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Digging Deeper: Literature on Corporate Personhood Issues

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Digging Deeper: Articles, Briefs & Books

 

 

Recommended Articles

 

The Hijacking of the 14th Amendment by Doug Hammerstrom (pdf)

Santa Clara Blues by William Meyers (pdf). Also in HTML format

Taking Care of Business: Citizenship and the Charter of Incorporation by Richard Grossman and Frank Adams

Personalizing the Impersonal: Corporations and the Bill of Rights by Carl Mayer.
Recommended for lawyers or those interested in a detailed legal history (70 pp html).

When Silence is Not Golden: Negative Corporate Free Speech by Dean Ritz

Abolish Corporate Personhood by Molly Morgan and Jan Edwards.

The PBS program NOW compiled some useful resources on the topic for this 2005 episode.

Court Rules Corporations Enjoy Human Rights, Some People Don't

Monsanto Claims "Negative Free Speech" Rights Should Preclude Product Labels that Can Harm Sales of its Products

 

 

Recommended Books

 

The People's Business by Charlie Cray and Lee Drutman

Gangs of America  by Ted Nace

Unequal Protection by Thom Hartmann

When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten

The Transformation of American Law 1870-1960 by Morton Horwitz (for those interested in detailed legal background). See also Volume 1: 1780-1860.

Note: we often are asked for "the best" book on the topic, but we can't single out one. All of the above are excellent reads with different strengths (they are listed from most to least recent). Feel free to ask if you seek a specific focus.

 

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