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The Unjustified Absence Of Federal Fraud Protection In The Labor Market, Kent Greenfield
The Unjustified Absence Of Federal Fraud Protection In The Labor Market, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
Federal law offers significant protection against fraud in the capital market, based on the compelling rationale that accurate information is important in allowing the securities markets to allocate financial capital to real capital. Notwithstanding some recent statutory adjustments, federal securities law remains committed to a central idea: it is wrong for a company or a corporate official knowingly to make a misrepresentation in order to take value from another in a securities transaction. This article argues that rationales analogous to those justifying fraud protection in the capital market also hold true in the labor market. Fraud may in fact be …
Corporate Law And The Rhetoric Of Choice, Kent Greenfield
Corporate Law And The Rhetoric Of Choice, Kent Greenfield
Kent Greenfield
Rhetorically, the notion of choice has always been a powerful one in politics and law. This essay is intended to offer a note of caution about its use. Despite its progressive hue of individual freedom, the rhetoric of choice increasingly tends to be a notion used to defend and uphold existing matrices of economic and social power. This is because the rhetoric of choice is an excellent way to support exiting power relationships. The assertion that people acting within such power relationships are simply choosing their current situation undermines efforts to change those relationships. The powerful stay powerful; the weak …