Summer Intersession or Fall 2013 Initial Class Assignment for:
Corporations § b
Instructor: Leahy
First class date: Aug. 19, 2013
Posting date: Aug 13, 2013 @ 12:04:10
Instructions:
CASEBOOK:
Our casebook is a customized version of the third edition of the Allen, Kraakman &
Subramanian (“AK&S”) casebook, Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business
Organization (3rd ed., 2009).
YOU MUST USE the CUSTOM version of the casebook. (The custom book has a SOFT black
cover. Do NOT buy a red hardbound casebook!) Please make sure to buy the THIRD
edition (2013) of the custom casebook. DO NOT purchase any prior edition of the custom
casebook.
In addition to the casebook, there is one required and one optional statutory supplement.
If you do not buy the optional supplement, you will be required to find statutes on the
internet and have them easily available –- in hard copy or open on your computer -- in
class.
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FIRST CLASS ASSIGNMENT:
Reading for Class 1: Custom AK&S, pp. xi-xiii (Leahy preface) (just skim the preface) & pp.
1-12 (ch. 1).
In connection with your reading for Class 1, you must answer the problem “Agency Cost
Problem: The CEO & the Jet Plane” on pp. 11-12 and “Chapter 1 Questions” on p. 12.
Also be sure to read the Syllabus Part A (class rules & procedures) for the first class. I may
quiz you on the rules in the first class!
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OTHER CLASS MATERIALS:
All materials for the class will be posted our class website on Moodle.
I expect to post Syllabus Part A (class rules & procedures) and Syllabus Part B (assignments)
on Moodle by Saturday afternoon, August 17.
Here is a link to the class website on Moodle (cut and paste it into your browser’s address
window; after that, you should be able to bookmark it):
http://online.stcl.edu/course/view.php?id=3152
Please ONLY use this link to access the class website. Do NOT access Moodle directly! (The
website is currently under construction. It will be ready on or before Saturday afternoon,
when the Syllabus will be posted.)
You must enter your STANLEY login and password to log in to the website.
See you in class on Monday!!
JKL
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