Joseph Isenbergh : Courses and Seminars
Business Associations I
LAWS 42303
Business Associations I is the first in a two-quarter sequence of courses on the law governing modern business firms. The main focus is on corporations but some attention is paid, less systematically, to partnerships and limited liability associations such as LLCs.
The first quarter covers the life cycle of business associations, from formation through operations and dissolution, with particular concern for the obligations of managers and the rights and interests of owners and other stakeholders.
Business Associations I is not open to students who have taken, or are currently taking, the Corporation Law course or the Business Organizations course.
The student’s grade will be based on a proctored final examination.
Autumn 2012
Joseph Isenbergh
Business Associations II
LAWS 42304
Business Associations II is the second in a two-quarter sequence of courses on the law governing modern business firms. The main focus is on corporations but some attention is paid, less systematically, to partnerships and limited liability associations such as LLCs.
The second quarter is concerned mainly with situations in which control of a firm comes into play: these include mergers and acquisitions along with other situations where control is transferred, abused, or substantially redistributed.
The student’s grade will be based on a proctored final examination.
It is recommended, but not strictly required, to take Business Associations I before taking Business Associations II. This course, like Business Associations I, is not open to students who have taken, or are currently taking, the basic Corporation Law course, Business Organizations or Advanced Corporations: Mergers and Acquisitions.
Winter 2013
Joseph Isenbergh
Introductory Income Taxation
LAWS 44121
This course provides a survey of the essential elements of the U.S. income tax, with principal focus on the taxation of individuals. Points of concern are the nature of income, its timing and measurement, the notions of tax benefit and tax incentive, realization, sales and exchanges, the boundary between personal and business expenditures, capital recovery and capital gains, and assignment of income among related taxpayers.
The student's grade is based on a proctored examination.
Winter 2013
Joseph Isenbergh
