This classic text is specifically designed to teach students how to negotiate in the actual practice of law. Although practical, it is grounded in ongoing research by social science, law, and business school scholars. In this new edition, Professor Robert Rhee joins Professor Gifford, and brings with him both a background in transactional negotiations and expertise in economic analysis of negotiation. Some highlights include: Structural changes enhance the student's learning experience. Illustrative examples are pulled from the text and highlighted. Economic analysis and issues of valuation have been added. Each chapter concludes with a summary of major points and review questions. Professional responsibility issues, how race and gender affect bargaining, and the roles played by email and videoconferencing all receive increased coverage.

The Tenth Edition continues the basic approach of its predecessors: using problems as a vehicle for discussing cases and textual material to develop an understanding of the law of business enterprises and the policy issues that influence its evolution. The new edition continues to develop sophisticated materials on noncorporate business entities, and it adds significant new cases and commentary on new developments in law including Delaware cases on information rights, shareholder litigation, and the Caremark doctrine. The commentary has been updated for new developments including discussion of the role of corporations in society and the influence of and trends in shareholder proposals. It also made modest organizational changes that streamline the sequential delivery of important lessons.

CasebookPlus Hardbound - New, hardbound print book includes lifetime digital access to an eBook, with the ability to highlight and take notes, and 12-month access to a digital Learning Library that includes self-assessment quizzes tied to this book, leading study aids, an outline starter, and Gilbert Law Dictionary.

Incorporating skills training into a traditional Business Associations course is challenging. This creative and original book provides thirteen independent exercises designed to develop student skills in legal drafting, client interviewing and counseling, negotiation, and advocacy. Each exercise is based on fundamental legal rules and doctrines so that the book can be used on its own or as a supplemental text with any doctrinal casebook. Students are required to spend a manageable one to two hours on such tasks as outlining discussion points for major meetings and counseling, drafting advisory letters to clients, crafting a demand letter to a board of directors, negotiating indemnification provisions, drafting a certificate of incorporation and an operating agreement based on the clients' stated objectives, and developing strategies to manage business contracting and corporate client communications. Each exercise contains a work product template that the student must complete for assessment purposes.