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Macey on Corporation Laws (1-year Online Subscription)

Author: Jonathan R. Macey
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. (Online)
ISBN: 10071661
Published In: Subscription-type (Contents updated periodically)
Format: Online , 2050 pages
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Macey on Corporation Laws compiles important reference material on the modern laws of corporate governance, namely the Model Business Corporation Act (MBCA), the Delaware General Law of Corporations, and the Principles of Corporate Governance as established by the American Law Institute. Largely structured around the text of the MBCA, this publication combines the text of the three acts that cover the same general subject matter. In each section, the author, after the statutory texts area, offers analysis, comment and statutory comparison among the 50 states.

This resource covers every vital area of corporate law, including:

Logically organized around the pertinent topics found in a standard state corporation statute, Macey on Corporation Laws is the ideal reference to consult when researching statutory construction, applicability, interpretation, and scope.

The process of incorporation
Corporate powers and corporate purposes
Rules relating to the structure of the Board of Directors
Shares and distributions
Voting trusts and voting agreements among shareholders
Mergers
Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Changes to Model Business Corporation Act
Amendments to Delaware GCL

Part 1: Corporation Statutory Form
Corporate Statutory Form
Transition Provisions

Part 2: Matters of Incorporation and Corporate Structure
Incorporation Provisions
Corporate Purposes and Powers
Corporate Name
Registered Office and Agent
Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Foreign Corporations

Part 3: Duties, Responsibilities, and Powers of the Corporate Entity
Mergers and Share Exchanges
Sale of Assets
Dissolution of Corporate Entity

Part 4: Shares and Shareholders
Share and Distributions
Shareholders
Dissenting Shareholders' Rights
Records and Reports

Part 5: Directors and Officers of the Corporation
Directors and Officers of the Corporation

Jonathan R. Macey is Deputy Dean and Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law at Yale University, and Professor in the Yale School of Management. Professor Macey is the author of several books including Corporate Governance: Promises Made, Promises Broken and the two-volume treatise, Macey on Corporation Laws, and co-author of two leading casebooks, Corporations: Including Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies andBanking Law and Regulation. In 1995, Professor Macey was awarded the Paul M. Bator prize for excellence in Teaching, Scholarship and Public Service by the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy. In 2004, he was awarded a Teaching Award by the Yale Law Women in recognition of his “commitment to excellence in teaching, mentoring and inspiring.” Professor Macey earned his B.A., cum laude, from Harvard and his J.D. from Yale Law School. He received a Ph.D. honoris causa from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Education
J.D., Yale, 1982
A.B., Harvard, 1977