Law Course Catalog

7605. Business Organizations

3.00 credits | May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.

Prerequisites:

Grading Basis: Graded

This course analyzes legal issues of the closely held and publicly held corporation. Among the topics considered are: planning for the closed corporation; management and control issues of corporations; the proxy system; duties of officers, directors and controlling shareholders; transactions in shares by directors and others; and public policy implications of the publicly held corporation. Although primary consideration is given to the corporation, the course also includes some materials on partnership law.