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About
the Conference
The
corporation has become the dominant institution of our time.
While political, economic and cultural mechanisms have enabled
corporations to shape our societal landscape, the evolution
of corporate law principles also has contributed significantly
to the expansion of corporate power. In many cases that expansion
endangers the environment, threatens human health and safety,
increases wealth disparities both nationally and globally,
and diminishes political and workplace democracy.
Responding
to these social and economic justice concerns, progressives
have focused their efforts on addressing specific problems,
such as racial equality, environmental protection, human rights,
living wages, health care, safe workplaces, and peace and
security. This wide array of concerns often has splintered
progressives as they attempt to stem erosion of fundamental
principles of justice without fully appreciating common factors
that run through all of these issues. One such systemic issue
is the misuse of corporate power.
This
conference will explore the evolution of corporate influence
in the United States, as well as new intellectual, political,
private sector and grassroots trends that are emerging to
address how corporations can support public interest values
of justice and equality. Through understanding the mechanisms
driving corporate interests today, progressives can supplement
issue-specific remedies with new strategies that can address
root causes of injustice.
Please
join the Equal Justice Society, together with the Center on
Corporations, Law & Society at Seattle University School
of Law and the UCLA School of Law, as we link corporate law
to progressive social movements.
Conference
Objectives
- Educate
participants on the structure and role of corporations in
society.
- Educate
participants on the evolution of corporate influence and
abuses in the United States and throughout the planet.
- Educate
participants on the dominant models, including "law
and economics" theory and its impact on corporate law,
as well as progressive alternatives to the dominant models,
including progressive law and economics theory and other
critical theories.
- Show
and encourage the links between progressive corporate analysis
and social justice issues, and provide new perspectives
for practitioners, policymakers and journalists.
- Inspire
students to see the connections between progressive corporate
legal thinking and public interest practice.
- Present
innovative models and strategies that will increase corporate
responsibility and promote corporations to value social
and racial justice.
- Provide
an exciting venue for academics, students and practitioners
in a variety of disciplines to interact and exchange ideas.
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