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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