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"Corporations and states are creatures of law that claim rights, trade roles, and avoid responsibility based on legal concepts in international and domestic law. Using the concept of "attribution" as a touchstone, this cross-disciplinary book explores the law's diverse ways of constructing the identities and responsibilities of firms and states"--

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Introduction; 1. States, Firms, and their Legal Fictions Melissa J. Durkee; Part I. International Attribution: 2. Attribution in International Law: Challenges and Evolution Kristen E. Boon; 3. Between States and Firms: Attribution and the Construction of the Shareholder State Mikko Rajavuori; 4. Contractors and Hybrid Warfare: A Pluralist Approach to Reforming the Law of State Responsibility Laura Dickinson; 5. The Enduring Charter: Corporations, States, and International Law Doreen Lustig; Part II. Transnational Attribution: 6. Corporate Structures and the Attribution Dilemma in Multinational Enterprises James T. Gathii and Olabisi D. Akinkugbe; 7. Transnational Blame Attribution: The Limits of Using Reputational Sanctions to Punish Corporate Misconduct Kishanthi Parella; 8. Mind the Agency Gap in Corporate Social Responsibility Dalia Palombo; Part III. Domestic Attribution: 9. To Whom Should We Attribute A Corporation's Speech? Sarah C. Haan; 10. What is a Corporate Mind? Mental State Attribution Benjamin P. Edwards; 11. Who is a Corporation? Attributing the Moral Might of the Corporate Form Catherine A. Hardee; Part IV. Conceptual Origins and Lineages: 12. The Juridical Person of the State: Origins and Implications David Ciepley; 13. Corporate Personhood as Legal and Literary Fiction Joshua Barkan.