Under American law, the business corporation has evolved from an entity that the state
allowed to be created only as a special privilege, and even then rigidly restricted in size and …

The Supreme Court has addressed on only afew occasions the extent to which corporations
enjoy those constitutional rights sofundamental to private citizens. In this article Professor …

One of the most controversial Supreme Court cases last year was Citizens United v. Federal
Election Commission. In a sharply divided 5-4 decision, the Court invalidated strict federal …

IN AN argument before the Supreme Court of the United States in 18821 Roscoe Conkling,
a former member of the Joint Congressional Committee which in 1866 drafted the …

Corporations' right to participate in political debate is one of the most contentious current
constitutional and political issues. The debate has intensified in recent years as government …

Themes of incorporation bracketed the Supreme Court's blockbuster 2009 term. The Term
began with a case concerning the constitutional rights of the corporation. In Citizens United …

ABSTRACT Does the First Amendment shield politically tinged corporate speech from the
compelled disclosure and reporting requirements embedded in the US securities laws? The …

This Article draws on empirical analysis of court decisions, history, and economic theory (a)
to show that corporations have begun to displace individuals as the direct beneficiaries of …

The Supreme Court's recent decision in Citizens United v. FEC'put in sharp relief the public's
concern about the scope of corporate constitutional rights and the disconnect between …

The controversy concerning the nature of the corporation presents a challenge for
constitutional law. If courts continue to embrace the historical view of the corporation as a …