In Defense of the Corporation is a nonfiction book by the business historian Robert Hessen.
It was published by the Hoover Institution Press in 1979.
In the book, Hessen defends the corporation as a legitimate institution against criticisms leveled by Ralph Nader and Mark J.
Academic journals reviewing In Defense of the Corporation include the Academy of Management Review,[1] American Business Law Journal,[2] The Bell Journal of Economics,[3] Business History Review,[4] Columbia Law Review,[5] Journal of Economic Literature,[6] Modern Age,[7] Public Choice,[8] Southern Economic Journal,[9] the UMKC Law Review,[10] and the University of Miami Law Review.
[11] The book was also reviewed in Barron's,[12] Human Events,[13] The New York Times,[14] Reason,[15] and Worldview.