Business Associations (LAW-611-003)
Kenneth Anderson
Notices
Assessment: Take-home exam, Reflection statements
Description
Business Associations is the most basic and, for most students, first course in business law. It covers fundamental legal issues in the creation of different types of business entities under relevant state and federal law, as well as their governance - with particular emphasis on the public corporation. Professor Anderson's BA section focuses on public corporations organized under the most important state law for incorporation - Delaware, with attention to the increasing role of federal law and regulations. The emphasis is on Delaware legal standards regarding the fiduciary duties of directors in the publicly traded corporation. The BA course also introduces important concepts and terminology in business and finance. The exam in Professor Anderson's BA section is a take-home examination - the drafting of a professional internal advice memorandum (possibly several) by a junior attorney to a supervising attorney, supplemented by reflection papers during the course of the semester.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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The following books are all required for Professor Ken Anderson's Fall BA course. (The best prices for the books are most likely online, on Amazon or another online bookseller.) It is essential that you get the exact edition specified - earlier editions are very different and will not work for the course. Other required materials and instructions will be announced/available on Mywcl. IMPORTANT NOTE: You will NOT need the textbooks during the first week of classes – this is so you do not have to buy the textbooks during add/drop period. Readings for the first week will be supplied on Mywcl. But you WILL need the textbooks by Week 2.
Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Associations
Fifth Edition (2016)
William T. Allen
Rainier Kraakman
- Series: Aspen Casebook Series
- Hardcover: 784 pages
- Publisher: Wolters Kluwer; 5 edition (March 7, 2016)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1454870613
- ISBN-13: 978-1454870616
Statutory Supplement to Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Associations
2016-2017 Edition
William T. Allen
- Paperback: 556 pages
- Publisher: Wolters Kluwer; 2015-2016 edition (May 19, 2016)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1454840544
- ISBN-13: 978-1454840541
Corporations: Examples and Explanations
Eighth Edition (2015)
Alan R. Palmiter
- Series: Examples & Explanations
- Paperback: 864 pages
- Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; 8 edition (February 3, 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1454850167
- ISBN-13: 978-1454850168
Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less
Mike Piper
(Either the Paperback or the Kindle Edition is Okay)
- Paperback: 114 pages
- Publisher: Simple Subjects, LLC (2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0981454224
- ISBN-13: 978-0981454221
First Class Readings
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Syllabus
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