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Phillip I. Blumberg - Scholarship

Books

• Blumberg's Law of Corporate Groups (forthcoming 2004) [with Kurt Strasser, Nicholas Georgakopoulos, and Eric Gouvin].
• The Law of Corporate Groups: Enterprise Liability in Commercial Relationships Including Franchising, Licensing, Health Care Enterprises, Successor Liability, Lender Liability, and Inherent Agency (1999) (Annual Supplement 2000-2002) [with Kurt Strasser].
• The Law of Corporate Groups: Problems of Parent and Subsidiary Corporations Under State Statutory Law (1995) (Supplement 1997-2002) [with Kurt Strasser].
• The Multinational Corporations and the Challenge to Corporation Law: The Search for a New Corporate Personality (1993).
• The Law of Corporate Groups: Problems of Parent and Subsidiary Corporations Under Statutory Law Specifically Applying Enterprise Principles (1992) (Annual Supplement 1992-2002) [with Kurt Strasser].
• The Law of Corporate Groups: Problems of Parent and Subsidiary Corporations Under Statutory Law of General Application (1989) (Annual Supplement 1990-2003).
• The Law of Corporate Groups: Tort, Contract, and Other Common Law Problems in the Substantive Law of Parent and Subsidiary Corporations (1987) (Annual Supplement 1989-2003).
• The Law of Corporate Groups: Problems in the Bankruptcy or Reorganization of Parent and Subsidiary Corporations, Including the Law of Corporate Guaranties (1985) (Annual Supplement 1986-2003).
• The Law of Corporate Groups: Procedural Problems in the Law of Parent and Subsidiary Corporations (1983) (Annual Supplement 1984-2002).
• Corporate Responsibility in a Changing Society: Essays on Corporate Social Responsibility (1972) (translated into Japanese (1978)).
• The Megacorporation in American Society: The Scope of Corporate Power (1975) (translated into Japanese (1980)).

Book Chapters

• Asserting Human Rights Against Multinational Corporations Under United States Law: Conceptual and Procedural Problems, in International Congress of Comparative Law (16th: Brisbane, Australia) (reprinted in 50 Supp., American Journal of Comparative Law 493, 2002)).
• Amerikanisches Konzernrecht (The American Law of Corporate Groups), in Konzernrecht im Ausland (M. Lutter ed., 1994).
• The American Law of Corporate Groups, in Corporate Control and Accountability (1993).
• Corporate Groups and Enterprise Liability, Contracts, and Torts, in Responsibility of the Corporate Parent for the Activities of a Subsidiary at 7 (P.L.I. Corp. L. and Prac. No. 06, 1990; at 7) (P.L.I. Corp. L. and Prac. No. 749, 1991, at 171) (P.L.I. Corp. L. and Prac. No. 785, 1992, at 175) (P.L.I. Corp. L. and Prac. No. 823, 1993) [with Kurt A. Strasser].
• The Corporate Personality in American Law: A Summary Review, in International Congress of Comparative Law (13th: 1990: Montreal, Canada) (reprinted in 38 Supp., American Journal of Comparative Law 49 (1990), and in 19 Indian Socio-Legal Journal 23 (1993) (special issue on Legal Persons and Legal Personality)).
• Nation-states and Multinational Corporations, in Responsibility of the Corporate Parent for the Activities of a Subsidiary, at 149 (P.L.I. Corp. L. & Prac. No. 646, 1989).
• Corporate Groups and Enterprise Liability: Contracts and Torts, in Responsibility of the Corporate Parent for the Activities of a Subsidiary, at 7 (P.L.I. Corp. L. & Prac. No. 646, 1988, at 9) (P.L.I. Corp. L. & Prac. No. 602, 1988).
• Corporate Groups and Enterprise Liability: Procedural and Substantive Issues Pertaining to the Liability of Multinational Corporations for the Activities of Subsidiaries, in Southwestern Legal Foundation, Private Investors Abroad - Problems and Solutions in International Business in 1986 (1986) (reprinted in Private Investors Abroad Ann. [A Symposium] 10-1(51) (1986)).
• An Exposition and Defense of the American Law Institute Draft, in Corporate Governance and Institutionalizing Ethics: Proceedings of the 5th National Conference in Business Ethics (M. Hoffman, et al., eds., 1984).
• Employee Freedom Within the Organization, in M. Hoffman, The Second National Conference in Business Ethics 159 (1979).
• A Need for Supplementary National Legislation in Commentaries on Corporate Structure and Governance, American Law Institute/American Bar Association (1979) [with D. Schwartz].
• Codes of Conduct for Transnational Corporations in I Responsibilities of Multinational Corporations to Society, Council of Better Business Bureaus, June 1-2, 1978, at 120.
• Corporate Morality and the Crisis of Confidence in American Business, Beta Gamma Sigma Society Annual Invited Essay (1977).
• Corporate Public Disclosure in Emergency Issues Affecting U.S. Corporations, Public Affairs Council and Newsweek (1977).
• Employee Participation in Corporate Decision Making in the United States: A Summary Review, in International Congress of Comparative Law (9th: 1974: Teheran, Iran), Law in the United States of America in Social and Technological Revolution 327 (N. Hazard & W. Wagner eds., 1974) (reprinted in Individual Rights & the Corporation (A.F. Westin & S. Salisbury eds., 1980)).
• Employee Participation in Corporate Decision Making in the United States, in International Congress of Comparative Law (9th: 1974: Tehran, Iran), Law in the United States of America in Social and Technological Revolution 327 (N. Hazard & W. Wagner eds., 1974).

