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The First Amendment and the business corporation
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Colombo, Ronald J., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corporation law--United States.
- Corporation law.
- Freedom of expression--United States.
- Freedom of expression.
- United States. Constitution--1st Amendment.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The role of the business corporation in modern society is a controversial one. Some fear and object to the use of corporate power and influence over governments, legislation, and culture. Others view the corporation as an opportunity to harness the private initiative of like-minded individuals to further important goals and objectives in common. A flashpoint in this controversy has been the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
- Contents:
- Associations and freedom
- The modern business corporation
- The postmodern corporation
- Corporate personhood, rights, and responsibilities
- The First Amendment: background
- The First Amendment : freedom of speech
- The First Amendment : freedom of religion
- The First Amendment : freedom of association
- A taxonomy of the corporation
- The problem of discrimination
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 28, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-936191-6
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