Chapter 6, Reckoning, p. 158
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The corporation is not an independent "person" with its own rights, needs, and desires that regulators must respect. It is a state created tool for advancing social and economic policy.
— Joel Bakan
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About Joel Bakan
Joel Conrad Bakan (born 1959) is a Canadian lawyer and writer. He was educated at Simon Fraser University (BA, 1981), University of Oxford (BA in law, 1983), Dalhousie University (LLB, 1984), and Harvard Law School (LL.M. 1986). He has taught law at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University and the University of British Columbia and served as a clerk for Chief Justice Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada.
About Joel Bakan
Joel Conrad Bakan (born 1959) is a Canadian lawyer and writer. He was educated at Simon Fraser University (BA, 1981), University of Oxford (BA in law, 1983), Dalhousie University (LLB, 1984), and Harvard Law School (LL.M. 1986). He has taught law at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University and the University of British Columbia and served as a clerk for Chief Justice Brian Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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