ATDTDA (5): The American Corporation

[mhayes at asiaaccess.net.th]

Dear all,

The corporation is not a person, rather it has an personal legal
identity. So in law it gets the individual rights (freedom of
expression, right to fair trial, etc). However, as many have pointed
out, it does not have the full responsibilities of a person, it doesn't
go to jail. The movie the Corporation is the best simple analysis of
this.

Mike H

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I remember being in Philosophy class, discussing
"identity" and mentioning that the corporation
is considered a person.  Nobody, including myself,
had any thoughts on where to go with that.
However, Chomsky et al, took off with it -
"what kind of a person is a corporation?"