
Please read for the first class: Casebook 1-54 (Overview of Administrative Law Practice)
Welcome to Business Combination Agreement Practicum! Materials will be posted on the course Canvas page. For the first class, please:
Review the syllabus and course expectations;
Read the Verified Complaint and the Verified Counterclaims, Answer, and Affirmative Defenses to Plaintiff’s Verified Complaint for Twitter, Inc. v. Musk as filed with the Delaware Court of Chancery (noting that the merger agreement at issue is available on the Canvas site as well, but it is included only for reference, and students need only read it insofar as they would like to contextualize the claims made in the court filings); and
Read the Preliminary Note (pp. xi-xx) and Fact Pattern (pp. xxi-xxii) of the Model Stock Purchase Agreement.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions. I look forward to meeting you on Monday, January 13!
Class 1 (Jan. 13) – The Authority For Judicial Review
In our first class we will explore the functions and purposes of the constitution. We will also discuss how the Court justifies judicial review of executive and legislative actions, when review is available, and why the Court, in Marbury v. Madison, finds the Judiciary Act of 1789 (Act) unconstitutional.
Questions to consider: Should the Court ever have reached the question of whether the Act was unconstitutional? When may the Court review Executive conduct? Was the Act constitutional? Should the judiciary have the authority to declare Congressional statutes unconstitutional?
Readings: Textbook, pp. 1-9 (Briefing Marbury v. Madison).
Class 2 (Jan. 15) – Judicial Review; Method of Constitutional interpretation
In Class 2, we will wrap up discussion on judicial review and consider what limits exist on federal court authority, beginning with interpretive limits. We will review some of the approaches to constitutional interpretation and apply them to the Second Amendment using the Heller case. Question to consider: Why must the constitution be interpreted?
Readings: Textbook pp. 1-12; pp. 914-29 (Briefing District of Columbia v. Heller)
Welcome to Corporate Tax! Materials will be posted on the course Canvas page. For the first class, please:
Review the syllabus and course expectations;
Read Section 11 of the Internal Revenue Code and skim Section 7701 (which can be found easily on the Cornell's Legal Information Institute by googling "IRC 11" and "IRC 7701"); and
Read Part III of Marjorie E. Kornhauser, Corporate Regulation and the Origins of the Corporate Income Tax, 66 IND. L.J. 53 (1990). The relevant part is on pages 94 through 136 (or pages 43 through 85 of the PDF if you download from HeinOnline).
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions. I look forward to meeting you on Wednesday, January 15!
Read Criminal Law, Chapter 1; pg. 3-24
Criminal Law (CRIM-100) Course Information and Policies 2024 (PDF)
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Linked below is the required reading for the first class on Tuesday, January 14th. The class will meet in Room 431.