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2015

Constitutional Law

Kent Greenfield

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In Defense Of Corporate Persons, Kent Greenfield Oct 2015

In Defense Of Corporate Persons, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

This essay is a critique of this attack on corporate personhood. It explains that the corporate separateness - corporate “personhood” - is an important legal principle as a matter of corporate law. What’s more, as a matter of constitutional law, corporate “personhood” deserves a more nuanced analysis than has been typically offered in arguing in favor of an amendment to overturn Citizens United. Indeed, the concept of corporate “personhood” can in fact be marshaled in arguments against corporations being able to assert constitutional rights. In the nascent category of cases brought by corporations asserting rights of religious freedom, for example, …


The U.S. Supreme Court's Cultivation Of Corporate Personhood, Kent Greenfield Jun 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court's Cultivation Of Corporate Personhood, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Panelist, When Rights Collide?: Religious Liberty, Equality And The Fall Out From Hobby Lobby, Kent Greenfield Jun 2015

Panelist, When Rights Collide?: Religious Liberty, Equality And The Fall Out From Hobby Lobby, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


The Limits Of Free Speech, Kent Greenfield Mar 2015

The Limits Of Free Speech, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Let Us Now Praise Corporate Persons, Kent Greenfield Dec 2014

Let Us Now Praise Corporate Persons, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Also appeared as "If Corporations are People They Should Act Like It," on TheAtlantic.com, January 30, 2015.