Corporations
LAW 2048
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Course Information
Description
Prerequisites: There is no formal prerequisite for the course. Students without a basic familiarity – not necessarily expertise – with rudimentary accounting and finance concepts, including the time value of money, expected value, diversification, and the overall content and purpose of basic financial accounting statements, are encouraged to take Analytical Methods for Lawyers, or equivalent courses, whether at HLS, elsewhere at HU, or online, preferably before the same semester you are enrolled in Corporations.
Exam Type: In Class
This course surveys the legal rules governing corporations, with an emphasis on the large public corporation. Topics include basics of agency and partnership law, allocation of power between shareholders and management, fiduciary duties, shareholder voting & proxy fights, shareholder suits, M&A, securities fraud, and insider trading.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
