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Duncan I. Wallace

Monash University - Faculty of Law

Lecturer

Wellington Road

Clayton, Victoria 3800

Australia

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“  My background is in law, philosophy and economics, and my main research interests concern social groups – their ontological nature, recognition in law, and role in economy and society. I teach trusts law and corporations law, and am currently working on a book, titled The Organic Theory of the Corporation, to be published with Cambridge University Press.  ”

Scholarly Papers (8)

1.

The Social Construction Theory of the Corporation

Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3829449
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 28 Apr 2021
Duncan I. Wallace
Monash University - Faculty of Law
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corporation, catholic church, salomon, history, legal personhood, F.W. Maitland, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Ellis, Sir Edward Coke, Sutton's Hospital

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Like Frankenstein’s Creature, Corporations Have Been Misunderstood

Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3892971
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 01 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2021
Duncan I. Wallace
Monash University - Faculty of Law
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Corporation, corporate law, public companies, investor-owned corporation, Frankenstein, Satyricon, Tremalchio, slavery, Otto von Gierke, legal personhood, rights for nature, social construction theory, organic theory, human rights, corporate rights, superorganism

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The Blip of Interest in the Organic Theory

Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3533655
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 06 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2021
Duncan I. Wallace
Monash University - Faculty of Law
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corporation, corporate law, legal personhood, corporate rights, Horwitz, organic theory, natural entity theory

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Franking Credits: An Example of Formalistic Corporate Veil Piercing

Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3892992
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 01 Sep 2021
Duncan I. Wallace
Monash University - Faculty of Law
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Corporation, corporate law, public companies, investor-owned corporation, tax law, corporate tax, franking credits, piercing the corporate veil, imputation system, Citizens United, Constitutional rights, James Hardy, corporate torts, limited liability, Salomon, corporate groups, partnerships

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The Reality of Shareholder Ownership: For-profit Corporations as Slaves

University of New South Wales Law Journal, volume 47, issue 4, 2024[10.53637/YRJI4820]
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2025
Duncan I. Wallace
Monash University - Faculty of Law
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Corporations, Shareholder ownership, Real entity theory, Organic theory, Slavery, Slave law, Roman law, Corporate ownership, Freedom, Republicanism, Co-operatives, Worker co-operatives, Frankenstein, Maitland, Gierke, Profit maximisation

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Accounting Standards and Co-operatives: Proposed Solutions to the Problem of AASB 132

Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals, 2016, Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3533642
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 06 Mar 2020
Duncan I. Wallace
Monash University - Faculty of Law
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accounting, co-operatives, mutuals

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Corporate Recognition: The Precarious Line Between Alienation and Flourishing

Monash University Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3535257
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 06 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2021
Duncan I. Wallace
Monash University - Faculty of Law
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corporation, corporate recognition, legal personhood, Hegel, Aristotle, incorporation, organic theory, Gierke, Maitland

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Australian Platform Cooperative Case Study: The Open Food Network 

Exploring Asian-Pacific Co-operatives in Theory and Practice (Elsevier, 2026) 369-378.
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 11 Dec 2025
Duncan I. Wallace
Monash University - Faculty of Law
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Co-operatives, Unincorporated associations, Platform co-operatives