The enterprise entity and the constitution of the American economic Republic

Accounting, Economics and Law

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Biondi, Yuri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Citizens United; Constitutional rights; Corporation; Free speech; Legal fiction; Legal person; Rating agencies; Real entity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921298750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21522820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/2152-2820.1051     Document Type: Article

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