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Murray and Kathleen Bring
Professor of Law
New York University School of Law
Frances & George Skestos Professor of Law
The University of Michigan Law School
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Securities Regulation: Cases and Analysis, 3rd Edition
By Stephen J. Choi and A.C. Pritchard
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Securities regulation is one of the most bewildering courses in the law school curriculum, because the statutory and regulatory source materials used in it are obscurely written and interact in complicated ways. The students' difficulty is exacerbated by the fact that many of them lack a business background and so lack an understanding of the motivations behind the transactions and the rules regulating them.
This casebook offers a clear and concise introduction to the economics of securities markets, which drive regulation of securities, and has a single-minded focus on disclosure and the economics of disclosure. It is concise, easy to read, and student friendly.
This casebook attempts to make securities regulation easy to teach and understand. It is focused on the important principles students will need to understand to be effective corporate lawyers. The book avoids policy debates and instead focuses on understanding the rules as they are. It focuses on the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 first, then the 1933 Act.
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Each chapter starts with a motivating hypothetical to illustrate the various issues. These hypotheticals make it easier for the students to follow the material, and are a very useful teaching device. It provides role-playing and prospectus-drafting exercises to involve students in learning tedious securities materials (i.e., prospectuses). It contains tables and charts to organize complicated material. It also includes a teacher's manual that provides useful materials for the professor.
Highlights Include:
- Each chapter begins with a brief essay laying out the economics of the subject of the chapter.
- Chapters are organized around a single "Motivating Hypothetical" which reinforces the common-sense approach, and challenges students to apply the legal rules presented in the cases and materials.
- Each chapter includes questions in the introductory paragraphs that precede each of the cases, designed to focus the students on the main issue addressed by the case.
- Notes covering topics not found in the cases and other primary materials are included, which allows the authors to present important points in a logical order and a concise fashion.
- Extensive use of charts and tables allows the material to be presented in a way that crystallizes the most important points.
- Provides enough material for the 3-or- 4- credit-hour basic class in securities regulation offered at virtually every law school.
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