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9 - To Whom Should We Attribute a Corporation’s Speech?

from Part III - Domestic Attribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

Melissa J. Durkee
Affiliation:
Washington University, St Louis
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Over the past hundred years, American law has gradually – —and controversially –— expanded the speech rights of corporations. O O ver the same period, corporate speech has become pervasive, and now dominates most major channels of communication. C C orporate speech ranges from anodyne commercial appeals to expressions of ethical values to campaign finance payments. W W hen a corporation “speaks,” who should we understand is the real speaker? T T his chapter explores issues of speech attribution for corporations, and argues that the best approach is for attribution to turn on the corporate governance that produces the speech.

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States, Firms, and Their Legal Fictions
Attributing Identity and Responsibility to Artificial Entities
, pp. 175 - 196
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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