"No Body to be Kicked?" Monopoly, Financial Crisis, and Popular Revolt in 18th-Century Haiti and America

Contemporary law and legal theory are resigned to the view that the corporation is a mere nexus of contracts, a legal person lacking both body and soul. This essay explores that commitment to the immateriality of the corporation through a discussion of the 18th-century revolt against the Indies Comp...

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Published in:	Law and literature Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 403 - 431
Main Author:	Ghachem, Malick W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley Routledge 01.09.2016 Taylor & Francis, Ltd Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	18th century American Revolution British East India Company British history company corporate personhood corporation Economic crisis Fiction financial crisis free trade French Indies Company Jurisprudence Law Monopolies monopoly Organizations Personality Politics privilege Saint-Domingue Saints Theory Haiti
ISSN:	1535-685X, 1541-2601
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