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Capitalism Stakeholderism, Christina Parajon Skinner Jan 2024

Capitalism Stakeholderism, Christina Parajon Skinner

Seattle University Law Review

Today’s corporate governance debates are replete with discussion of how best to operationalize so-called stakeholder capitalism—that is, a version of capitalism that considers the interests of employees, communities, suppliers, and the environment alongside (if not before) a company’s shareholders. So much focus has been dedicated to the question of capitalism’s reform that few have questioned a key underlying premise of stakeholder capitalism: that is, that competitive capitalism does not serve these various constituencies and groups. This Essay presents a different view and argues that capitalism is, in fact, the ultimate form of stakeholderism. As such, the Essay urges that the …

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The Property Question.Pdf, William A. Edmundson Apr 2018

The Property Question.Pdf, William A. Edmundson

William A. Edmundson

The “property question” is the constitutional question whether a society’s basic resources are to be publicly or privately owned; that is, whether these basic resources are to be available to private owners, perhaps subject to tax and regulation, or whether instead they are to be retained in joint public ownership, and managed by democratic processes.  James Madison’s approach represents a case in which prior holdings are taken for granted, and the property question itself is kept off of the political agenda.  By contrast, John Rawls approach abstracts from any actual pattern of holdings, while putting the property question on the …

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The End Of The Cold War: Can American Constitutionalism Survive Victory?, Stephen M. Feldman May 2015

The End Of The Cold War: Can American Constitutionalism Survive Victory?, Stephen M. Feldman

Stephen M. Feldman

The nation's Cold War battle against the Soviet Union pervasively influenced American law and society, as numerous scholars have observed. The Cold War, for instance, spurred the strengthening of civil rights and the capitalist economy. The federal government needed to protect civil rights, at least symbolically, to deflect Soviet denunciations of democracy. Meanwhile, the ostentatious exhibition and use of American consumer products contrasted American economic prosperity with Soviet struggles. Thus, during the Cold War, the government and the capitalist leaders were bonded together in a struggle against the communist enemy. The overriding desire for Cold War victory tempered potential political …

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The First Amendment, Gaming Advertisements, And Congressional Inconsistency: The Future Of The Commercial Speech Doctrine After Greater New Orleans Broadcasting Ass'n V. United States, Nicholas P. Consula Jul 2012

The First Amendment, Gaming Advertisements, And Congressional Inconsistency: The Future Of The Commercial Speech Doctrine After Greater New Orleans Broadcasting Ass'n V. United States, Nicholas P. Consula

Pepperdine Law Review

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February 17, 2011: Shari’Ah And Constitutionalism, Bruce Ledewitz Feb 2011

February 17, 2011: Shari’Ah And Constitutionalism, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Shari’ah and Constitutionalism“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

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March 29, 2008: Secularists And Tibet, Bruce Ledewitz Mar 2008

March 29, 2008: Secularists And Tibet, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Secularists and Tibet

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Owen M. Fiss: The Influence Of His Pre-Legal Education, Morton J. Horwitz Oct 2003

Owen M. Fiss: The Influence Of His Pre-Legal Education, Morton J. Horwitz

University of Miami Law Review

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The Lawyer, The Constitution And The Modern World, Joseph C. O'Mahoney Oct 1944

The Lawyer, The Constitution And The Modern World, Joseph C. O'Mahoney

Indiana Law Journal

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Capitalism, The United States Constitution And The Supreme Court (Cont.), Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1934

Capitalism, The United States Constitution And The Supreme Court (Cont.), Hugh Evander Willis

Kentucky Law Journal

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Capitalism, The United States Constitution And The Supreme Court, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1934

Capitalism, The United States Constitution And The Supreme Court, Hugh Evander Willis

Kentucky Law Journal

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Corporations And The United States Constitution, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1934

Corporations And The United States Constitution, Hugh Evander Willis

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Capitalism, The United States Constitution And The Supreme Court, Hugh Evander Willis Jan 1934

Capitalism, The United States Constitution And The Supreme Court, Hugh Evander Willis

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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