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Business Organizations for Paralegals » (4th Edition)

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Authors: Deborah E. Bouchoux
ISBN-13: 9780735557505, ISBN-10: 0735557500
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Date Published: July 2006
Edition: 4th Edition

Author Biography: Deborah E. Bouchoux

Book Synopsis

This textbook describes each legally recognized form of business enterprise and offers advice concerning the relevant laws. Many of the chapters concentrate on particular types of business arrangements. Others address topics like finances, management, dividends, securities regulation, changes in corporate structure, termination of corporate existence, and employee compensation and employment agreements. Each chapter includes examples, sample forms, and lists of web resources. Appendices include excerpts of the law and model documents. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction to Business Organizations and Agency Law
2	Sole Proprietorships
3	General Partnerships
4	Limited Partnerships
5	Registered Limited Liability Partnerships
6	Limited Liability Companies
7	Other Unincorporated Organizations
8	Introduction to Corporations
9	Formation of Corporations
10	Corporate Finances
11	Corporate Management
12	Corporate Dividends
13	Securities Regulation and the Stock Exchanges
14	Changes in the Corporate Structure and Corporate Combinations
15	Qualification of Foreign Corporations
16	Termination of Corporate Existence
17	Corporate Variations
18	Employee Compensation and Employment Agreements
19	Special Topics in Business Law
App. A	Secretaries of State and State Corporations Statutes
App. B	Uniform Partnership Act (1914)
App. C	Revised Uniform Partnership Act (1997)
App. D	General Partnership Agreement
App. E	Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (1976) with 1985 Amendments
App. F	Model Business Corporation Act
App. G	Corporate Bylaws
App. H	Written Consent in Lieu of the Organizational Meeting
App. I	Shareholders' Buy-Sell Agreement
App. J	Letter of Intent
	Glossary
	Index