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Tables of Contents for Business Associations
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
iii
Editorial Note and Acknowledgment
v
Table of Cases
xix
Agents and Employees
1
83
An Introduction to the Organization of Business
1
10
Employee Versus Independent Contractor
11
8
Franchises
19
7
Control and the Liability of Creditors
26
7
Apparent Authority and Apparent Agency
33
13
Inherent Agency Power
46
11
Fiduciary Obligation
57
27
Partnerships
84
120
Partners Compared With Employees
84
9
Partners Compared With Lenders
93
12
Partnership by Estoppel
105
3
The Fiduciary Obligations of Partners
108
31
Partnership Property
139
5
Raising Additional Capital
144
4
The Rights of Partners In Management
148
11
Partners at Loggerheads: The Dissolution Solution
159
42
The Right to Dissolve
159
11
The Consequences of Dissolution
170
12
The Sharing of Losses
182
3
Buyout Agreements
185
5
Law Partnership Dissolutions
190
11
Limited Partnerships
201
3
The Nature of the Corporation
204
94
Promoters and the Corporate Entity
204
7
The Corporate Entity and Limited Liability
211
30
Shareholder Derivative Actions
241
39
Introduction
241
9
The Requirement of Demand on the Directors
250
15
The Role of Special Committees
265
15
The Role and Purposes of Corporations
280
18
The Duties of Officers, Directors, and Other Insiders
298
221
The Obligations of Control: Duty of Care
298
53
Duty of Loyalty
351
39
Directors and Managers
351
10
Corporate Opportunities
361
11
Dominant Shareholders
372
10
Ratification
382
8
Disclosure and Fairness
390
67
Definition of a Security
391
7
The Registration Process
398
28
Rule 10b-5
426
31
Inside Information
457
34
Short-Swing Profits
491
14
Indemnification and Insurance
505
14
Problems of Control
519
182
Proxy Fights
519
54
Strategic Use of Proxies
520
3
Reimbursement of Costs
523
7
Private Actions for Proxy-Rule Violations
530
12
Shareholder Proposals
542
15
Shareholder Inspection Rights
557
16
Shareholder Voting Control
573
6
Control in Closely Held Corporations
579
33
Abuse of Control
612
36
Control, Duration, and Statutory Dissolution
648
27
Transfer of Control
675
26
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Takeovers
701
138
Mergers and Acquisitions
701
42
The De Facto Merger Doctrine
701
11
Freeze-Out Mergers
712
26
De Facto Non-Merger
738
5
Takeovers
743
96
Introduction
743
10
Development
753
63
State and Federal Legislation
816
23
Corporate Debt
839
40
Introduction
839
2
Debtor's Sale of Substantially All Its Assets
841
6
Incurrence of Additional Debt
847
15
Exchange Offers
862
8
Redemption and Call Protection
870
9
Index
879