The supranational corporation : beyond the multinationals /

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Legal ""personhood"" has granted corporations increasing powers while citizens and national governments face diminishing powers in the expanding global economy. As a result, corporate decisions undermine and even nullify legal decisions made by democratically elected governments...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Westra, Laura
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Series:Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 53.
Subjects:
International business enterprises > Law and legislation.
Juristic persons.
Corporate power.
Corporations > Political activity.
Personnes morales.
Pouvoir économique.
Sociétés > Activité politique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The corporation : from the "original sin" (Santa Clara) to right of personhood (Roe)
  • The corporation : controlling public health and other basic rights
  • The corporation and the state : a question of power
  • The corporation as criminal
  • The corporation as a supranational power : the European Union
  • The corporation as a supranational power.

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