Between Citizen and State: An Introduction to the Corporation (Great Barrington Books)
A lyrical description of the basic issues of corporation law. His book sets forth in a clear and easily digested manner the fundamental concerns that animate the dynamics of corporate law. At the same time, his exegesis of the black letter law is informed, and enhanced, by a thorough understanding of the current theoretical frameworks for thinking about corporations. His text will be a boon to law students and others interested in how the law enables and constrains corporations to act in the world. --Brandon Becker, former Director of the Division of Market Regulation at the SECIn this brilliant and original book David Westbrook makes visible the diverse logics that organize actors even in settings such as the corporation where we might assume one single such logic. We can recognize this in a play. But the language of the law tends to flatten its own subject. In this author s hands, corporate law reveals its logical complexity. --Saskia Sassen, Professor at Columbia University and author of Territory, Authority, RightsThe original virtual person, centuries old, the corporation is nonetheless the quintessential postmodern actor. Westbrook s charming, yes charming, introduction to the corporation offers everything you ever wanted to know about this legal fiction in concise, readable, yet erudite prose. An absolute must for law students, Between Citizen and State is a compelling read for citizens and entrepreneurs as well as scholars. --Susan Silbey, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, MIT