Corporate Law Guide
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Blumberg on Corporate Groups
Five thick three-ring binders house this treatise dealing with the legal structure that organizes the world's major business enterprises; supplementary material, as published, can be inserted into the binders in the appropriate places. Thousands of cases and detailed review of this major regulatory area will serve the bench, the bar, and the academy in such diverse areas as jurisdiction and procedure, labor law, banking, insurance, financial services, bankruptcy, environmental law, franchising, and health care.
Corporation Law
Clarifies rather than simply recites corporations law, while paying attention to correcting common misconceptions held among students about the subject. Also appropriate for courts and commentators seeking the appropriate resolution of issues of corporations law. Citations in this book are kept to a minimum and written in a "user-friendly" style.
Corporation Law and Economics
The pedagogy is up-to -date, with a strong emphasis on the doctrinal issues taught in today's Corporations classes.
Cox & Hazen on corporations: including unincorporated forms of doing business
Find out the best ways to: Interpret the business judgment rule, especially its demands on directors, burden of proof, and allocation of responsibility between shareholders and managers Apply financial provisions of corporate statutes, such as those dealing with payment of dividends and issuing of shares Fulfill directors' fiduciary duties, with attention to concepts of care and loyalty, relationship to shareholders, and regulation of proxy voting.
Fletcher Cyclopedia of the Law of Private Corporations
The classic treatise on corporate law is this authoritative multi-volume resource which provides guidance on all areas.
Macey on Corporation Law
Model business corporation act, Delaware general corporation law, ALI Principles of corporate governance
The Law of Corporations in a Nutshell
The Corporation in Perspective; Unincorporated Business Forms; Formation of Corporations; Limited Role of Ultra Vires; Preincorporation Transactions; "Piercing the Corporate Veil" and Related Problems; Financing the Corporation; Distribution of Powers Within a Corporation; Special Problems; Shares and Shareholders; Directors; Officers; Closely Held Corporation; Publicly Held Corporation; Duties of Directors, Shareholders and Officers; Indemnification and Insurance; Shareholder's Suits; Class Action Suits; Dividends, Distributions and Redemptions; Inspection of Books and Records; Organic Changes; Amendments, Mergers and Dissolution.
Understanding Corporate Law
This book is designed to assist students with clear & comprehensive treatment of key concepts in corporate law. Significant business, economic, & policy issues are highlighted in connection with a thorough analysis of the important cases & statutory provisions used in the study of corporations. It includes the major theoretical approaches used in current corporate law literature. In each chapter, the authors identify important policies & discuss the relationship of the law as it has developed to those policies.
Corporation Forms
Fletcher Corporation Forms Annotated is a comprehensive resource providing thousands of federal and state forms for every transaction related to corporate law.
West's McKinney's Forms Business Corporation Law
Commentary, forms, and precedents covering issues related to the Business Corporation Law codified in McKinney's Consolidated Laws of New York Annotated, including formation of the corporation; shareholders; directors and officers; dividends, distributions, and finances; close corporations; derivative actions; mergers and consolidations; termination; receivership; foreign corporations; domestic and service corporations; and the Security Takeover Disclosure Act.
