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Corporations Are People Too: A Multi-Dimensional Approach To The Corporate Personhood Puzzle, Susanna K. Ripken
Corporations Are People Too: A Multi-Dimensional Approach To The Corporate Personhood Puzzle, Susanna K. Ripken
Susanna K. Ripken
The recent controversy over the billions of dollars authorized by Congress to bail out some of the nation’s largest corporations has illuminated a debate about the nature and role of corporations in our society. This debate involves fundamental questions about what or who it is exactly we are trying to save with bailout money. Has the corporation’s presence become such an integral part of our lives that its status obligates us to treat it as a “person” worth saving. Legal theorists have long puzzled over the nature of the corporate person and the value of calling the corporation a person …
Corporations Are People Too: A Multi-Dimensional Approach To The Corporate Personhood Puzzle, Susanna K. Ripken
Corporations Are People Too: A Multi-Dimensional Approach To The Corporate Personhood Puzzle, Susanna K. Ripken
Susanna K. Ripken
The recent controversy over the billions of dollars authorized by Congress to bail out some of the nation’s largest corporations has illuminated a debate about the nature and role of corporations in our society. This debate involves fundamental questions about what or who it is exactly we are trying to save with bailout money. Has the corporation’s presence become such an integral part of our lives that its status obligates us to treat it as a “person” worth saving. Legal theorists have long puzzled over the nature of the corporate person and the value of calling the corporation a person …