Legal Research Guides by Course - Corporations
Course Description
This course examines the legal nature, promotion and formation of the modern business corporation. This course also provides an overview of other business forms including partnerships and the limited liability companies (LLC). Specific topics include: the structure of corporate management and the distribution of powers among directors, officers and shareholders; the acquisition of corporate assets and distribution of corporate earnings; the fiduciary obligations of management and their enforcement by shareholders derivative suits; and rights and remedies arising under the Federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934 including insider trading. (4 credits) Required Course
Faculty Who Teach This Course
- Rona Kaufman Kitchen (Assistant Professor of Law)
- Ronald J. Ricci (Professor of Law)
- Raymond F. Sekula (Professor of Law)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:
Print Collection
KF1396-KF1480 Business Corporations
KFP210-KFP218 Pennsylvania Business Corporations
Legal Research Databases
- Hein Online
- Legal Scholarship Network
- BNA Online
- CCH Internet Network
- Westlaw and Lexis
- CALI
- CALI - Corporations - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/2l-3l-upper-level-lesson-topics/corporations
- Corporations (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Corporations
- Business Formation: LLC & Corporations (Nolo) - http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/llc-corporations-partnerships
- Business Associations (WashLaw) - http://www.washlaw.edu/subject/business.ass.html
- Pennsylvania Dept. of State Corporations Bureau - http://www.dos.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/corporation_bureau/12457
- Basics of Corporations (USLegal) - http://corporations.uslegal.com/basics-of-corporations/
- Corporation and Enterprise Law (FindLaw) - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/08corp/index.html
- Tax Information for Corporations (IRS) - http://www.irs.gov/businesses/corporations/index.html
- Partnerships (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Partnership?quicktabs_3=1#quicktabs-3
- Partnerships (Nolo) - http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/partnership
- Partnerships (SBA) - http://www.sba.gov/content/partnership
- Tax Information for Partnerships (IRS) - http://www.irs.gov/businesses/partnerships/index.html
- Limited Liability Company (SBA) - http://www.sba.gov/content/limited-liability-company-llc
- Limited Liability Company (LLC) (IRS) - http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=98277,00.html
- Corporate Structure: Directors to Shareholders (FindLaw) - http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/incorporation-and-legal-structures/corporate-structure-directors-to-shareholders.html
- Corporate Law Blog - http://www.corplawblog.com/
- Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance & Financial Regulation - http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/
DCLI Webpage Links
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
rev. 10/17/2012
Patricia Horvath