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LAW 242: Corporations

This course is an introduction to the basic legal rules and principles governing the relations between managers, investors, and creditors in the business enterprise. The course is the foundation for advanced business courses. We focus on problems that arise because a firm's managers and owners have conflicting interests. We examine the costs associated with this conflict and how markets, legal rules and contracts might reduce them. Special Instructions: QM: Finance ( Law 467) is recommended. Elements used in grading: Class participation, attendance, written assignments, midterm, final exam.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4
Instructors: Daines, R. (PI)

LAW 242: Corporations

This course is an introduction to the basic legal rules and principles governing the relations among managers, investors, and (to a lesser extent) creditors in the business enterprise. The course is the foundation for advanced business courses. We focus on problems that arise because a firm's managers and owners have conflicting interests. We examine the costs associated with this conflict and how markets, legal rules, and contracts address them. Elements used in grading: Class participation, attendance, written assignments, midterm, final exam.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4
Instructors: Klausner, M. (PI)

LAW 243: Bayesian Statistics and Econometrics

Linear and nonlinear regression, covariance structures, panel data, qualitative variable models, nonparametric and semiparametric methods, time series, Bayesian model averaging and variable selection. Bayesian methodology including Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, hierarchical models, model checking, mixture models, empirical Bayes approaches, approximations, and computational issues and foundations. Prerequisite: graduate-level econometrics or equivalent.
Last offered: Autumn 2008

LAW 245: China Law and Business

This introductory course provides an overview of the Chinese legal system and business environment and examines Chinese legal rules and principles in select business-related areas. These areas include intellectual property, dispute resolution, foreign investment, mergers and acquisitions, antimonopoly law, and environment. Through active class participation and analysis of business case studies, students will learn both the law in the books and the law in action, as well as strategies that businesses could use to overcome limitations in the Chinese legal system. Leaders from the law and business community will be invited to share their experiences and insights. This course is particularly suitable for law students and students enrolled in the MBA program and/or the East Asian Studies Program. Undergraduates who have permission from the instructor may also take this course. A Stanford Non-Law Student Course Registration Form is available on the SLS Registrar's Office website. Elements used in grading: Class participation (30%) and extended take-home exam (70%).
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Gechlik, M. (PI)

LAW 248: Corporate Reorganization

Reorganization of a fictitious, financially distressed company under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, including: out-of-court workout; chapter 11 filing; chapter 11 operating issues; and the negotiation, formulation, and confirmation of a plan of reorganization. Developments in actual pending chapter 11 cases, through media reports.
Last offered: Autumn 2008

LAW 248: Corporate Reorganization

This course examines the reorganization of a financially distressed company under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Among other things, the course follows a fictitious company through several stages of a business turnaround and financial restructuring, including an out-of-court workout, a chapter 11 filing, selected chapter 11 operating issues, and the negotiation, formulation and confirmation of a plan of reorganization. In addition, the course follows current developments relating to bankruptcy, primarily through reports in the media. For example, in recent years the course has examined developments in actual chapter 11 cases (e.g., General Motors, Chrysler Corporation, American Airlines, Caesars Entertainment Operating Co and Lehman Brothers) and the effects of bankruptcy on various industries (e.g., airlines, automotive, energy and retail). The course also touches on various issues that often arise in a reorganization setting, such as valuation, leveraged buyouts, debt and derivative instruments, and distressed debt trading. Elements used in grading: Class participation and final exam.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Ray, S. (PI)

LAW 251: Conflict of Laws

Instances are common in law where more than one legal authority potentially governs a particular event, occurrence or transaction. When the outcome required by these authorities differs, which law governs? Beginning with the classic problem of choosing an applicable law in cases with facts touching more than one jurisdiction, this course is designed broadly to explore the variety of theories and systems used to resolve this question. The course thus uses state/state conflicts to develop a set of approaches and then extends these to such other problems as adjudicatory jurisdiction, judgments, federal subject-matter jurisdiction, and public and private international law. Elements used in grading: Attendance, preparation, participation and final examination.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3
Instructors: Kramer, L. (PI)

