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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793660703321

Titolo

Progressive corporate law / / edited by Lawrence E. Mitchell ; foreword by Joel Seligman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2019

ISBN

1-000-23643-9

0-429-30318-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 313 pages)

Collana

New perspectives on law, culture, and society

Disciplina

346.73/066

Soggetti

Corporation law - United States

Social responsibility of business - United States

Corporation law

Social responsibility of business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1995 by Westview Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Reflecting recent re-examinations of the nature and purpose of the modern publicly held corporation, Progressive Corporate Law introduces the reader to alternative perspectives within the field. The contributors to this volume are loosely bound both by their rejection of the prevailing paradigm of the corporation as a public good designed exclusively for the maximization of private profit and by their affirmative goal of designing corporate laws that accord better with the corporation's political and social realities. The resulting series of visions emphasizes communitarian themes of efficiency and morality of responsibility, altruism, and unity within the corporate form as well as between the corporation and the broader society. Progressive Corporate Law is important reading for business executives, lawyers, policymakers, and others who are concerned with the role of corporations in modem life. Designed to act as a springboard for stimulating discussion, it will be a valuable supplement to courses and seminars in corporate law and business ethics.