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Chapter One.The Corporaion in Perspctive
Chapter Two. Unincorporated Business Forms
Chapter Three.Formation of Corpations
Chapter Four. The Limited Role of Ultra Vires
Chapter Five. Preincorporation Transactions
Chapter Six. “Piercing the Corporate Veil”and Related Problems
Chapter Three. Formation of Corporaitons
Chapter Four. The Limited Role of UItra Vires
Chapter Five. Preincorporation Transactions
Chapter Six “Piercing the Corporate Veill”and Related Problems
Chapter Seven. Financing The Corporation
Chapter Eight. The Distribution of Powers With-in a Corporation:Special Problems
Chapter Nine. Shares and Shareholders
Chapter Ten. Directors
Chapter Eleven. Officers
Chapter Twelve. The Closely Held Corporation
Chapter Thiteen. The Publicly Held Corporaition
Chapter Fouteen. Duties, of Directors,Share-holders and Officers
Chapter Fifteen. Indemnification and Insurance
Chapter Sixteen. Shareholder's Suits
Chapter Seventeen. Class Action Suits
Chapter Eighteen. Divdends, Distributions,and Redemptions
Chapter Nineteen. Inspection of Books and Rec-ords
Chapter Twenty. Organic Changes;Amend-ments Mergrs,and Dissolution

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