Corporations and American Democracy / William J. Novak, Naomi R. Lamoreaux.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lamoreaux, Naomi R.

Novak, William J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporation law--United States--History.

Corporation law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 2 halftones, 4 maps, 7 graphs, 9 tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Recent Supreme Court decisions in Citizens United and other high-profile cases have sparked disagreement about the role of corporations in American democracy. Bringing together scholars of history, law, and political science, Corporations and American Democracy provides essential grounding for today's policy debates.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Corporations and American Democracy: An Introduction

I: Corporate Origins

1. Early American Corporations and the State

2. Corporations and Organizations in the United States aft er 1840

II: The Turn to Regulation

3. The Dissociation of Incorporation and Regulation in the Progressive Era and the New Deal

4. The Public Utility Idea and the Origins of Modern Business Regulation

5. Corporate Taxation and the Regulation of Early Twentieth- Century American Business

III: The Changing Corporate Form

6. From Fiscal Triangle to Passing Th rough: Rise of the Nonprofit Corporation

7. The Supreme Court's View of Corporate Rights: Two Centuries of Evolution and Controversy

8 Corporations and the Fourteenth Amendment

IV: Modern Corporate Challenges

9. Two Cheers for Vertical Integration: Corporate Governance in a World of Global Supply Chains

10. Citizens United, Personhood, and the Corporation in Politics

Notes

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 13. Sep 2017)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-97768-8

OCLC:

984686884