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Piercing The (Sovereign) Veil: The Role Of Limited Liability In State Owned Enterprises, W. Mark C. Weidemaier Mar 2021

Piercing The (Sovereign) Veil: The Role Of Limited Liability In State Owned Enterprises, W. Mark C. Weidemaier

BYU Law Review

Sovereign nations own more than ten percent of the world's largest firms and use these ownership stakes to pursue economic, social, and political objectives unrelated to profit maximization. Sovereign nations also have unique powers and attributes that "ordinary" owners lack. Sovereigns do not need an owner's control rights to direct entity behavior; they have the power to regulate. Sovereigns do not need an owner's economic rights to extract value; they have the power to tax. And sovereigns do not need to hide behind the principle of limited liability, which protects owners of limited liability entities; they have sovereign immunity in …


Freedom Of Corporate Purpose, George A. Mocsary Nov 2016

Freedom Of Corporate Purpose, George A. Mocsary

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Institutional Control And Corporate Governance, Geoffrey Christopher Rapp Oct 2015

Institutional Control And Corporate Governance, Geoffrey Christopher Rapp

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Unfair And Unintended: The Tax-Exempt Organization Blocker Loophole, Andrew M. Dougherty Feb 2014

Unfair And Unintended: The Tax-Exempt Organization Blocker Loophole, Andrew M. Dougherty

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Environmental Crisis And The Paradox Of Organizing, Gregg P. Macey Dec 2011

Environmental Crisis And The Paradox Of Organizing, Gregg P. Macey

BYU Law Review

Public organizations, including those involved in contingency planning, have tremendous influence over the ultimate scale and scope of an environmental crisis. Yet our understanding of how organizational behavior can either rein in or exacerbate crises continues to lag behind advances in technology. This Article considers the role of public organizations in the blowout of the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. Its theoretical lens is the “paradox of organizing,” a frame that I suggest should be applied to interorganizational responses to low-probability, high-consequence events. The struggle to differentiate tasks and subunits and then piece them together during moments of …


Expensive Speech: Citizens United V. Fec And The Free Speech Rights Of Tax-Exempt Religious Organizations, Brandon S. Boulter Dec 2010

Expensive Speech: Citizens United V. Fec And The Free Speech Rights Of Tax-Exempt Religious Organizations, Brandon S. Boulter

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Predator In The Primary: Applying The Tort Of Negligent Hiring To Volunteers In Religious Organizations, Morgan Fife May 2006

Predator In The Primary: Applying The Tort Of Negligent Hiring To Volunteers In Religious Organizations, Morgan Fife

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Religious Organizations And Free Exercise: The Surprising Lessons Of Smith, Kathleen A. Brady Dec 2004

Religious Organizations And Free Exercise: The Surprising Lessons Of Smith, Kathleen A. Brady

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Thoughts On Smith And Religious-Group Autonomy, Laura S. Underkuffler Dec 2004

Thoughts On Smith And Religious-Group Autonomy, Laura S. Underkuffler

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"Omalous" Autonomy, Perry Dane Dec 2004

"Omalous" Autonomy, Perry Dane

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Religious Institutions, The No-Harm Doctrine, And The Public Good, Marci A. Hamilton Nov 2004

Religious Institutions, The No-Harm Doctrine, And The Public Good, Marci A. Hamilton

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Defending A Rule Of Institutional Autonomy On "No-Harm" Grounds, Mark Tushnet Nov 2004

Defending A Rule Of Institutional Autonomy On "No-Harm" Grounds, Mark Tushnet

BYU Law Review

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Freedom Of Religious Association: The Right Of Religious Organizations To Obtain Legal Entity Status Under The European Convention, Lance S. Lehnhof May 2002

Freedom Of Religious Association: The Right Of Religious Organizations To Obtain Legal Entity Status Under The European Convention, Lance S. Lehnhof

BYU Law Review

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The Religious Freedom And Legal Status Of Churches, Religious Organizations, And New Religious Movements In The Slovak Republic, Martin Dojcar May 2001

The Religious Freedom And Legal Status Of Churches, Religious Organizations, And New Religious Movements In The Slovak Republic, Martin Dojcar

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Jehovah's Witnesses V. Land Berlin: Requiring Religious Communities Seeking Public Corporation Status In Germany To Satisfy The "Meaning And Purpose Of Corporation Status" Test, Scott Kent Brown Ii May 1999

Jehovah's Witnesses V. Land Berlin: Requiring Religious Communities Seeking Public Corporation Status In Germany To Satisfy The "Meaning And Purpose Of Corporation Status" Test, Scott Kent Brown Ii

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Getting A Grip On National Service: Key Organizational Features And Strategic Characteristics Of The National Service Corps (Americorps), Daniel E. Witte May 1998

Getting A Grip On National Service: Key Organizational Features And Strategic Characteristics Of The National Service Corps (Americorps), Daniel E. Witte

BYU Law Review

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A Widow's Might: Nakaya V. Japan And Japan's Current State Of Religious Freedom, Eric N. Weeks May 1995

A Widow's Might: Nakaya V. Japan And Japan's Current State Of Religious Freedom, Eric N. Weeks

BYU Law Review

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Associational Structures Of Religious Organizations, Patty Gerstenblith May 1995

Associational Structures Of Religious Organizations, Patty Gerstenblith

BYU Law Review

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Lobbying Restriction On Section 501(C)(3) Organizations Held Unconstitutional: First Amendment Implications Of Taxation With Representation Of Washington V. Regan, Karen B. Crockett May 1983

Lobbying Restriction On Section 501(C)(3) Organizations Held Unconstitutional: First Amendment Implications Of Taxation With Representation Of Washington V. Regan, Karen B. Crockett

BYU Law Review

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