Vulnerability Theory – LPE Project https://lpeproject.org The Law and Political Economy Project Tue, 27 Sep 2022 23:05:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://lpeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-LPE_Favicon_512px_BlackBG-450x450.png Vulnerability Theory – LPE Project https://lpeproject.org 32 32 Beyond Neoliberalism: Allocating Resilience through Corporate Law https://lpeproject.org/blog/beyond-neoliberalism-allocating-resilience-through-corporate-law/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=5987 This post is part of a symposium on vulnerability theory and LPE. Read the rest of the symposium here. The dominant view of Anglo-American corporate law and corporate law jurisprudence is that the primary purpose of the corporation is to maximize shareholders’ gains. Under this view, the corporation is conceptualized as a nexus of contracts, primarily between shareholders and directors...

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]]> Resilience Drainage and the Role of Private Law https://lpeproject.org/blog/resilience-drainage-and-the-role-of-private-law/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=5996 This post is part of a symposium on vulnerability theory and LPE. Read the rest of the symposium here. We all live in a market society, but the laws that apply to market activities have long catered to the interests of seasoned market actors. Who, then, is to watch out for us lay market users? And how can it be done? Both the law and political economy approach and vulnerability theory have...

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]]> Countering Neoliberal Logic with the Vulnerable Human Subject https://lpeproject.org/blog/countering-neoliberal-logic-with-the-vulnerable-human-subject/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 11:00:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=5975 This post is part of a symposium on vulnerability theory and LPE. Read the rest of the symposium here. Assumptions about the human condition shape the legal rules and institutions that structure the economy and state. By re-centering law on a clearer understanding of the human subject, vulnerability theory can strengthen LPE efforts to address accelerating threats to democracy, equality...

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]]> Vulnerability Theory and the Political Economy of Resilience https://lpeproject.org/blog/vulnerability-theory-and-the-political-economy-of-resilience/ Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:30:00 +0000 https://lpeproject.org/?p=5976 This post opens a symposium on vulnerability theory and LPE. Read the rest of the symposium here. At first glance, the pledge by Pfizer, Moderna, and other drug companies to prioritize impoverished countries for vaccinations may seem merely benevolent. However, this discretionary corporate act demonstrates the extent to which law does not hold public and private power responsible for supporting...

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