Melvin A. Eisenberg
Encyclopedia
Melvin A. Eisenberg is the Koret Professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley
. After studying at Columbia University (1956) and Harvard University (1959), he worked in the firm Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler, as assistant counsel in the Warren Commission
, and joined Berkeley in 1966. He is recognised as a leading scholar in US corporate law, and contract law, in both of which he has authored leading textbooks.
He has advised the American Law Institute
on both the Restatement (Third) of Agency and Restatement (Third) of Restitution.
Articles
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. After studying at Columbia University (1956) and Harvard University (1959), he worked in the firm Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler, as assistant counsel in the Warren Commission
Warren Commission
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established on November 27, 1963, by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963...
, and joined Berkeley in 1966. He is recognised as a leading scholar in US corporate law, and contract law, in both of which he has authored leading textbooks.
He has advised the American Law Institute
American Law Institute
The American Law Institute was established in 1923 to promote the clarification and simplification of American common law and its adaptation to changing social needs. The ALI drafts, approves, and publishes Restatements of the Law, Principles of the Law, model codes, and other proposals for law...
on both the Restatement (Third) of Agency and Restatement (Third) of Restitution.
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.