LEADER 02986nam 22006734a 450 001 9910454037403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-95697-X 010 $a9786611956974 010 $a0-226-30698-4 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226306988 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578193 035 $a(EBL)408526 035 $a(OCoLC)340961397 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000152951 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11162362 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152951 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10391594 035 $a(PQKB)11069867 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122527 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408526 035 $a(DE-B1597)525031 035 $a(OCoLC)1055417115 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226306988 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408526 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10266036 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195697 035 $a(OCoLC)646784328 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578193 100 $a20060601d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe failure of corporate law$b[electronic resource] $efundamental flaws and progressive possibilities /$fKent Greenfield 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-30693-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSeptember 11 and corporate law -- Corporate law as public law -- Workers, shareholders, and the purpose of corporations -- Corporations and the duty to obey the law -- Democracy and the dominance of Delaware -- New principles, new policies -- Corporate governance as a public policy tool -- Workers and corporate fraud -- Irrationality and the business judgment rule. 330 $aWhen used in conjunction with corporations, the term "public" is misleading. Anyone can purchase shares of stock, but public corporations themselves are uninhibited by a sense of societal obligation or strict public oversight. In fact, managers of most large firms are prohibited by law from taking into account the interests of the public in decision making, if doing so hurts shareholders. But this has not always been the case, as until the beginning of the twentieth century, public corporations were deemed to have important civic responsibilities. With The Failure of Corporate Law, Kent Greenf 606 $aCorporation law$zUnited States 606 $aCorporate governance$zUnited States 606 $aIndustrial management$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCorporation law 615 0$aCorporate governance 615 0$aIndustrial management 676 $a346.73/066 700 $aGreenfield$b Kent$0514663 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454037403321 996 $aThe failure of corporate law$92014839 997 $aUNINA