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Ganesh Sitaraman’S Idealized American History, David B. Lyons
Ganesh Sitaraman’S Idealized American History, David B. Lyons
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A popular theme among patriots is to celebrate America’s special virtues, which distinguish it radically from European models. Ganesh Sitaraman tells us that political constitutions have generally been designed to prevent socially destabilizing class warfare between the rich, who seek greater domination, and the poor, who would like to redistribute the former’s wealth. America’s Constitution is distinctive because it was consciously designed for a society in which the middle class is large enough to preserve social stability. That is why Sitaraman calls it a “middle-class constitution.”
Corporate Rights As Subplot, Larry Yackle
Corporate Rights As Subplot, Larry Yackle
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Adam Winkler makes an important contribution to the great body of academic work on corporations in American life. He concentrates on a small corner of the larger topic. He traces only the development of corporate “rights,” and he describes, but does not critique, what he uncovers. There is much to learn from this fine book. I want to applaud Winkler’s primary revelation—namely, that corporate rights are a creation of the courts, especially the Supreme Court.1 Then I want to flag what Winkler (I think) would readily acknowledge: corporate rights are not the whole of the corporate story.