Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United

by Zephyr Teachout

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674050401
• ISBN13: 9780674050402
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.8"