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Why Personhood Matters, Tamara R. Piety
Why Personhood Matters, Tamara R. Piety
Tamara R. Piety
One of the most controversial aspect of the Supreme Court's decisions in Citizens United and Hobby Lobby is its treatment of corporate personhood. Many members of the public object to the notion that corporations should have the same rights as human beings. Yet many scholars claim that this concern is misplaced. In this article I argue that concern about corporate personhood is not misplaced because the personhood metaphor conceals the degree to which there has not been an adequate justification given for extending fundamental rights to corporations. Focusing on personhood allows us to push on the metaphor to ask whether …
The Heroic Corporation And First Amendment Romanticism: A Response To Professorsredish And Neuborne, Tamara R. Piety
The Heroic Corporation And First Amendment Romanticism: A Response To Professorsredish And Neuborne, Tamara R. Piety
Tamara R. Piety
Response to book reviews of my book "Brandishing the First Amendment" by Martin Redish and Burt Neuborne.
"Merchants Of Discontent": An Exploration Of The Psychology Of Advertising, Addiction, And The Implications For Commercial Speech, Tamara R. Piety
"Merchants Of Discontent": An Exploration Of The Psychology Of Advertising, Addiction, And The Implications For Commercial Speech, Tamara R. Piety
Tamara R. Piety
In this paper, I attempt to draw parallels between the psychology of commercial advertising and marketing and the psychology of addiction. Both appear to be characterized by denial, escapism, narcissism, isolation, insatiability, impatience, and diminished sensitivity. Advertising appeals to these impulses and addiction is marked by them. In what follows, I explore these parallels in general and then explore the potential consequences or side effects in three specific contexts: the advertising of addictive products, advertising and children, and advertising and women. In these three areas, there is some evidence that advertising may be contributing to negative social phenomena in a …
Corporations And Commercial Speech, Ron Collins, Mark Lopez, Tamara Piety, David Vladeck
Corporations And Commercial Speech, Ron Collins, Mark Lopez, Tamara Piety, David Vladeck
Tamara R. Piety
Today's discussion will be about a rather famous case-actually, a non-case, Nike v. Kasky.
"A Necessary Cost Of Freedom"? The Incoherence Of Sorrell V. Ims, Tamara R. Piety
"A Necessary Cost Of Freedom"? The Incoherence Of Sorrell V. Ims, Tamara R. Piety
Tamara R. Piety
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"A Necessary Cost Of Freedom"? The Incoherence Of Sorrell V. Ims, Tamara R. Piety
"A Necessary Cost Of Freedom"? The Incoherence Of Sorrell V. Ims, Tamara R. Piety
Tamara R. Piety
On June 23, 2011 the Supreme Court announced its decision in a closely watched case, Sorrell v. IMS, striking down Vermont’s law prohibiting pharmacies from selling physicians’ prescription records without their permission for use in marketing brand name drugs. The Court’s majority struck down Vermont’s statute as unconstitutional on the grounds that the law was not “content neutral” because it singled out marketing for disparate treatment. It in effect applied a strict scrutiny test to a category of speech that has technically if not in practice been subject to intermediate scrutiny. This ruling effectively does away with the commercial speech …
Citizens United And The Threat To The Regulatory State, Tamara R. Piety
Citizens United And The Threat To The Regulatory State, Tamara R. Piety
Tamara R. Piety
This brief essay, intended for publication in electronic form, discuses the connection between Citizens United v. FEC and the commercial speech doctrine arguing that Citizens United is likely to serve as ammunition to expand protection for commercial speech.
"Merchants Of Discontent:" An Exploration Of The Psychology Of Advertising, Addiction And Its Implications For Commercial Speech, Tamara R. Piety
"Merchants Of Discontent:" An Exploration Of The Psychology Of Advertising, Addiction And Its Implications For Commercial Speech, Tamara R. Piety
Tamara R. Piety
This article compares the psychology of addition and the psychology of advertising and argues that the parallels suggest that some regulation of advertising is in the public interest.