Recommended Citation
D. Gordon Smith, Family Law and Entrepreneurial Action, 77 Oʜɪᴏ Sᴛ. L.J. Fᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀᴍᴏʀᴇ 31 (2016).
Keywords
law and entrepreneurship, family law, fiduciary law, closely held businesses, contract, family-business law, corporate law
Document Type
Chapter
Abstract
In "The Contractual Foundation of Family-Business Law," Benjamin Means aspires to lay the groundwork for a law of family businesses. In this brief response essay, I suggest that a workable family-business law along the lines suggested by Means is consistent with an overarching policy in the United States of promoting entrepreneurial action, and I evaluate the proposal against this policy goal, with particular attention to Means’s arguments in favor of “family-business defaults” and his concern over the potentially disruptive role of fiduciary law.
General Notes
BYU Law Research Paper No. 16‐07 In response to Benjamin Means, The Contractual Foundation of Family-Business Law, 75 OHIO ST. L.J. 675 (2014).
Publication Title
Ohio State Law Review Furthermore
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Business Organizations Law Commons, Contracts Commons, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Commons, Family Law Commons