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James McCauley Landis (September 25, 1899 – July 30, 1964) was an American government official and legal adviser. He served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1935 to 1937. Biography [ edit ]
Jan 21, 2015 · Learn about the life and legacy of James M. Landis, a former dean of Harvard Law School and a key architect of U.S. securities regulation. Find out how his career was derailed by his tax fraud scandal and how his ideas are relevant to current financial market challenges.
Jun 27, 2024 · Abstract. In our day, when the question of how and to what extent and by whom economic activity should be regulated is wide open as between legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government and a galaxy of highly developed private interest groups, the traditional Progressive idea of the just and all-wise commission as final arbiter ...
Our re hearsal of the justification for our resort to government ("the administrative" as Landis called it) is made more urgent by the current attack on many of that process' innovations. Practical and cost-effective government is the theme of Landis's work. Even those who seek a more limited government should study.
James M Landis – scholar, administrator, advocate and political adviser – is known for his seminal contribution to the creation of the modern system of market regulation in the USA.
greatest scrutiny since the New Deal, the life of James Landis offers both a small history of the American regulatory move-ment and a moving example of public success and private tragedy. In public life Landis "advanced remarkably, from a brilliant law school career to a position of influence in Wash-ington and an eminent law practice in New ...
Dec 11, 2004 · The Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society honored James M. Landis, second chairman of the SEC. Landis was an adviser to multiple generations of Kennedys and dean of Harvard's...
