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Author Westra, Laura.

Title The supranational corporation : beyond the multinationals / by Laura Westra
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 53
Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 53.
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
Summary 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 designed to protect citizens, both nationally and internationally
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject International business enterprises -- Law and legislation.
Juristic persons.
Corporate power.
Corporations -- Political activity.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Corporate power
Corporations -- Political activity
International business enterprises -- Law and legislation
Juristic persons
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013010252
ISBN 9789004252721
900425272X