LAW 253: Advanced Civil Procedure

This course is a basic introduction to high-stakes litigation involving parallel or sequential claims, multiple claims and parties, and multiple jurisdictions, principally in cases governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The course assumes basic familiarity with the way courts resolve lawsuits between two parties. It also assumes that students are familiar with the basics of territorial and subject matter jurisdiction--which we will build on over the course of the semester. The course starts with the law of preclusion, filling in any gaps in coverage from first year. After a brief review of the law of joint and several liability, the course will cover simple joinder of claims (Rule 18), joinder of plaintiffs and defendants (Rule 20), cross-claims and third party practice (Rule 13 and 14). Then we'll look at problems of non-parties--those who want to intervene in the litigation (Rule 24) and those who decline to intervene and cannot be joined (Rule 19). Throughout, we will pay attention to the relationship between federal joinder rules and federal subject matter jurisdiction, including the federal supplemental jurisdiction statute. We'll very briefly glance at the law of interpleader, both under Rule 22 and the federal interpleader statute. The second part of the course will deal with class actions under Federal Rule 23. It will cover the types of class action (limited fund, injunction, damages), the differing requirements for certification of the various types of actions, and how trial and appellate courts approach critical issues of certification, notice and jurisdiction, collective proof, settlement and preclusion. Cases will give a feel of the issues across various types of class action: including consumer, antitrust, securities, civil rights and employment litigation. The course will also look at the federalization of state class action law, including important recent case law from the US Supreme Court upholding class action waivers in contracts of adhesion containing arbitration clauses and legislation expanding federal subject matter jurisdiction over diversity class actions. In view of the likely decline of class action practice in certain fields of law, we'll also look at contractual and statutory substitutes for class action approaches. The final topic in the class will be multidistrict litigation, including the statutory authority for multi-district transfers, how they differ from transfers for trial, the standards that govern where and how a multidistrict proceeding is established, and some current issues of law, practice and policy, focusing on mass tort and product liability cases. At the end of the course, you should know and be able to apply the rules covered, have some sense of how those rules figure in developing plaintiff and defense strategies in complex cases, understand the kinds of arguments that are likely to move trial and appellate judges presiding in such cases, and begin to see the hard policy choices involved in the design of rules for resolving such cases. Elements used in grading: ATTENDANCE AND CLASS PARTICIPATION ARE REQUIRED--STUDENTS WILL BE "ON CALL" FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE IN EVERY FOUR CLASSES, ON A SCHEDULE TO BE RELEASED AFTER THE FIRST CLASS. GRADING IS BASED ON A ONE-DAY TAKE HOME FINAL EXAMINATION WITH A WORD LIMIT.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
Instructors: Bundy, S. (PI)

LAW 255: Constitutional Law: The Fourteenth Amendment

This course examines various aspects of the Fourteenth Amendment, with special attention to equal protection, substantive due process, and state action. Topics addressed will include equal protection in relation to race, gender, and sexual orientation, and substantive due process in relation to procreation, sexuality, and relationships. Elements used in grading: Class participation and exam.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3
Instructors: Rhode, D. (PI)

LAW 255: Constitutional Law: The Fourteenth Amendment

This course examines various aspects of the Fourteenth Amendment, with special attention paid to equal protection and substantive due process. We will examine many contested constitutional questions, including, for example: How did gay and lesbian relationships go so quickly from being subject to criminal prohibition to being eligible for marriage? What justifies the Supreme Court's striking down a law mandating segregated schools, when it had upheld an analogous law half a century earlier? Must the law treat all individuals identically, or may and should it grant special protections to members of historically disadvantaged groups? To what sources might (and should) a judge look to give content to vague constitutional terms like "equal protection" and "due process"? How can we distinguish "law" from "politics" in this area? Readings will include judicial opinions and some scholarly commentary. Class discussion will be supplemented with group exercises of various sorts. Elements used in grading: Class participation and exam. ENROLLMENT REQUEST FORM: To apply for this course, students must complete and submit the Enrollment Request Form available on the SLS website (Click Courses at the bottom of the homepage and then click Consent of Instructor Forms). See Enrollment Request Form for instructions and submission deadline.
Terms: Spr | Units: 3
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