The Corporation and the Constitution
- ISBN-10
- 0844738654
- ISBN-13
- 9780844738659
- Category
- Reference / General
- Pages
- 217
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- American Enterprise Institute
- Authors
- Larry E. Ribstein, Henry N. Butler
Description
The authors relate current arguments to traditional ideas of republicanism and democracy and compare them with the Revolution, Civil War, and civil rights and suffrage movements.
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