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Response to Ann Lipton's "The Legitimation of Shareholder Primacy" (Part II)

A prosociality pet peeve

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Stephen Bainbridge
Aug 05, 2026
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As explained in a prior post, I was asked by the Journal of Corporation Law to do a short response to Ann Lipton’s article, The Legitimation of Shareholder Primacy.1 As I also explained, due to the space limits on the JCL response, I will be posting a series of additional comments here.

Response to Ann Lipton's "The Legitimation of Shareholder Primacy" (Part I)

Stephen Bainbridge
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Jul 30
Response to Ann Lipton's "The Legitimation of Shareholder Primacy" (Part I)

The Journal of Corporation Law has asked me to write a response to Ann Lipton’s article, The Legitimation of Shareholder Primacy.

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Today’s is just a short post driven by a pet peeve of mine.

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