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Wake Up America! Daylight Savings Time Is A Socialist Plot!, Kent Greenfield Mar 2011

Wake Up America! Daylight Savings Time Is A Socialist Plot!, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


What My Snowy Sidewalk Has To Say About The Individual Mandate, Kent Greenfield Feb 2011

What My Snowy Sidewalk Has To Say About The Individual Mandate, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Panelist, Corporate Political Speech And Dueling Conceptions Of The Corporation In Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Kent Greenfield Jan 2011

Panelist, Corporate Political Speech And Dueling Conceptions Of The Corporation In Supreme Court Jurisprudence, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

As chair of the Section on Business Organizations for AALS, I organized and moderated the 2011 Program of AALS Section on Business Associations, January 7, 2011, San Francisco, CA. Program was entitled “Corporate Political Speech and Dueling Conceptions of the Corporation in Supreme Court Jurisprudence,” and was co-sponsored by the Section on Constitutional Law. This was the first time in memory that the Business Associations Section and the Constitutional Law Section had co-sponsored a program.


Panelist, Unexplored Terrain: Companies, Trade Associations And Risk, Kent Greenfield Sep 2010

Panelist, Unexplored Terrain: Companies, Trade Associations And Risk, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


The Doma Supreme Court Question: Do The Conservatives Really Care About States' Rights?, Kent Greenfield Jul 2010

The Doma Supreme Court Question: Do The Conservatives Really Care About States' Rights?, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Here's A Scary Thought: Anthony Kennedy Is Now The Leader Of The Court's "Liberal" Wing, Kent Greenfield Apr 2010

Here's A Scary Thought: Anthony Kennedy Is Now The Leader Of The Court's "Liberal" Wing, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


A Campaign Funding Mess, Kent Greenfield Jan 2010

A Campaign Funding Mess, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


A Way Out Of The Citizens United Mess?, Kent Greenfield Jan 2010

A Way Out Of The Citizens United Mess?, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


The New Federalism Attack On Doma: Does The Supreme Court Really Care About States' Rights?, Kent Greenfield Jul 2009

The New Federalism Attack On Doma: Does The Supreme Court Really Care About States' Rights?, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


The Origins And Costs Of Short-Term Management, Kent Greenfield May 2009

The Origins And Costs Of Short-Term Management, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Why is a fixation on the short term a problem for American businesses? One might hasten to answer that management is compensated for short-term successes. Another answer might be that some investors—particularly professional investors—value only the short term and manipulate the market in a particular stock so they can profit on the movement. These answers undoubtedly are part of the answer. But a puzzle remains: why does the market not punish such short-termism? This essay will present a possible answer.


The Supreme Court, Empathy, And The Science Of Decision Making, Kent Greenfield May 2009

The Supreme Court, Empathy, And The Science Of Decision Making, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Of Big And Small Tents: Arlen Specter As A Dem, And The Obama Storm At Notre Dame, Kent Greenfield Apr 2009

Of Big And Small Tents: Arlen Specter As A Dem, And The Obama Storm At Notre Dame, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Who's Presumptuous Now? Mccain Articulates U.S. Foreign Policy In Georgia Conflict, Kent Greenfield Aug 2008

Who's Presumptuous Now? Mccain Articulates U.S. Foreign Policy In Georgia Conflict, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


I Want To Be Too Big To Fail, Kent Greenfield Jul 2008

I Want To Be Too Big To Fail, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Mukasey's Defense Of Professional Irresponsibility, Kent Greenfield May 2008

Mukasey's Defense Of Professional Irresponsibility, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


How Law Constructs Wealth Patterns [Panel Remarks], Kent Greenfield Dec 2007

How Law Constructs Wealth Patterns [Panel Remarks], Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Defending Stakeholder Governance, Kent Greenfield Dec 2007

Defending Stakeholder Governance, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Corporations are collective enterprises, drawing on investments from various stakeholders who contribute to the firm's success. For a business to succeed over time, it must induce people and institutions to invest money, whether in the form of equity or loans. It must induce people to invest their labor, intelligence, skill, and attention by joining the firm as employees or managers. It must induce local communities to invest infrastructure of various kinds. None of these investors-for investors they all are-contributes its input out of altruism or obligation. They all do so because they believe that the corporation provides the mechanism for …


A New Era For Corporate Law: Using Corporate Governance Law To Benefit All Stakeholders, Kent Greenfield Oct 2007

A New Era For Corporate Law: Using Corporate Governance Law To Benefit All Stakeholders, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


New Principles For Company Law, Kent Greenfield Jun 2007

New Principles For Company Law, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Fighting For Equality, And Losing, Kent Greenfield Dec 2006

Fighting For Equality, And Losing, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Unconstitutional Constitution Day, Kent Greenfield Sep 2005

Unconstitutional Constitution Day, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


In Closing: Fighting Might With Rights, Kent Greenfield Dec 2004

In Closing: Fighting Might With Rights, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Imposing Inequality On Law Schools, Kent Greenfield Nov 2003

Imposing Inequality On Law Schools, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


It's Time To Federalize Corporate Charters, Kent Greenfield Jun 2002

It's Time To Federalize Corporate Charters, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


September 11 And The End Of History For Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield May 2002

September 11 And The End Of History For Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Using the tragic events of September 11th as case study; this Essay critiques a prominent, recent article that suggests the ideology of shareholder primacy has become so dominant that the "end of history" is at hand for corporate law. The author suggests that a dedication to shareholder primacy helped create the context in which the events of September 11th could occur, by making the airlines less attentive to security concerns that did not affect the airline companies' stock prices. Shareholder primacy makes corporations more likely to externalize the costs of the firms' decisions onto constituencies other than shareholders, and such …


Ultra Vires Lives! A Stakeholder Analysis Of Corporate Illegality (With Notes On How Corporate Law Could Reinforce International Law Norms), Kent Greenfield Oct 2001

Ultra Vires Lives! A Stakeholder Analysis Of Corporate Illegality (With Notes On How Corporate Law Could Reinforce International Law Norms), Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

This paper argues that a remaining vestige of the ultra vires doctrine sets off illegal activities as "beyond the power" of corporations. Though largely unnoticed and unexamined until now, this part of the doctrine has been retained because none of the important corporate stakeholders has an interest in authorizing the corporation and its managers to commit illegal acts. From an ex ante perspective, the principal stakeholders in the corporate contract would want the corporation and its management to forego illegalities as a way to increase the value of the firm. Any of the stakeholders would be a potential victim of …


There's A Forest In Those Trees: Teaching About The Role Of Corporations In Society, Kent Greenfield Dec 1999

There's A Forest In Those Trees: Teaching About The Role Of Corporations In Society, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

This paper was prepared for the University of Georgia School of Law Conference on Teaching Corporate Law, October 16, 1999. The paper argues that the basic corporate law course should focus much more on the questions surrounding the role of the corporation in society. In the typical corporate law course, little attention is given to the broad question of the position of the corporation within society at large or the narrower question of the relationship between the corporation and workers. The lack of consideration of these issues is odd indeed, since corporate law (like all law) is understandable only within …


From Rights To Regulation In Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield Dec 1996

From Rights To Regulation In Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Cruelty And Original Intent: A Socratic Dialogue, Kent Greenfield Dec 1995

Cruelty And Original Intent: A Socratic Dialogue, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Reprinted in Boston College Law School Magazine 5 (Fall 1996): 27- 31


Original Penumbras: Constitutional Interpretation In The First Year Of Congress, Kent Greenfield Dec 1992

Original Penumbras: Constitutional Interpretation In The First Year Of Congress, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.