Journal Articles

• Asserting Human Rights Against Multinational Corporations Under United States Law. Conceptual and Procedural Problems, 50 American Journal of Comparative Law 493 (2002) (Supp.).
• Does Company Law Adequately Address the Problems Presented by Multinational Corporations?, Legal Dimensions of Corporate Responsibility (A Conference Organized by the Royal Institute for International Affairs, London ( 2001)).
• Accountability of Multinational Corporations: The Barriers Presented by Concepts of the Corporate Juridical Entity, 24 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 297 (2001).
• Preface Symposium on Corporate Groups, 13 Connecticut Journal of International Law 397 (1999).
• The Law of Corporate Groups in the United States, 1 I Gruppi di Societe 421 (1996).
• The Increasing Recognition of Enterprise Principles in Determining Parent and Subsidiary Corporate Liabilities, 28 Connecticut Law Review 295 (1996).
• National Law and Transnational Groups and Transactions: Survey of the American Experience, 5 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 295 (1995).
• Amerikanisches Konzernrecht, (The American Law of Corporate Groups), Zeitschrift fur Unternehmens-und Gesellschafftsrecht 327 (1991).
• The Corporate Entity in an Era of Multinational Corporations, 15 Delaware Journal of Corporate Law 283 (1990).
• United States Report, in [The Protection of Workers= Rights in the Event of Insolvency and Business Reorganization: A Symposium], 5 Connecticut Journal of International Law 7 (1989).
• Intragroup (Upstream, Cross-stream, and Downstream) Guaranties Under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, in [Fraudulent Conveyance: A Symposium], 9 Cardozo Law Review 685 (1987).
• A Tribute to Dean Sacks, 20 Connecticut Law Review 1 (1987).
• Consumer Protection in the United States: Control of Unfair or Unconscionable Practices, 34 Supp. American Journal of Comparative Law 99 (XII Congress of Comparative Law, Sydney, Australia, 1986).
• Limited Liability and Corporate Groups, 11 Journal of Corporation Law 573 (1986) (reprinted substantially in Corporate Law Anthology 14 (F. Gevurtz ed., 1997)).
• Collective Layoffs: Protection of Employees Against Dismissal or Displacement as a Result of Mergers, Closings, or Work Transfers, in International Congress of Comparative Law (10th: 1978: Budapest, Hungary), 26 Supp. American Journal of Comparative Law 277 (1978) (reprinted in Law in the U.S.A. in the Bicentennial Era (N. Hazard & W. Wagner eds., 1978)).
• Professional Freedom and Responsibility: The Role of the Professional Society: A Commentary, Harvard Newsletter on Science, Technology, and Human Values 43 (1978).
• Worker Participation: Implications of Representation Trend for U.S. Corporations, 55 Harvard Business Review 42 (1977).
• The Role of the Corporation in Society Today, 31 Business Lawyer 1403 (March 1976).
• The Constituencies of the Corporation: New Directions for Employees, 28 Business Lawyer 177 (1973).
• Disclosure of Matters of Social or Environmental Concern in the American Corporation, Investor Responsibility Research Center (1973).
• Public's Right to Know: Disclosure in the Major American Corporation, 28 Business Lawyer 1025 (1973).
• Reflections on Proposals for Corporate Reform Through Change in the Composition of the Board of Directors: `Special Interest= or `Public Directors=, 53 Boston University Law Review 547 (1973) (reprinted in The Unstable Ground: Corporate Policy in a Dynamic Society (S.P. Sethi ed., 1974)).
• Who Belongs on Corporate Boards?, Business & Society Review/Innovation 40 (1973) (reprinted in Corporate Social Policy (R.L. Heilbroner & P. London eds., 1975)).
• Selected Materials on Corporate Social Responsibility, 27 Business Lawyer 1275 (1972).
• Corporate Responsibility and the Employee's Duty of Loyalty and Obedience: A Preliminary Inquiry, 24 Oklahoma Law Review 279 (1971) (reprinted in The Corporate Dilemma: Traditional Values Versus Contemporary Problems (D. Votaw & S.P. Sethi eds., 1973), in Corporate Counsel's Annual 3 (H. Friedman et al eds., 1972), in Corporate Responsibility in a Changing Society: Essays on Corporate Social Responsibility (Boston University School of Law Centennial Volume)(1972), and in Individual Rights and the Corporation (A.F. Westin & S. Salisbury eds., 1980)).
• Corporate Responsibility and the Environment, 8 Conference Board Rec. 42 (1971) (reprinted in Issues in Business and Society (W.T. Greenwood ed., 1971) and in The Corporation in a Democratic Society (E.J. Bandler ed., 1975)).
• Introduction to the Politicalization of the Corporation, 26 Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York 369 (1971) (reprinted in 13 Corporate Practice Commentator 347 (1972)).
• The Politicalization of the Corporation, 51 Boston University Law Review 425 (1971) (reprinted in 27 Business Lawyer 1551 (1971) and in Corporate Responsibility in a Changing Society: Essays on Corporate Social Responsibility (Boston University School of Law Centennial Volume) (1972)) .
• Corporate Responsibility and the Social Crisis, 50 Boston University Law Review 157 (1970).

Reviews

• Book Review, 40 American Journal of Comparative Law 1011 (1992) (reviewing Regulating Corporate Groups in Europe (D. Sugarman, et. al., eds., 1990)).