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Civil Rights And Shareholder Activism: Sec V. Medical Committee For Human Rights, Sarah C. Haan
Civil Rights And Shareholder Activism: Sec V. Medical Committee For Human Rights, Sarah C. Haan
Sarah Haan
This article builds upon the author's remarks at the 2018-2019 Lara D. Gass Annual Symposium: Civil Rights and Shareholder Activism at Washington and Lee University School of Law, February 15, 2019.
What does “corporate democracy” mean? How far does federal law go to guarantee public company investors a say in a firm’s policies on important social, environmental, or political issues? In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to start sketching the contours of corporate democracy—and then, at the last minute, it pulled back. This Article tells the story of Securities and Exchange Commission v. Medical Committee for Human Rights …