This corporate law casebook by Diamond (Georgetown U. Law Center) addresses the same topics and utilizes many of the same cases as traditional US corporate law casebooks, but differs in approach by including insights from such fields as sociology, psychology, political and moral philosophy, and history because of Diamond's belief that such an approach provides for a richer and more realistic understanding of such issues as the role, purpose, and responsibility of corporations; public entity versus private property; and the interests of shareholders versus stakeholders. Chapters cover the nature and purpose of the corporation, the duties of directors and officers, closely held corporations and related matters, the corporation in modern society, and fundamental transactions and corporate debt. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
