David G. Yosifon

Santa Clara University - School of Law

Associate Professor

500 El Camino Real

Santa Clara, CA 95053

United States

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The Situation: An Introduction to the Situational Character, Critical Realism, Power Economics, and Deep Capture

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 152, p. 129, 2003-2004, Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-17, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 08-32
Number of pages: 219 Posted: 17 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2008
Jon D. Hanson and David G. Yosifon
Harvard Law School and Santa Clara University - School of Law
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The Situational Character: A Critical Realist Perspective on the Human Animal

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 93, No. 1, 2004, Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-19, Harvard Public Law Working Paper No. 08-33
Number of pages: 182 Posted: 18 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2008
Jon D. Hanson and David G. Yosifon
Harvard Law School and Santa Clara University - School of Law
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Broken Scales: Obesity and Justice in America

Emory Law Journal, Vol. 53, p. 1645, 2004, Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-16
Number of pages: 163 Posted: 17 Oct 2006
Jon D. Hanson, Adam Benforado and David G. Yosifon
Harvard Law School, Drexel University Kline School of Law and Santa Clara University - School of Law
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The Law of Corporate Purpose

10 Berkeley Business Law Journal, 181 (2014), Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-12
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2014
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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shareholder primacy, corporate purpose, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, corporate maximand, fiduciary duty, Delaware corporate law

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Resisting Deep Capture: The Commercial Speech Doctrine and Junk Food Advertising to Children

Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-18, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, 2006
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 18 Oct 2006
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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The Public Choice Problem in Corporate Law: Corporate Social Responsibility after Citizens United

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 89, p. 1197, 2011, Santa Clara University Legal Studies Research Paper 10-11
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 May 2011 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2011
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate law, corporate goverance, public choice, citizens united, first amendment, corporate speech, consumer interest, corporate social responsibility, stakeholderism, law and economics

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Opting Out of Shareholder Primacy: Is the Public Benefit Corporation Trivial?

Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1-16
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2019
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate law, corporate governance, shareholder primacy, public benefit corporations, stakeholderism, corporate social responsibility, statutory interpretation, social enterprise, ethics

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The Consumer Interest in Corporate Law

UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 43, pp. 253-313, 2009, Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-17
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 19 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 07 May 2010
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate law, shareholder primacy, stakeholderism, corporate governance, consumer law, nexus of contracts, team production, behavioralism

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Corporate Law as an Existential Project

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 5, 2020, Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 26 May 2020
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate law, corporate purpose, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, corporate maximand, fiduciary duty, Delaware corporate law, existentialism, philosophy, literature, critical legal studies, personal development

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Legal Theoretic Inadequacy and Obesity Epidemic Analysis

George Mason Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 681, 2008, Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Working Paper No. 08-60
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2014
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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The Citizens United Gambit in Corporate Theory: A Reply to Bainbridge on Strine and Walter

Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4-14
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 18 Oct 2014
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate social responsibility, shareholder primacy, shareholder wealth maximization, corporate governance, director primacy, Bainbridge, CSR

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Is Corporate Patriotism a Virtue?

13 Santa Clara J. of Int'l L. 265 (2016), Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 8-15
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2016
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate law, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, shareholder primacy, patriotism, virtue, ethics, international law, xenophobia, Delaware, securities laws, shareholder proposals, shareholder activism

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Consumer Lock-In and the Theory of the Firm

Seattle University Law Review, Vol. 35, p. 1429, 2012, Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-12
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Jun 2012
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate law, corporations, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, consumers, consumer protection, consumption, consumer theory, lock-in

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Discourse Norms as Default Rules: Structuring Corporate Speech to Multiple Stakeholders

Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, Vol. 21, No. 89, 2011, Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-11
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2011
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate law, corporate theory, fiduciary duty, nexus-of-contracts,discourse norms, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, stakeholderism, integrity, consumers, consumption

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Moby-Dick as Corporate Catastrophe: Law, Ethics, and Redemption

University of Cincinnati Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 2, 2021, Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Dec 2021
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate law, corporate governance, legal ethics, philosophy, law and literature, Melville, Moby Dick, agency, fiduciary duties

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The Social Relations of Consumption: Corporate Law and the Meaning of Consumer Culture

Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2015, 2015, Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 6-16
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 25 May 2016
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate law, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, shareholder primacy, consumer culture, consumption, production, philosophy, cultural history

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Towards a Firm-Based Theory of Consumption

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 46, No. 447, 2011, Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-11
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Sep 2011
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate law, corporations,corporate governance, consumption, consumer theory, corporate social responsibility

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Corporate Aid of Governmental Authority: History and Analysis of an Obscure Power in Delaware Corporate Law

10 U. St. Thomas L.J. 1086 (2013)., Santa Clara Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-13
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2014
David G. Yosifon
Santa Clara University - School of Law
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corporate law, corporate governance, shareholder primacy, corporate social responsibility, stakeholderism, Delaware, jurisprudence, Model Business Corporation Act