to take account of the range of stakeholders, other than shareholders, who are affected by modern corporations In 1994 he won the Society of Public Teachers of Law's book prize for outstanding legal scholarship by a younger scholar.

External links

*Parkinson's obituary from [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2004/apr/09/guardianobituaries "The Guardian"]