Reflecting changes in the structure of contemporary business enterprise, Business Organizations: Cases, Problems, and Case Studies, now in a Second Edition, uses case law, problems, and case studies to examine the role and purview of law in real-life business transactions. This innovative casebook offers: <ul>
<li> clear descriptions of the development and current state of the law </li> <li> up-to-date cases that feature interesting facts, as well as the major “must-know” cases </li> <li> coverage of both modern business structures and growth industries </li> <li> engaging business-school-style case studies—based on real events —encourage in-depth analysis of the application of legal principles in business transactions, and include: <ul>
<li> extensive facts about the situation and businesses involved </li> <li> excerpts from transactional and litigation documents </li> </ul>
</li> <li> short problems that follow selected topics test students’ understanding of material covered </li> <li> separate chapters devoted to limited liability companies and federal securities regulation, including: <ul>
<li> a detailed case study of Enron and its role in shaping the Sarbanes-Oxley Act </li> </ul>
</li> <li> a rich selection of teaching resources on a password-protected author website: <ul>
<li> additional transactional and litigation documents related to the cases in the book </li> <li> PowerPoints that cover the entire casebook o regular updates </li> <li> a detailed and up-to-date Teacher’s Manual </li> </ul>
</li> </ul>
 New to the Second Edition: <ul>
<li> updated materials on Shareholder Proposals </li> <li> revised coverage of directors’ duties, including the Disney case and Stone v. Ritter </li> <li> Tooley v. Donaldson on direct versus derivative claims </li> <li> new chapter focusing on limited liability companies </li> <li> integration of the Restatement (Third) of Agency into Chapter 1 </li> </ul>
 A wealth of materials, both in the casebook and on the authors’ password-protected website, gives you an almost unlimited ability to expand or deepen you exploration of specific topics.

Business Organizations: Cases, Problems, and Case Studies

D. Gordon Smith

Cynthia A. Williams

Business

Aspen Publishers, Inc.

Fiduciary duties are widely viewed as essential to myriad private relationships, including guardianships, employment relationships, trusts, business organizations, and professional relationships. Recently, legal scholars and courts have devoted increasing attention to the application of fiduciary principles to public officials and public institutions. Some have argued that fiduciary relationships are unified by a common structure, but courts and commentators typically treat each fiduciary relationship as distinct. As a result, fiduciary law is often viewed as fragmented. The Research Handbook on Fiduciary Law shows that fiduciary law can be a distinctive field of study in its own right. 
This timely work presents important accounts of fiduciary relationships and new ideas on how fiduciary law can be explained. Coverage includes discussion of fiduciary obligations, fiduciary remedies, the role of equity and trusts, and public fiduciary law. A number of comparative perspectives are introduced to highlight similarities and differences between leading jurisdictions. The chapters in this Research Handbook help to show why this subject has drawn so many distinctive points of view, and sheds new light on a multi-faceted and rapidly growing field of study.
This Research Handbook will be of interest to readers concerned with both the theory and practice of fiduciary law, as it incorporates significant new insights and developments in the field. It will also act as a starting point of new inquiry for those looking to contribute to the field themselves. 
Contributors include: S.M. Bainbridge, S.L. Bray, C.M. Bruner, M. Conaglen, E.J. Criddle, D.A. DeMott, E. Fox-Decent, S. Galoob, M. Gelter, A.S. Gold, M. Harding, G. Helleringer, C. Hill, J. Hill, L.P.Q. Johnson, S.H. Kim, A. Laby, E. Leib, A. Licht, B. McDonnell, P. Miller, D.T. Rave, D.G. Smith, A. Tuch, J. Velasco

Research Handbook on Fiduciary Law (Research Handbooks in Corporate Law and Governance series)

Andrew S. Gold

Edward Elgar Pub

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