Corruption in America, from Benjamin Franklin's snuff box to Citizens United, Zephyr Teachout
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Corruption in America, from Benjamin Franklin's snuff box to Citizens United, Zephyr Teachout
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-358) and index
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index present
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non fiction
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Corruption in America
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bibliography
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875999670
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Zephyr Teachout
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from Benjamin Franklin's snuff box to Citizens United
Table Of Contents
Four 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
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