Book contents
- Corporate Personhood
- Corporate Personhood
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Cases
- Introduction
- 1 Legal Theories of the Corporate Person
- 2 Philosophical Dimensions of the Corporate Person
- 3 Social Science Dimensions of the Corporate Person
- 4 Constitutional Dimensions of the Corporate Person: Corporate Free Speech
- 5 Constitutional Dimensions of the Corporate Person: Corporate Religion and Race
- 6 Abolishing Corporate Personhood
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Abolishing Corporate Personhood
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 June 2019
- Corporate Personhood
- Corporate Personhood
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Cases
- Introduction
- 1 Legal Theories of the Corporate Person
- 2 Philosophical Dimensions of the Corporate Person
- 3 Social Science Dimensions of the Corporate Person
- 4 Constitutional Dimensions of the Corporate Person: Corporate Free Speech
- 5 Constitutional Dimensions of the Corporate Person: Corporate Religion and Race
- 6 Abolishing Corporate Personhood
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The topic of corporate personhood has generated disagreement and even dismay among a growing segment of the general public. Many people resist the notion that corporations can be considered persons for purposes of claiming constitutional rights. There is increasing concern about the expansion of corporate rights and corporate power in society. As discussed previously in Chapters 4 and 5, many people were outraged by the Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United and Hobby Lobby to uphold corporate political speech rights and corporate religious exercise rights. The outrage stems from the belief that the rulings go too far in treating corporate persons with the same deference that is owed to natural persons. To say that the corporation is capable of engaging in speech and exercising religious beliefs, and is entitled to protection when it does so, appears to equate corporate entities with human beings.
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- Corporate Personhood , pp. 241 - 269Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019