Business Associations: A Systems Approach, First Edition
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788 pages
Publication Date
2020-09-17
Edition
First Edition
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Business Associations: A Systems Approach is the first Business Associations casebook organized by function (decision-making, finance, investor litigation, investment transfer, etc.) instead of by entity type (partnerships, corporations, LLCs, etc.). Functional organization avoids repetition and makes full coverage of corporations, partnerships, LLCs, and limited partnerships possible in a four-, or even three-, credit course. The systems approach is the basis for several successful casebooks in other fields, most notably LoPucki, Warren and Lawless’s Secured Transactions: A Systems Approach. The approach focuses on the actions of the lawyers, businesspeople, and government administrators who apply law rather than merely on abstract law. Business Associations: A Systems Approach provides hundreds of realistic, fact-rich problems in legal practice settings. Students apply their new knowledge of law and how the systems work to advise hypothetical clients. The cases are recent, heavily edited, and rarely longer than five pages.
Professors and students will benefit from:
Full coverage of agency, corporations, partnerships, LLCs, limited partnerships and the role of legal entities in society
Tables, figures, photos, and one cartoon
Fundamental documents for Facebook and a hypothetical LLC (BKG Catalina) and operating agreement, which are also integrated into the text and problems
Cleanly edited, easy-to-read cases
Recent cases that illustrate modern business practices and reflect current law
Organization by function, which reduces the repetition required in organization by entity type
Modular organization, allowing the chapters to be taught in any order
An approach that any kind of entity could be made to work like any other. Other books teach what kinds of entities to use in what situations.
Fact-rich, realistic problems in practice settings
An introductory assignment that provides an overview of the course
Clear and direct examples and explanations, free of jargon and idioms that cause difficulty for students from other cultures. Great for LL.M.s, MJSs and foreign J.D.s!
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Andrew Verstein is a Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law and teaches Business Associations, Contracts, and Securities Litigation. His research lies in market abuse (such as market manipulation and insider trading), fintech, corporate governance, financial indices and benchmarks, and legal theory He has previously taught at East China University of Political Science and Law, Fudan University, the University of Chicago Law School, Wake Forest University of Law, and the Yale Law School. Professor Verstein received his A.B summa cum laude at Dartmouth College and his J.D. at Yale Law School. He is a member of the American Law Institute and has been quoted in news media such as the Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times. Verstein’s recent publications have appeared in the emMichigan Law Reviewem, the emNorthwestern University Law Reviewem, the emSouthern California Law Reviewem, the emVirginia Law Reviewem, the emUniversity of Chicago Law Reviewem, and the emYale Law Journalem. He is the author, with Lynn M. LoPucki, of emBusiness Associations: A Systems Approachem (Aspen Casebook Series 2020).