On Friday, February 23, members of the Nashville Chapter of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) hosted a luncheon with Kent Greenfield, a professor of law at Boston College Law School and author of "The Failure of Corporate Law", at the law firm of Harwell, Howard, Hyne, Gabbert & Manner, P.C.

In his book, Greenfield argues that corporate law can be utilized as a force for social change. Greenfield proposes a vision of corporate law that would make corporations responsive and accountable not only to shareholders, but to the general public as well. Challenging the dominant vision of corporate law in the United States, this book shows that changing certain foundational assumptions about corporations and the law that rules them is critical to reining in corporate power. Throughout, Greenfield proposes concrete, achievable adjustments to law and policy that would create real, positive change.

Greenfield, a professor of corporate and constitutional law, served as a law clerk under Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter. Greenfield’s articles are widely cited, and he has been called “the leading figure” and “the most creative thinker” in the “stakeholder” school of corporate law scholarship. Greenfield has presented papers or lectured in 24 states, in six countries, and at 55 institutions.

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