Friday, November 27, 2009

Corporations and Other Business Associations or Equality of Opportunity

Corporations and Other Business Associations: Cases and Materials

Author: Charles R OKelley

With this extensive revision of their well—regarded casebook, authors O'Kelley and Thompson respond to the many changes in the world of business. Retaining its balance of legal theory, enlightening cases, and widely praised problems, CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, Third Edition, incorporates new material and analyzes important developments in the field.

If you haven't already adopted this intelligent and straightforward casebook, you'll be pleased to discover its:

real—life focus on: close corporations, mergers/changes in control, and the relationship between corporations and outsiders

skillful blend of theory, cases, and problems

carefully edited and thoughtfully selected classic and contemporary cases

generous number of excellent problems ranked among the best for clarity and effectiveness

sophisticated — but not intimidating—writing style

flexible organization which makes it easily adaptable to various teaching methods

New material in CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, Third Edition, includes:

discussion and problems on the "hot" new business entities: LLPs and LLCs

expanded treatment of agency law

new hypothetical problems that develop and build within a chapter

more emphasis on the applications of theory, presented in a more accessible style

An updated Teacher's Manual

If you want to expose your students to the realities of business today, this powerful set of teaching tools is an ideal choice.



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Equality of Opportunity

Author: John E Roemer

John Roemer points out that there are two views of equality of opportunity that are widely held today. The first, which he calls the nondiscrimination principle, states that in the competition for positions in society, individuals should be judged only on attributes relevant to the performance of the duties of the position in question. Attributes such as race or sex should not be taken into account. The second states that society should do what it can to level the playing field among persons who compete for positions, especially during their formative years, so that all those who have the relevant potential attributes can be considered.

Common to both positions is that at some point the principle of equal opportunity holds individuals accountable for achievements of particular objectives, whether they be education, employment, health, or income. Roemer argues that there is consequently a "before" and an "after" in the notion of equality of opportunity: before the competition starts, opportunities must be equalized, by social intervention if need be; but after it begins, individuals are on their own. The different views of equal opportunity should be judged according to where they place the starting gate which separates "before" from "after." Roemer works out in a precise way how to determine the location of the starting gate in the different views.

Booknews

Roemer (economics, U. of California) sets forth a precise way to organize disparate views about equal opportunity. He employs philosophic and economic techniques to define a starting gate from which a society could proceed in order to translate views about personal accountability into social policy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.



Table of Contents:
Preface
1Introduction1
2Circumstances, Types, and Autonomous Choice5
3Justifying the Proposal13
4A Formal Definition of Equality of Opportunity25
5Incentive Properties of the EOp Mechanism33
6Equality of Opportunity with Production36
7Equality of Opportunity for Welfare38
8Equality of Opportunity for Health43
9Education and Advantage54
10Equal-Opportunity Unemployment Insurance62
11The EOp Distribution of Educational Finance in the United States74
12The Scope and Extent of Equal Opportunity84
13To What Extent Should We Equalize Opportunities?91
14Affirmative Action108
15Concluding Remarks114
References116
Index118

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