Corporations
LAW 2048
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Description
Prerequisite: None
Exam Type: In Class
This course surveys legal rules governing business organizations with an emphasis on the protection of shareholders in large public corporations against management and controlling shareholders. Topics include choice of legal entity, asset partitioning, the allocation of power between shareholders and management, fiduciary duties, derivative suits, and control transactions. We will focus on the functional analysis of legal rules as one set of constraints on corporate behavior.
Note: This course will end before the Thanksgiving recess. Several make-up sessions will be held in the fall term; specific dates will be confirmed closer to the start of the term on the course Canvas page.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
