It's Not Business, It's Personal: Implicit Religion in the Corporate Personhood Debate

Debate surrounding the United States Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC is ostensibly about the legal rights of corporations. However, I argue that the debate about corporate personhood is infused with religious concerns, rooted in the Protestant Reformation, about the prop...

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Main Author: McClendon, David Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2014]
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-61
Further subjects:B Protestant Reformation
B Corporate personhood
B law and society
B United States politics
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