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Gerald Bard Tjoflat: A Profile, Daniel S. Bowling Iii
Gerald Bard Tjoflat: A Profile, Daniel S. Bowling Iii
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A Tribute To The Work Of Patricia Williams, Katherine M. Franke
A Tribute To The Work Of Patricia Williams, Katherine M. Franke
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The task of selecting an honoree is not an easy one – as we aim to take up a corpus of work that is at once deep enough and broad enough to sustain a full day of conversation. To be honest, most legal scholars tend to be more hedgehogs than foxes, burrowing down deep into an area of law over the course of a career rather than bringing their intellectual talents to bear on a range of social problems or diverse disciplinary locations. One person, without question, stands out as an exception to this tendency in the legal academy, and …
Social Entrepreneurship And Uncorporations, Jesse Finrock, Eric L. Talley
Social Entrepreneurship And Uncorporations, Jesse Finrock, Eric L. Talley
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Larry Ribstein’s pioneering analysis of alternative business forms during the late twentieth century highlighted the contractarian freedom that these forms provided. The rise of the LLC model was of particular interest to Ribstein, who assessed how this model brought greater freedom to those who held duties and obligations within the corporate structure. This Article takes up Ribstein’s mantle by assessing the development the alternative “social enterprise” business forms manifested in benefit corporations (BC) and flexible purpose corporations (FPC). Both forms allow an incorporated entity to articulate and pursue a social benefit alongside the maximization of shareholder returns. Despite its utility, …