Human Rights After Corporate Personhood

Human Rights after Corporate Personhood offers a rich overviewof current debates, andseeks to transcend the "outrage response" often found inpublic discourse and corporate legal theory. Through originaland innovative analyses, the volume offers an alternativeaccount of corporate juridical personality and its relation tothe human, one that departs from accounts offered by publiclaw. In addition, it explores opportunities for the applicationof legal personality to assist progressive projects, including,but not limited to, environmental justice, animal rights, andIndigenous land claims.

Presented accessibly for the benefit of non-specialistreaders, the volume offers original arguments and draws oneclectic sources, from law and poetry to fiction and film. Atthe same time, it is firmly grounded in legal scholarship and,thus, serves as an essential reference for scholars, students,lawmakers, and anyone seeking a better understanding of theinterface between corporations and the law in the twenty-first century.