Nathan Beck-Samuels

How Should the State Interact Constitutionally with Corporations which have significant power and influence over its population? Lessons from the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, 1788-1795

Introduction

How should the state interact constitutionally with corporations which have significant power and influence over its population? lessons from the impeachment of warren hastings, 1788-1795. Explore constitutional accountability for powerful corporations. Learn from Warren Hastings' 1788-1795 impeachment and the East India Company's influence for modern political insights.

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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