The structure of legal rules -- Introductory concepts in the law of agency -- Binding principals to third parties (and vice versa) in contract and through information -- Binding the principal in tort -- Duties and obligations of agents and principals to each other and to third parties -- Termination of the agency relationship -- Distinguishing agency from other relationships -- Introductory concepts in the law of general partnerships -- Financial aspects of a partnership (creation and operation) -- Management issues and fiduciary duties -- The partner's right and power to bind the partnership -- Partner dissociation and partnership dissolution -- Limited partnerships -- Introductory concepts in the history and law of limited liability companies, LLPs, and LLLPs -- Creating the LLC -- LLC governance and finance, member exit rights -- Consequences of the churkendoose : unique issues of LLC law -- Limited liability partnerships and limited liability limited partnerships -- Agents of the good, servants of evil : Harry Potter and the law of agency