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 |
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Accounting for Financial Institutions (Marquardt) |
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 |
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Banking Structure and Regulation(Hurley/Ehrlich) |
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. |
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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 |
Mishkin, Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets (Pearson, 8th edition, 2007) |
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Commercial Lending (Dowd) |
Hemmendinger, Hillman on Commercial Loan Documentation (PLI 2005) |
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Compliance Programs (Cesso) |
Hamilton and Trautman, Sarbanes-Oxley Manual, A Handbook for the Act and SEC Rules (CCH 2nd ed. 2005) plus photocopied documents. |
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Hedge Funds(Goldman) |
Hammer, US Regulation of Hedge Funds (American Bar Association, 2006), documents on CourseInfo |
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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 |
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. |
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Pooled Funds (Fross) |
Course documents available on CourseInfo. |
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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, 2008) Additional materials available on instructor’s web site (not on CourseInfo). |
September 9, 2008