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'''Joel Conrad Bakan''' (born 1959) is a Canadian writer, jazz musician,<ref>http://www.joelbakan.com/music.htm</ref> filmmaker,<ref>http://www.joelbakan.com/index.htm</ref> and professor at the [[Peter A. Allard School of Law]] at the [[University of British Columbia]].<ref>http://www.allard.ubc.ca/</ref> He is a member of the Prize Committee of the Allard Prize for International Integrity<ref>{{cite web|title=Allard Prize Committee|url=http://www.allardprize.org/allard-prize-committee|website=Allard Prize for International Integrity|publisher=Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia|accessdate=21 March 2016}}</ref>, and as such has a significant role in the selection of prize recipients.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nominations|url=http://www.allardprize.org/nominations-closed|website=Allard Prize for International Integrity|publisher=Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia|accessdate=21 March 2016}}</ref>
'''Joel Conrad Bakan''' (born 1959) is an American-Canadian writer, jazz musician,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joelbakan.com/music.htm |title=Joel Bakan - Music |accessdate=2011-12-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425112050/http://www.joelbakan.com/music.htm |archivedate=April 25, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> filmmaker,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joelbakan.com/index.htm |title=Welcome to the website of Joel Bakan - Author - Filmmaker & Professor |accessdate=2011-12-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217182645/http://www.joelbakan.com/index.htm |archivedate=December 17, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> and professor at the [[Peter A. Allard School of Law]] at the [[University of British Columbia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allard.ubc.ca/ |title=Peter A. Allard School of Law &#124; Home |publisher=Allard.ubc.ca |date= |accessdate=2017-11-19}}</ref>


Born in [[Lansing, Michigan]], and raised for most of his childhood in [[East Lansing, Michigan]], where his parents, Paul and Rita Bakan, were both long-time professors in psychology at [[Michigan State University]]. In 1971, he moved with his parents to [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. He was educated at [[Simon Fraser University]] (BA, 1981), [[University of Oxford]] (BA in law, 1983), [[Dalhousie University]] ([[LLB]], 1984) and [[Harvard University]] ([[LLM]], 1986).
Born in [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]], [[Michigan]], and raised for most of his childhood in [[East Lansing, Michigan|East Lansing]], Michigan, where his parents, Paul and Rita Bakan, were both long-time professors in psychology at [[Michigan State University]]. In 1971, he moved with his parents to [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. He was educated at [[Simon Fraser University]] (BA, 1981), [[University of Oxford]] (BA in law, 1983), [[Dalhousie University]] ([[LLB]], 1984) and [[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Laws|LLM]], 1986).


He served as a law clerk to [[Brian Dickson]] in 1985. During his tenure as clerk, Chief Justice Dickson authored the judgment [[R. v. Oakes]], among others. Bakan then pursued a master's degree at [[Harvard Law School]]. After graduation, he returned to Canada, where he has taught law at [[Osgoode Hall Law School]] of [[York University]] and the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. He joined the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law in 1990 as an associate professor. Bakan teaches Constitutional Law, Contracts, socio-legal courses and the graduate seminar. He has won the Faculty of Law's Teaching Excellence Award twice and a UBC Killam Research Prize.<ref>http://www.allard.ubc.ca/faculty-staff/joel-bakan</ref>
He served as a law clerk to [[Chief Justice of Canada|Chief Justice]] [[Brian Dickson]] in 1985. During his tenure as clerk, Dickson authored the judgment ''[[R v Oakes]]'', among others. Bakan then pursued a master's degree at [[Harvard Law School]]. After graduation, he returned to Canada, where he has taught law at [[Osgoode Hall Law School]] of [[York University]] and the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. He joined the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law in 1990 as an associate professor. Bakan teaches constitutional Law, contracts, socio-legal courses, and the graduate seminar. He has won the Faculty of Law's Teaching Excellence Award twice and a UBC Killam Research Prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allard.ubc.ca/faculty-staff/joel-bakan |title=Peter A. Allard School of Law &#124; Joel Bakan |publisher=Allard.ubc.ca |date= |accessdate=2017-11-19}}</ref>


==Personal life==
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Bakan has a son from his first wife, Marlee Gayle Kline, also a scholar and Professor of Law at the [[University of British Columbia]]. Professor Kline died of leukemia in 2001. Bakan helped establish The Marlee Kline Memorial Lectures in Social Justice to commemorate her contributions to [[Canadian law]] and [[feminist legal theory]]. He is now married to Canadian actress and singer [[Rebecca Jenkins]]. His sister, Laura Naomi Bakan is a provincial court judge in British Columbia, and his brother, [[Michael Bakan]], is an [[ethnomusicologist]].
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Bakan has a son from his first wife, Marlee Gayle Kline. Kline was a scholar and Professor of Law at the [[University of British Columbia]] before passing away due to [[leukemia]] in 2001. Bakan helped establish the Marlee Kline Memorial Lectures in Social Justice to commemorate her contributions to [[Canadian law]] and [[feminist legal theory]]. He is now married to Canadian actress and singer [[Rebecca Jenkins]]. His brother, [[Michael Bakan]], is an [[ethnomusicologist]].


