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economic law. jurisprudence. socio-legal studies. Institutions. University of British Columbia. Website. joelbakan .com. Joel Conrad Bakan (born 1959) is an American-Canadian writer, jazz musician, [1] filmmaker, [2] and professor at the School of Law of the University of British Columbia.
Jan 19, 2023 · JOEL BAKAN is an author, filmmaker and a professor of law at the University of British Columbia. His work examines the social, economic, and political dimensions of law, and he has published in leading legal and social science journals as well as in the popular press.
The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary film written by University of British Columbia law professor Joel Bakan and filmmaker Harold Crooks, and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott. The documentary examines the modern corporation.
A film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott & Joel Bakan. Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time.
Joel Bakan’s book is a brilliantly argued account of the corporation’s pathological pursuit of profit and power. An eminent law professor and legal theorist, Bakan contends that the corporation is created by law to function much like a psychopathic personality whose destructive behavior, if left unchecked, leads to scandal and ruin.
Allard Hall, room 355. Phone: 604 822 5682. Email: bakan@allard.ubc.ca. Profile. Publications. Profile. Joel Bakan writes and researches in the areas of Constitutional Law, socio-legal studies, legal theory and economic law. He has law degrees from Oxford, Dalhousie, and Harvard.
Joel Bakan. Writer: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel. Born in Lansing, Michigan, Joel Bakan moved in 1970 with his parents to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he graduated from Eric Hamber Secondary high school.
