Corporations: Examples & Explanations, Sixth Edition

Examples & Explanations: Corporations is a practical and straightforward guide that has won enduring popularity by demystifying corporate law for students with no business background. Through clear introductions and visual aids, students are able to grasp the rules of corporate law and apply them in context, using the examples.

A leading study guide in corporate law for over 15 years, Examples & Explanations: Corporations, now in its Sixth Edition, features:

• the time-tested and class-proven Examples & Explanations pedagogy —clear introductions are followed by questions in the form of examples (or hypos), followed by full and lucid explanations with analysis
• thorough coverage that tracks topics typically covered in a corporations or business organizations class
• statutes and cases presented in context
• examples that illustrate the intersection of law and business—and highlight the differences between the Model Business Corporation Act and Delaware law
• sensible organization that outlines the principal legal themes of corporate law
• helpful visual aids, such as tables and diagrams
• student-friendly writing style that neatly unpacks the intricacies of corporate law and requires no business background from the reader

Updated throughout, the Sixth Edition includes:

• new cases on shareholder proxy access
• new developments in executive compensation
• new examples of institutional shareholder activism
• new cases on duty of good faith, the direct/derivative distinction, inspection rights, and the definition of independent director
• continuing coverage of Sarbanes-Oxley
• revised examples drawn from social responsibility and alternative energy business models

Students struggling to understand corporate law will get more out of their casebook assignments and classroom experience if you steer them toward the help they need. Alan R. Palmiter’s Examples & Explanations: Corporations is the leading study guide in this area—an authoritative, timely, and student-friendly aid to a more complete understanding of basic coverage, now in its Sixth Edition.