BCBCA s 33
On my reading of the provision, the effect is roughly that of a strong admonition. Subsection (1) commands that a corporate person refrain from certain actions. It is worded as if it were mandatory, and its codification in statute would appear to lend it gravity. But while its practical effect is almost entirely undermined by […]
7.2 Is Apple Cooked?
In practical terms, we know that shareholder dissatisfaction with management in a publicly traded company is most often registered through withdrawal, at least where there is a market to sell shares. On a practical level, Cook isn’t suggesting anything unusual when he tells dissenting shareholders to sell their stock if they don’t like what he’s […]
Reflection on The Corporation
I was already familiar with many of the social ills and critiques leveled at corporations and capitalism in general; I was hoping to learn more about the legal form from this documentary than I did. So, I will focus on some aspects of “personhood” I found interesting. In regards to anthropomorphizing corporations, perhaps what they […]