Booklists
Fall 2009
Unless otherwise specified, textbooks are available at Barnes and Noble at B.U., 660 Beacon Street, Law section, 5th floor (617-267-8484) and photocopied materials may be purchased from Fedex/Kinko’s, 115 Cummington Street (on the side of 700 Commonwealth Ave., 617-358-2679) Syllabi for most courses are posted on Blackboard: http://blackboard.bu.edu
In addition to the course materials listed below, we recommend two reference books: Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms (Barrons Financial Guides) and The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Harvard Law Review Association, 18th edition).
Course |
Materials |
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Accounting for Financial Institutions (Marquardt) |
Anthony, Essentials of Accounting- text and post-test booklet (Pearson, 10th edition); Meyer, Accounting and Finance for Lawyers in a Nutshell (West-Wadsworth, 3rd edition), documents on Blackboard. |
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Banking Structure and Regulation (Hurley/Beccia) |
Carnell, Macey & Miller, Law of Banking and Financial Institutions (Aspen, 4th edition), Carnell, Macey & Miller, Banking Law and Regulation, Statutory Supplement (Aspen, 2008). Jackson, Accounting and Finance (West, 4th edition) Also: A Regulatory Guide for Banks in the United States PricewaterhouseCoopers) pick up at the Morin Center. |
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Bankruptcy (Morrissey) |
Adler, Baird & Jackson, Bankruptcy, Cases, Problems & Materials (Foundation, 4th edition, 2007);Baird, Elements of Bankruptcy (Foundation, 4th edition, 2006); Legal Publisher, US Bankruptcy Codes & Rules (2008). |
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Central Banks, Commercial Banks & Financial Markets (Gim) |
Mishkin, Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets (Pearson, 8th edition, 2007) |
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Commercial Lending (Dowd) LAW BK991 Sec. A1 |
Hemmendinger, Hillman on Commercial Loan Documentation (PLI 2009), plus documents on Blackboard. |
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Compliance Programs (Cesso) LAW BK931, Sec. A1 |
Hamilton and Trautman, Sarbanes-Oxley Manual, A Handbook for the Act and SEC Rules (CCH 3rd edition) plus photocopied documents. |
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Government Regulation of Insurance (Guenter/Ditomassi) |
Photocopied materials. |
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Hedge Funds(Goldman) |
Hammer, US Regulation of Hedge Funds (American Bar Association, 2006), documents on Blackboard |
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Introduction to the American Legal System (Straus) |
McAlinn, Rosen and Stern, An Introduction to American Law, (Carolina Academic Press, 2005) |
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Legal Research and Writing |
Bouchoux, Aspen Handbook for Legal Writers (2nd ed.2009), Sloan, Basic Legal Research (3rd edition, 2009); The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005); Recommended text: Strunk & White, The Elements of Style. Assignments and notices will be posted on Blackboard. |
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International Tax I, Trade, Investment & Finance (Park) |
Gustafson, Taxation of International Transactions (West, 3rd ed., 06), International Income Tax Code and Regulations (CCH 2009), plus photocopied materials. |
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Pooled Funds (Fross) |
Course documents available on Blackboard. |
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Securities Regulation (Krebs) |
Soderquist and Gabaldon, Securities Law (Concepts and Insights Series), Foundation Press, 3rd edition; Coffee et al, Federal Securities Laws: Selected Statutes, Rules & Forms (Foundation Press, 2009) Additional materials available on instructor’s web site (not on Blackboard). |
August 18, 2009