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Fiduciary Law's Lessons For Deliberative Democracy, David L. Ponet, Ethan J. Leib Jan 2011

Fiduciary Law's Lessons For Deliberative Democracy, David L. Ponet, Ethan J. Leib

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One of the ascendant understandings of democracy in contemporary political theory is that democratic societies ought to be deliberative The precise requirements for "deliberative democracy" are contested both as a matter of normative theory and institutional design; but most deliberative democrats see deliberation as essential to the legitimation of decision-making within the polity. Yet deliberative democrats have expended most of their efforts mapping what deliberation should look like at two different levels of decision-making: the deliberation among citizens themselves in exercises of direct and participatory democracy - and the deliberation among legislators or other official actors within the organs of …


The Unenforceable Corrupt Contract: Corruption And Nineteenth Century Contract Law, Zephyr Teachout Jan 2011

The Unenforceable Corrupt Contract: Corruption And Nineteenth Century Contract Law, Zephyr Teachout

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This paper explores the 19th century practice of courts refusing to enforce "corrupt" contracts as against public policy.


Historical Roots Of Citizens United Vs. Fec: How Anarchists And Academics Accidentally Created Corporate Speech Rights, The General Essay, Zephyr Teachout Jan 2011

Historical Roots Of Citizens United Vs. Fec: How Anarchists And Academics Accidentally Created Corporate Speech Rights, The General Essay, Zephyr Teachout

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This paper looks at how the early rhetoric around the First Amendment enabled later development of corporate political speech rights.