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10. The Law of Corporations.
Professor Lile.
Adj. Prof. Dobie (1907-'08).
In view of the modern development of the law of corporations, both
in extent and importance, increasing attention is devoted to this branch of
the curriculum. Among other subjects of lesser import, the lectures
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the formation and enforcement of subscriptions for shares; corporate
duties, powers, and liabilities; the relations between the corporation
and the State, between the corporate body and its shareholders, officers,
agents, and creditors, and the reciprocal relations of these with one
another; the consolidation, dissolution, and winding up of corporations;
and the appointment, duties, and powers of receivers. The principles
applicable to municipal corporations, whether in their public or their
proprietary characters, are fully elucidated; the subjects of municipal taxation,
municipal bonds, franchises, rights and liabilities in connection with
streets, as affecting the municipality, the public generally, and the abutting
proprietors, are dealt with in detail.—February 1 to end of session—Three
times a week.
Text-Books.—Marshall on Corporations; Clephane on Business Corporations—
their Organization and Management; The Professor's Printed Notes on Private Corporations;
The Professor's Printed Notes on Municipal Corporations.
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