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

Accounting for Financial Institutions (Marquardt)
LAWBK978 Sec. A1

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.

Banking Structure and Regulation (Hurley/Beccia)
LAW BK925 Sec. A1

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.

Bankruptcy (Morrissey)
LAW BK933 Sec. A1

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).

Central Banks, Commercial Banks & Financial Markets  (Gim)
LAWBK983 Sec. A1

Mishkin, Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets (Pearson, 8th edition, 2007)

Commercial Lending (Dowd) LAW BK991 Sec. A1

Hemmendinger, Hillman on Commercial Loan Documentation (PLI 2009), plus documents on Blackboard.

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.

Government Regulation of Insurance (Guenter/Ditomassi)
LAW BK990, Sec. A1

Photocopied materials.

Hedge Funds(Goldman)
LAW BK934 Sec. A1

Hammer, US Regulation of Hedge Funds (American Bar Association, 2006), documents on Blackboard

Introduction to the American Legal System (Straus)
LAWBK912 Sec. A1

McAlinn, Rosen and Stern, An Introduction to American Law, (Carolina Academic Press, 2005)

Legal Research and Writing
LAWJD893

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.

International Tax I, Trade, Investment & Finance (Park)
LAW TX906, Sec. A1

Gustafson, Taxation of International Transactions (West, 3rd ed., 06), International Income Tax Code and Regulations (CCH 2009), plus photocopied materials.

Pooled Funds (Fross)
LAWBK950, Sec. A1

Course documents available on Blackboard.

Securities Regulation (Krebs)
LAWBK955 Sec. A1

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