Booklists

Syllabi for most courses will be posted on CourseInfo, BU's online course management web site. In addition, many courses will have supplemental materials posted on CourseInfo.

Barnes and Noble at BU (660 Beacon Street) is the university book store. Law textbooks are sold on the fifth floor. Photocopied course packets may be purchased from Fedex/Kinko's, 115 Cummington Street (on the side of 700 Commonwealth Avenue). 

Fall 2008

Course

Materials

Accounting for Financial Institutions (Marquardt)
LAWBK978 Sec. A1

Anthony, Essentials of Accounting- text and post-test booklet (Pearson, 9th edition); Meyer, Accounting and Finance for Lawyers in a Nutshell (West-Wadsworth, 3rd edition),documents on CourseInfo

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

Macey, Miller & Carnell, Banking Law and Regulation (Aspen, 3rd edition), plus Banking Law and Regulation 2002 supplement. (see note below)    Also: A Regulatory Guide for Banks in the United States (PricewaterhouseCoopers) pick up at the Morin Center.
ADDED 9/1:  Jackson, Accounting and Finance (West, 4th edition).          * NOTE:  the 2008 Macey Miller & Carnell supplement has just been released.  See Morin Center for exchange details.

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 BK 991 Sec. A1

Hemmendinger, Hillman on Commercial Loan Documentation (PLI 2005)

Compliance Programs (Cesso)
LAW BK931, Sec. A1

Hamilton and Trautman, Sarbanes-Oxley Manual, A Handbook for the Act and SEC Rules (CCH 2nd ed. 2005) plus photocopied documents.

Hedge Funds(Goldman)
LAWBK934 Sec. A1

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

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

Ray, Basics of Legal Writing; Sloan, Basic Legal Research (3rd edition, 2006); 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 CourseInfo.

Pooled Funds (Fross)
LAWBK950, Sec. A1

Course documents available on CourseInfo.

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, 2008)

Additional materials available on instructor’s web site (not on CourseInfo).


September 9, 2008