February 26, 2012
IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES:
Should Corporations Have More Leeway to Kill Than People Do? (PETER WEISS, 2/25/12, NY Times)
NEXT week, the Supreme Court will hear a case with many potential ramifications for American and international law, and for corporate responsibility for human rights around the globe. The justices will be asked to decide whether the corporations to which they have been extending the rights of individuals should also be held accountable for crimes against human rights, just as individuals are.
Arguments against do expose the absurdity of the notion of corporate personhood.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 26, 2012 7:33 AM
Tweet