Includes index.

Business and risk -- Introduction to business entities and concepts -- Limits to limited liability -- The business entity and legal personality -- The corporation and society -- Close corporations -- Partnerships -- Limited liability companies -- Financial accounting and valuation -- Financial accounting and valuation -- Forming the entity -- Corporate governance in the public corporation -- The role of directors in governance -- Shareholders' role in governance -- Disclosure duties to shareholders -- Shareholder litigation -- The duty of care -- Duty of loyalty -- Duties of controlling shareholders -- The mechanics of corporate combinations -- Protecting and selling control -- Regulation of insider trading.