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Securities Regulation: Cases and Materials

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Okay, so this isn't pleasure reading...And I only bought it because it was assigned.
Still, I'm working in the securities area this summer and I don't know what I'd do without it. Hornbooks are great and I highly recommend them. But sometimes they don't really delve into the fine points of the law. This book is all about the fine points. I'll admit it's dense, but securities law isn't the simplest of topics. The other textbooks I've seen don't have as many cases and they seem to gloss over important topics like materiality which isn't that terrible until you need to know whether a particular activity is material.

Does the book cover a lot of ground? Yes. Is it a challenging read? Yes. Is there a better Sec. Reg. text out there? I haven't seen one.

This is a very unclear book with horrible, dense prose. The authors seem to have an impressive grasp of securities law, and fill the notes with many meaningful substantive explications of various technical points, but they are basically just awful writers, which makes this text a serious chore to read. Of course, no one is going to buy it unless it is assigned in a law school class, so its lack of clarity unfortunately won't really induce "customers" to buy a different securities text, but it is worth noting that you will probably need to go ahead and buy a very good hornbook right from the start. In your class, I'd suggest you read this text as little as possible: it will make your head hurt, and it's far too dense to teach you securities regulation effectively.

i find this casebook to be very disorganized, unclear, and repetitive. there has to be a better sec reg casebook out there somewhere.

I am currently taking Securities Law and we are using this book. It is highly dense, and the authors are poor writers. They clearly know the material and understand the distinctions, but I am often frustrated that they simply do not make their points more clearly. My advice is simple: if you are required to use this text, get it, but also use the Examples & Explanations book by Alan R. Palmiter because the prose is much easier to understand. I cannot speak for the other study aids, but they may work too. The key is getting one to complement this book. I think the E & E is a good choice because securities law is easier to learn by tackling problems and the E & E book has problems and answers (the casebook has problems too, but no answers -- you get those from the prof). Good luck!

If this book is used for your law school class, then ask yourself do you really need to take the class. This book is terrible. If you do take the class, find a good hornbook/supplement. I liked Securities Regulation: Examples & Explanations

The book layout is terrible. I sometimes had a hard time telling what was case or article material and what was authors' comments, etc. The actual material elements were fine, but it was nearly impossible to learn from this book due to the organization at the section, chapter, and book levels. In addition, my class followed a very different chapter order than this book. BTW, the chapter order that my class followed fit the Examples and Explanations chapter order perfectly.

My professor knew a lot about Securities Regulation from many years of practice. He had not taught Federal Securities Regulation before, although he had taught other law school courses. Initially, he tried to follow the organization of this book, and the class made no sense. When he stopped following the book and taught the course based on his experience, the class made a lot of sense.

Interestingly, after my professor reorganized the class material, this casebook made more sense. This observation makes me think the organization of this book is the problem, not the material. After all, the author of the Examples and Explanations book (Palmiter at Wake Forest) uses this casebook as his courses hornbook, while using his own book for the course, when I checked out his course site in spring 2009. Very interesting.

Clumsy, obtuse, talentless writing, riddled with passive voice and tortured syntax. Securities Reg is hard enough as it is without a lousy casebook. Advice to other students: skip the readings if you can get away with it, and rely instead on Gilbert or E&E. Advice to professors: get some other casebook--any other casebook--because this one is a dog.