Melvin A. Eisenberg

He has advised the American Law Institute on both the Restatement (Third) of Agency and Restatement (Third) of Restitution. He is also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 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.