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Law And Economics: We Bought It, It Was Broken, It Was Dangerous, And We Paid For It, Kent Greenfield Jan 2016

Law And Economics: We Bought It, It Was Broken, It Was Dangerous, And We Paid For It, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Law and economics is simplistic and dangerous, as applied to corporate law.


The Limits Of Free Speech: A Debate, Kent Greenfield Dec 2015

The Limits Of Free Speech: A Debate, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Participated in a debate about free speech and the problem of racism on campus.


The Role Of Corporate Governance In Creating And Ameliorating Economic Inequality, Kent Greenfield Nov 2015

The Role Of Corporate Governance In Creating And Ameliorating Economic Inequality, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

During the City Awake Festival for Social Impact, Professor Greenfield offered a lecture on the connection between corporate governance and economic inequality in America.


Loving And Hating Kennedy’S Opinion In Obergefell, Kent Greenfield Oct 2015

Loving And Hating Kennedy’S Opinion In Obergefell, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Participated in a panel sponsored by The Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy; spoke about how there was much to hate, but also much to appreciate, in Kennedy's marriage equality opinion.


The Damn Public: Corporations As Citizens, Kent Greenfield Oct 2015

The Damn Public: Corporations As Citizens, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Presentation at the University of Iowa College of Law Faculty Colloquium.


Get Smart Fast: Cutting Edge Issues In Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield Sep 2015

Get Smart Fast: Cutting Edge Issues In Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Corporations As Citizens, Kent Greenfield Sep 2015

Corporations As Citizens, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Panelist, When Rights Collide?: Religious Liberty, Equality And The Fall Out From Hobby Lobby, Kent Greenfield Jun 2015

Panelist, When Rights Collide?: Religious Liberty, Equality And The Fall Out From Hobby Lobby, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Keynote Speaker, National Business Law Scholars Conference, Kent Greenfield Jun 2015

Keynote Speaker, National Business Law Scholars Conference, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


The Importance Of German Corporate Law In The Debate Over Corporate Personhood In The Us, Kent Greenfield May 2015

The Importance Of German Corporate Law In The Debate Over Corporate Personhood In The Us, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Public lecture at Bucerius Law School comparing German and US corporate governance.


How To Develop Your Voice As A Public Intellectual, Kent Greenfield Apr 2015

How To Develop Your Voice As A Public Intellectual, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Presentation at a Northeastern Law School Faculty Colloquium.


Faculty Colloquium, Kent Greenfield Apr 2015

Faculty Colloquium, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


The Limits Of Free Speech, Kent Greenfield Mar 2015

The Limits Of Free Speech, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Keynote Speaker, Théorie De L'Enterprise. Modèles De Gouvernance & Crèation Collective, Kent Greenfield Feb 2015

Keynote Speaker, Théorie De L'Enterprise. Modèles De Gouvernance & Crèation Collective, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Your Boss’S Business? Corporate Personhood And The Supreme Court, Kent Greenfield Nov 2014

Your Boss’S Business? Corporate Personhood And The Supreme Court, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Hobby Lobby was a dangerous decision,but because the Court ignored corporate personhood rather than endorsing it.


Praising Corporate Personhood, Kent Greenfield Nov 2014

Praising Corporate Personhood, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Corporate personhood has wrongly developed a bad name; efforts to end corporate personhood by way of a constitutional amendment are either worthless or harmful.


Corporate Citizenship: Goal Or Fear?, Kent Greenfield Oct 2014

Corporate Citizenship: Goal Or Fear?, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Progressives should oppose a constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood.


Conversations At Bc Law: Representative Michael Capuano, Kent Greenfield Oct 2014

Conversations At Bc Law: Representative Michael Capuano, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Second of a series of interviews with public servants with connections to BC Law.


Debate: “Be It Resolved: Corporations Should Not Be Considered People Under The U.S. Constitution.”, Kent Greenfield Oct 2014

Debate: “Be It Resolved: Corporations Should Not Be Considered People Under The U.S. Constitution.”, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

This was a debate with Jeff Clements, founder of Free Speech for People, about corporate personhood.


Sticking The Landing: Making The Most Of The “Stakeholder Moment”, Kent Greenfield Sep 2014

Sticking The Landing: Making The Most Of The “Stakeholder Moment”, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

This paper illustrates that the shareholder primacy model is still the prevailing model especially as the proponents of the stakeholder model have not come up with a theoretically sound alternative. It is argued that all corporations' principal stakeholders should be protected by the imposition of fiduciary duties on managerial decision makers. Homogeneity on corporate boards can reinforce thinking that leads to bad decision making. The findings of various researchers into behavioural economics are considered. It is pointed out that the interests of the shareholders are rarely, if ever, the same as those of other stakeholders. This supports the idea that …


Are Shareholders Owners? Absolutely. And Absolutely Not, Kent Greenfield Aug 2014

Are Shareholders Owners? Absolutely. And Absolutely Not, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Shareholder ownership is in reality ‘shareholder primacy,’ or ‘shareholder supremacy.’ An excessive focus on shareholder interests encourages managerial decisions that are overly risky from society’s perspective. Including broader stakeholder concerns at the senior level of corporate decision making will help roll back the short-termism of corporations.


Panelist, The Role Of Government In Corporate Activities And Cross-Border Transactions, Kent Greenfield Jun 2014

Panelist, The Role Of Government In Corporate Activities And Cross-Border Transactions, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Corporate Innovation And Abuse, Kent Greenfield May 2014

Corporate Innovation And Abuse, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

This was a week-long course, co-taught with Professor Frank Partnoy of the University of San Diego, to graduate-level students at the University of Sydney.


Corporate Citizenship As A Four-Letter Word, Kent Greenfield May 2014

Corporate Citizenship As A Four-Letter Word, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Also presented at the American Constitution Society Lawyer's Chapter in Dallas, TX in November 2014.


Panelist, In The Balance: Law And Politics On The Roberts Court, Kent Greenfield Apr 2014

Panelist, In The Balance: Law And Politics On The Roberts Court, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


A New Matrix: Do The Interests Of Shareholders, Employees, And Managers Conflict, Kent Greenfield Nov 2013

A New Matrix: Do The Interests Of Shareholders, Employees, And Managers Conflict, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


"The Move To Amend": Making Citizens United Even Worse?, Kent Greenfield Oct 2013

"The Move To Amend": Making Citizens United Even Worse?, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Participant, "Block That Metaphor? Corporate Personhood Before And After Citizens United", Kent Greenfield Oct 2013

Participant, "Block That Metaphor? Corporate Personhood Before And After Citizens United", Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


The Progressive Possibility Of Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield Jun 2013

The Progressive Possibility Of Corporate Law, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

In this article, I wish to argue that we find ourselves, at least in the United States and perhaps world-wide, in an unusual and special moment in the intellectual history of corporate law. I believe there is more openness to re-thinking corporate law than any time in a generation. And I do not only mean the parts of corporate law governing executive compensation or the due diligence required when facing a merger proposal. I also mean an openness to discuss the questions of first principle: What are corporations for? Who owns them? What are their obligations to society in general? …


The Third Way, Kent Greenfield May 2013

The Third Way, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

There is a third way between deference to management on the one hand and strict shareholder primacy on the other: rigorous managerial obligations that extend to all the firm's stakeholders.