==Works==
==Works==
Bakan authored ''The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power'', a book analyzing the evolution and modern-day behavior of corporations from a critical perspective. Published in 2004, it was made into a film [[The Corporation (film)|''The Corporation'']] the same year and won 25 international awards. His book ''Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children'' was published in August 2011.
Bakan authored ''The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power'' (2003), a book analyzing the evolution and modern-day behavior of corporations from a critical perspective. It was made into a film ''[[The Corporation (2003 film)|The Corporation]]'' by directors [[Mark Achbar]] and [[Jennifer Abbott]] the same year and won 25 international awards. His book ''Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Ruthlessly Targets Children'' was published in 2011.<ref name="Childhood Under Siege">{{cite web | url=http://www.corporationsandhealth.org/2012/01/04/interview-with-joel-bakan-author-of-childhood-under-siege-how-big-business-targets-children/ | title=Interview with Joel Bakan, Author of Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children | publisher=Corporations and Health | date=January 4, 2012 | accessdate=September 2, 2016}}</ref> Joel Bakan writes in ''The Corporation'':

{{blockquote|The law forbids any motivation for their actions, whether to assist workers, improve the environment, or help consumers save money. They can do these things with their own money, as private citizens. As corporate officials, however, stewards of other people’s money, they have no legal authority to pursue such goals as ends in themselves&nbsp;– only as means to serve the corporations own interests, which generally means to maximise the wealth of its shareholders. Corporate social responsibility is thus illegal&nbsp;– at least when its genuine.<ref>Bakan, The Corporation, Constable, 2004, p.37</ref>}}

He is the author of books on [[Canadian constitutional law]], including ''Just Words: Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongs'' (1997).{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Bakan and his wife [[Rebecca Jenkins]] released a jazz album, ''Blue Skies''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joelbakan.com/music.htm |title=Joel Bakan - Music |accessdate=2011-12-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425112050/http://www.joelbakan.com/music.htm |archivedate=April 25, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> in 2008, an album of Jenkins' original songs, ''Something's Coming'', in 2012, and ''Rebecca Jenkins: Live at the Cellar'' in 2014.

In 2020, he was codirector with Abbott of ''[[The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel]]'', a sequel to the original film version of ''The Corporation''.<ref>Pat Mullen, [http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/inconvenient-indian-new-corporation-no-ordinary-man-rep-canadian-docs-in-ti "‘Inconvenient Indian’, ‘New Corporation’, ‘No Ordinary Man’ Rep Canadian Docs in TIFF Line-up"]. ''[[Point of View (magazine)|Point of View]]'', July 30, 2020.</ref> A follow-up book ''The New Corporation: How "Good" Corporations Are Bad for Democracy'' was released in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The New Corporation Book {{!}} joelbakan.com |url=https://joelbakan.com/the-new-corporation-book/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>


=== Bibliography ===
He is also the author of a number of books on [[Canadian constitutional law]], including ''Just Words: Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongs'', which analyzes the historical effect that the [[Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] has had in promoting [[social justice]]. Joel Bakan is distinct by criticizing the actions of [[civil liberties]] groups and their overemphasis on [[individual liberty]] at the expense of [[collective rights]] and duties.<ref>http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/pages/b-c-civil-liberties-association-has-talent-for-ticking-off-everyone.aspx</ref>
* ''Just Words: Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongs'' (1997).
* ''The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power'' (2003).
* ''Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Ruthlessly Targets Children'' (2011).
* ''The New Corporation: How "Good" Corporations Are Bad for Democracy'' (2020, {{ISBN|9781984899729}}).


=== Filmography ===
Bakan and his wife Jenkins released a jazz album, ''Blue Skies''<ref>http://www.joelbakan.com/music.htm</ref> in 2008, and an album of Jenkins' original songs, ''Something's Coming'', in 2012.
* ''[[The Corporation (2003 film)|The Corporation]]'' (2003).
* ''[[The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel]]'' (2020).


