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.

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.

It was made into a film The Corporation by directors Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott the same year and won 25 international awards.

[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.