Law Library Research Guide:
Corporate & Securities

Reference:

• Dictionary of Banking Terms REFERENCE HG151 .F57 2006.
• Dictionary of Business Terms REFERENCE HF1001 .F78 2007.
• Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms REFERENCE HG151 .D69 2006.
• Dictionary of International Economics Terms REFERENCE HF1359 .D49 2006.
• LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations REFERENCE HG4057 .A217 2007
• New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance REFERENCE HG151 .N48 1992.

Treatises:

For other publications look in the GMU Library Catalog

• Blue Sky Law, rev. ed., by Joseph C. Long. KF1070 .L66.
• Blue Sky Regulation 2d ed., by Robert N. Rapp. KF1436.5 .R37.
• CCH Federal Securities Law Reporter. KF1436.5 .C66.
• Cox & Hazen on Corporations: Including Unincorporated Forms of Doing Business, by James D. Cox, Thomas Lee Hazen. KF1414 .C69 2003.
• Fundamentals of Securities Regulation, by Louis Loss and Joel Seligman. KF1439 .L68 2001.
• Macey on Corporation Laws, by Jonathan R. Macey. KF1414 .M3 1998.
• Securities and Federal Corporate Law, by Harold S. Bloomenthal and Samuel Wolf. KF1439 .B5422.
• Securities Regulation 4th ed., by Louis Loss, Joel Seligman and Troy Paredes. KF1070 .L62 2006.
• Securities Regulation in a Nutshell 8th ed., by David L. Ratner and Thomas Lee Hazen. KF1440 .R37 2005.
• Treatise on the Law of Securities Regulation 5th ed., by Thomas Lee Hazen. RESERVE KF1439 .H39 2005.
• Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations Aggregate, by Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Boston 1932. Digital version available in the Making of Modern Law.
  

Online Databases:

• BNA’s Securities and Corporate Responsibility Library
  • Broker/Dealer Compliance Report
  • Corporate Accountability & Fraud Daily
  • Corporate Accountability Report
  • Securities Law Daily
  • Securities Regulation and Law Report
• Factiva articles from Reuters and Dow Jones
• HeinOnline Law Journal Library
• Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
• Lexis
  • Legal> Area of Law - By Topic> Securities (add "Securities" as a tab) includes SEC filings, administrative materials, cases, law reviews and journals, corporate governance materials.
• Mergent Corporate Manuals 1909 to present.
• Mergent Horizon Information about companies and industries that are traded on the US stock exchanges.
• Mergent Online Tracks more companies in more countries than any other database. Has financial information and information about cmpetitors.
• Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage Contains business, industry and investment information. Includes data and analysis and current news.
• Westlaw
  • Federal Securities Materials Combined (FSEC - ALL); includes administrative law, case law, statutes and regulations
  • Selected legislative history material available at (FSEC-LH)
• Westlaw Business SEC filings 1988 to present on LIVEDGAR. Includes company new, financials, legal due diligence reports, SEDAR coverage, and SEC Precedent Authority and Staff Reviews.

Forms:

See Law Library Research Guide: FoWestlaw Business SEC filings 1988 to present on LIVEDGAR. Includes company new, financials, legal due diligence reports, SEDAR coverage, and SEC Precedent Authority and Staff Reviews.rms and Drafting Resources.

• CCH Federal Securities Laws : Regulations Forms KF1436.5 .C647
• SEC Compliance : Financial Reporting and Forms, Stanley Weinstein, Daniel Schechtman, Michael A. Walker. KF1446.A6 W4
• Securities and Exchange Commission Forms List http://www.sec.gov/about/forms/secforms.htm
• Securities Regulation: Selected Statutes, Rules, and Forms, Ra David L. Ratner and Thomas Lee Hazen. KF1434 .S44

Other Internet Resources:

• Official Securities and Exchange website
  www.sec.gov
• National Association of Securities dealers
  www.nasd.org
• New York Stock Exchange
  www.nyse.com
• American Stock Exchange
  www.amex.com
• NASDAQ stock Market
  www.nasdaq.com