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*[http://brooklynrail.org/2004/07/express/the-beast-with-no-name "The Beast with No Name: Mark Achbar and Joel Bakan with Williams Cole"] ''[[The Brooklyn Rail]]'' (Summer 2004)
*[http://brooklynrail.org/2004/07/express/the-beast-with-no-name "The Beast with No Name: Mark Achbar and Joel Bakan with Williams Cole"] ''[[The Brooklyn Rail]]'' (Summer 2004)
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Joel Bakan
Bakan in 2011
Born
Joel Conrad Bakan

1959 (age 64–65)
Lansing, Michigan, US
Nationality
  • American
  • Canadian
Notable creditThe Corporation (2003)
Spouses
  • Marlee Gayle Kline
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    (died 2001)​
  • ​
    (m. 2004)​
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia
Websitejoelbakan.com Edit this at Wikidata

Joel Conrad Bakan (born 1959) is an American-Canadian writer, jazz musician,[1] filmmaker,[2] and professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.[3]

Born in Lansing, Michigan, and raised for most of his childhood in East Lansing, Michigan, where his parents, Paul and Rita Bakan, were both long-time professors in psychology at Michigan State University. In 1971, he moved with his parents to Vancouver, British Columbia. He was educated at Simon Fraser University (BA, 1981), University of Oxford (BA in law, 1983), Dalhousie University (LLB, 1984) and Harvard University (LLM, 1986).

He served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Brian Dickson in 1985. During his tenure as clerk, Dickson authored the judgment R v Oakes, among others. Bakan then pursued a master's degree at Harvard Law School. After graduation, he returned to Canada, where he has taught law at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University and the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law. He joined the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law in 1990 as an associate professor. Bakan teaches constitutional Law, contracts, socio-legal courses, and the graduate seminar. He has won the Faculty of Law's Teaching Excellence Award twice and a UBC Killam Research Prize.[4]

Personal life

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Bakan has a son from his first wife, Marlee Gayle Kline. Kline was a scholar and Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia before passing away due to leukemia in 2001. Bakan helped establish the Marlee Kline Memorial Lectures in Social Justice to commemorate her contributions to Canadian law and feminist legal theory. He is now married to Canadian actress and singer Rebecca Jenkins. His brother, Michael Bakan, is an ethnomusicologist.

Works

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Bakan authored The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (2003), a book analyzing the evolution and modern-day behavior of corporations from a critical perspective. It was made into a film The Corporation by directors Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott the same year and won 25 international awards. His book Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Ruthlessly Targets Children was published in 2011.[5] Joel Bakan writes in The Corporation:

The law forbids any motivation for their actions, whether to assist workers, improve the environment, or help consumers save money. They can do these things with their own money, as private citizens. As corporate officials, however, stewards of other people’s money, they have no legal authority to pursue such goals as ends in themselves – only as means to serve the corporations own interests, which generally means to maximise the wealth of its shareholders. Corporate social responsibility is thus illegal – at least when its genuine.[6]

He is the author of books on Canadian constitutional law, including Just Words: Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongs (1997).[citation needed]

Bakan and his wife Rebecca Jenkins released a jazz album, Blue Skies[7] in 2008, an album of Jenkins' original songs, Something's Coming, in 2012, and Rebecca Jenkins: Live at the Cellar in 2014.

In 2020, he was codirector with Abbott of The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel, a sequel to the original film version of The Corporation.[8] A follow-up book The New Corporation: How "Good" Corporations Are Bad for Democracy was released in the same year.[9]

Bibliography

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  • Just Words: Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongs (1997).
  • The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (2003).
  • Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Ruthlessly Targets Children (2011).
  • The New Corporation: How "Good" Corporations Are Bad for Democracy (2020, ISBN 9781984899729).

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Joel Bakan - Music". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  2. ^ "Welcome to the website of Joel Bakan - Author - Filmmaker & Professor". Archived from the original on December 17, 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  3. ^ "Peter A. Allard School of Law | Home". Allard.ubc.ca. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "Peter A. Allard School of Law | Joel Bakan". Allard.ubc.ca. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  5. ^ "Interview with Joel Bakan, Author of Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children". Corporations and Health. January 4, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
  6. ^ Bakan, The Corporation, Constable, 2004, p.37
  7. ^ "Joel Bakan - Music". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  8. ^ Pat Mullen, "‘Inconvenient Indian’, ‘New Corporation’, ‘No Ordinary Man’ Rep Canadian Docs in TIFF Line-up". Point of View, July 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "The New Corporation Book | joelbakan.com". Retrieved June 14, 2023.
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