Corporations and other business enterprises
Subtitle: cases and materials
By: by Thomas Lee Hazen, Jerry W. Markham
Contributors: Markham, Jerry W.
Edition: Abridged ed., 3rd ed.
Series: American casebook series; American casebook series
Publisher: West
Published: 2009
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 773
ISBN-13: 9780314189585
Subjects: Corporation law; Cases; Business enterprises; Law and legislation
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Business associations: background and history; title: Agency and partnerships; title: Limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited liability companies; title: Corporations: formation and finances; title: Limited liability and ultra vires; title: Management of corporations; title: The duty of care; title: The duty of loyalty; title: Corporate democracy: state law; title: Closely held corporations and other closely held entities; title: Duties of controlling shareholders; title: Publicly trade stocks: SEC regulation; title: Fraud claims under the federal securities laws; title: Insider trading at common law; title: Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; title: Insider trading as securities fraud; title: Mergers and acquisitions; title: Fairness in corporate combinations: appraisal rights and judicial controls; title: Defensive measures and the changing role of the board; title: Federal and state takeover and tender offer laws; title: Derivative actions and indemnification of officers and directors.