Lorraine Talbot

Professor Talbot Joined Birmingham Law School in January 2018. She previously held a Chair at the University of York and was an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick.  

Professor Talbot approaches company law and corporate governance from a law in context position, with particular emphasis the corporation as a social, economic, cultural, moral and aesthetic phenomenon, and the dehumanising consequences of an identity which is distinct from the living actors. Her current research is concerned with two distinct areas; one, the company’s legal architecture and its relationship with growth and sustainability in a capitalist economy; (‘‘The Complexities of Growth and the Degrowth Company’ The Journal of Law and Society (Winter 2024)/ 'Looking at Clouds from Both Sides: Business human rights and the  corporate sustainability.’ Chapter. 9,000 words (Edward Elgar 2025)): and, two, how the visual arts shape the company’s identity and promote an understanding of the historical development of the company and company law, (‘Revealing the Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies through law and the Painted Moment’, Business History (2024), ‘Capitalism as Personal: Brunner, Mond & Co Ltd (1881-1926)’ in The Origins of Company Law (Hart 2024)). 

Professor Talbot is also concerned with teaching company law from a law in context perspective. Her latest teaching text is the 2^nd edition of Great Debates in Company Law (Hart, April 2024) co-authored with Dr Andreas Kokkinis.