Print Page. Search this Guide Search. Recent Acquisitions Find out what new titles have been added to the Law Library - new treatises, journals, and government documents in all formats. Browse the gallery, or search by subject. Steinberg Call Number: KF S74 This book focuses on the federalization of corporate governance in the United States from both historical and contemporary perspectives.
Although the states traditionally have regulated the sphere of corporate governance - encompassing the relations among and between the subject corporation,its directors, it officers, its stockholders, and other stakeholders - federal law today impacts the governance of publicly-traded companies to a greater degree than ever before in U.
This book discusses the evolution and development of corporate governance from a federal law perspective from the commencement of the twentieth century to the present. It examines the tension between state company law and federal law, analyzes the federal historical developments, explains the ramifications of the federal legislation enacted during the past two decades, and recommends corrective measures that should be implemented.
The book accordingly provides an original, historical, and contemporary analysis of the federalization of corporate governance - a subject that impacts this country's economic well-being in a very fundamental way. H39 The Seventh Edition contains developments through August Coverage includes definition of "security," registration and disclosure obligations under the Securities Act of , exemptions from registration, reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of , the proxy rules, tender offer regulation, and civil liabilities.
The book treats broker-dealer regulation, market regulation, and the administrative role of the SEC, as well as proxy rules, insider trading, the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act.
