Corporations B2
Spring term, Block F
W,Th,F 1:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Professor Jon Hanson
4 classroom credits LAW-22000A
This course surveys the role of legal controls on business organizations with emphasis on the control of managers in publicly held corporations. Topics include basic fiduciary law, shareholder voting, derivative suits, executive compensation, reorganizations, and control transactions. Throughout the semester, we will critically examine the conventional justifications, and consider the potentially harmful consequences, of existing laws.