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100 1 _aTeachout, Zephyr Rain,
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_d1971-
245 1 0 _aCorruption in America :
_bfrom Benjamin Franklin's snuff box to Citizens United /
_cZephyr Teachout.
264 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2014.
300 _aviii, 376 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 313-358) and index.
505 0 _aFour snuff boxes and a horse -- Intellectual influences on the framing conceptions -- Removing temptations -- An architecture of obstacles -- Corrupt kings, corrupt judges, and the critics -- Yazooism -- Is bribery without a remedy? -- The railroads, corruption, and judicial review -- Corrupt lobbying -- Treats, spoils, and the ballot with the flaming pink border -- Teddy Roosevelt's vision and the courts -- The jury decides -- Operation Gemstone -- Corrupt campaign contributions -- Citizens United -- The new snuff boxes -- Abstraction, innocence, dissonance, complacency, and contempt -- The revival of the American corruption principle -- Possibilities for current reform -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Anti-corruption constitutional provisions -- Appendix 2: Major twentieth-century anti-corruption law.
520 _aWhen 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.
650 0 _aPolitical corruption
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aJudicial corruption
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aCorrupción Política
_xHistoria
_zEstados Unidos
_9159
650 4 _aCorrupción del poder judicial
_zEstados Unidos
_910467
650 4 _aCultura política
_zEstados Unidos
_92279
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
651 4 _aEstados Unidos
_xPolítica y gobierno
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