Susanna Kim Ripken

Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law

Professor of Law

One University Drive

Orange, CA 92866-1099

United States

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Conflicting Ideologies of Group Litigation: Who May Challenge Settlements in Class Actions and Derivative Suits?

Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 81, Fall 1998
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Aug 2006
Susanna Kim Ripken
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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class actions, shareholder derivative suits, settlement, intervention, collective action, agency costs

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Corporations are People Too: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to the Corporate Personhood Puzzle

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law, Vol. 15, p. 97, 2009, Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 10-02
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 05 Feb 2010
Susanna Kim Ripken
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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corporations, bailouts, corporate personhood, moral personhood, moral agency, real entity theory, natural entity theory, aggregate theory, artificial entity, legal fiction, organization theory, corporate culture, stakeholder model, nexus of contracts

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The Dangers and Drawbacks of the Disclosure Antidote: Toward a More Substantive Approach to Securities Regulation

Baylor Law Review, Vol. 58, No. 1, 2006, Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 2007-08
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 12 Oct 2006
Susanna Kim Ripken
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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securities regulation, disclosure, sarbanes-oxley, investor protection, investor confidence, corporate governance, information overload, securities market, rational choice, heuristics, cognitive bias, overconfidence, optimism, confirmation bias, sophisticated investor, securities fraud

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The Provisional Director Remedy for Corporate Deadlock: A Proposed Model Statute

Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 111, Winter 2003
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 23 Aug 2006
Susanna Kim Ripken
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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corporations, close corporations, shareholder deadlock, board deadlock, provisional director, dispute resolution, arbitration, mediation, shareholder autonomy, private ordering, dissolution

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Citizens United, Corporate Personhood, and Corporate Power: The Tension between Constitutional Law and Corporate Law

6 University of St. Thomas Journal of Law & Public Policy 285 (2012) , Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 12-10
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2014
Susanna Kim Ripken
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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corporate personhood, constitutional personhood, corporate First Amendment rights, free speech, political speech, campaign finance, Citizens United, constitutional amendment, Move to Amend, social movement, popular movement

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Corporate First Amendment Rights after Citizens United: An Analysis of the Popular Movement to End the Constitutional Personhood of Corporations

14 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law 209 (2011), Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 10-37
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2012
Susanna Kim Ripken
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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corporate personhood, constitutional personhood, corporate First Amendment rights, free speech, political speech, campaign finance, Citizens United, constitutional amendment, Move to Amend, social movement, popular movement, popular constitutionalism, expressive law

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Multiple Personalities Incorporated: Accepting the Multi-Dimensional Personhood of the Modern Corporation

Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 08-296
Number of pages: 103 Posted: 28 Jul 2008
Susanna Kim Ripken
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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corporations, personhood, real entity theory, natural entity theory, artificial person, concession theory, legal fiction, aggregate theory, moral personhood, moral agency, corporate culture, nexus of contracts,

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Characteristics of Soulless Persons: The Applicability of the Character Evidence Rule to Corporations

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2000, No. 3, pp. 763, 2000
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Susanna Kim Ripken
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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corporations, corporate character, corporate culture, organizational behavior, character evidence, personhood, federal rule of evidence 404, human autonomy, Kant

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Paternalism and Securities Regulation

21 Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance 1 (2015)
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2016
Susanna Kim Ripken
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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securities regulation, securities markets, paternalism, public policy, harm to self, harm to others, autonomy, disclosure, financial literacy, financial education

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Dual Identities and Dueling Obligations: Preserving Independence in Corporate Representation

Tennessee Law Review, Vol. 68, No. 2, pp. 179, Winter 2001
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 08 Nov 2001
Susanna Kim Ripken
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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board of directors, lawyer, lawyer-director, model rule 1.13, attorney-client privilege, in-house counsel, independence, client loyalty

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Predictions, Projections, and Precautions: Conveying Cautionary Warnings in Corporate Forward-Looking Statements

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2005, No. 4, pp. 929, 2005
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 16 Aug 2006
Susanna Kim Ripken
Chapman University, The Dale E. Fowler School of Law
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Corporations, Forward-Looking Statements, Financial Projections, Soft Information, Safe Harbor, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, Meaningful Cautionary Statements, Bespeaks Caution, Duty to Warn, Disclosure, Securities Regulation, Rational Choice, Efficient Capital Markets