This course is an introduction to the basic legal rules governing corporations. The course will focus on publicly held corporations. Among the topics covered will be fiduciary duties, conflict-of-interest transactions, executive compensation, reorganizations and control transactions, shareholder voting rights, and shareholder derivative suits. Issues relating to partnerships and securities law may also be reviewed.
A student may not receive credit for both Corporations and Business Associations or Business Associations (Enriched).
Textbooks ( * denotes required )
Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organizations, Statutory Supplement
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Allen, Kraakman & Subramanian
Aspen
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edition: 2012-2013
Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organizations
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Ganor, Mira 