The basic coverage of the securities laws -- Registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 -- The 1933 Act registration process and disclosure -- Exemptions from 1933 Act registration -- The theory of sale: corporate recapitalizations, reorganizations and mergers under the 1933 Act -- IPO practices: manipulation, stabilization and hot issues -- Liability under the Securities Act of 1933 -- State blue sky laws -- Securities Exchange Act of 1934: registration and reporting requirements for publicly traded companies -- Shareholder suffrage: proxy regulation -- Tender offer and takeover regulation -- Manipulation and fraud -- Insider reporting and short-swing trading: 1934 Act [section] 16 -- Market regulation; broker-dealers -- Debt securities and protection of bondholders: the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 -- Federal regulation of investment companies: the Investment Company Act of 1940 -- Investment Advisers Act of 1940 -- SEC enforcement -- Jurisdictional aspects -- Related laws