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. Corporations and Business Association, Business Associations, and Business Associations (Enriched) may not be repeated for credit.
Textbooks ( * denotes required )
Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization 5E
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Allen and Kraakman
Wolters Kluwer (Aspen)
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edition: Fifth Edition
Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organizations, Statutory Supplement
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Ganor, Mira 