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Corporate Separateness

Corporate Separateness is the legal principle that a corporation constitutes a distinct legal entity from its shareholders, thereby shielding them from personal liability for the corporation’s obligations and actions.

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821

Citations

32

Authors

15

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Corporate Entity Doctrine

Parents

Publications

22

Limited liability, shareholder rights and the problem of corporate irresponsibility

Paddy Ireland · Cambridge Journal of Economics · 2008 · 171 citations · Full text

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Corporate Law’s Limits

Mark J. Roe · The Journal of Legal Studies · 2002 · 147 citations · Full text

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Capitalism without the capitalist: The joint stock company share and the emergence of the modern doctrine of separate corporate personality

Paddy Ireland · The Journal of Legal History · 1996 · 105 citations

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Diversification and the Legal Organization of the Firm

Jennifer E. Bethel, Julia Porter Liebeskind · Organization Science · 1998 · 60 citations

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Close Corporations and Agency Costs

Frank H. Easterbrook, Daniel R. Fischel · Stanford Law Review · 1986 · 59 citations

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Authors

32

  1. PI
    Paddy Ireland

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 314 citations

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  2. MJ
    Mark J. Roe

    Harvard University Press, United States

    2 publications · 168 citations

    2

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  3. DF
    Daniel F. Spulber

    Northwestern University, United States

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  4. CH
    Christian Hofmann

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. CM
    Catherine M. Daily

    Indiana University, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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Institutions

15

  1. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    276 citations

  2. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  3. Babson College

    Wellesley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    60 citations

  4. City University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  5. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    60 citations

  6. Western New England University

    Springfield, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 5 publications · 78 citations

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  2. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 2 publications · 35 citations

    2

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  3. The Journal of Legal History

    1 publications · 105 citations

    1

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  4. The Cambridge Law Journal

    1 publications · 17 citations

    1

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  5. The Journal of Legal Studies

    JLS · 1 publications · 147 citations

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