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宪法里的生意经：法人与美国的民权运动（译文纪实）
(us) Adam Winkler
Law, wealth, freedom! Using the history of the corporate rights movement, it tells the story of the U. S. Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the civil rights movement. Shortlisted for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award for Nonfiction of the Year, and the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, and The Boston Globe's Best Books of the Year. Throughout American history, legal persons have fought tirelessly and with remarkable success to have the same constitutional rights as individuals. The connection between legal persons and the constitution is closer than people think. Our story begins in the colonial period, a time when corporations, even before they began seeking individual rights in the Supreme Court, had a huge impact on Americans' ideas about government. After all, it was a company that first sowed the seeds of democracy in the colonies, and its purpose was to make profits rather than advance freedom. Moreover, the colonies were organized from the outset as corporations under written charters, which, like constitutions, established legislative rules and limited the power of officials. Therefore, many of the unusual features of the U. S. Constitution can be traced to the country's corporate origins.
Law, wealth, freedom! Using the history of the corporate rights movement, it tells the story of the U. S. Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the civil rights movement. Shortlisted for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award for Nonfiction of the Year, and the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, and The Boston Globe's Best Books of the Year. Throughout American history, legal persons have fought tirelessly and with remarkable success to have the same constitutional rights as individuals. The connection between legal persons and the constitution is closer than people think. Our story begins in the colonial period, a time when corporations, even before they began seeking individual rights in the Supreme Court, had a huge impact on Americans' ideas about government. After all, it was a company that first sowed the seeds of democracy in the colonies, and its purpose was to make profits rather than advance freedom. Moreover, the colonies were organized from the outset as corporations under written charters, which, like constitutions, established legislative rules and limited the power of officials. Therefore, many of the unusual features of the U. S. Constitution can be traced to the country's corporate origins.