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Item Details
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CORRUPTION IN AMERICA
FROM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S SNUFF BOX TO CITIZENS UNITED |
| By: |
Zephyr Teachout |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£27.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674736222 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674736221 |
| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2014 |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
Should a law that was passed by a state legislature be overturned because half of its members were bribed? What kinds of lobbying activity were corrupt, and what kinds were legal? When does an implicit promise count as bribery? This book focuses on corruption and bribery in America. |
| Synopsis: |
When Louis XVI gave Ben Franklin a diamond-encrusted snuffbox, the gift troubled Americans: it threatened to corrupt him by clouding his judgment. By contrast, in 2010 the Supreme Court gave corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence elections. Zephyr Teachout shows that Citizens United was both bad law and bad history. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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