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Beyond "Unlimiting" Shareholder Liability: Vicarious Tort Liability For Corporate Officers, Timothy P. Glynn
Beyond "Unlimiting" Shareholder Liability: Vicarious Tort Liability For Corporate Officers, Timothy P. Glynn
Vanderbilt Law Review
Debate continues to rage over limited shareholder liability and the social costs it imposes.' While proposals flourish for imposing liability on shareholders to reduce these costs, little attention has been devoted to a more promising solution: vicarious tort liability for high- ranking corporate officers. Limited shareholder liability produces benefits, but it also inflicts costs, including encouraging excessively risky corporate activity. These costs are most pronounced in the tort context because potential tort victims rarely can protect themselves by monitoring corporate activities or bargaining with corporate actors. Commentators disagree on limited shareholder liability's net impact on social utility and what, if …
The Avid Sportsman And The Scope For Self-Protection: When Exculpatory Clauses Should Be Enforced, Robert H. Heidt
The Avid Sportsman And The Scope For Self-Protection: When Exculpatory Clauses Should Be Enforced, Robert H. Heidt
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