TY - BOOK AU - Hamilton,Robert W. TI - The law of corporations in a nutshell T2 - West Nutshell series SN - 9780314904577 (pbk.) AV - KF1414.85 .H35 2011 U1 - 346.066 PY - 2011/// CY - St. Paul, Minn. PB - Thomson/West KW - Corporation law KW - United States N1 - Includes index; The corporation in context : modern forms of business -- The corporation in theory and in history -- Formation of corporations -- Preincorporation transactions and problems of defective incorporation -- The distribution of powers in a corporation -- Shareholders -- Directors -- Officers -- Fiduciary duties -- Special issues in the close corporation -- Special issues in the public corporation -- Financing the corporation -- Dividends and other distributions -- Potential liability in securities transactions -- Derivative litigation -- Fundamental corporate changes ER -