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The Legal Roles Of Shareholders And Management In Modern Corporate Decisionmaking, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
The Legal Roles Of Shareholders And Management In Modern Corporate Decisionmaking, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Melvin A. Eisenberg
Discusses the legal roles of shareholders and management in modern corporate decisionmaking in California. Managerial conflicts of interest; Statutory models of decisionmaking; Voting and appraisal rights in corporate combinations and divisions.
The World Of Contract And The World Of Gift, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
The World Of Contract And The World Of Gift, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Melvin A. Eisenberg
Examines the social and legal implications of the treatment of donative promise as an absolute enforceable contract in the United States. Evolution of the donative-promise doctrine; Case laws on donative promise; Moral and social significance of donative promises; Substantive bases for donative-promise principle.
Expression Rules In Contract Law And Problems Of Offer And Acceptance, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Expression Rules In Contract Law And Problems Of Offer And Acceptance, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Melvin A. Eisenberg
The issue of interpretation is central to contract taw, because a major goat of that body of law is to facilitate the power of self-governing parties to further their shared objectives through contracting. Modern contract law has developed a set of general principles of interpretation that give a place to both objective and subjective elements, and must be applied on an individualized basis. However, a number of narrower black-letter rules give a purely objective and standardized interpretation to certain kinds of expressions, and these standardized interpretations may often differ from the meanings such expressions would be given under the general …
Access To The Corporate Proxy Machinery, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Access To The Corporate Proxy Machinery, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Melvin A. Eisenberg
Analyzes the direct authorities and general principles of corporate law concerning access to corporate proxy machinery in the U.S. Procedure for proxy solicitation; Discussion on access to the corporate proxy machinery in connection with the election of directors; Management access to the corporate proxy machinery with matters other than election to office.
The Bargain Principle And Its Limits, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
The Bargain Principle And Its Limits, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Melvin A. Eisenberg
Explores the bargain principle in contract law and its limits in the U.S. Examination of the reasons that support the bargain principle in the context of half-completed bargains; Analysis of the limits that should be placed on the bargain principle under the doctrine of unconscionability; Evaluation of the reasons that support the bargain principle in the context of executory bargains.
The Limits Of Cognition And The Limits Of Contract, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
The Limits Of Cognition And The Limits Of Contract, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Melvin A. Eisenberg
No abstract provided.
The Responsive Model Of Contract Law, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
The Responsive Model Of Contract Law, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Melvin A. Eisenberg
No abstract provided.
An Overview Of The Principles Of Corporate Governance, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
An Overview Of The Principles Of Corporate Governance, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Melvin A. Eisenberg
Presents an overview of the book 'Principles of Corporate Governance' in the United States. Background architecture of the Principles of Corporate Governance of the American Law Institute; Explanations of the policy reasons of the provisions covered by the Principles; Restatement rules of the relevant law.
Corporate Law And Social Norms, Melvin A. Eisenberg
Corporate Law And Social Norms, Melvin A. Eisenberg
Melvin A. Eisenberg
No abstract provided.
Third-Party Beneficiaries, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Third-Party Beneficiaries, Melvin Aron Eisenberg
Melvin A. Eisenberg
No abstract provided.