Corruption in America : from Benjamin Franklin's snuff box to Citizens United /

[Description]When Louis XVI gave Ben Franklin a diamond-encrusted snuffbox, the gift troubled Americans: it threatened to corrupt him by clouding his judgment. By contrast, in 2010 the Supreme Court gave corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. Zephyr Teachout shows th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Teachout, Zephyr
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Political corruption > United States > History.
Judicial corruption > United States > History.
Political culture > United States.
Corruption (Politique) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Corruption judiciaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
LAW > Legal History.
Judicial corruption.
Political corruption.
Political culture.
Political ethics.
Korruption
Politik
United States > Politics and government > Moral and ethical aspects.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > Aspect moral.
United States.
USA
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:[Description]When Louis XVI gave Ben Franklin a diamond-encrusted snuffbox, the gift troubled Americans: it threatened to corrupt him by clouding his judgment. By contrast, in 2010 the Supreme Court gave corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. Zephyr Teachout shows that Citizens United was both bad law and bad history.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 376 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-358) and index.
ISBN:9780674736221
0674736222

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