Corruption in America : From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United /

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When Louis XVI presented Benjamin Franklin with a snuff box encrusted with diamonds and inset with the King's portrait, the gift troubled Americans: it threatened to "corrupt" Franklin by clouding his judgment or altering his attitude toward the French in subtle psychological ways. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Teachout, Zephyr (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Judicial corruption > United States > History.
Political corruption > United States > History.
Political culture > United States.
LAW / Legal History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Four Snuff Boxes and a Horse
  • 2 Changing the Frame
  • 3 Removing Temptations
  • 4 Yazoo
  • 5 Is Bribery without a Remedy?
  • 6 Railroad Ties
  • 7 The Forgotten Law of Lobbying
  • 8 The Gilded Age
  • 9 Two Kinds of Sticks
  • 10 The Jury Decides
  • 11 Operation Gemstone
  • 12 A West Virginia State of Mind
  • 13 Citizens United
  • 14 The New Snuff Boxes
  • 15 Facts in Exile, Complacency, and Disdain
  • 16 The Anticorruption Principle
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Anticorruption Constitutional Provisions
  • Appendix 2: Major Nineteenth- and Twentieth- Century Anticorruption Laws
  • Notes
  • Cases Cited
  • Further Reading
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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