Melvin A. Eisenberg is the Jesse H. Choper Professor of law at the

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. After studying at

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(1956) and

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(1959), he worked in the firm Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler, as assistant counsel in the

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, and joined Berkeley in 1966. He is recognised as a leading scholar in

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, and

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, in both of which he has authored leading textbooks. He has advised the

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on both the

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and

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. From 1991 to 1993, he held the Justice R. Ammi Cutter Chair at the institute. He was also Justin W. D'Atri Professor of Law, Business, and Society at

. Eisenbeg received a

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in 1981. He is also a fellow of the

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, elected in 1984.

Publications

;Books *''Basic Contract Law'' (8th edn 2006) *''Cases and Materials on Corporations & Other Business Organizations'' (9th edn) ;Articles *'The Structure of Corporation Law' (1989) 89(7) Columbia Law Review 1461, arguing for a core of mandatory rules in corporate law *‘Legal Modes of Management Structure in the Modern Corporation: Officers, Directors, and Accountants’ (1975) 63 California Law Review 376 *‘Access to the Corporate Proxy Machinery’ (1970) 83 Harvard Law Review 1489, argued that shareholders should have rights to initiate actions like a sale or merger or amending the certificate of incorporation without a prior board proposal.

References

External links

Eisenberg's faculty profile at Berkeley
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eisenberg, Melvin A. UC Berkeley School of Law faculty Living people Warren Commission counsel and staff Kaye Scholer Year of birth missing (living people) Columbia College (New York) alumni Harvard Law School alumni Columbia University faculty