My friend and co-author Mark Ramseyer's anthology, Corporate Law Stories, is now available as an eBook for Kindle. The series is intended to "bring famous cases to life by telling the true, never-heard-before stories behind landmark cases."
- Offer larger than life view of landmark cases
- Identify the parties to the dispute, motives and approach
- Outline the legal and historical context
- Discuss the immediate impact of the case
- Document the continuing importance of the case in shaping the law
- Every case is found in all leading casebooks
Ramseyer's volume focuses on "eleven pivotal cases that have shaped the evolution of corporate law, internationally renowned scholars explore the people behind the disputes, and the forces that led the judges to decide the cases the way they did. From Meinhard v. Salmon to Paramount v. QVC, they unravel the logic (and, often, apparent illogic) of the opinions. Simultaneously amusing and clarifying, the resulting chapters make sense of cases that have puzzled students and scholars for decades."
Yours truly contributed the chapter on Smith v Van Gorkom. Bill Klein did a great job with Meinhard v. Salmon and Ramseyer himself hit a home run with a wonderful backgrounder on the famous Ringling Bros. case.
