Abstract
How to maintain constitutional accountability over large corporations is an increasing theme in contemporary politics. The impeachment trial of Warren Hastings in 1788-1795 addressed this directly with the behaviour of the East India Trading Company. What lessons for today are illustrated by this historical trial?
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|Preamble| | How to maintain constitutional accountability over large corporations is an increasing theme in contemporary politics
There is an important question which underpins these actions – one which is jurisprudential in nature: how should the State interact constitutionally with corporations which have significant power and influence over its population? History can provide a guideline to this question
What lessons can be drawn from the 1788-1795 impeachment trial as to how governments, and courts, can and should interact constitutionally with large corporations in contemporary politics? What similar themes are addressed in both the historical and contemporary scenarios, and what aspects have changed over time? By analysing the impeachment trial as an historical case study, and comparing this with recent constitutional challenges, further insight can be achieved, and discussion encouraged, into the constitutional relationship between the State and corporations
Summary
|Preamble| | How to maintain constitutional accountability over large corporations is an increasing theme in contemporary politics. The impeachment trial of Warren Hastings in 1788-1795 addressed this directly with the behaviour of the East India Trading Company.
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